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Welcome to the 72nd issue of Wharf Life. This paper is about getting out there and doing things, whether it’s training at Third Space, grabbing a seasonal cocktail at The Pearson Room, listening to Parasang at Woolwich Works or visiting Dido’s Bar in Royal Docks. Go out, have fun, life’s too short not to...
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Jim & Tonic has taken over The Print House space at Sugar House Island in Stratford with plans to make gin and rum on site. The venue also features riverside drinking and dining
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This one’s sneaked up on us – Wood Wharf has a new refreshment venue. Located just down from Patty&Bun on Park Drive, The Vow Cafe serves up co ee and pastries to the public and clients of The Vow OpenphotographyStudiobusiness.8am-3.30pm thevowstudio.com
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It’s almost time for the London Marathon , which this year will snake its way through Canary Wharf and east London on October 2 – expect plenty of opportunity to cheer on the runners and multiple road closures to be aware of tcslondonmarathon.com need to know
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>> Another eco-conscious fashion brand is Arket, which also has a store at West eld. During 2021, Arket claimed that 90% of its ready-to-wear, accessories and homeware textiles were made using responsibly sourced materials. The brand’s goal is to become fully climate positive by 2040. The gorgeously soft Cashmere Hoody, £135 in grey is made from 72% recycled cashmere sourced from second-hand cashmere products.
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It is not cheap to make ethical fashion choices, but these products are built to last. “Buy once, buy well” is my new shopping motto.
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en Z and Millennials get a lot of ack – but hey, they’re dealing with the worst in ation this country has ever seen. Getting on the property ladder is a huge hurdle and let’s not even mention energy bills. While I’m a Millennial – conditioned to be a bargain hunter and to nd the cheapest deal possible – it may surprise you to hear Gen Z has some big feelings about sustainability and is prepared to pay higher prices to support that.
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>> One-stop styling destination, And Other Stories, has a store in West eld Stratford City. It claims to approach everything with a sustainable mindset and says its ambition is to create lovable, circular fashion of premium quality that lasts beyond the current season. This is exactly what I am after. My most treasured items of clothing are those that I’ve had in my wardrobe for years – the ones that never go out of style. I browsed the brand’s fall fashion must-haves, and found the Knitted Jumper, £35 in pink, which was designed in Paris and is made from 38% recycled polyamide.
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In a survey carried out by Amnesty International (2019) among10,000 young people, climate change was the most commonly cited issue facing the world. That’s having an impact on Gen Z’s shopping choices. Recent research data from Mintel revealed around 70% of 16-to-19-year-olds agreed sustainability was an in uential factor when purchasing fashion items – signi cantly higher than among Baby Boomers. The heatwaves and droughts this summer have been impossible-to-ignore reminders of climate change, and it has made me think more about my shopping habits. Fast fashion is getting a hard rap at the minute, but many high street brands have made big strides in recent years in an e ort to be more eco-friendly. Taking a leaf out of the Gen Z mindset, I’m aiming to shop smarter, spending more on better quality products that will last longer, and reduce what I’m sending to land ll.
>> Waitrose Food And Home in Canary Wharf stocks a brand called Girlfriend Collective, which produces high quality activewear in sizes ranging from XXS to 6XL. The rm calls itself the Earth’s number one fan – its leggings and bras are made from 79% recycled polyester. The leggings are made from 25% recycled post-consumer plastic bottles and the bras 11%. Who doesn’t love a good pair of leggings? My favourites are the High Rise Pocket 7/8 Leggings in black, priced at £70. Yes, they have pockets, ladies.
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DLR Canary Wharf to Stratford services will increase to one train every four mins at peak times when a new timetable comes into operation. Every other service on the route will go through to Lewisham during the morning peak. Bank to Lewisham services will run every five mins on weekday evenings, up from every 10 mins.
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Uber Boat By Thames Clippers has launched a new cross river ticket option priced at £3.80. The fare is available from Canary Wharf to either Greenland Pier or Doubletree Docklands Pier and also Barking Riverside Pier to Woolwich Pier. The fare will be automatically applied to Oyster and card transactions.
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Newly launched M restaurant on the lower floors of Canary Wharf’s Newfoundland tower at the western edge of the estate is set to see its Bang & Olufsen sound system taken over by a pair of top DJs in September. The venue’s St Tropez Bottomless Beach Brunch runs every Saturday from noon-3pm and offers Wharfers two courses and free-flowing Mirabeau wine and cocktails for 90 minutes at £65 per head to a backdrop of sounds spun on theLondon-baseddecks. DJ and producer Krystal Roxx is set to drop the beats on September 17 fromrappertakeoverupAlsonoon-4pm.comingisaSundaybyandDJ Chip fromwhichSeptemberChipmunk)(formerlyon25,issettorun1pm-8pm.
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Perfect for the autumn, this smart, longline coat comes in an earthy brown check and is an easy layer to throw on to beat the elements. Part of the brand’s 1913 Collection, it comes fully lined in a wool blend that should cope well with the rigours of the cooler commutes ahead
East Asian and south-east Asian supermarket Tian Tian has begun welcoming customers at Canada Place for a period of soft launch before its official opening later in the month. Created in 2016, the brand already operates successful branches on the Isle Of Dogs and in Canning Town, with a selection of more than 10,000 products on its shelves. It also hosts sake, soju and food tasting events. Located opposite Waitrose Food And Home on the mall level in Canary Wharf, the company promises a launch event on September 21 complete with a Lion Dance and food tastings Go to tiantian.london for more information
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The ideal welcome drink for a festive bash, this slender, elegant flute comes with a couple of pistachio nuts and a crisp, clean flavour
“We try to make it so we have as little waste as possible behind the bar and we make use of as much of each ingredient as we can.”
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ight now there are two things to tell you about The Pearson Room. The first is that it’s just launched its new cocktail list, with the bar team working hard to come up with 14 drinks to tickle the tastebuds of thirsty Wharfers.“Iwould describe it as focused on smoky, spicy and sweet flavours as those are right for this time of year,” said Theo Damse.
Cocktails on The Pearson Room’s new seasonal drinks menu – here we focus on a selection of six14
Just Chill is a scarlet, spicy drink that will turn heads on arrival
Santa’s Little Helper – also in the pipeline for the festive season.
Santa’s Little Helper - £14.50 Bruichladdich Port Charlotte, Mount Gay Rum, Cherry Heering (served hot) Available from November, this brilliant, potent drink should be a Wharf rite of passage. Heady, smoky and warming for winter
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First Frost - £11 Whitley Neill Violet Gin, violette liqueur, lavender
“You’d get one point for a booking for four people, which works out at £5. The Pearson Room is very flexible – it can handle small dinners right up to receptions for 350 people. If you booked exclusive hire of the whole venue, that would be 40 points, so £200 in credit. We want to reward those who are loyal to us – it makes sense if we give something back.”
“We’re calling it The Pearson Collective,” said Emilie. “The way it works is that those on the scheme get points based on the number and size of booking that they make with us. Because we are owned by Third Space,
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Fairy Belle - £12.50 Belle De pear,Benedictine,Brillete,pistachio,Prosecco
Just Chill - £11 Ocho watermelonTequila,liqueur, grenadine, watermelon syrup and chilli
Rémy Martin 1738 cinnamon, lemon, orange juice, fresh orange segments
This is a proper, grown-up drink served with slices of fun – literally three toasted orange segements dipped in sugar and cinnamon
Also on Wharfers’ radars should be the venue’s loyalty scheme, which applies to PAs, EAs and anyone working at a company who has responsibility for making corporate bookings.
Cinema Seat - £14 Mezcal lime,Cointreau,Montelobos,popcornsyrup,pineapplejuice
Assistant bar manager at The Pearson Room, Theo Damse
That means the venue, which is located above Waitrose overlooking Canada Square, is all set for winter, with a special Christmas drink –
General manager at The Pearson Room, Emilie Parker-Burrell said: “We like our menu to be original, creative and something you won’t find anywhere else.
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those points can be used as credit at the club, Natural Fitness Food and Third Space Spa.
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This pale purple drink lies as lightly on the tongue as the first whisper of ice crystals forming from the morning dew. A subtle cocktail in debt to the classic Aviation
This punchy drink comes garnished with a few sweet kernels of popped corn and some sticky syrup to help the medicine go down
“The team have been amazing, coming up with all these drinks since we first talked about changing the menu in June.”
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“It could be that a company is still being billed for a property it no longer owns, that the rates have changed or that the meter data is either not coming through or has been poorly estimated.
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We were thrilled to have so many of our community join us –100 Level39 members descended on Feels Like June, the Californian-inspired bar and restaurant that resides on the ground oor of the Wood Wharf hotel.
ings to see how they differ. That’s how you start to understand whether you’re wasting energy.
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We host community meet-ups at Level39 or other venues on the estate, each month.
how Utilidex helps its customers to manage their energy billing, data, purchasing and carbon emissions
Having Tribe’s agship hotel on our doorstep makes international travel for our community that much easier and more convenient.
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As energy costs increase to eye-watering levels, companies will increasingly need to be on top of their usage, which is where Utilidex comes in
Whatever is going on in the market or with the planet, organisations’ ability to accurately know their own usage and impact is essential. That’s where Utilidex comes in.
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“Then thirdly, from the data we receive, we create, assess and monitor the carbon footprint of an organisation based on the latest conversions. These actually change every year based on how much renewable energy is in the system.“Once you have that data, which tends to be in half-hourly granularity in the UK, you can make observations – a business can monitor things like how much energy is being used when a property is vacant or a floor is empty in a building.
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We lucked out with the weather and enjoyed drinks and tasty canapes served on the summer terrace, overlooking Union Square.
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Tribe and Feels Like June are just two of the exciting recent openings in Canary Wharf that are now within close reach of our residents, workers, local community, and visitors. Next to try out will be Fairgame and Dishoom, once they open later this year.
All members are welcome to join. If you’re interested in joining our tech community –please do drop us a line or follow us on social media.
Utilidex, which has recently added water to the list of utilities its software supports, did not spring fully-formed from the minds of its founders – Mike and co-founder and CEO Richard Brys. Instead it is a company where change and evolution have
“Once you start looking at data in this highly granular form, then the observations become more interesting.“Thesedays, companies are devoting a bit more time to this – they are carbon aware – but even prior to that there was still a requirement for people working in facilities management to understand day-on-day, week-on-week, month-on-month, whether the organisation was making energy reductions and procuring power more effectively.
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he topic of energy is seldom out of the news at present. There’s the government plan to cap household bills at an average of £2,500 through 2023 with six months of equivalent support for businesses at a cost of more than £100billion.
Amy French is director at Level39 in Canary Wharf – follow @Level39CW on Insta and Twitter and @Level39CanaryWharf on LinkedIn
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“These are the sorts of things we try to inform our customers about. With our software, it’s all about usability and understanding how the system works –getting as much benefit as you wish and deciding how much activity you can and want to devote to bulbs.pingexample,changebehaviouralofenergy.“Intermsvalue,wecanmeasuretheimpactofprojectsand–forswap-toLEDlightThedatacan
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“There’s a lot of talk about energy suppliers over-billing, but in my experience, they’re just as likely to under-bill which is equally problematic if there’s a shock at the end of the year and it wasn’t in the “Traditionallybudget.much of this work was done manually, which was time consuming and prone to error, so we do it digitally.”
Then there’s the longer term problem that, unless humanity brings down global carbon emissions by finding ways to generate the power we need in more environmentally friendly ways, then our activities on this planet will be the end of our species.
Go to level39.co for more information about the One Canada Square-based tech community
ribe has opened as the rst hotel actually on the Canary Wharf estate. Level39 members were lucky enough to host our most recent monthly meet-up there and experience its quirky bar and restaurant. For us, this is not only exciting but incredibly signi cant. Being home to a community of global entrepreneurs, Level39 often welcomes international delegates and hosts events that attract people from overseas.
The bar at Feels Like June – the restaurant on the ground oor of Canary Wharf’s Tribe hotel
“You can work out things like energy intensity per square foot and then compare different build-
provide the justification for doing things like that. We also do the basic things like ensuring our customers’ bills are accurate. If your bill is £5million, then you’ll want to know if it’s correct or whether you’re under or over.
The energy market evolves in a dynamic fashion, but you have to adapt to those changes to stay in business
“The reason we do that is so companies are less exposed to big changes in prices, to mitigate big shocks in the market.
billing and, by default, bill validation for our customers. Secondly, we handle energy procurement – that means buying energy for the future for large corporates and industrials particularly.
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“I’m actually more optimistic now about climate change than I was eight months ago,” said Mike. “Sadly, that’s down to the rocketing energy prices. They will cause a dark winter where energy conservation becomes really important for financial survival, be that for households or businesses.“Theimpact of this will accelerate the process because it will force everybody’s hands and that should be a good thing for the planet.”While Mike said there were no easy fixes for businesses facing escalating bills, he said some would be in a position to take action.“It’s a massive problem and will need to be addressed in a variety of ways,” he said. “One way for organisations to do that is to become both producers and consumers of energy as well as investing in batteries to help avoid peak rate tarriffs.
“Where firms have the capital, now would be a really good time to invest in wind or solar – and make their own energy. That’s the way industrials will need to go.
One of the parts of its business Utilidex hopes to expand is the ways it supports organisations to reduce their carbon emissions.
shaped its activities, growth and direction.“When you start a business in the utility sector, especially if you’ve got some experience, you usually have a plan,” said Mike. “But as the market evolves there has to be re-calibration and sometimes chucking everything out of the window and starting again.“All these things happen in a dynamic fashion, but you have to adapt to those changes to stay in business.
“We want to build our business in the UK and grow it here –there’s a lot to do.”
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“Their interest drove us into an area where we had to learn quite quickly what had to be done to support behavioural change in buildings.“Nowadays, every organisation above a certain size in the UK has a carbon target. These are set at board level, so have to be adhered to, and there are lots of opportunities where our data can be used either by consultants, developers or sales providers to build a business case for a project.
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“We were very lucky. Our first two corporate customers – Bourne Leisure and Aviva – had massive environmental awareness in 2014 and still do today.
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gets more bang for their buck. I’d say a minimum of three visits a week is a good idea because that is just enough to build habit and consistency and it’s achievable.”
“For example, I’ll do strength training, but in terms of condi tioning, I’ll always try to throw in bigger, full-movements like thrusters or squats. That way you get better results and the client
tephanie has worked in the industry for more than a decade and has been a trainer at the Canary Wharf club for eight years. She is also assistant fitness manager there, meaning she mentors new personal trainers as well as working directly with clients.
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here’s more to going into work than toiling at a desk or moaning about your employer in the office kitchen. It’s about coming to a different environment and being able to take advantage of facilities that simply don’t exist in the suburbs or the home counties.
how Third Space is encouraging Wharfers to make the most of the days they are spending in the office by embracing the facilities around them
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Third Space elite personal trainer Stephanie Whitehead says gym sessions can have multiple benefits for people’s physical and mental health
Take Third Space in Canary Wharf, for example. Set over three floors, it boasts more than 100,000sq ft of training space including a climbing wall, swim ming pool, boxing ring and pretty much every piece of exercise equipment you can call to mind.
approach, but it’s our job to give you that clarity, structure and focus.“Italso prevents you just doing the things that you are good at, which can create imbalances in the body. My approach would be to work with a client on an all-round programme based on the number of days they are coming in to make sure all of their muscle groups are getting involved and we’re working on their whole body.
Regular readers of Wharf Life will already be familiar with the hundreds of classes it offers every week, with everything from Yoga and Pilates through to the epic Yard WOD set in its purpose-built CrossFit-style training space.
“Training at the gym is very different from training at home,” she said. “During lockdown, because I’m a trainer, I could be very resourceful and come up with great workouts using just one kettlebell and that would be great“Butfun.we don’t have to do that anymore. The difference here is, firstly, the environment. This isn’t working out on a mat on your kitchen floor. Here, you’re in amazing surroundings with people doing really cool things. You’re somewhere else and focused – you’re ready to train.
“A lot of my clients would say they have very stressful jobs –lawyers who work really long hours, or bankers who might deal with mistakes involving millions of pounds – really high levels of pressure to deal with,” said Stephanie.“Firstly, coming to the gym is a distraction and, secondly, it’s a complete break with everyday life. I always say to people that continued on Page 12
“Secondly, it’s all the equip ment. You’re not limited by what you have at home. If you haven’t been in a gym for a while, that can seem overwhelming –which is why having the input of a personal trainer is really important.“Suppose, for example, you’re coming into the office a few days each week. We can put a programme together for you that fits that, tailored to maximise what you get out of each specific visit. Each trainer will have a different style and a different
Having discovered a passion for fitness at university while studying psychology, she went on to compete in CrossFit before
Elite personal trainer at Third Space Canary Wharf, Stephanie Whitehead, said the benefits to exercising this way were clear.
The club recently launched its autumn campaign, offering memberships with no joining fee, encouraging Wharfers to see its extensive facilities as an extra benefit to heading into work, as more and more people transition back to regular commuting.
developing a career on the gym floor.That broad background means she is well-placed to understand the benefits training can have on her clients’ mental health as well as their physical state.
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Third Space Canary Wharf is currently undergoing a series of upgrades with brand new free weights and pin-loaded machine areas recently unveiled. The club’s changing rooms and cardio vascular machine areas are also set to be refreshed in the coming months
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Amounts left to a spouse or civil partner are tax-free, as are gifts to charity. Since October 2007, married couples and registered civil partners can effectively increase the threshold of their estate when the second spouse or civil partner dies to as much as £650,000, although this does not happen automatically.Thepersonal representative of the second spouse or civil partner must apply to HM Revenue And Customs to transfer the unused Inheritance Tax threshold to the estate of the second spouse or civil partner no later than 24 months from the end of the month when the first spouse or civil partner died.
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“Personal trainers are not like drill sergeants – we’re not going to go crazy at the beginning,” she said.“Personal training is very tailored, so each individual client will have a different ability level.
“My tip would always be to increase frequency. If you’re going only once a week and progress seems slow, then going up to three
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n death, the first £325,000 of an estate is Inheritance Tax free. This threshold is known as the Nil Rate Band and it is frozen until April 2026. Anything over this amount will be subject to Inheritance Tax at a rate of 40%.
“It’s positive reinforcement and it’s just different from the feeling you get from, say, buying a nice pair of “Thatshoes.canbe great, but it wears off quite quickly, whereas the feeling you get from achieving in the gym, whether it’s building muscle or losing body fat, means you get fitter and stronger.”
l Third Space is currently offering memberships to its clubs with no joining fee. Other incentives include discounted personal training sessions, two compli mentary guest passes to the club worth £50, a meal from Natural Fitness Food, 10% off at The Pearson Room and a 25% discount off the member’s first treatment or massage at the Third Space’s Canary Wharf Spa.
“But there’s definitely no minimum standard to start coming to the gym – any time is a good time to start.
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In addition to its Canary Wharf club, Third Space operates in the City and at Marylebone, Islington, Mayfair, Moorgate, Soho and Tower Bridge.
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this is a place where they can leave work behind – one hour, which is just for them. No work, no phone if they want – just the training. Exercise is an outlet – a lot of my clients have a little vent at the beginning of their session and then forget the minutiae of the“There’sday. also that feeling of achievement – getting that personal best on the 2k row or lifting heavier than ever before. With consistency and discipline you will see results and that’s what’s so rewarding about it.
Over the pandemic, many people will have naturally lost the habit of going to a gym and may be nervous about their ability to return to regular training.
My philosophytraining has always been to push myself and, within their own limits, that’s how I work with my clients too
Stephanie said the best remedy was simply to start exercising, but not to worry about attaining a certain level of fitness before getting back in the gym.
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“Every single person, no matter what strength or fitness level they’re at will certainly see progress by the end of a few months.“Itmight be that that they’re moving better or they feel less out of breath. They might be stronger or feel better.
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THEATRE | Grandad Anansi Abi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi folktales and play games as they work in the garden, building a bond that nothing can break. Oct 7-8, various times £7, halfmoon.org.uk
revelling in everything strange and beautiful in the coexistence of contrastsfrom Purcell’s 17th-century aria Dido’s Lament to Dido’s early 2000s hit White Flag and Autumn Leaves to Antônio Carlos Jobim’s The Waters of March
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VISIT | The Crown Jewels If you haven’t been, now seems a tting time to visit this world-famous collection of 23,578 gemstones before they are used to crown King Charles III. Ongoing, included in Tower tickets, hrp.org.uk
Students and teachers at the Attlee A Level Academy near Limehouse have been celebrating a record-breaking year as grades surpassed those of 2019. New City College is now looking to build on those results ncclondon.ac.uk
MUSIC | Jessi This Korean rapper, known for her erce lyrics and attitude, has seen a rise in popularity since her 2017 UK visit with hits Nunu Nana and Cold Blooded. Oct 10, 7pm, £10, troxy.co.uk
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ot on the heels of a run in New York, this musical fantasia gets its UK debut at Wilton’s Music Hall from Sept 28-Oct 22. Only An Octave Apart brings together two singular artists – veteran and pioneer cabaret star Justin Vivian Bond and globally revered opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo, who is the rarest and highest of male voices, a countertenor. Their teaming up came about by chance after Costanzo saw Bond’s show and they became fast friends. This is their joyous and surprising musical union,
A numberventriloquist-styleinspiredbySingin’ In The Rain plays o their bucking of expectations.genderedTheduo banter and sing together, revelling in their di erences and commonalities and nding humour and beauty in combining plucked strings and erotic disco beats.
The show was conceived with and directed by Zack Winokur, co-artistic director of the American Modern
Renowned opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo, left, has teamed up with pioneering drag performer Justin Vivian Bond
Opera Company. It is presented by Creative Partners Productions and Kindred Partners in association with Justin Vivian Bond with music supervision by Thomas Bartlett, arrangements by Nico Muhly, musical direction by Daniel Schlosberg, and costume design by JW Anderson.Ticketscost £21-£40 or £19.50-£37.50 concessions.
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Performances start at 7.30pm and run for 90 minutes with no interval. Go to wiltons.org.uk
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rinity Buoy Wharf is hosting a new exhibition of works by Anna Keen until September 30. Open daily and free to visit, Wandering The Wilderness sees the artists’ paintings dotted around the creative hub and also displayed at the RSPB sanctuary at Rainham Marshes.
Anna’s paintings freeze moments in time, such as the day storm Eunice ripped part of the roof off The O2, or the time two decades ago when Trinity Buoy
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Other locations include the wreck of the explosives-laden SS Richard Montgomery poking above the waves off Sheerness, Second World War pill boxes on the Isle Of Sheppey and the Knock John Sea Fort off Foulness.
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Born on the Isle Of Wight and brought up on the remote Scottish island of Arran, Anna spent six years studying in Paris before going on to work in Rome, Venice, Amsterdam and London.
Isle Of Dogs-based charity Craft Central has a new director in Jo McLean and is looking to build its operations back up in the wake of the pandemic and reach out to the local community as it grows and develops craftcentral.org.uk
her paintings include the Thames Barrier, Canary Wharf and Balfron Tower – the latter seen from the tidal foreshore of the River Lea.
Based on a true story, this play examines the lingering e ect on a father and daughter of Britain’s 1957 hydrogen bomb tests on Christmas Island. Oct 4-8, 7.30pm, £15, space.org.uk
Wandering The Wilderness features works by artist Anna Keen on show at Trinity Buoy Wharf
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There’s also a digital component to the exhibition, which is part of this year’s Totally Thames festival. Anna has created a Google Map detailing all of the locations along the river that have inspired works featured in the show. Notable local landmarks that appear in
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Totally Thames 2022: Wandering The Wilderness is available for viewing at Trinity Buoy Wharf until September 30. The exhibition is free to visit from 7am-7pm daily.
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Her paintings at Trinity Buoy Wharf are displayed on converted road signs, acting both as a chronicle of the landscape along the banks of the river as well as the passage of time.
GIG | Tommy Khosla And Yijia Part of the venue’s regular Friday Sessions, curated by music programmer Samad Majid, this show features a spellbinding sitarist and a Chinese singer. Sept 30, 7pm, free, poplarunion.com
how Wandering The Wilderness invites Londoners to discover the wildness and history along the city’s rivers
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STAGE | The Last This play is a one-woman adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1826 novel written after the deaths of her husband and three of her children. Oct 11-15, times vary, £15, space.org.uk
Where? The Space Westferry Road Where? The Space Westferry Road
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The air of this being a slightly clunky attempt at irony towards gentri cation weren’t helped by the pub’s website stating that design features of the pub were inspired by its previous role as a job centre. The name has endured but thankfully the earlier passage is no longer on the website.
This name caused outrage when the pub opened in 2014, as the building had previously housed the local job centre, which had only closed four years previously despite a vociferous local campaign to keep it.
Named after the famous ship which took the rst pilgrims across the Atlantic Ocean to America in 1620, the pub is thought to be located at the original mooring point for the ship ahead of its initial journey to the south coast.Rumour has it that the planks of the ship were used in the rebuilding of the pub after it returned to London. One thing is for certain, you can legally buy both UK and US postage stamps behind the bar. may owerpub.co.uk
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The use of the name Moby Dick hints back to Greenland Dock’s early use in the 19th century by the whaling industry.
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uthors James Potts and Sam Cullen have recently published What’s In A London Pub Name, a book that aims to enlighten Londoners about the meanings behind the names of more than 650 pubs in the capital.
Discover the three interwoven stories of The Gretchen Question as the production comes to the Master Shipwright’s House from September 22-October 2. Tickets are on sale now, typically costing £18.50 thealbany.org.uk
The previous use of the dock is also the inspiration for the name of the nearby Ship And Whale too, to the eastern edge of the dock. mobydickgreenlanddock.co.uk
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As a teaser, they’ve kindly let Wharf Life reproduce four excerpts from the Rotherhithe and Deptford area. But why write this book at all?
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This pub surfaced in the 1980s as part of a massive redevelopment of the Greenland Dock area which included new residential luxury property developments.
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“We undertook extensive research for the book, visiting many pubs in person to speak to sta rst-hand. We also consulted local libraries and archives and social media to capture key local insights.
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Sam said: “We’re both based in the capital, James living in north London and me in
During its long history as the Oxford Arms, the pub was a thriving live music venue, the roll of honour including local boys Squeeze and not quite so local Dire Straits.
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What’s In A London Pub Name by James Potts and Sam Cullen is available via Capital History, priced £8.95
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This group of jazz-inspired musicians promise to marry the sounds of a range of instruments. Also expect appearances from ARK, Toek and Oreglo. Oct 1, 7.30pm, pay-what-you-decide, thealbany.org.uk
Where? Canada Water Theatre Canada Water
Where? The Albany Detford Where? MuseumBrunel Rotherhithe
TALK | Brunel Book Club: Brunel And His Son Anthony Burton re ects on the often overlooked achievements of Marc Brunel, father of Isambard Kingdom and an engineer in his own right. Sept 28, 7pm, £5, thebrunelmuseum.com
west London. We’ve always been keen to explore the city’s pubs and wondered about the stories behind their names.
“Rotherhithe and Deptford are areas steeped in history so it’s no surprise they are well represented in the book.”
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The name changed in the early 2000s and is thought to refer to the pub’s location next to Deptford Creek, which was itself a hotbed of shipbuilding in the 18th century. Technically the observation point at the top of a ship is a crow’s nest, but they’re close enough. thebirdsnestpub.co.uk
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STAGE | O The Chest Hosted by Ella Dorman-Gajic and Iftikhar Latif, this inclusive spoken word poetry night promises original voices and limited open mic slots. Oct 6, 7pm, £5, canadawatertheatre.org.uk
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“The main idea is the sense of journey in our music. We start with something very pure and we take that purity to many places and we like our audience to come with us. Our music is hypnotic, immersive and atmospheric.”
Parasang is set to be one half of the double-bill event Arsenal Of Sounds, which is set to take over Woolwich Works’ Beanfeast venue at Royal Arsenal Riverside on October 7.
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British-Iranian musician Pouya Ehsaei, centre, is set to bring his Parasang Project to Woolwich Works in October
him on a journey and it’s called Parasang. Talk to him about the project and it quickly becomes apparent that the British Iranian creative is more or less constantly in a state of u himself san s shift, ideas evolve and develop.
Acts will perform for Arsenal Of Sounds on October 7 – Parasang and the Orchestra Of Samples
how Parasang aims to take listeners on an atmospheric, immersive journey, fusing electronic music and live players
“Now we changed Parasang to be a bit more like a trio or duo that plays electronic dance music mi e with worl musi in a concert set-up.
Pouya has been on a journey himself, both physical and musical, to get to where he is.
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atmospheric sounds and modular generated patterns and then the musicians will freely improvise over the top of that.
The project then went virtual during the pandemic and has now changed again.
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“I developed a hardware system so I could improvise with the musicians on stage. I have a modular synthesizer, a sampler, a rum ma hine an a few effe ts e als si nal ro ess all of the sound from the musicians I’m working with as well.
“In my early 20s I was teaching classical guitar in a school in Iran and then I found out about the electric guitar and I got into metal, nu-metal and rock music. It was a big thing back then.
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Also on the bill will be Addic tive TV’s Orchestra Of Samples, which sees soundscapes created from a vast library of recordings from musicians all around the world.Forthis iteration of Parasang, Pouya will be joined on stage by Kadialy Kouyate, a kora player and griot (storyteller and musi ian from Sene al.
“Every time I’ve played with him three times so far with Parasang it s ma i , sai ou a. “His sound, his voice and his kora o ver well with the stuff that do. I’m really looking forward to the performance at Woolwich.
“Each of our concerts is one of a in the musi is ma e there on stage and it will never be the same again.”
“There was me in my room and musicians from all over the world from etroit, erlin, South orea an ra il we la e together remotely, which was very complicated to set up, but we managed it.
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“Originally I’m from Iran and I started as a musician when I was a teena er too amen o guitar lessons before moving on to classical guitar,” he said.
Parasang isn’t, however, about traversing great distances. It’s a live collaboration between Pouya and a series of other musicians, fusing his electronic music with their free ciansbetweennight,Createdimprovisation.initiallyasaclubitranfor30performances2018and2020.“Theideawastoinvitemusifromaroundtheworldwith
“That was using streaming platforms and we were jamming online,” said Pouya.
ifferent ba roun s who woul not normally play with electronic music to join me on stage in a club so we could improvise and play together,” said Pouya.
“Everything goes through my system. I mostly make the structure with simple beats,
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Parasang is a Farsi word for an ancient unit of measurement s e i all the istan e it is possible to travel from one location to another in a single day.
“If you were to go from London to ea in , for e am le, that would be two parasangs,” said Pouya. “If you go today, then you’d get there tomorrow night.”
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“So then I stopped playing guitar and applied to study music technology at York and then I did a PhD before moving to London 10 years ago. I’ve been playing music here for a decade now.”
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Arsenal Of Sounds – Orchestra Of Samples And Parasang takes place at 8pm on October 8. Standard tickets cost £10.50.
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small venues because that kind of music was banned.
“I could sit in my bedroom and send it out into the world, just to have a voice. There was no need to n rehearsal s a e for a ban .
Having returned to theatres in 2020, the comedian’s latest show features stories from his travels including Lebanon, North Korea and Chernobyl. Oct 7, 7.30pm, £23, woolwich.works
Where? TheatreGreenwich Greenwich
“That’s why I thought I’d get rid of the laptop and arrange my instruments so I could just play with others intuitively and do that live if I wanted.
Kora player and griot Kadialy Kouyate will join Pouya for Parasang at Woolwich Works next month
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“When I came to the UK, I was working on electronic music and that aspect of being in a band with others was missing,” he said.
“It’s hard to be committed as a group if you can’t play concerts or really get any kind of feedback on what you’re doing.
“I have a band called Ariwo, which is me playing with three musicians from Cuba – mixing Cuban and electronic music,” said Pouya, who has performed at venues such as King’s Place, the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall, the Southbank Centre and the Royal Academy of Arts.
In many ways, Pouya created Parasang in an effort to re a ture the feeling he’d had playing music as part of a group, rather than creating it on his own.
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reall li e it, the state of ow you get into – the connection I feel with the musicians is completely ifferent than if ou ust la alone.“Especially when you’re improvising, you have to be present in the moment – all your senses are at work – and with my setup there are so many cables, knobs and buttons, they demand a state of complete focus. That’s something I really“Whenenjoy.you come to a city like London it’s so vast and so big that you’re a little bit confused in the beginning.“Finding people you want to work with and feeling part of a community can take a long time. But I have that now and I really feel that this is just the beginning for me. I’m now in the process of turning Parasang into more of a band situation. We don’t want to be a club night any more.
Where? The ArenaO2 Peninsula
Expect songs from the tenor’s 16 studio albums including newish material from 2019’s Si. Oh, and Time To Say Goodbye will probably get an outing. Sept 30-Oct 1, times and prices vary, theo2.co.uk
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“Theydone.saw one of the Parasang club nights in London and we got in touch. I think it was in May that we did a similar thing to what we’re doing in Woolwich – getting together for a concert. That turned out really well – we’re a good combination.”
This new musical follows the journey of two sisters as they search for happiness, ghting against their mother’s dysfunctional behaviour.
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It’s also through collaboration that Pouya came to be aware of the work of Addictive TV, the group he’s now sharing a bill with for the second time.
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“It was very hard to have a band and to do concerts – really to keep everyone motivated – so I gravitated to electronic music because you could just do that on your own.
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Oct 1-23, times vary, £30, greenwichtheatre.org.uk
“We were playing at the Womad festival and I saw Addictive TV’s Orchestra Of Samples there – I was totally blown away by what they’d
You’ll need to be very hot o the mark, but there’s just time to catch one of three performances of It’s A Motherf**king Pleasure at Greenwich Theatre over September 14 and 15. Tickets cost £15 greenwichtheatre.org.uk
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“The plan is to have an album a year with, say, with two musicians I want to work with, and then to go on tour with that before changing the line-up.”
“The audience will walk into the venue, with a house band warming up in the corner and they’ll grab a drink from the bar,” said Josephine.
“But I didn’t want to just tell a personal story, I also didn’t want to create a super band of musicians. I wanted to do something theatrical andHerdramatic.”lightbulb moment came when she remembered a text she had studied 20 years ago as a classics student.“Iwas chatting to someone about how the Aeneid is the story of our time, of the refugee and the struggle to n a la e to belon , she sai . eneas ees Tro in the war torn East and travels across the Mediter ranean to seek sanctuary and build a new home in Europe
“It’s the story of both the experi en e of eein an havin to assim ilate and discover that, once you’ve arrived, it’s only the beginning of the story. Suddenly I realised it was the perfect way to tell Marouf’s story and
“I wanted to tell Marouf’s story an n a wa of un erstan in what it is to be European through the experiences of refugees who travel here,” she said.
This is the struggle Dash Arts seeks to capture with its new production Dido’s Bar, an immersive retelling of Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid, set in Royal“I’mDocks.Jewish and British, English and a Londoner and have always felt I’m many things – on the edge of so much,” said director Josephine Burton. “I’ve enjoyed being in that liminal la e between ifferent communities. It’s how I see the world, so I’m interested in seeing other people’s otherness too.”
The story of migration and love will be told through the eyes of refugees today and unfold in a real life bar built in part of a former Tate & Lyle Audienceswarehouse.will,we are told, be immersed in a strange world when they arrive, where they are unsure what motivates the people around them. They will mingle with the cast as the story of Trojan refugee Aeneas unfolds around them.
It’s a perfect marriage of place and story because the audience is really going to feel that they’re coming to somewhere incredibly exciting
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Dido’s Bar has been two years in the ma in an was rst ins ire ba in 2017 when Josephine met Kurdish Iranian refugee Marouf Majidi in Finland.“Ihad been on an exploration of what it means to be European which had emerged out of the Brexit referendum,” said Josephine.
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e foun it ver har at rst to establish himself musically and connect with the musicians he was playing with in Finland. Eventually something shifted for him and he found his place, but he was no longer ‘in tune’ with musicians from central Asia.“It was such a short meeting, but that thing he said about feeling out of tune lived with me. I picked up the phone three months later and said I really wanted to tell his story and wanted him to be at the heart of it.”
Josephine has created more than 80 pieces of work in various forms and produced 300 gigs with venues including the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall, Oval Space, the Roundhouse and Sadler’s Wells
“Then the drama of this amazingly powerful love story between Aeneas and Dido and the great battle between Aeneas, the foreigner, and Turnus, the local boy, will creep up aroundJosephinethem.”isco-founder and artistic director of Dash Arts, which is based in Whitechapel. For the last 15 years it has worked with 9,000 artists to create work that bridges divides across art forms, cultures, languages and“Wecommunities.goonabit of a journey and spend a lot of time listening, under standing, meeting and researching artists and eventually creating work with them,” said the 45-year-old.
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“It’s perhaps the people who move here and go through such a transfor mation, musically and emotionally, to insert themselves and settle in a new place, that can help tell us who we are. They can be that mirror for us.
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efugees have to leave everything they know – not just places and people, but communities, careers, sights and sounds they have found comfort in their whole lives. They arrive in a new world and are expected to assimilate. But how do they do this when everything around them is unknown?
But instead of being set in ancient Italy, the production has been transported to a jazz bar with a line-up of live musicians. It’s set to run at The Factory from September 23 to October 15
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e a ree , but at rst Jose hine stru le to n the ri ht wa to bring his story to the stage.
Actors make up the cast of Dido’s Bar, which is set to run from September 23-October 15
“I met Marouf in Finland in 2017 on my way back to the airport over a offee an he tol me his stor of traveling to Europe.
“It’s like opening up a Pandora’s box with this extraordinary wealth to explore, understand and then share with audiences.”
e e ran as a refu ee an was relocated to Finland, where he settled and eventually studied at the Sibelius Music Academy in Helsinki, where he now teaches.
“He’s been on an extraordinary journey from the music conservatoire in Tehran where he studied Persian classical music, to teaching Finnish folk music.
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“The original epic poem is pages and pages long in Latin, involves mass battles an love affairs an is very involved and beautiful. We’ve taken that story and mapped it on top of Marouf’s.”
“It was sticky and black underfoot and it felt very powerful as a venue –I just knew it would amazing.”
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“Then, last May, I visited The Factory when it was in quite an early stage of “Projekt,development.ourpartners for the show, had just got Unit F from Tate&Lyle and, when we walked in, there were pigeons in the rafters and sugar all over the oor.
“I remember the two of us bent over on the oor in S otlan in the rain with copies of the Aeneid in English, Latin and Arabic ,” said Josephine.“Wespent hours trying to work out
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“Then we did a lot of jigsawing and planning and brought in Hattie who had adapted the Aeneid for a io as a rama. She o off an write and then we’d write a song together. It really was a collaborative process.”Theresult is a show where the epic warriors of the original story are now musicians trying to make it into the spotlight and the goddesses are sisters who own two bars – one on the edge of town and one in the centre.Itdraws on the backgrounds of its international cast who hail from Morocco, Madagascar, Germany, Finland, and Eritrea, and uses their native languages to enrich the performance.Josephinesaid: “The show now is about how to understand an old myth written 2,000 years ago that feels so resonant and timeless.”
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It will be staged in Unit F of The Factory, disused sugar warehouses that have recently been transformed into a series of new venues and workspaces.“Itcouldnever be in a black box theatre,” said Josephine. “I wanted the audience to feel that they were somewhere impromptu and exciting and slightly makeshift. We spent uite a lot of time tr in to n a place and saw some extraordinary places across the Docks.
It landed the rst grant from the Royal Docks Good Growth Fund for a year-long refurbishment and opened the 100,000sq ft space in June.
“It’s a perfect marriage for us of place and story because the audience is really going to feel that they’re coming to somewhere incredibly exciting and diverse,” said Josephine.
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take to the stage each night and the show will be complemented by a programme of gigs, talks, food events and workshops to engage the local community, which has been shaped through the area’s history of immigration and dockers.
to understand the role of Aeneas in a contemporary setting.
“I really want them to have a wonderful night and love the music because it’s extraordinary,” she said.
what the stor was an nesse it to the point where we would challenge each other to tell it in less than a minute, then 30 seconds, then 10.
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The project has been co-produced with the Royal Docks Team and Jospehine said they have worked hard over the last year to embed it into the community, meeting local groups and running music workshops.“Thereis a real sense of culture and community building happening there and I got very excited about that,” she said. “I had this real instinct that there wasn’t anywhere else to put Dido’s Bar.”
“I want them to feel as I felt, that this old ancient story has such resonance today, to feel moved by the protagonists and the journey they have taken.
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She developed the idea during a series of residencies with playwright Hattie Naylor and Marouf, who has composed the music alongside Riku Kantola.Research and development in Scotland in February 2020 was followed by a residency in Finland –a few days together as part of Royal Docks Originals – and a residency in Cornwall. Marouf then moved to on on this summer to nish developing the show.
“I hope they feel we have done justice to some of the biggest questions of our time, about how to assimilate into our communities.”
Once used by Tate & Lyle for sugar production, this 5.2 acre site on Factory Road is now a series of work and event spaces run by meantime use specialist Projekt (also behind the Silver Building)
Organisations that have made it their home include Community Food Enterprises, Links Event Solutions and The Beams – a new venue by Broadwick Live.
Projekt said the venue provides new work and event spaces that will “safeguard and grow the already burgeoning artistic and cultural community around the Royal Docks, as well as providing a signi cant amount of a ordable workspace.”
Unit F at The Factory
Unit A is home to a cafe run by The Breadmeister, Unit D is a set of workspaces and Unit F is a refurbished warehouse that will be hired out for lm and TV productions.
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“Newham is one of the most linguistically diverse boroughs in London – there are hundreds of languages spoken there – and it has alwa s been a rst ort of all for people. So to tell this timeless epic story today in Newham’s docks is really thrilling and right.”
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She hopes the audience will embrace the world they have created.
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Further expansion followed, including a partnership with brewery German Kraft, which brings us to 2022. Jim And Tonic recently took over The Print ouse at Su ar ouse slan in Stratford and is in the process of creating a blockbuster home for the brand.
“We started in 2016 with one van – Genevieve – having agreed to trade on a golf course at a corporate event.
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n a ition to an e tensive outdoor terrace, indoor bar and
“We are a sustainable urban distillery, so we try to source as many ingredients locally as possible.“OurLondon dry, for example, has botanicals that can be found within the M25. We also try to work with community gardens, that supply us with ingredients we use in the gin.
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how Jim And Tonic is making space for its brand as it sets up shop and stills at Stratford’s Sugar House Island
Jim And Tonic’s patch sits in Dane’s Yard, right on the banks of Three Mills Wall River Weir – a stretch of water that forms a triangle with the River Lea and Pudding Mill River.
lot can happen in six years. A long-time fan of gin and tonic, Jim Mark had been on a skiing holiday to Norway and expe rienced the drink in a new way. He was served big glasses with quality contents (think Williams Elegant Gin and Fever Tree Toni , to e off with a variet of garnishes. Before long he was gently slurring the words “Jim and tonic” and a business idea and brand name were born.
“We visited this place and fell in love with it – it feels like an o en s a e, sai Jim. n terms of hos italit , thin the area is underdeveloped – there’s not mu h of an offerin for eo le.
Located a short walk from Pudding Mill Lane DLR station, Su ar ouse slan is towar s the Bow end of Stratford High Street.
“Our Roobee pink gin uses honey from urban apiaries, literally made in the capital. What really sets us apart is that we’re small scale compared to other so-called craft distilleries. We produce very small batches but we are looking to grow our sales to both consumers and businesses.
“That experience got me thinking about getting these avours to ever bo an so bought jimandtonic.com for £20 –that was the beginning,” said Jim.
restaurant, there will be two distilleries – one for gin and one to create rum. There’s also an events space and plans for a botanical rooftop garden on one of the two buildings the company has taken over.
t was on a whim reall , an idea to try and build a company that was about bringing wonderful gin and tonics with crazy garnishes to people, which not man ha seen at the time. t went down really well.”
“But these are lovely buildings, right by the water – there’s the outside space and we can make this a place that’s great for all.
With a plethora of wooden benches to choose from, lit by white bulbs strung above them, a bar on an open-top bus and a 40m, multicoloured tower lit by some 600 LEDs, Jim And Tonic makes the area an immensely attractive proposition. And that’s before you even et to the stuff it serves.
“At the moment we’re producing four gins, and a couple of other products, including a Ugandan project with a water charity to fund wells in Africa,” said Jim And Tonic distiller Hendré Barnard.
We are sustainablea urban distillery, so we try to source as many ingredients locally as possible
“We’ve got big plans and that’s one of the reasons we came here – to have a brand house, so that people can experience the process, do distillery tours, tastings and
“We’re a distillery but we want to create great spaces – boutique shops and bars for people to come and enjoy their gin and tonics.”
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Gins in Jim And Tonic’s core range, with other products available and plans for a rum in the pipeline
The day was such a success, in fact, that further sporting events followe as the e lin om an built its business from a mobile base.“Then we got into Mercato Metropolitano, at Elephant n astle, whi h was our rst permanent bar,” said Jim. “That’s where our main distillery is and it really helped our business.”
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One of those new products will be a rst for Jim n Toni Sugar House Rum.
allow people to get their hands dirty to a certain extent, so they can see what we do and how we do it. We’re also going to be making new products for this area, speaking to the community and using local ingredients.”
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“Rum’s my favourite spirit and it’s really growing as a category,” sai Jim n Toni OO att arren. s well as the istilleries over in the aribbean, ou an see a lot of variations with spiced rums, avoure rums, an as a result it’s becoming a more popular drink.
“It’s great for mixing cocktails and it’s an area that really interests us because there’s a bit of a scene in the UK now.
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“Here, we want to expand what we’ve done already, to bring that same vibe we’ve created at other venues to Stratford, with good quality products and music.
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This is an area that s evel o in massivel , with o es moving in and a lot of residential ro ert . e want to ma e Jim n Toni a reat la e to ome, have a rin an some ni e foo we have a really great chef here. Then a to that istiller tours, gin blending classes and events so we can do private bookings. We’ve already had our rst we in , so that s somethin we want more of a full alen ar ranging from things like Yoga an ommunit et to ethers to networking events and Oktoberfest.”Withallthat in the pipeline, and Jim s lans to reate some in of in on ta s stem that elivers spirits at the press of a button, this is a place to try sooner rather than later.
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