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GIG | Sofar Sounds The run of secret gigs (taking place every other Wednesday, until Aug 24) continues with two dates in July. Expect music, comedy or dance.

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Welcome to the 66th issue of Wharf Life. With the weather playing ball, this paper is all about looking forward to getting out and about, whether that’s simply finding the sunshine at Wood Wharf, anticipating four days of events at Festival14 or heading further afield for a splendid show

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FILM | National Theatre Live: Prima Facie Starring Jodie Comer of Killing Eve fame, this play tells the tale of brilliant young barrister Tessa as she confronts the patriarchal power of the law.

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06 The steel diagrid exoskeleton of Newfoundland at the end of Middle Dock is set to become one of the top gastronomic destinations on the Wharf with M restaurant set to open its doors on July 14. Check out its St Tropez Bottomless Beach Brunch, Saturdays, noon-3pm for £60pp mrestaurants.co.uk

Eagle-eyed Wharfers will have spotted increased activity behind the hoardings as Patty & Bun prepares to launch its latest site at the end of Wood Wharf’s Water Street. Just head on down past Hawksmoor to find the restaurant where you’ll soon be able to grab an Ari Gold or an Erwin Schulz pattyandbun.co.uk

GIG | MF Robots A collaboration between the Brand New Heavies’ Jan Kincaid and vocalist and songwriter Dawn Joseph, expect a blast of acid jazz-tinged funk.

Jul 7, 9.30pm, from £19, boisdale.co.uk

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Festival14 is coming and it’s going to be a blast all across the Wharf

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34 Discover how Level39-based website Cryoptoslate helps people find out all they need to know about cryptocurrency and the blockchain from its UK headquarters at One Canada Square in Canary Wharf cryptoslate.com Scan this code to read our interview with co-founder and CEO Nate Whitehill at wharf-life.com want more? @wharflifelive

We discover premium options as The O2 marks its 15th year in business

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Summer Lights returns, until Aug 20, FREE The sun’s rays are the primary medium for a collection of 11 new installations that have been placed across Canary Wharf for the return of the Summer Lights festival. Joining six permanent works already in place, the full cohort makes up a trail that will lead Wharfers all around the estate’s public outdoor spaces as well as to an exhibition of hand-blown glass in the lobby of One Canada Square. Designed to change as the sun rises, passes and sets, the pieces use reflection, refraction and colour in a bid to attract and delight the eyes of viewers. Below are a few of the pieces in the permanent collection that feature, with full listings available on Canary Wharf’s website.

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Shine Your Colours - Canary Riverside Tine Bech uses panels of transparent coloured glass to change viewers’ perspectives on the world around them

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Ticketed outdoor comedy performances at Westferry Circus featuring the likes of Jessica Fostekew, Milton Jones, Paul Sinha and Reginald D Hunter

Crowds are set to flood Canada Square Park once more as Festival14 arrives in July

how Festival14 is set to fill Canary Wharf with 50+ performances and attractions for four days – July 21-24

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randmaster Flash.

Live, in Canada Square Park. For free.

Those words alone are testament to the fact that Festival14 is something new for Canary Wharf.

The DJ and hip hop pioneer – responsible for the first expression of scratching ever released on a record – is set to mix among the towers as the headline act on the main stage on July 21. And that’s just the first night.

Running Thursday-Sunday, Festival14 is set to fill the estate with more than 50 performances encompassing comedy, theatre, dance, family activities and, of

course, music. The mostly free events will run daily between noon and 10pm at a diverse selection of venues designed specifically to encourage visitors to explore Canary Wharf.

“We’d seen the success of events like our Winter Lights festival, which takes place across lots of different parts of the estate and the amazing buzz people feel when they arrive for that,” said senior arts and events manager at Canary Wharf Group, Pippa Dale.

“So we wanted to create a similar feeling for Festival14 so that it’s very obvious when people get here that there’s something really exciting and

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diary dates for your ears l July 21 - Grandmaster Flash 8.15pm, free, Canada Square Park l July 22 - House Gospel Choir 8.30pm, free, Canada Square Park l July 23 - Ronnie Scotts Jazz Orchestra time TBC, free, Canada Square Park l July 24 - Sona time TBC, free, Canada Square Park

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listings to split your sides l July 21 - Milton Jones, Jessica Fostekew 7.15pm, £11, Westferry Circus Roundabout l July 22 - Reginald D Hunter, Jo Caulfield 6pm, £11, Westferry Circus Roundabout l July 23 - Paul Sinha, Felicity Ward 6pm, £11, Westferry Circus Roundabout Bookings and full listings at canarywharf.com

new happening. People in Canary Wharf are often quite set on the places they know – the places they go to lunch, for example – so we’re hoping this will help them explore and discover different areas.”

In addition to the dozens of performances and activities, there will also be a street food market every day in Montgomery Square and special offers from some bars, restaurants and cafes for the duration.

Canary Wharf Group director of arts and events Lucie Moore said: “Moving forward, we’re looking at putting on larger scale events over shorter periods of time to bring as many people as possible to the estate but also to change perceptions about the area. Events and cultural activities have always been really important to Canary Wharf in terms of placemaking and, since Covid, they’re something people are looking at and talking continued on Page 8

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Vashti says there are certain circumstances where motorists can claim for damages without needing legal advice

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f you have been involved in a road traffic accident that occurred on or after May 31 last year and have suffered minor whiplash or soft tissue injuries, you are able to bring a claim for damages yourself, without legal help and assistance – and therefore costs.

You will need to make the claim on the Government’s portal at officialinjuryclaim.org.uk where you will also find guidance and instructions to assist you with your claim via its step-by-step process. However, the Official Injury Claim portal can only be used where: l You are a driver or passenger inside a motor vehicle. l You have suffered a minor injury, the If you have been value of which will not involved in a road exceed £5,000 or you have suffered a minor traffic accident injury and the value of you can, in certain your injury and other losses – the cost of circumstances, bring repairs, loss of earnings a claim yourself or travel expenses, for example – do not Vashti Prescott, Kidd Rapinet exceed £10,000 in total. l You are over 18. l The other driver (who is at fault for the accident) is in a vehicle with a UK registration plate and you have all their details. This includes their name address, telephone number and insurance details.

In all other cases you cannot bring a claim yourself and you should seek legal advice and assistance.

So, if you are a motorcyclist, a cyclist, or a pedestrian, a child, someone involved in an accident with a foreign driver or someone who has suffered a more serious injury (a broken leg or ankle, for instance) you should not use the portal.

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about even more. These events are a real team effort and we couldn’t be able to do them without the work of so many people across Canary Wharf Group’s teams.

“The estate is now busy and buzzy and with the arrival of the Elizabeth Line, there’s the potential for even more people to visit.

“That’s an opportunity for us, in terms of events, because there are people who will come in from other areas who may not have done in the past. For Festival14 it will be really interesting to see what numbers we get in comparison to things like Winter Lights in past years.”

The full programme for Festival14 – a name inspired by Canary Wharf’s postcode, E14 – is still being finalised, with all updates expected online by July.

Pippa said: “In contrast to previous years with our Tuesday night music concerts, we’ve booked some bigger acts. It’s a packed programme and, especially at the weekends, people will be able to listen from noon right through until 9pm or 10pm at night.

“Grandmaster Flash is our opening headliner and we think he will appeal to the audience that’s already here – a bit of nostalgia after a day in the office and a bit of a party.

“I’m really excited about having House Gospel Choir – they’re a group I’ve admired for a long time and we’ve been waiting for the right event to book them.

“They’re pretty local too, as is Hackney Colliery Band. We’re also really pleased to be able to host Sona on the Sunday, during her UK tour.

“The outdoor comedy at Westferry Circus also features some big names, so that’s ticketed because we have limited space and we’re expecting it to be very popular.

“We’ll be having open air theatre at that venue too with the return of The Handlebards who are fantastic and 440 Theatre who do Shakespeare plays in 40 minutes.”

There will also be a series of theatre performances at Crossrail Place Roof Garden – ticketed but free due to the capacity of the venue.

“Whenever we do anything we try to include the local community and local businesses and organisations around the estate,” said Lucie. “We’re very fortunate to work where we are but we’re aware there are areas around us that need supporting.

“The Space has been operating up in the Roof Garden for years now and they were an obvious choice for us as a partner for part

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Days of events across Canary Wharf as Festival14 takes over the estate

Above, The Handlebards will return to perform at Westferry Circus

theatre places to play

l July 21 - 440 Theatre, Hamlet 1pm, free, Westferry Circus Roundabout l July 22 - The Canary Cabaret 7.30pm, free, Crossrail Place Roof Garden l July 23 - Mischief And Mayhem 5pm, free, Crossrail Place Roof Garden l July 24 - The Handlebards Romeo & Juliet 1pm, free, Westferry Circus Roundabout Book at canarywharf.com for Crossrail shows

Vibes for all: Festival14 features music, comedy, theatre, dance and family activities

of Festival14 because they know that venue, we know what they do and they’ve put together a whole programme for us there.”

A range of kids activities will take place on the Saturday and Sunday, including dance music party Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave at Westferry Circus and puppetry in the form of Bus King Theatre: Marvelo’s Circus at Montgomery Square.

“We’re really hoping, especially for families, that they will come and spend the whole day with us – do a workshop, have lunch and listen to some music,” said Lucie.

“We’ve really tried to cover a lot of areas and there will be one or two unexpected events too, such as a van that serves up takeaway poetry. We’re not finished yet.”

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by Amy French Amy French and Anna Gilmer of Level39, attend Money 20/20 in Amsterdam

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ow are you finding the return of in-person networking? Conference season has certainly started for us at Level39. We recently attended Money20/20 in Amsterdam, the largest fintech conference in Europe. Held over three, jam-packed days in June, the event attracts more than 7,000 people, bringing together leaders in the sector, innovators, and investors.

It offers panel discussions, fireside chats and announcements from regulators, corporates, and institutions – all taking place alongside the disrupters such as Revolut, Spotify, Stripe and more.

For us, attending conferences like this is a gamechanger for business development. There is no replacement for building relationships with future clients, partners and collaborators than doing it in person – all in an environment that naturally convenes like-minded people.

It made me think of the tech ecosystem we’ve built in Canary Wharf – there was an endless stream of water-cooler and coffee chats, serendipitous encounIf you have been ters with fintech friends involved in a road and multiple meetings of minds, sometimes traffic accident over a Moscow Mule.

We had the opporyou can, in certain tunity to connect with circumstances, bring a host of international delegations while we a claim yourself were there too – entreAmy French, Level39 preneurs from London, Estonia, Australia, Lithuania, Georgia in the USA and more flocked to the RAI Conference Centre in Amsterdam.

An important take-away from these meetings was how London remains a key destination for startups in Europe who are considering their growth plans, with its key strengths in talent, fintech adoption and investment.

It seems that in a post-Brexit and post-pandemic world, London is still at the forefront of the minds of those with businesses that are looking to scale globally.

If you’ve not attended before and have a keen interest in connecting with like-minded people in fintech, I urge you to register for Money 20/20 Europe in 2023.

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how Reset Connect aims to bring people, ideas, expertise and money together to help firms get greener

by Jon Massey

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uncan Reid has been an events man his whole career. It started at university in the 1990s, organising parties with DJs at the students’ union. Then there was a strategic move into the business sector, conveniently leaving Friday and Saturday nights free for attending music events rather than putting them on.

In 2010 he joined Clarion Events – one of the largest companies organising conferences, shows and exhibitions in the world – rising to become MD and executive vice president of its energy division.

“I was already managing the move away from coal, gas, oil and fossil fuel extraction – there were big things happening with carbon emissions,” he said. “Then the pandemic hit.”

With the events sector among the hardest hit, Covid meant many shows didn’t take place for two years, contractors were left without work and organising companies laid off staff.

For Duncan, it was an opportunity to take a step back and decide on a future direction.

“I started looking around for what I wanted to do,” he said.

“Then I realised sustainability should be my focus and that it was important that we fasttracked as much of this sector as possible.

“The two big challenges before the pandemic were that the pace of adoption was not fast enough and – the really big one – was that, even if a company wanted to roll out sustainability, whatever they wanted to do, there was a big funding gap.

“For example, if you were a company that made ready meals and you wanted to move to using electric vehicles with refrigeration to transport them, then that would be quite a hassle for a small business.

“Big corporates can have a sustainability strategy and can appoint someone to oversee it, but for small businesses it’s quite a challenge. Then if you’re a startup, it’s hard enough to get your idea off the ground let alone managing your impact on the environment at the same time.”

That led Duncan to the idea for Reset Connect – a new conference and exhibition that is set to get its

The point of the event is to get people who are already doing things well to talk about what they do so others can learn Duncan Reid, Reset Connect

first outing over two days at Excel in Royal Docks. Taking place on June 28-29 – during London Climate Action Week – the event will see more than 100 exhibitors and sustainability partners showcase their services and more than 150 speakers discussing a very wide range of topics.

Canary Wharf Group – long a pioneer in environmentally friendly development and stewardship – will be represented by head of sustainability Sophie Goddard at a panel discussion, starting at 11.15pm on the event’s second day. She, together with representatives of Sintali, Savills Investment Management, Hark Systems and Mitie, will seek to illuminate processes and technology that can be implemented now to fight climate change.

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hat’s just one session in a packed programme and the two-day event will also see opening keynote speeches from Doughnut Economics Action Lab co-founder Kate Raworth on the first day and World Wildlife Fund chief executive Tanya Steele on the second.

With the Elizabeth Line’s arrival shrinking the gap between Canary Wharf and Custom House (the station adjacent to the venue) to three minutes, Reset Connect is also easily accessible.

“The idea is really to pool the learnings that the corporate sector has and to share them among peers to help everyone benefit,” said Duncan.

“It’s analogous to what’s happened in finance with technology. People would queue up in branches of banks to withdraw money and then go to another bank to pay that money into someone else’s account 15 years ago. Now there’s an app on your phone, you’re sending money to someone else and you don’t even think about it.

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“This is where we’re at with sustainability – this is where we move away from carbon quite massively. It’s really easy for us to keep using oil but then we certainly won’t be here in 100 years. So we need to try to work out how we can reduce carbon emissions on a scale similar to the fintech revolution.

“That is quite daunting, because a lot of the technology is in the early stages of development, but we need to do something major, quickly because the dial isn’t moving fast enough.”

That’s exactly the issue that Reset Connect will be addressing – how to rapidly shift away from a system that destroys the planet to one that allows humanity to go on and thrive. It’s no small ambition.

“The point of the event is to get people who are already doing things well to talk about

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The climate emergency needs solutions and that’s the inspiration for new exhibition and conference Reset Connect

Duncan Reid is co-founder and CEO of Reset Connect which is at Excel from June 28-29

what they do, how to speed up adoption, what funding they use and whether they borrow money or use assets to do it so others can learn,” said Duncan.

“Obviously it’s a work in progress and it’s a really complex area. One of the reasons it’s called ‘Reset’ is because part of the issue is about how you measure success.

“In the past that has always been linked to a profit measure but over the next 10 years it will increasingly become about impact.

It’s about asking how we measure it, what we put our money into and what we really value.

“People are already talking about this in the corporate world, as are shareholders and the startup community. People also want to know how they can invest their pensions and savings in these areas.

“Some businesses may say that because they’re not listed it won’t affect them, but it will affect everyone. At some point you’ll be part of someone’s supply chain and that means you need to be thinking about it.

“Then there are the big fossil fuel companies – there are lots of pension funds invested in them so it’s really complex. Do you take the money out or do you find a way to work with them to be better, because the danger is that they will carry on being bad if you don’t?”

Duncan said there was a real appetite not only to tackle these topics, but also to do so in person with Reset Connect bringing together businesses, activists and politicians.

“I think the thing we really missed during the pandemic was people coming together, face-toface,” he said.

“The analogy I use about events is that they are like a football match. You can watch it on TV but it is so much better if you go to a game with five of your mates – it’s a completely different experience.

That’s why we try and make as much of our content free as possible.

“While Covid fast-tracked the adoption of video call technology, things are so much more productive when you can shake someone’s hand and see and feel the products they are selling first-hand.

“I think that, if we’re going to tackle some of the climate challenges we’ve got, then we’ll achieve more if we’re able to get round a table, meet at a stand or talk about it over a beer with someone you’ve unexpectedly met but share a common purpose with.

“A lot of it is about serendipity and also discovering the things you didn’t know, but really needed to.

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“Of course you can sit at home and google ‘cities’ or ‘city infrastructure’ and that will give you a load of information, some of which may well be very interesting.

“But it won’t be the same as having Sophie Goddard from Canary Wharf Group tell you about its partnership with the Eden Project and what their vision is for that.

“You might stumble across some details on page 25 of your search – but that’s not the same as having a leading developer telling you how it builds cities for the future, what that looks like and what the partnership between business and finance needs to look like to make it happen.

“At Reset Connect, you’ll hear from experts like the Mayor Of

The need to fix climate change is increasingly urgent

Copenhagen, for example, telling you what that city has done to become a world leader in sustainability. And all of this is just one stop away from Canary Wharf on the Elizabeth Line.”

Reset Connect’s exhibition is free for visitors to attend with registration. Access to the conference is via delegate pass.

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£15

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what’s on

things to do, places to go, people to see Where?

Wilton’s Music Hall Wapping

STAGE | Tricity Vogue’s All Girl Swing Band The cabaret diva heads up a phenomenal all-female line up of musicians, all geared up to sweep audiences back in time to the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 80s...

Jul 6-7, 7.30pm, from £16.50, wiltons.org.uk Where?

Tower Bridge Quay Tower Hill

TOUR | Terrible Thames Hop aboard this historical tour as Horrible Histories goes aquatic in partnership with Woods’ Silver Fleet.

Cruise to Parliament and back as the show plays on.

Ongoing, times vary, from £22, terriblethames.com Where?

Tower Of London Tower Hill

St Katherine Docks’ Floating Film Festival is set to return with sofas and deckchairs

waterfront cinema on the

EVENT | Superbloom Explore the Tower Of London’s specially created wild flower installation on foot or via a special slide down into the moat. Plenty of plants to discover.

Until Sept 18, times vary, from £13.20, hrp.org.uk

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St Katherine Docks’ Floating Film Festival features classic movies alongside some more recent releases

by Jon Massey

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uoyant blockbusters will be the order of the day when St Katherine Docks’ Floating Film Festival kicks off on July 12. This year sofas and deckchairs will be arranged on a pontoon moored in the marina for audiences to enjoy 14 days of screenings featuring familiar movies alongside some more recent releases.

Single deckchairs will cost £15 while sofas for two will be £30. Screening take place

at 7pm unless detailed in our full complement of listings below: June 12 - Parallel Mothers June 13 - Mamma Mia June 14 - Respect June 15 - King Richard June 16 - Encanto (2pm) June 16 - Spider-Man June 17 - Sing 2 (2pm) June 17 - West Side Story June 18 - Belfast June 19 - House Of Gucci June 20 - Liquorice Pizza June 21 - Pretty Woman June 22 - Spider-Man June 23 - Boss Baby 2 (2pm) June 23 - West Side Story June 24 - Moana (2pm)

St Katherine Docks has a number of other events in the pipeline, including screening Wimbledon from June 27 and a free talk on the history of the area at 6.30pm on July 14.

The latter will be hosted

by Olly Ayers, associate professor of history at the locally based New College Of The Humanities.

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Days is the length of both courses, which run from July 18-22 at Trinity Buoy Wharf

what’s on

things to do, places to go, people to see Where?

Poplar Union Poplar

EVENT| Gong Bath With Nat Kay A sonic journey within, reigniting your mind and body through sound vibrations and especially brewed pairing teas by The Floating Teahouse.

Jul 6, 7pm-9pm, £10, poplarunion.com Where?

The Space Westferry Road

STAGE | Ruben This film noir farce will have you asking: “Is every line a bad pun? How is the puppet alive? Is it meant to be a musical?”. Far from black and white.

Jul 5-8, 7pm, £15, space.org.uk Where?

Craft Central Isle Of Dogs

One of the workshops is aimed at helping Year 11 and 12 students build their portfolios

workshops book these

how Trinity Buoy Wharf is set to welcome artists and photographers on a pair of summer courses

by Jon Massey

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he Prince’s Foundation workshops at Trinity Buoy Wharf in Leamouth are set to host a pair of workshops aimed at young artists and photographers aged 18 and over in July.

Portfolio Preparation: Thinking Through Making is aimed at students in Years 11 and 12 and has been designed to stimulate personal idea development.

Students will be guided through traditional and

experimental processes using various media, in order to find their own artistic voice.

Those attending the course will be offered direct entry on to the Prince’s Foundation Diploma Year. The five-day course costs £425.

Artist and educator Josh Bilton will lead Experimental Photography, Myth-Making And Performance.

This five-day workshop aims to give adult artists and teachers an opportunity to explore how forms of creative writing, storytelling and the weaving of myths can open up the performative aspects of a photographic practice.

The course will introduce participants to a range of experimental approaches to photography and includes traditional processes such as working with analogue 35mm cameras, developing film and creating prints.

Contact the organiser for prices and more details.

Both workshops will take place from July 18-22.

Go to trinitybuoywharf.com Scan this code to find out more about both of these courses

POP-UP | African Print Fabric Browse a selection of wax print fabrics, sewing kits, scrap bags, sewing patterns and other supplies at this pop-up shop by Dovetailed London.

Jul 9-10, 11am-5pm, free, craftcentral.org.uk

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Writer and performer Nat Norland is set to perform Dreamsick at The Space on the Isle Of Dogs on July 19 at 7.30pm. This nocturne of memories, dreams and visions is all about the architecture of gender. Tickets £15 space.org.uk Scan this code to find our more about the production or to buy tickets for the live or online performances want more? @wharflifelive

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by Laura Enfield

However, in this complexity, we seek simplicity.

crowded beach, the burning sun, bright bathing suits and sweaty brows.

Sunbathers begin to sing languid songs of early morning flights, halfeaten sandwiches and plastic bags floating silently below the waterline.

Sun & Sea is an afternoon at the seaside, witnessed from above. Audiences watch from the balcony as the mundane evolves into an urgent exploration of our relationship with the planet and the threat of climate change.

The show stunned audiences at the 2019 Venice Biennale and makes its UK debut at The Albany from June 23-July 10, co-presented with LIFT and Serpentine.

Ten tons of sand will be used to transform the stage for the “durational performance”, which unfolds on a loop over several hours. The performers will include local singers and 13 vocalists taking on the role of beachgoers enjoying the sunshine.

We sat down with composer Lina Lapelytė, librettist Vaiva Grainytė and director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė to find out more.

Lina: The idea to perform on the beach came gradually. We were looking for a situation that would allow for different individuals to coexist, a place to reflect society.

The beach is the place where everyone becomes kind of equal under the sun. Swimsuits unify people – they get exposed to the planetary body that heals and is dangerous at the same time.

At the beach, people mix up – you can meet a university professor, a banker and a hairdresser. It’s a place where their thoughts can meet too.

We wanted to have a collective voice – a choir, that is driven by different attitudes, different thoughts – however, united by the time and place.

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I cried so much when I learned that corals will be gone. And together with the Great Barrier Reef the fish would go extinct

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Song from Sun & Sea

why climate change?

Lina: The work is labelled as climate change opera, but we wouldn’t rule out this being the second episode of Have a Good Day! that we sometimes, ironically, call an ode to capitalism.

While Sun & Sea puts the joy of consumption on the sandy beach, my personal approach is through body politics: the parallel between the body of a human and the body of Earth.

Rugilė: Passive lying around, the lazy burning away of time and the body – this is the surface of the work. People are only resting, but the axis that holds the whole mosaic of the opera together is a sun which is getting hotter and the exhausted Earth.

The message about the inevitability of consumption, which we developed in our previous collaborative work, is now delicately incarnated in ecological themes.

Vaiva: The opera consists of smaller sub-topics that can be found as fragments in the libretto of Sun & Sea. These themes are related to the pleasures of consumption, time, climate change, boredom in everyday life, Image by Andrej Vasilenko

why a beach?

Rugilė: The image of a singing beach came while touring with our first opera Have a Good Day!.

We were actively waiting for another idea. I was shooting my documentary film essay Acid Forest, which involved a birds-eye view. People were looked at from above as if they were animal species coming to one “cage” in a strange forest.

This inspired an angle from above on another “zoo”. A beach is the place where the fragility of bodies is exposed. It made us think about the parallel with cosmic bodies, the fragility of the planet Earth.

The visual, textual and musical layers of Sun & Sea are inseparable and make this work complex.

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tonnes of sand will be used to transform the auditorium of the Deptford venue

From left, Lina Lapelytė, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė and Vaiva Grainytė

beach life’s a

why the trio behind Sun & Sea chose to recreate a day at the seaside for their climate change opera

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Rotherhithe - Deptford - Bermondsey

The choir of local people will be encouraged to act as they normally would at a beach

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Where?

Little Nan’s Bar Deptford

EVENT | Fruit Salad Social Queer, single and ready to mingle? Head to this meet-up hosted by A Whole Orange Matchmaking and break the ice over games and crafting.

Jul 7, 6-10pm, £10, awholeorange.com Where?

Deptford Park Deptford pollution, tourism, the interconnection of hedonism and the apocalypse, skin care, depression, nutrition and technology. why an opera?

Lina: pera reflects the esamtkunswerk – a total work of art.

However, we feel the term can be off-putting sometimes as people expect a traditional treatment of voices and stage.

We try to challenge the term - to use the potential the genre can offer. how long have you been friends?

Vaiva: Since teenage times. We all grew up in Kaunas in Lithuania, so share a very similar collective memory of certain topography.

Lina and I used to hitchhike and hang around in underground concerts, while me and Rugile studied in the same photography school. This is the core of our collaborative practice.

Rugilė: Another level of friendship started when we realised how closely our ideas resonated while thinking about our first piece.

Lina: It is also an intellectual friendship – we share some viewpoints and have similar feelings towards many things. how long did it take to create?

Rugilė: The piece was developed during a residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2016, then presented as a micro-opera at the gallery Palermo in Stuttgart with a premiere in full the following year.

In 2018 the artists presented the erman version in resden and the work was selected to represent Lithuania at the Venice Biennale – where the English and durational version was developed.

what impact has Covid had?

Vaiva: As the piece was touring during the pandemic, sanitation breaks, masked audience members, peeping from above, observing unmasked holiday goers, made the beach look like an idyllic postcard from the past.

The lyrics from the libretto, originally referring to the eruption of Eyjafjallajökulls, which has brought all travelling into paralysis, suddenly sounded like a reflection of the current situation. The connotations of the piece change and closely coexist with current events. has the show changed for the UK? Rugilė: Sun & Sea is a mix of fiction and documentary, so the show is always shifting. The musical and textual layers are fixed, the colour palette is fixed but the local beachgoers and choir members bring their natural habits to the beach.

We ask them to avoid acting, but to do whatever they like and feel comfortable doing on a real beach. is the local choir new for London?

Lina: Integrating the local choir has always been important. It does not happen everywhere, but we try.

Integration of local people started in Venice with not only the choir but also solo singers, some of whom continue to tour. does lying down affect the singers?

Lina: It is a challenging position to sing in, no-one gets to learn this in music schools, but the people we work with are embracing these kinds of challenges.

It’s not just lying down – it’s also occasionally sand landing in your throat while you sing, or a naughty dog taking over your

aria, or children freestyling when you need to focus. The piece is life more than a performance. talk to me about the viewpoint Rugilė: The audience is looking down to the beach from above, focusing on peculiar species, living on the sand down below.

Usually, we tend to use this perspective to observe bugs or other smaller animals than us – this creates some sort of hierarchy.

Balconies frame the beach from all directions and it helps to close the potentially superficial perspective of the sea and the sky.

Lastly, the angle from above allows the audience to see the singers lying and singing in a frontal position. what should audiences take away?

Vaiva: The piece has lots of sub-messages and different overtones. It’s both light, bright, joyful, deeply sad, and sorrowful.

It’s up to each audience member to pick up on certain aspects.

Therefore Sun & Sea is based on a dissonance – the feeling of catastrophe lurking in the air is wrapped in a contrasting sunny surface. arker and ironic lyrics are interwoven with pop melodies. Micro stories of the characters told from the “I” perspective allow viewers to connect to the beachgoers emotionally, rather than intellectually.

Even though the opera-performance is climate crisis-themed, it doesn’t suggest any solutions, but rather allows audience members to enter the realm of pure melancholy, and embrace the feeling of the end.

Go to sunandsea.lt/en/ for more information about the show or to thealbany.org.uk to book tickets for a performance

EVENT | African Village Cultural Festival A celebration of African and UK ties with a fashion show, live music, food market, cultural performances, workshops, stalls and family activities.

Jul 17, 11am-10pm, free, afriviculfestival.com Where?

Deptford Lounge Deptford

EXHIBITION | Climate Change On loan from the Horniman Museum these rocksshow how the UK environment has changed over the last one billion years.

Until July 15, 10am-5pm, free, deptfordlounge.org.uk

flash back

Knifemaker Holly Loftus forges blades at Cockpit Arts in Deptford, layering different steels before working them to a razor-sharp cutting edge and fixing handles of local woods to finish her products loftusknives.com Scan this code to read our interview with Holly and links to explore her range of handmade knives want more? @wharflifelive

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£200

Starting price for American Express Advantage tickets at The O2, which guarantees fast-track entry and access to an exclusive hospitality area in the venue’s American Express Lounge

how The O2 continues to evolve and follow premium trends as it celebrates 15 years since the opening its doors

by Jon Massey

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o paraphrase the work of the late, great Prince Rogers Nelson – it’s been 14 years and 361 days, since The O2 o cially welcomed its first audience at the time of writing). he chords that rang out on June 2 , 200 did not come from the purple guitar of is oyal adness although he did play a 21-date residency at AEG’s reenwich eninsula venue in its inaugural year. hat honour was taken by on Jovi and, as the duck- uacking riff of Livin’ On A Prayer sounded in the Arena, Matt Botten was standing in the wings. d snuck in at the side, having made a promise to myself that wasn t going to miss it, he said. found myself standing ust behind president im eiweke and immediately started thinking hat have done hould even be here ut he turned round and we high-fived it was this feeling that we’d all done it. It was a huge relief to hear those chords, to know everybody was in the building, that the suites were full.

We had done it, we’d opened and we ve never looked back.

As head of hospitality then, and senior director of premium seating now, att has pretty much seen it all making him the ideal interviewee as he 2 prepares to celebrate its 15th birthday.

“I always joke that when I finally retire or move on, there s a book waiting to be written, he said. here have been some huge events the opening was massive and when ed eppelin reformed for a single show in 200 , that night was a who’s who of the music industry. orking on premium, ve been fortunate that some of my experiences have meant contact with remarkable people ust escorting the likes of ir aul c artney, avid eckham and ylie inogue to their suites. ut really it s the little things that we do as a team bringing someone a birthday cake, making those wow moments happen. elivering a real difference to somebody s experience that are huge for me.

For a bit of context, it’s important to realise what a massive deal he 2 is. andemic

notwithstanding, the project has taken ichard ogers vacant tent following its troubled inception as the illennium ome and created a venue that by 2020 had sold more tickets to events than anywhere else in the whole world, every year, for more than a decade. Right here, in London on reenwich eninsula. et that sink in.

With a broader range and greater number of shows than any other arena in the UK, The O2 heads into its 15th year with a packed schedule.

Billie Eilish, Alanis Morissette, he ings f eon, ir ue u oleil and aim are all set to play in the first 30 days. ut there are also a host of sporting events in the pipeline including boxing with hisora vs ulev, ight ight ondon and the aver up ondon with tennis stars Roger Federer and afael adal scheduled to play. hat s what makes he 2 uni ue the sheer number and variety of events, said att. t really is uite something working here ve got lots of peers and friends working at sporting venues and they talk about the 30 shows they have a year. e have 2 ust in June. hat was a real game-changer in the corporate market. veryone was used to wickenham and embley, which say with great affection because worked at both of them. sold my first -shirt at the old embley tadium with the twin towers back in 1 outside a tribute gig marking the release of Nelson Mandela. hen ended up working there full-time after my - evels, and then embley rena, and that threw up opportunities such as spending time on the road servicing 2 tours, selling merchandise. hen was at wickenham tadium for many years, and then moved across to he 2 when it was still a building site inside. or the launch, we had to educate people. usinesses could understand the value of gigs by the olling tones or ueen but what about he - actor or isney events hen we were launching in 200 it was about that shift in work-life balance if someone accepts an invitation to go to a game of football, for example, that might mean a day out of the o ce. ut as a company, if you

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It really is quite something working here. But really it’s the little things we do as a team that are huge for me

what’s on

things to do, places to go, people to see Where?

Greenwich Theatre Greenwich

Matt Botten, AEG

One of The O2’s suites, which include a lounge, bar and hospitality area as well as between 15 and 28 seats – one-off hire is available

Matt Botten is senior director of premium seating at The O2 and has been at the venue since it opened in 2007

The American Express Lounge

can work it so that guests can bring their whole family to an event, then you can merge the two things and over the years we’ve seen more and more use of our suites in that way.

“The companies that buy them also use them for staff incentives internally or in partnership with local organisations such as charities and schools.

“When we opened, we had two premium products – the suites and an annual membership, which was typical for stadium venues. We’re proud to say, after 15 years, we still have some of our original clients with us – some having taken suites for five or even 10 years initially.

“But since then, a lot has changed – our smallest suite has 15 seats and, if you imagine 180 shows a year times 15, that’s a lot of invites to ensure you’re getting people down and making the most of your investment.”

A Suite view: A range of premium options are available

n evolving business landscape and a resurgent experience economy has seen The O2 expand and develop its premium offerings in concert with those two core strands, meaning there are now more ways to experience high-end hospitality and personal luxury at the venue than ever.

“This is particularly pertinent post-Covid,” said Matt. “We’ll see if it continues, because people’s disposable income at the moment is being squeezed in all areas.

However, with people having been locked down for 18 months to two years, there seems to have been this shift from an emphasis on buying physical possessions to buying experiences.

“We’ve seen more individuals thinking that, if they’re going out, they want to make it a night to remember.

“The corporate suites are a large part of our business, but the direction we’re going in is to make them and a range of other premium experiences available to

far more people. Even before the pandemic, there was demand for smaller numbers, simpler products – options akin to a season ticket at a football ground.

“We’ve seen smaller businesses buying into this too – they can use two, four or six seats at every event where they would struggle to deal with 20.”

This shift has resulted in a collection of products including whole suite hire for a specific event, ncore eats offering individuals tickets to 10 shows a year, plus the option to buy more in the members’ area of the venue close to the stage and, for businesses, the chance to buy a number of seats in a shared suite for a set period of time. he venue also offers merican xpress dvantage tickets to the credit card company’s customers guaranteeing seats right by the stage. These and several of the other premium options also grant access to the luxury merican xpress ounge, which offers live music, cocktails and food on event days.

The current crop of premium options – with more in the pipeline reflects the venue s increasingly relaxed approach to its model, something typified by the freedom its suite clients have to design their spaces.

Matt said: “Back in 2007 we were probably a little bit more corporate. Today our customers want to bring their brand identity into their space and we understand that.

“Companies inviting people to events need to get a return on their investment and those attending need to know who’s invited them, so we work with them and they can do pretty much anything.

“I have this idea that we’ll end up with the most eclectic collection of suites in the UK. We have some very corporate ones and one from a partner who’s just come on board that has a shu eboard table in it.”

Go to theo2.co.uk

STAGE | Impromptu Shakespeare A whip-smart cast of improvisers promise to create an entirely fresh play by the Bard before your very eyes, inspired by audience suggestions.

Jul 17, 7.30pm, £17.50, greenwichtheatre.org.uk Where?

Woolwich Works Woolwich

FESTIVAL | Woolwich Words And Sounds Enjoy poetry, stories, music, comedy and more at the first iteration of this three-week celebration of culture at Woolwich Works. Full listings online.

Jul 15-31, times and prices vary, woolwich.works Where?

National Maritime Museum Greenwich

ART | Drawing On The Lawn Sketch views of Greenwich from the museum’s grounds with materials provided at this members’ event. Attendees can also bring their own.

Jul 9, 11am-1pm, free (members only), rmg.co.uk

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Vast, immersive dance installation The Burnt City has taken over three buildings at Woolwich Works on the Royal Arsenal Riverside estate and is hosting three-hour performances until December 4 greenwichtheatre.org.uk Scan this code to find out more about Punchdrunk’s latest work and how to buy tickets for the show want more? @wharflifelive

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£12 how Rise Climbing aims to grow and nurture passion for the rapidly expanding sport in Canning Town

by Jon Massey

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ike its walls, there are many angles to Rise Climbing, which recently opened its doors at Caxton Works in Canning Town.

It’s a temple to the pure, clear cut challenge of reaching the top of something.

But its two co-founders have ensured that it s filled with much more than bouldering problems, brightly-coloured plastic holds, plywood and crash mats.

“One way we describe it is that we want it to feel like home, a place to relax and for people not to feel like they’re walking into someone else’s space,” said Conor Skillbeck. “We want people to feel welcome, to drop all their stress and worries at the door whether they’re here to climb or just for a coffee.

“Most of the world isn’t like this – there aren’t many spaces where people aren’t being challenged.

Everything tells you the world’s miserable and that you should be unhappy so we’ve created a space where people can have a bit of time off from that unhappiness.

The Rise project began with Conor’s friend James Skinner, who found himself working at a climbing wall after leaving his job in medical software.

“I’d been climbing since I was 12 and it was something I’d always come back to,” said James.

“I ended up sticking around and after working at the wall for a few years, I wanted my own place.

“I looked at all the things I was good at and all the things I was bad at, because good partnerships are with people who complement each other, and they can recog-

Conor and James consider a problem at Rise Climbing

nise where their skills overlap.

I wanted Conor as a partner because he’s a do-er.”

James, who’d met Conor through climbing, wrote a business plan, put a picture of his friend on it and showed it to him.

After managing to convince him it wasn’t a joke, the two began to plan in earnest, seeking premises and deciding exactly what their own wall would be like.

Conor, who’d worked as a model before embarking on a career in structural engineering, said that having recently married and, with the prospect of kids on the horizon, he felt that if he was going to do something like Rise, then the time had to be now.

After a lengthy search, they found a lofty unit in east London in an area with little climbing provision, giving them the opportunity to build both an extensive, two-level facility and a new community.

The sport is growing at a rapid rate and both James and Conor hope their wall will attract both veteran climbers living locally but, crucially, an influx of those new to the sport who just want to try it out. To that end Rise is already starting to partner with local schools and is keen to grow its operation in that area.

“Everyone wants to get to the top of something – walking up mountains, for example,” said Conor. “In a sense, it’s a completely pointless thing to do, because when you get to the top, you just come down to the bottom again. But when you walk along a street with kids, they will want to walk on the wall, just because they get to be on the top of something.”

James added: “It’s such a fundamental action. Any parent in here will tell you that their kids love climbing trees and that they can t get them off the stairs.

“So we have such an easy sell – a climbing wall combines all of those things in a single space. It makes it safer to do them because of the crash mats, but it also means there are easier and harder ways to get to the top.

“People can get better at doing that and when they discover this, that’s something they really want.

For kids especially, it’s somewhere they’re encouraged to climb higher, when they’re usually told to get down.”

It’s not just for the kids, of course. Conor said the ultimate thrill was still reaching the top

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hold on a bouldering problem for the first time something touching the second-from-top could never live up to.

“We set 30 new problems every week and the sense of satisfaction when you get to the top is addictive,” he said. “Not getting both hands on it can be a complete disappointment and frustration.

“It’s hard-wired into people and you see why they really love it. It’s also a sport people can do for many years. Two of the top climbers in the UK are in their 40s.

“There’s so much in terms of techni ue, flexibility and strength – people who are good make it easy for themselves. hey find ways of positioning their bodies, so the hard move on a route becomes easier. It’s not just about being strong.

“I think there’s a pretty good correlation between how hard you ve worked to finish a problem and how much satisfaction you get from reaching the top.

“Sometimes I’ve worked for six months to get to the top of one climb, and that feels way better

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Conor Skillbeck, left, and James Skinner teamed up to create Rise Climbing, a two-level facility featuring bouldering walls, a traversing wall and a gym at Caxton Works in Canning Town

than something you do straight away – it’s not necessarily how hard it is, it’s how much time and effort you put in.

There’s also a shared joy among climbers in seeing others progress, develop and con uer the problems they re tackling.

James said: “We had a guy come up to us and say that he did his first heel hook not ust using your foot to climb like a ladder or the stairs, but in an unexpected way – and he said it was really cool. e d seen someone else do it and he d asked them to explain it and then he’d had a go and said he would be able to use it on other problems.

“That was on one of our easier routes, but even with those, we want people to learn something, to progress. hat feels great.

It’s this sense of community, camaraderie and collaboration that Rise seeks to embrace and foster, with those who visit for a climb or ust for a coffee. t s one thing to build a place the way you want it – we did a good ob, said onor. he toilets

Problems are arranged by colour on the walls and graded on the V-scale

aren’t obtrusive and the changing rooms look really nice, but ultimately the space feels good when people are in it. hat s when it comes alive.

James added: “We want it full of happy people who leave feeling happier than when they first walked in. he temptation when you re designing the space is to have holds on every single surface, but we wanted Rise to have a really nice flow to it.

“There are huge mental health benefits to climbing and we wanted our wall to take on board things other walls had done really well and build on them – that it would be a real break from your screen, with challenging problems that will take your mind off everything else.

For all these reasons, Rise is working hard to become an open space where people can meet, share a slice of Armenian cake and have a chat.

“The idea behind our front desk is that it’s like a farmhouse kitchen, that it’s a relaxed environment where there’s less obvious separation between people who work here and those who have come to use the space, said onor.

“We don’t want Rise to be exclusively for climbers – it’s for anyone who wants to come and sit down, for the wider community. e re also running open social sessions on Wednesdays from .30pm and a women s social on hursdays. e re passionate about climbing and lots of other people are too – ultimately that’s what will make it successful.

There are myriad ways to climb at Rise, including single entry for 12 or . 0 off peak before pm on weekdays . nder 1 s cost . 0. embership options are also available. ise will also be participating in the axton orks pen ay on July , running low-cost intro sessions.

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EVENT | Royal Docks Create A free community event for ages 14-18 years showcasing original tracks they have created accompanied by table tennis and tasty food.

Jul 14, 6.30pm, free, newhamwordfestival.org Where?

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WORKSHOP| The Creative Experience A chance to try taster sessions in digital music production, spoken word, poetry and lyric writing or DJ mixing skills. Get involved.

Jul 17, 2pm, free, newhamwordfestival.org Where?

RA Fold Canning Town

CLUB | Ismus Pioneer in fast, trance-induced techno, DJ Ibon will kick off this club night which also features sets from Lokier, Olesia and Tred. Expect big beats.

Jul 9, 10pm-6am, from £15, ra.co

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’m really starting to question what toxic masculinity means?” said Lanre Malaolu.

“I think ‘masculinity’ is just ‘masculinity’ and it can’t be toxic by its nature, just like ‘femininity’ can’t be toxic.

“Saying that is putting a taint on with a very broad stroke and going deeper is what I’m really interested in.”

The Hackney resident, writer, director and choreographer, accepts men aren’t as readily available to talk about their emotions, but he wants to know why.

“What is holding them back?” he said. “What are the chains that we feel we need to hold?

It’s a two-way street. Men feel that they need to be the breadwinner, protect and be the alpha to get along.

“Why and where that has come from is what I’m interested in, rather than putting something under the broad stroke of ‘toxic masculinity’.”

His thoughts spill out in his show Samskara – an exploration of black masculinity, vulnerability, and the cycles of fatherhood. It returns to The Yard in Hackney Wick from June 27 until July 23, following a sell-out premiere in 2021.

It is a fusion of storytelling, movement, hip-hop, dance and text performed by five actors who play four generations of black men named Silent Man, Father, Wisdom, Young Buck and Older.

Lanre wrote, directed and choreographed it and said: “I find with shows, I may think they’ve come from one idea but really it’s an amalgamation of different events, moments and emotions that I’ve experienced over and over again in my life and that I’m finally ready to talk about and channel into work.

“My father wasn’t consistently present growing up and we had a quite fractured relationship.

“So I decided to sit down and really let him know how I felt. My voice was raised, my emotions were high because it’s been a crazy journey I’ve gone through growing up as a young boy into a man.

“I remember him listening, taking it in and then right at the end he apologised and said: ‘All I know is how my father

was with me,’ and he started to speak about his upbringing. It was the first time I saw my dad as a son.”

Lanre began thinking about the generational cycles of fatherhood and what he wanted to pass on as a son and potential father. He also began unpacking his interactions with other black men.

“There’s been conversations I’ve had with black men about black masculinity,” he said.

“There have been moments of no conversation, of walking down the street and nodding my head with another black man, something that is not really spoken about, but is so universally understood within the black male culture.

“I started to think about what is behind that? There’s love, joy, a bit of fear and, at times, solidarity. I thought: ‘What if we explore all those things?’.

“I did a workshop in HMP Thameside prison some years ago where I was really faced with the stark truth of what it is

to be vulnerable as a black man.

“The idea was to explore sensitivity and touch. Getting the men to do that in an environment that didn’t promote vulnerability in any way was a real challenge, but it also birthed moments of real honesty.”

Lanre believes there is an untapped pool of willingness to talk about emotions but men are held back.

He said: “Because of walking down the street and, at times, being seen as a threat, because of needing to be perceived as someone that is strong and has their shit together, we then put that armour up and people with armour are on battlefields and don’t talk about their

emotions. So we condition ourselves not to.”

Working class Hackney in the 1990s was an environment full of men putting on a front. But Lanre found his way through.

“I wasn’t a street thug, but I knew those guys and I could have gone the other way,” he said. “When you have low income, poverty and a government that doesn’t seem to care, then of course these things are going to happen.

“There were hard times, times of joy and you grow and learn and keep walking your way through. Faith was an important part of that. Not just religious, but faith that there’s always an ‘and’ never just a ‘but’. When I get pessimistic I always feel like there’s a way through.

“Hope is always there in these communities. It’s not just pain and struggle. You go into a Nigerian wedding, or a black party and the flow of joy, love and abundance is there. I want to make sure that I always talk about that. This show is going to have that because that’s what it means to be black and a black man. There’s so much joy.”

He was “bouncing

off the walls” as a kid, but found his joy through performing after his mum took him to the renowned Anna Scher Theatre school and he began booking jobs with the BBC and Channel 4.

In between classes, he and his friends would put on dance battles and Lanre co-founded company Protocol with the sole aim of performing at Breakin Convention. They got their wish and more, when founder of the international hip-hop theatre festival Jonzi D “saw a spark” in them.

“They nurtured and cultivated it and then allowed us to kind of find our own continuous path,” said Lanre.

“I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing without that support.”

He went on to study at Drama Centre London, but left early to join the Royal Shakespeare Company and, as an actor, The run will include appeared at the Royal Court shows on July 15 and in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks.

It was being chosen for The and 22 exclusively Old Vic 12 – a scheme to help developing artists ready to take for black men, and the next step in their careers – which garnered him attention ticketed banquets for as an independent movement the black community director and, five years ago, on July 1 and mixed Protocol ended “with love” so he could focus on audiences on July 7 to the opportunities encourage conversation coming his way.

“It turned out to be the best thing,

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how Lanre Malaolu explores the generational ties that hold black men back from emotional vulnerablity in his show Samskara, at The Yard

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because I needed that space to create my own strand as ‘Lanre Malaolu the artist’,” he said.

That has involved I Can’t Breathe, a response to the police killing of black man Eric Garner in 2014, Elephant In The Room in 2019, which explored mental and emotional health in black men, The Conversation, a 2019 short film on communicating racial experience to white partners, and The Circle, a 2020 documentary digging into the dynamics of brotherhood between black men.

Samskara is his first full-length show with a cast and he said it “started without me knowing”.

“I reached a point in my life where I was able to talk to my dad and then follow through with other black men in an honest way and just try and understand more,” he said. “I didn’t interview him because I find that isn’t the best way to have valuable conversations with black men because that’s when the guards come up.

“No matter what anyone says, you will be able to get more of the truth over a meal

Actor, writer, choreographer and director Lanre Malaolu in Nando’s when the energy is right. I was watching, listening, seeing and mentally noting things and writing them down.

I would be at my barbers where I’ve gone for 15 years and had so many conversations that I’m sure, in some way, have fed into the show.

“When the Samskara started to come together, I got these sharp, bursts of images and wrote them down. Then I started to think specifically about generations. I knew one character was going to be really young and think he could take on the world. One was going to be a father, one an older man

who’s been weathered down.

I started writing monologues for them, workshopped it for two weeks and, from that, it continued to build.”

He grew up a 15-minute walk from The Yard and said he was proud of how it had transformed over the years.

“They’ve changed and learnt and they’re really supporting artists to do their best work by giving space, really listening and putting their money where their mouth is,” he said. “I really respect and love that about them.”

He hopes Samskara will open up conversations and allow black men in the audience to see themselves in ways they haven’t been allowed to before.

“I still have a lot of chains to break myself, but I am able to talk about my feelings and my emotions in a way that I wasn’t 10 years ago,” he said. “Hopefully, I can say the same thing in another 10 years, because I’m a work in progress.

“Making the show has allowed me to really challenge myself whenever I have interactions with black men, because I know and understand the pain.

“I think it’s the fault of a lot of things. Eddie Marsden said something brilliant about how when young boys grow up, they think they can be superheroes.

“Some men let go of that and some take it on and that’s what feeds into this feeling that they are able to have an upper hand on the female sex. It goes back to the things we are taught.

That’s what this show is really about.

“What do we learn that we don’t even realize and how do we unpack and untangle and break those chains to move on?

“How do we accept that things like vulnerability are ultimately the superhero strength for a man, a black man.”

Go to lanremalaolu.com and theyardtheatre.co.uk

EVENT | Wingfest Arguably the most important event in the calendar for all those who enjoy spicy, fried chicken wings, this extravaganza also includes axe throwing.

Jul 16-17, times vary, from £25, wingfest.co.uk Where?

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GIG | The Sub Zero Jazz Jam House band The Dom Pusey Trio welcome musicians and performers to the stage as well as those who just want to listen to the mash up.

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FILM | Eric Ravilious: Drawn To War This full-length feature documentary delves into the compelling and enigmatic artist’s life and work, set against the wartime locations that inspired him.

Jul 7, 1pm, £7.50, picturehouses.com

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