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Jessica Chambers and Elisa Igrassia delivered a breathtakingly kinetic routine at Lanterns Studio Theatre – seen here during a previous performance in Edinburgh

by Jon Massey

In 2023, we see people dancing more than ever. You don’t have to scroll for long on social media before you come across somebody broadcasting their moves. But that’s still worlds away from the visceral thrill of seeing skilled artists ex and bend their bodies live on stage.

The rst iteration of The Ignition Platform arrived at Lanterns Studio Theatre on March 4, with performances of two excerpts from a work in progress by choreographer and dancer Kennedy Junior Muntanga.

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The Isle Of Dogs venue typically hosts big production companies rehearsing shows for West End stages (complete with one of Elton John’s old pianos), but producer Jamiel Devernay-Lawrence is working to open it up more often to public audiences with a series of initiatives.

It’s a mission that deserves encouragement and attention, given the quality of Saturday’s performances. Kennedy himself coughed and limped his way onto the theatre’s frankly enormous black stage for the rst piece. This tortured solo, drawn from the third act of A Death Has Occurred – a dance play he is currently developing – saw him twist and peel his body o the deck before frequently collapsing back to the earth, seemingly writhing in the agony of a disaster foretold.

His choreography is deeply physical – a demonstration of strength and endurance as much as grace and poise.

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This was also evident in the second piece that saw Jessica Chambers and Elisa Igrassia engaged in a erce battle, snapping ercely in and out of exactingly realised synchronised sequences just often enough to remind the viewer that even the desperate wrestling of the two bodies was much more than just the chance cacophony of aggression. Skill and substance. Further dates to be con rmed. Go to jamiellaurence.com

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by David Lefebvre Sell

Relationship styles come in four avours according to John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory

It’s a bit of a Freudian cliché, but the relationships we are exposed to as children tend to shape our expectations as adults and these patterns often bring people into therapy. Have you wondered why you always seem to be attracted to emotionally unavailable people?

Attachment Theory might provide an answer.

Developed by John Bowlby, it lists four attachment styles – anxious, avoidant, disorganised and secure. If your attachment style is “secure” your parents were probably good at looking after your needs and each other’s. You’re able to easily give and receive love and are also comfortable with con ict. You probably nd relationships fairly simple and your friends secretly hate you for that.

The “anxious” attachment style often goes with a negative self image – feeling that your partner is better than you and you’re lucky to have them. This is a dynamic that can be exploited, especially by narcissists. When there is an absence of support or intimacy, the anxious person may respond in desperation, becoming more clingy and demanding. This is often due to previous experience of abandonment.

The person with an “avoidant” attachment style is essentially the opposite of the anxious. They often have high self esteem and feel they do not need to be in relationships. They may even experience love as smothering. It is a common dynamic that men tend to be the avoidant in a relationship, partly due to the fact that this style is so mythologised. No, you’re not a lone wolf you’re just afraid of being loved and vulnerable.

Finally, the “disorganised” attachment style is a blend of the previous two. There is a desire for relationships, but also a di culty with trust.

It is important to understand that these styles represent a spectrum, not a life sentence. Changing the dynamic always starts with understanding it.

David Lefebvre Sell is a Greenwich-based psychotherapist and Yoga instructor who teaches at Third Space in Canary Wharf

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Cost of a ticket to see a performance of Four Freaks From Iowa – vegetables and overshoes need not be thrown at the actors

by Jon Massey

Greenwich Theatre is set to host a new comedy based on the true story of the infamous Cherry Sisters – a US troupe billed as “The Worst Act In The World” who also became the highest paid performers in Vaudeville history in the 1890s.

Four Freaks From Iowa – a name taken from the New York Times’ verdict – tells the tale of the sisters’ troubled show Something Good, Something Sad. Their performances regularly prompted audiences to pelt the stage with vegetables, overshoes and other objects. It even reportedly led to riots in some towns.

It also became customary for newspapers to write scathing reviews of the spectacle which saw the sisters sue publications for libel, eventually enshrining the defence of fair comment in law as judges found in the editors’ favour.

Stuart Mitchell-Smith’s play asks whether the act was really so awful that rational people were compelled to riot, why audiences and the press were so brutal to the sisters and whether anything much has changed in the last 140 years.

Four Freaks From Iowa, performed by The Roan Theatre Company, is set to run from March 22-25 with all shows starting at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £13. For more information go to greenwichtheatre.org.uk worst in

how Four Freaks From Iowa tells the Cherry Sisters’ remarkable story

Greenwich Theatre is set to host Four Freaks From Iowa from March 22-25, a play presented by The Roan Theatre Company

Greenwich - Peninsula - Woolwich what’s on things to do, places to go, people to see

Where? Indigo At The O2 Greenwich Peninsula

The Turkish alternative rockers – veterans of the 2008 Eurovision song contest – are set to play The O2’s second venue after more than 20 years gigging. Mar 23, 6.30pm, from £63.90, theo2.co.uk

Where? Greenwich Theatre Greenwich

STAGE | We Are What We Overcome

Combining upbeat original music with comic turns and stories, this production tells the tale of one man’s journey to good mental health. Mar 31, 7.30pm, £17.50, greenwichtheatre.org.uk

Where? Fireworks Factory Woolwich Works

The singer and young jazz artists present a performance of music and songs by the great Ray Charles. Expect a full 19-piece band generating the beats. Apr 1, 7.30pm, £28.50, woolwich.works ash back

This is Karyna Sukha, founder of fashion manufacturing rm Fabrika and label Vavi Studio – both based at Design District on Greenwich Peninsula – creating clothes sustainably in south-east London fabrikalondon.com, vavistudio.com

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Where?

The Albany Deptford

KIDS | A Square World

Suitable for ages 3-6, this honest, touching and quirky piece of theatre is a tale of friends adapting to sudden change. Performed without words. Mar 26, 1pm, 3pm, £8.50, thealbany.org.uk

Where?

The Albany Deptford

STAGE | Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

See the Bard’s timeless stories brought to life by young people in performances that are the culmination of months of work in schools. Mar 28-29, 7pm, £9.95, thealbany.org.uk

Where?

The Albany Deptford

GIG | Leviathan Orchestra

Founded in 2018 by trumpeter and musical director Axel Kaner-Lidstrom, the jazz ensemble will be in full force on April Fool’s Day. Support from XVNGO. Apr 1, 7pm, £15, thealbany.org.uk taste tip

by Jon Massey

Cost of a ticket to one of Debut’s ‘secret concerts’ in Rotherhithe

This has to be one of the best deals in London right now – Buster Mantis is o ering a wide selection of small plates, deserts and cocktails for £6 each on Thursdays. Well worth booking as it’s understandably popular bustermantis.com

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Classical music promoter Debut is set to host a series of “secret concerts” in the Brunel Museum’s Thames Tunnel, starting on March 16. Each event starts at 6.30pm with audience members able to indulge in botanical cocktails from Midnight Apothecary and food from Vietnamese Bánh Mì. Guests then descend into the Thames Tunnel to candlelit cabaret tables at around 7pm for the performance, which runs until 9.15pm including a half-hour interval.

Each show features Debut founder and soprano Lizzie Holmes and resident pianist Sam Pena as well as guest musicians whose identity is announced closer to the concert.

Tickets for each concert cost £28 with audiences limited to 65 people for each event.

Other dates include April 13, May 11, June 23 and July 23.

The August and September dates have already sold out, so readers are advised to move fast. The performances have particular relevance because Marc and Isambard Brunel claim to have hosted the world’s rst underground concert party at the venue in 1827.

Go to debut.org.uk for more information

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Price of an o -peak ticket to Thin Air. Peak tickets to the show at The Beams cost £25

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Where? Fold Canning Town

CLUB | Cartulis

The March edition of this regular party has been growing and developing since 2009. The latest event features DJs Z@p, Unai Trotti and Raphael Carrau. Mar 25, midnight-11am, from £20, ra.co

Where? Excel Royal Victoria Dock

EVENT | UCAS Discovery London

Thin Air promises to ll the 55,000sq ft venue with light and audio installations that will give visitors a transformative experience in a former sugar warehouse