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London: Port City - Orchard Wharf Vattenfall - JLL - Wapping Sourdough London Horror Festival - Ed Byrne Silvertown - In Search Of Possibilities Big Easy - Puzzles - London Oktoberfest Featured Properties - Wharf Life Hacks

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Jubilee Place, Crossrail Place Roof Garden, Canada Place Canary Wharf READ | Writing Black With Bernadine Evaristo The estate’s Short Story Stations will print work curated by the 2019 Booker Prize winner for Black History Month and an extract from her new book.

Oct 1-31, daily, canarywharf.com

Welcome to the latest issue of Wharf Life. As the summer winds down there’s so much to look forward to – try a complimentary class at Sweat By BXR, discover some local history at the Museum Of London Docklands or just get some dates in the diary with our Wharf Life Hacks

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Hacks to help – a page of tips to make your life better

Big Easy Hit And Run Express Lunch, £10 (plus £3 for an extra course) Crossrail Place

Where?

Jubilee Plaza Canary Wharf

The SouthernStyle Texas Rub Minute Steak comes with a pot of chips and a salad at Big Easy but you can add mac ‘n’ cheese for an extra £3

DANCE | Born To Protest Originally performed on the Wharf as part of the Greenwich And Docklands International Festival, Joseph Toonga’s piece returns on a weekday.

Oct 13, 1pm, 4pm, free, canarywharf.com

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GIG | Cuban Allstars Revel in the sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club and Celia Cruz as this group of musicians brings the sounds of Havana to the Boisdale stage.

Oct 19, 20, 9pm, from £14, boisdale.co.uk

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Excitement is building as Wood Wharf’s commmercial units begin to fill up. Opening in November Emilia’s Crafted Pasta will offer warming bowls of pasta and sauce, table bocce and drinks overlooking South Dock emiliaspasta.com Scan this code to read our interview with Emilia’s Crafted Pasta owner Andrew Macleod want more? @wharflifelive

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s Canary Wharf’s malls fill with fine shirts, sharply tailored suits, pencil skirts and blazers it’s clear office life is back. As the need to demonstrate furious activity in front of bosses to help dispel the myth that everyone’s spent 18 months idling in their jobs dissipates, the inevitable and crucial question will return – where are we going for lunch?

And so, in celebration of the brand launching a new restaurant at Westfield Stratford City, we return to an old favourite – the grub and a soft drink deal for a tenner at Big Easy.

Despite its crass name and the low price, the Hit And Run menu is far from the car crash you might expect.

The minute steak with real chips (whatever that means) is serviceable and warm, if unremarkable.

Better is the speed – hot food in under 15 minutes or its free. The only disappointment – ours comes in four minutes and six seconds, accelerating the return to the workstation. It really is a shame to leave the venue’s comforting atmosphere.

Go to bigeasy.co.uk Jon Massey Scan this code to view Big Easy’s current Hit And Run menu for Canary Wharf

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Prepare for the arrival of Gallio in the upper reaches of Cabot Place – expect a Mediterranean menu with pizzas at its heart. Official opening dates remain elusive, but rumour has it that this all-day venue will be launching at some point in December galliopizza.com

44 Need those teeth sorted? Malmin Dental is set to open its Canary Wharf branch at South Colonnade on November 1 and it’s offering the first 50 check-ups booked for free. Offer is on a firstcome, first-served basis with online sign-up malmin.co.uk

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Raise the steins again with London Oktoberfest in Canada Water

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Talking hills and inheritance with Ed Byrne ahead of his appearance at Blackheath Halls where the audience can expect one of the top three shows he’s ever written

Discover the London Horror Festival at The Space theatre

Businesses across the Canary Wharf estate are currently running a selection of discounts

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refooling verb, fake, from Latin

Mindlessly heading to a petrol station when you have half a tank left in the car simply because you heard a Government minister tell you not to. Unfortunately a widespread behaviour that can cause a crisis post-Brexit

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noun, real, from Japanese There’s no direct English translation of this remarkable term, which means we can steal it from the Japanese. Boketto is the act of gazing into the distance without thinking about anything specific – the art of doing nowt

EAT | Chipotle Opening as we go to print, this new eatery in Jubilee Place promises fastcasual restaurant service. Expect burritos, salads and tacos from this Mexican grill chain, which operates 2,850 branches worldwide and is the only food and beverage company of its size to own and operate all its outlets.

Sept 29, ongoing chipotle.com

GIG | The Original Wailers Bob may be long gone, but that won’t stop founding member of his band Al Anderson and crew blasting out Marley’s music at Boisdale Of Canary Wharf. Expect Buffalo Soldier, One Love, Jamming and, of course, No Woman, No Cry in this quintet of reggae stars.

Oct 29-30, 9.30pm, from £39 (show only) boisdale.co.uk

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EXPLORE | Smoke And Spiders As dusk falls, Jubilee Park is set to come alive with a spooky light show, giant spiders and the odd surprise to delight kids and adults of all ages. We can’t help wondering if this was a missed opportunity for the Canary Werewharf to be abroad.

Oct 22-31, 5pm-9pm, free canarywharf.com

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MMy Wood Wharf 10 George Street A provisional opening date has been announced for MMy Wood Wharf – an establishment that is set to bring the sustainable brilliance of Andrea Rasca’s Mercato Metropolitano to the estate.

A visit to the brand’s sprawling food court at Elephant And Castle is all that’s needed to see why

we’re excited about this one. Wharfers can expect ethically produced groceries, food to eat and, in the basement, a new live music venue.

And it’s set to open at 10 George Street on October 30 – expect cocktails, cheeses, biodynamic wines and a whole lot more.

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SKATE | Ice Rink Canary Wharf That’s right, this slippery attraction is set to return to Canada Square, bringing some late autumn and winter cheer to the estate. Expect 18 weeks of skating on 1,200sq metres of ice and a rink-side bar to wind down at after your session.

Oct 25-Feb 26, times vary, from £17.95 icerinkcanarywharf.co.uk

ART | Holistica Breathing Circle In recognition of World Mental Health Day, Canary Wharf Group has commissioned an installation from MB Designs created to help Wharfers control their breath and relieve some stress. Find it on Level 0 at Crossrail Place all month.

Oct 1-31, daily, free canarywharf.com

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From 25th October it’s expanding from central London up to, but not including, the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A205), to help clean up London’s air. The North and South Circular Roads themselves are not in the zone.

If you drive within the zone with an older polluting vehicle that’s petrol or diesel and doesn’t meet the standards, you may be affected. Are you ready?

This is part of the commitment by the Mayor of London and TfL to help Londoners breathe cleaner air.

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Complimentary class to use at Sweat By BXR in Crossrail Place if you sign up to the brand’s newsletter – Page 8 for details The pay-as-you-train fitness studio offers whole body cardio sessions on revolutionary Versaclimber machines

by Jon Massey

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verywhere, normal life is reasserting itself. Inboxes are buzzing, people are getting back in touch and returning to the office – Canary Wharf hasn’t been this busy since the first three months of 2020. It’s time to get out and meet again, to shrug off the PJs, shift those extra pandemic pounds and get in shape.

The solution? It’s not home workouts.

Contorting yourself to see a tiny figure on your phone flexing something is so first lockdown. What’s needed is consistent, energising, professional help and boutique, pay-to-train fitness studio, Sweat By BXR in Canary Wharf has an offer that’s hard to resist.

It’s currently giving anyone who signs up for its weekly newsletter a complimentary class. Free, no strings.

“We want to encourage people out of their offices and homes,” said managing director Alex Nicholl. “We want people to come and enjoy the experience, to get back in the studio.

“Once people have done that, we then have two introductory offers that work out at £10 per class for a number of sessions.

“With the complimentary class, we just want people to come in, meet us and try out a workout. It’s that simple.

“People just need to scan the QR code on the following page, enter their Continued on Page 8

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From Page 6 details and we’ll send them a voucher code that can be used for any of our classes. That’s a really good, free and then cost-effective way to get into our studios and experience what we have to offer.”

Specifically the brand’s Crossrail Place branch has two workout spaces that are currently home to three classes – Sweatbox, Strenghtbox and Climb o The Beat.

“We have two concept studios,” said Alex. “One is focused on boxing and the other on Versaclimbing. On the boxing side we have two classes – one designed around boxing and bodyweight exercises that we call Sweatbox. The other is designed around boxing plus resistance and weight

training – that’s Strengthbox. They both have music and lighting as part of the concept and a really fun atmosphere.

The studio can hold up to 30 people – 15 can be working out on the heavy bags, while the other 15 are working out on the floor using equipment or their own bodyweight. “ ne of the big differences in our product and those offered elsewhere is that our boxing classes come from our heritage with BXR – our concept boxing gym in Marylebone.

“All of our instructors are either current fighters, former fighters or have worked at a high level in boxing so you get a really great workout.

“All the equipment is available at the studio – gloves and wraps, everything is here. We also do pre and postworkout shakes.

“Our workouts are usually 45 minutes, with at least 41 minutes of exercise and a three or four-minute stretch towards the end.”

Inspired by the regimes of top boxers, who need explosive cardio workouts to compete at the highest levels, Sweat By BXR also has something pretty special.

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Studios at Sweat By BXR in Crossrail Place, ready to work every inch of your body

Sweat By BXR managing director Alex Nicholl wants Wharfers to try a complimentary class at the studio

Sweat By BXR offers two boxing-inspired workouts – Sweatbox and Strengthbox – as well as cardio sessions in its Versaclimber studio

“At BXR, we opened the first ersaclimber studio in urope when we launched our arylebone site in 201 ,” said Alex. “It’s a machine at a -degree angle that has handholds and pedals to mimic climbing.

“As a machine it’s unique in the fitness world – it’s completely non-impact and burns more calories per minute than any other. It’s a total body workout. ou can do an intense interval workout on it – lots of boxers use it before a fight.

“But the first time I tried one, I was on it for an hour and absolutely loved it. here’s a rhythm there, a catharsis in the movement of it. So I sat with some specialists and we were able to conceptualise and create a class for it.

“We launched that in April 201 and Climb o he Beat became our biggest selling product. he energy, the highs, the pumping music and its crescendos all play into it. I have a background in nightlife so I’m very keen on working with s and light technicians to create an atmosphere. “ he energy is unlike anything I’ve seen in a studio before – it’s a particular feeling. he fact your heart rate goes up so high but that you can recover quickly ust by bringing your hands down and then go again, makes it a product for everyone.

“Coming out of the pandemic is so much about getting yourself back into a regime – there’s a mental health element to that too.

“Boxing is entrenched in that and the highs from Climb o he Beat also make people feel really good – they walk out of a class with smiles on their faces. We really want people to come and experience that.”

A full class timetable is available at sweatbybxr.com alongside more information about the brand

Sweat By BXR’s Versaclimber studio is home to its Climb To The Beat classes

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Climb To The Beat is Sweat By BXR’s most popular class with participants following the beat of the music on their machines, increasing and decreasing intensity as the sounds ebb and flow.

Beloved of osteopaths and physios, the machines are non-impact meaning the risk of injury is reduced.

Sweat is currently developing a new class, Performance, that will use heart rate monitors to gauge intensity. It’s expected on the Wharf in 2022.

With capacity for 30 people, Sweat By BXR’s boxing studio draws on boxing concept gym BXR in Marylebone.

The workouts offered within – Strengthbox and Sweatbox – include full body exercises, punching skills and instructors who are either fighters or involved in the sport at a high level.

Participants alternate between floor-based workouts and using the plentiful heavy bags to the rear of the studio space.

PAY-AS-YOU-TRAIN – Alex said: “This model offers our clients a lot of flexibility and that’s key, particularly at the moment. We’ve extended all of our expiry dates so people get greater flexibility and can buy a pack of classes, keep them and use them when they need to train.”

The boxing space has both heavy bags and equipment benches

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Months London: Port City will be available to view for free at Museum Of London Docklands

by Jon Massey

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ibrant colour, sounds, sights and smells will fill the ma or exhibition space at Musuem Of London Docklands when it opens its doors to visitors again on October 22.

Inside, the freshly oined pine of packing crates, resplendent in blues, reds and printed with photos, house the cargo of London: Port City and are set to tease and provoke the eyes of viewers as they explore the displays.

Held in partnership with the Port Of London Authority (PLA), the exhibition is both a look into the past and a snapshot of the present, as it explores the impact that the arrival and departure of cargo has had on the capital since 1800. Taking the era when the building that houses the museum itself would first have been used as a warehouse as its starting point, the display draws heavily on the PLA’s vast archive and includes 222 ob ects that make up an interactive timeline, revealing stories of smuggling and infrastructure.

“The museum has been managing the archive for quite some time and there are some small aspects of it already on display there, but this is the first time it has been mined to this extent,” said co-curator Claire Dobbin. “ The port and its impact on ondon is massive – not ust historically, but today.

“Handling over 50million tonnes of cargo a year, from our morning coffee to the clothes we wear and materials for the buildings we live and work in, it plays a vital role in our daily lives and national economy.

“It’s moved down river – and for many of us out of sight – but the port is still very much part of London. Our riverside cityscapes are also peppered with echoes of its history in its architecture and street names. Our cultural landscape too has been shaped by centuries of global exchange – by people, products and ideas passing through the port. “ his influenced and enriched language, diversity and communities that underpin the city we know today.”

Inside the exhibition, visitors will see archive photography and video, hear oral history recordings – first-hand accounts of life on the docks – and even be able to smell the odours of some of the cargoes received by the port.

“We didn’t want it to be a chronological display – that would have been too dry,” said Claire. “Instead we’ve aimed for something more interactive, so that people can connect with things.

“Everybody who comes will connect in some way, because they

PLA Lockmen haul the warp of the Tuscania along the entrance lock at the King George V Dock in May 1930 Image Museum Of London

how London: Port City at the Museum Of London Docklands is set to use sound, smell and sight to bring interactive depth to two centuries

A group of young Asian men on board a ship in 1908

A railway carriage leaves for Africa from Royal Albert Dock in 1947

Image PLA Collection/Museum Of London

Image PLA Collection/Museum Of London

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are here in this building. Many Scan this code to will come who are from the area find book a free and know some of the stories very ticket to see well. We hope everyone will find London: Port City some relevance in the displays.

“We knew we wanted to focus on the impact of the port on you have documents – we have different communities in ondon one of the ledgers from 100 years and also the lived experience of ago showing the o oading – the people working on the docks. exactly what was coming in.

“For that we’ve drawn a lot on “Samples would be taken to the oral history collections, which document the quality so we’ve got are fantastic. There are voices as some sample pots of spices and well – two sections where you other commodities. hear lived experiences and little “What comes through in the oral anecdotes. The oral histories were histories is that working on the done in the 1980s, so some people docks was a sensory experience, talk about the beginning of the quite a harsh environment.

20th century, and it’s amazing to “People would say you could hear that first-hand. tell where you were in Docklands “This exhibition has been a real by the smell of the warehouses. team effort – staff at the museum “We wanted to recreate a sense have spent huge amounts of time of that as well as what things going through the archives both looked like, so there are various physical and digital to select smells people can experience.” exhibits.”

The exhibition is also about he A itself was created in the titanic enterprise that is the 1909 to take over the running of modern operation of the A. the ort f ondon from myriad “Right from the beginning rival private companies that we wanted to bring the docks built enclosed dock systems to life and that means the throughout the 19th current practice of the port, century as an alternative to which is very much hidden the comparatively poor from central ondon,” said security of the Pool Of Claire. ondon’s wharves.

“I didn’t know much “Because we’re covering about it at all, when we the period from 1800, the started this project – I team has been trawling probably knew more about through huge amounts of material such as minute the historical docks than books from the compaI did about the current nies that pre-date the operation and the impact A,” said Claire. it has on our lives. So we A sample “The wonderful thing wanted the exhibition to be about archives and pot of coffee three-dimensional, to show documentation is that the scale and dynamism of the A today. what they captured is what needed “The design is a big part of the to be minuted at the time – what exhibition, with lots of interaction, was important to that company but we wanted to get lots of hard in that meeting. It’s a different facts in as well. I hope visitors will perspective. be interested to learn more about “The real beauty of an archive where they live and work and that exhibition is the bringing together they see the area through new eyes of a range of different material. on leaving.”

“For example, we have a diving aid out thematically, highhelmet in the exhibition, which lights include the opportunity we wanted to show, but equally to discover the stories behind 80 wanted to bring to life, and we words, phrases and place names were able to find a film of people that have their origins in the Port using the equipment. f ondon with a focus on the its “Honestly I could only watch it relationship to the slave and sugar once as the thought of being under trades, including a document the Thames even with modern commemorating the unveiling gear gives me nightmares. Then of the statue of slave owner and merchant Robert Milligan, which was removed from outside the museum in 2020 in response to the Black ives atter protests.

The real beauty of an The exhibition will also feature archive exhibition Trade Winds: London a new work by artist Susan Stockwell using such as London: Port archive material to explore trade, City is the bringing economics, migration and empire. ● London: Port City runs until May together of a range of 8, 2022. Entry is completely free although tickets should be booked different material online. Donations to the museum Claire Dobbin are welcomed.

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Tonnes of coffee grounds collected in Canary Wharf to make logs that burn longer and hotter than wood

getting greener

by Martin Gettings

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t Canary Wharf, we want to make the solution to recycling and how we manage our waste as simple as possible. As we emerge from the pandemic, we have a massive opportunity to improve things even further.

Our actions on the estate have ensured that since 2009, no waste from the areas we manage has gone to landfill because, as a leader in plastic and waste reduction, Canary Wharf Group is aiming to create a micro-city that is truly circular and minimises its environmental impact.

Back in 2018, when we began our Breaking The Plastic Habit campaign, we initiated lots of activity.

We installed seven water refill stations, which, combined with the retailer bottle refill scheme, have avoided almost 400,000 plastic water bottles. Also, our Sea Bin that sits in Middle Dock collects more than 220kg of waste every year from the water – the same weight as a female polar bear – helping to prevent plastic pollution within local marine ecosystems.

These initiatives have been central to not only reducing the volume of waste, but fundamental to eliminating it from the start.

In total, just under 5,000kg of plastic has been saved through our efforts to move beyond zero waste and engage every visitor at Canary Wharf to break the single-use plastic habit. That’s equivalent to the weight of an average elephant.

But plastic is only the start of the path to going beyond zero waste.

At Canary Wharf, we continue to be inspired to take action and go over and above the norm to find innovative solutions to address the problem of waste.

For over four years, our Estate has been a Clean Coffee Zone, meaning that we don’t only collect and recycle coffee cups and lids, but we make use of disposable coffee grounds for recycling.

Over a million tonnes of coffee grounds have now been collected to produce coffee logs that burn 20% hotter and longer than traditional wood. Other spent coffee grounds

At Canary Wharf we continue to be inspired to take action and go over and above the norm to find innovative solutions to the problem of waste Martin Gettings, Canary Wharf Group

Canary Wharf’s Sea Bin in Middle Dock collects 220kg of waste every year from the water, equal to the weight of a female polar bear

zero The Canary Wharf estate operates seven refill stations to help reduce the number of plastic bottles of water that enter circulation

are used as compost by local allotment societies and in Crossrail Place Roof Garden.

We are also aiming to go beyond zero waste on a larger scale. On our construction projects, for example, we have been exploring technical solutions that enable us to manufacture large building components off site in clean factory conditions.

This supports Canary Wharf Group’s overall goal to generate zero waste on all of our projects.

At Canary Wharf we continue to work together with retailers, suppliers, and visitors to introduce recycling strategies that align with all that we do. If you have any queries or suggestions about what we do to reduce waste, please email us at sustainability@canarywharf.com

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Martin Gettings is group head of sustainability at Canary Wharf Group Go to canarywharf.com or breakingtheplastichabit.co.uk Scan this code for more information on sustainability in Canary Wharf

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Your £1 allows parents to create their own environment for their baby in the Rainbow Suite. Some take great comfort in giving their baby a bath or reading them a story. Your support provides non-intrusive care, led by the family’s wishes, to help them begin grieving. We can help plan the funeral or register the child’s death, and begin post-bereavement therapy for all of the family.

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The cost of a filled sourdough baguette at Wapping Sourdough

how Wapping Sourdough sates the appetites of workers and residents via naturally leavened bread The sourdough baguettes come stuffed with fillings

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EVENT | Urban Living Festival Aimed at urban investors and innovators, this event aims to define the future of how and where people stay, live and work. No small task, then.

Oct 27, 7.45am, from £127.50, tobaccodocklondon.com

flavour fermenting

by Jon Massey

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hether you’re after a floured loaf that seems ready to burst forth from its crust with exuberance or a hearty filled baguette, you need to know about Wapping Sourdough.

Pitching up Monday through Friday at London Dock at the top of Vaughan Way, the bakery’s small blue van is packed with naturally leavened products.

At the heart of its range are the white loaves, made with nothing other than salt, water and flour that cost £3.50.

Cut one open and it’s like entering a subterranean world of bready caves, bubbles solidified in the scorching heat of an oven into soft, yielding structures in the mouth.

Worlds away from the plastic-bagged, mass produced stuff available in convenience stores and supermarkets, it may be double the price but it’s so far removed there’s hardly a comparison to be made.

Whether sliced and filled with bacon or roughly cut into hunks and dipped into soup it’s a treat.

Besides other breads, Wapping Sourdough also sells sweet treats and, crucially for an area with much office space, a range of wellfilled

soughdough baguettes for £3 a pop.

These turn out to be softer than the often gum-slicing French stick and come generously pumped full of ingredients.

It might not look much, but the pesto, olive and sundried tomato option, pictured above, was a revelation – hearty but moreish, it was more than enough lunch for a normal human, its flavours bouncing off the faint sharpness of the bread itself.

Better still, everything tastes better when you know you’re supporting a small local business. Robin Weeks bakes while his wife Clare Kelly manages the marketing, packaging and delivery side of the company with help from their kids. The business supplied bread to the London 2012 Olympics, having turned Robin’s hobby into a going concern.

Wapping Sourdough is open from 11.30am until 3.30pm. Hurry before they sell out.

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GIG | Festival Of The Dead Expect a hellish mash up of circus, clubbing, carnival and live music as a ghoulish crowd aim to make up for two years without Halloween.

Oct 23, 9pm, from £32, troxy.co.uk Where?

Half Moon Theatre Limehouse

KIDS | Big Red Bath Adapted from Julia Jarman and Adrian Reynold’s picture book, this vibrant and humorous tale is packed with bubbles and splashing. Ages 2-5.

Oct 23-Nov 20, times vary, £7, halfmoon.org.uk

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It’s been there since 2009, so God knows why it took us until this month to discover the delights of the Two Magpies Cafe but we can’t recommend the Vegetarian Feast highly enough – a truly decadent treat two-magpies-cafe.business.site Scan this code to find out more about this Limehouse establishment on the corner of Bromley Street want more? @wharflifelive

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Shows at The Space for London Horror Festival this October

James Swanton takes on the role of actor Henry Irving in Irving Undead

TO BE A BAT This new play explores the unreality of magic, corrosive grief and a queer coming of age fractured by loss as Moi seeks to deal with the death of brother Jo through virtual modelling, drugs and consultation with a sometimes-wolf in a cemetery. ● Oct 29-31, times vary, £15 ● Livestream Oct 31, £10

NIGHTMARES This online watch-party allows audience members to gather virtually for a horror musical that tells the story of a man plagued by nightmares and visions who wakes with no memory of who he is or what he’s done. Nothing is what it seems and, naturally, there’s a corpse in the cellar. ● Oct 28, 6pm, £10

STOP IT This immersive experience was once a kids’ show that’s lost its nature to the decay of time. Via endless performances to dust and cobwebs the actors have gone mad, their minds tortured by nonsensical cues. Audience members are simply challenged to put a stop to it. ● Oct 29-31, times vary, £15

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or those who enjoy the tingle of fear creeping up their spinal columns, there can be few places better to watch a chiller unfold than in the shadowy confines of a 162-year-old former church.

So devotees of the sinister, rejoice – for the first time in its 11-year history, a serious slice of the London Horror Festival, is set to carve up the foul and fetid air at The Space arts centre. Seven shows will grace the stage at the Isle Of Dogs venue from October 19-31, with many also livestreamed on specific dates.

The Space’s artistic director Adam Hemming said: “This is the first year we’ve been involved and we’re very excited to be hosting these shows.

“We’ve been programming a bit of horror here and there for a while, so the venue is quite well set up for spooky shows.

“It’s a really mixed bag of work – what I really love about the festival is the different ways the artists involved are telling these stories.

There are some pieces of new writing, there’s an LGBTQIA+ play, there’s a cabaret night and there

are some one-person shows and an interactive piece by someone who works in gaming and has created an immersive work and then there’s a musical.

“One of the highlights will be the first show on the bill, One Man Poe is by an actor – Stephen Smith – who did The Black Cat earlier this year when we were still in lockdown and we couldn’t have audiences.

“He performed the play on Zoom, essentially as a one-shot film that followed him round the entire venue. He’s an incredible performer.

“The fact he’s doing four Edgar Allan Poe stories in one evening for this performance is going to be pretty extraordinary.

“We’ve been livestreaming since the beginning of the year and we’ve seen some of the work produced this way nominated for awards so we’ve got really good at it. If you’re not able to get to The Space, it’s a really great option. It also means we can make the productions available for longer for people to access.”

The festival’s other productions will be performed at The Pleasance theatre in Islington.

Go to londonhorrorfestival.co.uk for more information

IRVING UNDEAD Join Henry Irving’s restless spirit as he tells the story of how he transformed himself from a stuttering, spindly country boy into the most formidable actor of the 19th century. This resurrection of the greatest horror star of his day comes from actor James Swanton – the story of a man unable to escape his monsters even in death. ● Oct 22-24, times vary, £15 ● Livestream Oct 24, £10

BIRDWATCHING Miranda Barrett’s new one act play sees three young people engaged in making a horror film in the middle of a bitterly cold forest.

Expect creeping dread punctuated by moments of terror as old hates and fears are laid bare as the light starts to die. ● Oct 22-24, times vary, £15 ● Livestream Oct 24, £10

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ONE MAN POE Stephen Smith faithfully brings four of gothic horror godfather Edgar Allan Poe’s tales to life, using the original text from the 1840s. An insane asylum inmate describes a murder he has just committed, a prisoner undergoes torture in the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition, a mad alcoholic shares his story and a man laments the loss of his lover when a raven visits his chamber. ● Oct 29-31, times vary, £15

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The Space Isle Of Dogs

STAGE | Nne And The Obanje Child This beautiful, magical and majestic tale is told by four storytellers, ensemble-style, as they eloquently express the essence of Igbo culture.

Oct 12-15, 8pm, £15, space.org.uk Where?

Poplar Union Poplar

GIG | Centre Stage Special Celebrating Black History Month, audience members can expect a bill packed with up-and-coming artists joining the live backing band for a showcase.

Oct 23, 7pm, £5 in advance, poplarunion.com Where?

English National Ballet London City Island

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TALES OF THE CRYPT CABARET Glamorous ghouls, creepy burlesque and art performance – what’s not to like? See Marquissa Darq disappear into a melting pot of plastic surgery, Gypsy Viva hiding a dark secret, Foxy Velour who isn’t what she seems and Lady Lazarus. Expect puppetry, nudity, videography and live acts. ● Oct 26-28, 8pm, £15 ● Livestream Oct 28, £10

DANCE | ENBYouthCo-nnect Don’t be confused by the curious title, this is a weekly dance course for young people aged 12-15 on Fridays, aimed at developing technique and creativity.

Oct 1-Nov 26, 6pm, £55, ballet.org.uk

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Now up and running, revolutionary physio and movement studio Myoset is ready to look after bodily needs and get you flexing pain-free. Based at Republic in Blackwall, the business offers a wide range of services myoset.co.uk Scan this code to find out more about Myoset from co-founder Tim Kayode in our recent interview want more? @wharflifelive

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£5

The starting price for entry to London Oktoberfest – many different packages are available

how London Oktoberfest is set to bring all those German traditions to a fresh venue in Canada Water

by Jon Massey

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vent venue Dock X is set to reverberate with the sounds of a party that started more than 200 years ago. The Canada Water warehouse space will host London Oktoberfest for three weekends this autumn.

The tradition has its origins in a wedding party held in 1810 for the crown prince of Bavaria (who later became King Ludwig I), which lasted five days culminating in a horse race. Having got a taste for celebration, the following year an agricultural fair was tagged on with food and drink stalls for visitors.

By the 20th century these had become vast beer halls with each local brewery hosting up to 6,000 people a day over the last two weeks in September.

Its something former banker Carsten Raun knows all about. It’s a tradition he’s successfully been bringing to London since 2011.

“It’s the 10th anniversary since we first brought the authentic Oktoberfest to London, which is a celebration in itself,” he said.

“First of all, we’ll have the original beer and sausage from Germany, just as we always have, despite Brexit. The mood in the hall is always fantastic with live oompah music.

“The Brits and Germans share a love of beer, it’s a common theme between the two countries – we brought it to London and found people really love it. The German traditions and the British attitude fit together perfectly.

“This time we have some different ideas too. ock X is a new venue for us and it means the weather won’t affect the event.

“In many ways it’s like the tents in Munich which are really permanent structures laid out like beer halls.

“There is no Oktoberfest there this year because they’ve decided

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It’s so exciting to be coming back to London again and it will be a really wonderful feeling to see people enjoying themselves Carsten Raun, London Oktoberfest

it’s not the right time to hold an event that sees six million people come from all around the world.

“We can do this in London because it is a local event with a capacity of 1,500 people and we’ll be following all of the government rules with hand sanitising available throughout the venue.” or those quick off the mark, tickets are still available for the October 1-2 sessions at the Canada Water venue before the event returns to Rotherhithe from November 4-6 and 11-13.

For those prepared to travel to west London, there will be a chance to sup from a stein under canvas when London Oktoberfest pitches its traditional tent for Halloween from October 28-31.

Those visiting the pop-up in Ealing’s Walpole Park are invited to dress up for a spooky session, with families also welcome on the Sunday.

Carsten said: “In addition to Halloween, we will also be hosting Pink Oktoberfest when we’re back in Canada Water on November 5.

“This started some years ago and now we’re hosting it for the LGBTQIA+ community to show there is some Oktoberfest for everybody – it will be very welcoming.

“While it is a new world since Brexit and the pandemic and it hasn’t been so easy to organise, we have found a way to bring the beer, the food and all our stuff to London.

“It’s something we want to keep doing. For all of our events, I hope people come and experience the same great atmosphere that we always had before Covid. It’s time to raise those steins again.

“It’s so exciting to be coming back to London again and it will be a really wonderful feeling to see people enjoying themselves.

“We hope that the events we are hosting will act as a second freedom day so that people can have a chance to celebrate.”

Prices for Oktoberfest start at £5 for general entry, with a multitude of options available including VIP and corporate packages. Dock X is located within easy walking distance of Canada Water station.

Go to london-oktoberfest.co.uk or pinkoktoberfest.com for more

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While London Oktoberfest 2021 won’t be taking place in a tent when it arrives in Canada Water, the atmosphere at Dock X should be identical

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to raise the steins

EVENT | The Walk This mobile public artwork sees Little Amal, a 3.5mtall puppet of a refugee girl on the Lewisham leg of her journey through the UK from the Syrian border.

Oct 22, from 10am, free, thealbany.org.uk Where?

The Albany Deptford

CABARET | Bourgeois And Maurice This comic pairing descend on Earth for one night only with the promise of sequins, comedy, song and cynicism. Alien, east Londoners on stage.

Oct 14, 7pm, £15, thealbany.org.uk Where?

Canada Water Theatre Rotherhithe

STAGE | All The Beds I Have Slept In This new play by Phosporos Theatre Company brings the lived experience of refugees to life as it explores forced migration. Hospitality and intimacy.

Nov 4, 8pm, £14, canadawatertheatre.org.uk

tea time

Ticketholders can expect live music, beer and plenty of German food

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why Ed Byrne has taken inspiration from his life as a parent in his latest stand-up show at Blackheath Halls

by Jon Massey

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aving been warned by his PR that I’ll have a maximum of 20 minutes to chat to comedian Ed Byrne disaster strikes within minutes of him picking up.

After exchanging pleasantries, the line suddenly goes dead.

Was it something I said? Is Byrne offend- d I re-dial. Answerphone.

For those who care about these things, Ed’s message is functional, polite and short. There’s not much material for an article here, no blistering one-liner to recount. I hang up and call again.

The second hand ticks round. He picks up. That sonorous Irish lilt is back in my ears.

“I’m sorry about that,” he says.

“I think I may have somehow hung up on you with my face.”

Ed’s cheekbones aren’t the only sharp thing about him. Since his first gig, 2 years ago this November, the Irish comic has built a career skilfully dissecting his life and presenting its absurdities for the amusement of others.

Having been nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh estival in 1 , he’s gone on to appear regularly on TV including on panel shows such as Mock The Week and game shows as a celebrity contestant while continuing to perform live across the country.

He’s set to perform his latest show – If I’m Honest – at Blackheath Halls on October 20.

Although this comes as something of a surprise to him.

“Am I?” he says. “I must be. I think that’s a new venue for me, if I’m not mistaken. What threw me was that I was just in that part of London for the Greenwich Comedy Festival, which was a great laugh. I got the sunshine, I was lucky. It rained the next day.”

That Ed isn’t completely across his touring schedule feeds into the topic of the show he’ll be performing, which considers what traits, if any, he’d be happy to pass on to his kids.

“I haven’t tried to pass anything on,” he says. “But I’ve tried to drill out of them stuff that I know is innately coming from me.

“I’m very bad at being able to find things – my keys, my credit cards – and my older son is exactly the same, but there’s nothing I can say about it, because it’s my fault.

“I’m asking him if he knows where his water bottle is, and, if he had the wit, he’d ask if I knew where my sunglasses are.

“I have two kids, and nothing is more annoying than your children, because they are irritating in ways that you recognise in yourself.

“So I thought: ‘What about me am I happy to be passing on to these children, and what about me am I worried about passing on to these children?

“Ostensibly it’s about kids, but really it’s about me – I’m taking a long hard look at myself. I thought there was mileage in that, and indeed there is.

“I talk about stuff that the kids get from me, that I know I get from my parents – the desire to have the last word in an argument.

“I talk about the good things – I’m quite funny – and it also covers the skills that can’t be taught.

“For example, I’m pleased that since my mid- 0s, I’ve become skilled in recognising when a cramp is going to happen and stopping it before it does. You feel it, leap out of bed and say: ‘Not today’, pat yourself on the back and go d Byrne, 1, insufficiently oxygenated muscle, nil’.

“It’s about finding those little victories in life. I tell a story about cutting myself with a knife recently, but being delighted because it’s a blade that I’d

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Comedian Ed Byrne is set to perform If I’m Honest at Blackheath Halls on October 20

sharpened. You look for things to be proud of. Doing stand-up is a bit of a relief valve – you might be having a conversation and then later find a way to put the humour from it into a monologue.

“You can say things to an audience that you wouldn’t in real life – for instance, my kids might be really excited to get on a plane and all I want to say is his is shit, it’s Ryanair’, so I say that on stage instead, embellishing things slightly. “ here’s going to come a point when they watch my stand-up and it will be like handing them the Allen key that dismantles my armour, because my comedy is full of my insecurities and particularly about my failings as a parent.

“I fear that day – when they do finally watch it, will they have respect for the fact that I stand up in front of people and do all these things and make them laugh, or will they say I sound like a loser “ alking about how soft my erections are and how bad I am at general life-skills.”

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d wrote If I’m Honest and began touring the show shortly before the pandemic hit. Having tweaked the material and performed his fair share of drive-ins and oom shows he says it’s delightful to be back in front of live audiences again.

“It’s been such a relief to be doing it,” he says. “We were having to make do. I likened it to really wanting a ars bar when all you have is cooking chocolate. “ hat’s all there is so you make the most of it. ockdown was miserable and then what we’ve had over the past 18 months has been miserable.

“I think if I’d known at the start it was going to be so long it would have been more frightening.

“I did some other things, some and I’m very lucky because I’d been doing that stuff for years so I’d built up some equity – a lot of comedians I know had to go and get day obs. It’s made me appreciate it all the more.

“When I started out, there was a sense among the grown-ups that you needed something to fall back on. I was making a living out of stand-up in my early 20s, but I’d go home to my parents, and hear from them, friends and neighbours that I should have that.

“It’s a trade, a craft, it’s my ob.

Now it’s the stand-up I fall back on – I do other things such as acting and a bit of presenting. “ hen, 1 months ago, it was actually, finally taken away, and you go Shit. his career, that I’ve had for a quarter of a century, isn’t there anymore. It’s finally as unstable as people thought it might have been when I started.”

As a side project, Ed conceived

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I really want people to see it because this is genuinely in the top three shows I’ve written.

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Ed Venturing, a ou ube show launched in ebruary where he interviews other comedians, having invited them to join him in his passion for hillwalking.

“It’s very much in its infancy at the moment – there’s only four episodes up at the moment,” he says. “But there are two or three more in the can, and I’m hopefully going to record some more over the next month or two. So far we’ve released Rhod ilbert, Stuart aconie, esiree Burch and Hal Cruttenden.

“I try to put off looking back as long as possible, until we’re at least minutes into the walk. hen we sit down and talk about their career and how far they’ve come. It just suits the mood.”

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ime for reflection is something of a theme with d, whether he’s working on new material or considering the view from a freshly conquered peak while consuming peanut s or a morsel of his homemade beef erky. So what does he think about the show he’s touring “I really want people to come and see it because this is genuinely in the top three stand-up shows I’ve ever written – it’s worth it,” he says. “If you’ve not seen a lot of stand-up, then you should come to this show that I think is pretty good. I did one back in 1998, when I was nominated for the errier, which was called A Night At The Opera, and that was my break-through. “ hen I did one about 1 years ago – Different Class – which everyone agrees is the best show I’ve ever done. I feel this one is up there with those other two.

“It’s ust typical that this was the one that got shut down. he routines feel good, it’s like singing a song, you know where the laughs are – I’m really en oying it.” ickets for Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest at Blackheath alls cost £2 . he performance starts at 8pm.

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GIG | Martin Kemp The former Spandau Ballet singer presents an Ultimate Back To The 1980s DJ set with support from The Real Thing. Golden hits assured.

Oct 8, 6.30pm, from £25, theo2.co.uk Where?

Greenwich Theatre Greenwich

STAGE | Into Battle This world premiere of a play by Hugh Salmon chronicles the true story of a bitter feud at Oxford University, buried for more than a century.

Oct 7-31, times vary, £29.50, greenwichtheatre.org.uk Where?

Fireworks Factory Woolwich

GIG | Hackney Colliery Band Expect genre-bending brass, reeds, percussion and electronics from this group of musicians. Support comes from soul songwriter Miss Baby Sol. Oct 14, 6.30pm, from £15.50, woolwich.works

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Knight Dragon’s Design District has officially opened on Greenwich Peninsula – a collection of 16 buildings by eight architects housing an array of facilities including a canteen for the public – head over and check it out designdistrict.co.uk Scan this code to find out more about Design District, space available there and public facilities on offer want more? @wharflifelive

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2 sauce and sweetness in a sugar warehouse Performances of Silvertown, a new play by Jonny Wooster set in Royal Docks

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TASTE | Royal Docks Rainbows Bompas & Parr have created an installation of flavoured rainbows underneath the Silvertown Way flyover. Tastes have been curated by locals.

Oct 15-31, times vary, free, royaldocksrainbows.com

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rag artist, performer and now playwright Jonny Wooster is set to present staged readings of his latest work over two evenings in October.

Silvertown was originally conceived and developed for the Royal Docks Team’s Join The Docks 2020 festival and will be delivered as a work-in-progress at The Factory Project – a series of repurposed industrial buildings at Tate & Lyle’s complex off Factory Road.

Inspired by a memory of Gay Liberation Front activist Stuart Feather about The Kent Arms, a North Woolwich pub frequented by gay men, sailors and locals in the 1960s, Jonny created the play after talking to residents who remembered it and older gay men who knew it.

Set in July 1967, the story follows the landlord of a pub along The Albert Road as he prepares to mark the passing of the Sexual Offences Act by asking his male partner to move in with him.

His partner has other ideas however, seeing it as a move to curb his penchant for cottaging and sets about sabotaging the evening by flirting with Reg – “some dangerous rough trade”.

A couple celebrating their anniversary get caught up in the mischief and the arrival of Miss Daphne off a ship at the docks threatens their marriage.

The performances, co-commissioned by the Royal Docks Team and Theatre Royal Stratford East, will take place on October 28 and 29 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15.

Presented by a full cast and directed by Jo Tyabji, the readings will be followed by Q&A sessions with Jonny and contributors. The shows are part of the Royal Docks Originals festival.

Go to royaldocks.london for more information Jonny Wooster is set to present two staged

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Excel Royal Victoria Dock

EVENT | National Wedding Show Everything for your nuptials all under the capacious roof of the Excel centre whether it’s wedding favours, destinations, venues or suitable marital attire.

Oct 16-17, 10am-5pm, £17, excel.london Where?

Across Royal Docks Royal Docks

FESTIVAL | Royal Docks Originals A fortnight packed with events is on the horizion with highlights including immersive theatrical family adventure Arrival, live music and RIB rides.

Oct 14-31, times and prices vary, royaldocks.london

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readings of his new play Silvertown at The Factory on Tate & Lyle’s Factory Road site

Scan this code to see monologues in progress recorded for the Join The Docks 2020 festival

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London City Airport has displayed its first piece of commissioned art. Destination London – a series of four photograms by East End artist Anne Hardy has been installed in the transport hub’s arrivals corridor londoncityairport.com Scan this code to find out more about Anne Hardy’s art and her work with London City Airport want more? @wharflifelive

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Days In Search Of Possibilities will be available to view at The Art Pavilion in Bow’s Mile End Park Catherina Von Isenburg’s work features in the exhibition and explores hope and knowledge

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extile artists collective Prism is set for its first exhibition at The Art Pavilion in Bow’s Mile End Park. Running from October 21-31, In Search Of Possibilities aims to offer a different perspective on works made in fabric, thread and mixed media.

Prism chair Katharine PatonKing said: “The theme of the exhibition – In Search Of Possibilities is a poignant one, not only for many of the artists, but, we hope, for our visitors too.

“We will be showcasing a range of quality textile practices with a fine art approach, as well as a range of different interpretations of that theme.”

A rotating group of artists will be available on-site to discuss the exhibition and its themes with visitors throughout the run.

The showcase will feature work by various members of Prism including Sally Spinks whose piece Make It So explores the changing nature of class, consumerism and social equity.

She said: “Today, a worker on

average pay has to work 117 years to earn a single year of a CEO salary. – let alone someone on minimum wage. How might we begin to narrow that divide?”

The showcase also features pieces by Kim Winter and Catherina Von Isenburg among many others.

Prism was established in 1998 as a focus for the work by students and tutors at distance learning textile school Opus.

Today it is an independent organisation run by its members.

The exhibition is open daily from 11am to 6pm. Entry is free.

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Detail from Make It So by Sally Spinks

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Brendan Coyle, best known as Mr Bates in Downton Abbey, is starring in Shining City at Theatre Royal Stratford East until October 23.

Tickets for the show at the east London venue, directed by Nadia Fall start at £10 strafordeast.com Scan this code to hear the thoughts of director Nadia Fall on bringing Shining City to the stage want more? @wharflifelive

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