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Gardens /// architecture /// Art /// Green Garden Waste Zaha on Cromwell Road FARAH HUSSEIN How to deal with the recent New structure by one of the From illness to luminescence Keeping change in services world’s greatest architects through her art F reeLife Local thecourt Art Space Crunch By staff & Cristina Juan

Francis Bacon is one of the Royal Borough’s most famous resident artists of all time. (Turner, Sargent, “Prices, rents Millais and Whistler all lived here too, and the number following the 19th century fashion of of property building light, high-ceilinged studios and fashionable houses to suit them, conversions so one has to be careful with such have spiralled grandiose statements. upwards” Bacon lived and worked in flats and mews houses in a small triangle around South Kensington, including Queensberry Mews West, Cromwell Place and Rees Mews, not to mention waiting list for affordable spaces all stints in Royal Hospital Road and over , including in the West. Glebe Place further to the south in ACAVA considers emerging artists Chelsea – none of which were huge by too – as long as one is a member. So for any standard. those still getting the hang of gallery If he were alive today as a young relationships and representations, man, it is quite possible he wouldn’t be ACAVA is a no-nonsense way to OPEN ART SPACES able to afford to live in any of them. apply for space without a bulky artist One organization that some of the areas’ most their techniques. It is As prices, rents and the number of resume (www.acava.org). shows there is still a talented artists, including really exciting to be in a property conversions have spiralled Kindred Studio in Notting Hill vibrant residential arts residency artists at studio and see the tools upwards, there has been a draining has 90 studios across 14,000sqft of community, however, is the V&A and fine art and the processes.” away of artistic talent, not in small shared space and again has a sign up run by Julie Brodsgaard, graduates at Kensington While the festival was part because of the difficulties in requirement (kindredstudios.co.uk). the Christie’s educated & Chelsea College. almost over at time of finding studio and living space – either The Goldfinger Factory, beneath curator of modern and “We have a very high publication, the artists combined or separate – at reasonable the iconic Trellick Tower at the end contemporary art and level of quality, and and their work – as Curator at the fourth most come from a fine well as the studios and rates. of Golborne Road near Ladbroke Open Art Spaces festival. art background,” Julie spaces available to Restrictive covenants have been Grove is another possibility. A From Friday 24 to continues. “That is really them – remain online used by some organizations to charitable organization, it conducts 26 June, and again important to underscore: at www.openartspaces. maintain the character and use of workshops and taster sessions in the from Friday 1 to 3 July, These are not amateur com. So whether artists’ studios. Cadogan Estates, for concept of taking waste materials and around 100 artists across arts and craftspeople. you are interested example, has offered leases on the transforming them into beautiful art. Kensington, Chelsea They are practising in buying a work of Rossetti Studios in Chelsea’s Flood In the basement, they have also made and Fulham have been artists. art or investigating Street to creatives. available some space for artists who offering a truly impressive “Visitors can buy art collaboration with artists But even for the not-so-struggling submit proposals for ‘up-cycling’. selection of informal, directly from the artists in the area, this is a great artist, one can see how cultural Artist residencies also involve free, fine art exhibitions at really reasonable resource. at their private homes prices,” she says. “There Open Art Spaces is subsidy and crowd-sourcing have volunteer work with the community and studios, as well is a wide range, from £50 planning further local become necessary tools when looking (www.goldfingerfactory.com). as group shows and pounds to £2,000. By shows in the coming for dedicated square footage. Just up Portobello Road, The Muse pop-ups at The Project visiting and buying the months. To join Julie’s Perhaps the biggest database for at 269 offers residences for emerging Rooms at Empress Place public is supporting the network of artists and affordable artists’ studios resides artists. The residency comes with and along the King’s artist as well as go for the sponsors, contact her with ACAVA. For a twenty-five the use of studio space and a solo Road. The festival has experience. Artists are at julie@openartspaces. pound yearly membership fee, one exhibit at the end of the term (www. given visitors exclusive happy to talk about their com. Also follow @ can get onto the organization’s themuseat269.com/about-us). access to the work of work and to demonstrate openartspaces on Twitter. thecourt To view The Court online go to Special thanks to: Sponsored by Sponsored by For Editorial, Advertorial, William Gould, Isabelle Neville, www.thecourt.london & Facebook at Lawrence Denealt of Toby Brown of Advertising, Business Produced by: Ben Cooper, Barnabas Palfrey, www.facebook.com/welovethecourt Monique Hodgkinson-Cox, Digital & Social Solutions, Sharon Robinson, Caroline The email us on The Court Qualified Tod, Camilla Nelson, Jennifer Property [email protected] The Court Digital & Listings Management Ware, Sandra Estrada Professionals Community www.djclondon.com / 07425 755006 Printing Keeping Life Local Rapidity, www.rapidity.com 2 an ad with a twist Earl’s Court will be the recipient of one of the last works from one of the world’s leading architects. JCDecaux has been given permission to demolish a building on the south side of Cromwell Road at the Earl’s Court Road junction and to redevelop the site as a new sculpture-like hoarding. The replacement structure was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects before the untimely death of its founder in March aged 65. By this point in her career, Hadid had garnered a reputation Green Garden Waste as one of the single most visionary architects of her generation. Her other works include the After considerable lobbying by those residents who need ECS to the to the Leader of the Guangzhou House; the Rosenthal Center the Earl’s Court Society (ECS) large amounts of green waste Council, the Cabinet Member for for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati; the Citylife and other groups, RBKC has collected. The new service is the Environment and Campden tower in Milan; the Napoli Afragola railway station; agreed to allow the disposal of an annual subscription giving Ward Councillor Tim Ahern the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg; the CMA garden waste through normal residents fortnightly collection responded that garden rubbish CGM Tower in Marseilles; and the BMW Central residential household refuse and is available via telephone can be put into the black bags Building in Leipzig. collections – providing it goes out on 020 7370 3221 or email at that will then be burnt to produce with ordinary collections, and as [email protected]. electricity at the Riverside long there is only one black bag of Many locals feared that to Resource Recovery Energy garden waste at a time. require all residents to spend From Waste Facility. Although, This means that for many £96 on a paid service would lead sadly, it will not be composted people it will not be necessary people to pave over gardens, this is environmentally sound. to sign up for the paid service remove creepers, and cut down Cllr. Ahern said “Our facility managed by SUEZ, the trees with a subsequent loss of in Belvedere produces enough Council’s refuse and recycling habitat and wildlife. electricity to power the whole contractor, who accommodate In response to a letter from borough”.

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Farah Hussain – High-Octane Artist

By Judy Head

My first impression of Farah herself was of energy personified. My first impression of her work was of a sheer, exuberant blast of dynamic colour. A When bigger is closer look at the detail reveals beautiful, delicate, fine lines that form an intricate web, reminiscent sometimes better of lace or embroidery, with perhaps a hint of something exotic and oriental. Her paintings left The Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre me with the feeling that I had been tossed into the demolition site will be temporary home to air by a playful wind. one of the largest cranes in the world from For Farah it all began very differently. Ten years October. Designed, owned and operated by ago, she was very ill, house-bound, exhausted, British firm ALE, the AL.SK190 can lift 4,300 and wild with frustration at the slow pace of her metric tonnes to a height of 200 metres and recovery. She felt imprisoned. So she started to has a maximum ‘load moment’ of 196,000 paint and it was a revelation. “With four children, tonnes/metres from its central line of a job, and a hard-working husband to care for, rotation. It was the largest capacity land- life can be a bit chaotic”, she told me. So, having based crane in the world when launched in discovered her calling, the next challenge was to 2008, but was superseded by its big brother, create a well-balanced and healing road to a new the AL.SK350 in 2013, with a lifting capacity life as a painter. of 5,000 tonnes (ALE has since announced She decided on Richmond Adult Education plans for an AL.SK700 with an 8,000 tonne College and studied there under the amazing capacity). Kevin Chapman. Chapman so inspired his with Pensford Field Trust in Kew – a wildlife This might all seem a little crane-geek, but students that when he left three years later, they centre that includes an art studio and gallery. the AL.SK190 has two big advantages: it can all followed him to his new teaching post. With There they teach arts, crafts and self-expression perform lifts previously unachievable, and Kevin as her guru and mentor Farah felt she was to young people drawn from the local community. it can do this whilst occupying a footprint of moving forward, quoting his mantra: “There are She also participates in Open Art Spaces every just 35m x 55m. no rules.” year. There are 61 concrete portal beams She began exhibiting, first in The Vinery Café As well as organising her own work, Farah covering London Underground lines at the in Teddington, and then The London Therapy is mentor and tutor to the An-nisa Women’s Earl’s Court site. These range in weight Centre, and the Marriott Hotel in Twickenham, Empowerment Group, which meets at the from approximately 90 to 1,500 tonnes deliberately choosing places that are not obvious Response Centre in Old Brompton Road. Many of – the largest the equivalent of 118 new gallery venues. But she has goals. these women had never drawn or painted before Routemaster London buses. The AL.SK190 “In 2005 I set my goals. To make an impact and Farah wanted them to experience the emotion will lift the beams out from above the worldwide. To exhibit in London and New York. of self-expression by portraying the story of their underground lines, which means beams can To create an audience – to connect. When we stop own journeys from many different cultures and be cut only to sever them from their columns, looking we stop connecting with ourselves and countries to this little part of London. minimising tube disruption, noise and dust. with others.” The portal beams will be lifted out at night Farah and another artist, Pam Ibrahima, are For more information on Farah’s work, see over a period of two to three months and fed creating joint exhibitions and events under an farahhusain.com, or contact her at info@ into an offsite recycling system. initiative called Empowering Youth. They work farahhusain.com

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4 Farah Hussain – High-Octane Artist

A Mad Actors Tea Party

By Deborah Cleary and interpretation of the role endearing (as was Inge Marks of The Earls Courtiers, also showed us Sophia Woodward’s on other nights). what she was made of as she showcased her very Light rain threatened to dampen proceedings, but Individual and group performances made the impressive acting skills. The Earls Courtiers, supported by more than 60 full house of young and old laugh out loud. Stand The care and imagination taken to produce children from local primary schools, successfully out characters for my children included the costumes and set items was equally fantastic. created a dreamlike haven of sunny spirits and Mad March Hare (played by Lauren Estrada), a Flamingo croquet sticks with vibrant pink feathers, acting brilliance in the beautiful grounds of wonderful Walrus (played by Tai Remus Elliot), an audience picnic-area with inflatable flamingos Barkston Gardens in late June. a splendidly louche Caterpillar (played by Celia and little posters and quirky signage – everything We met Alice, her sisters and parents, all Badrichani), and the hysterically twitchy Mad was carefully considered and added to the scene. peacefully boating on the river; blue fabrics wafted Hatter, performed to perfection by play organiser Both a traditional and a modern take on this and gentle waves were created; a demand for a and talented local actor, Toby Brown. classic tale, no element of Alice in Wonderland fanciful story from Alice; a rabbit chase, and the Scene stealers? We loved the on-stage trickery disappointed, and the sum of all the parts magic began - an adventure through a dream world as Alice transformed herself from big to small (to combined to produce an excellent evening’s created some 151 years ago by the author Lewis smaller again) as Drink Me and Eat Me items are entertainment for children and adults alike. Carroll. consumed; a wonderful scene with the Duchess As an amateur theatre event, Alice in Josephine Surminski, from Fox Primary and her little ‘pig baby’ resulted in a brilliantly Wonderland by The Earls Courtiers was one of School, gave a truly polished performance as stage savvy toddler oink her way into our the best community events of the year thus far. young Alice. Her acting range was impressive collective hearts. Humpty Dumpty, performed by Bravo! Vote for heroes

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5 thecourt Calendar July & August

For further listings details, please check www.thecourt.london and with the venue or organizer to confirm dates and times. All listings correct FREE GUIDED TOURS A 275 Oxford Street, W1C 2DJ at time of going to press. If you’d like to see your event below, please W brownpapertickets.com/event/2509571 send listings in the same format to [email protected]. EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Enjoy free tours of the house and the GRAND FLAMENCO EXPRESS museum permanent collection giving you ART THE TROUBADOUR CLUB the chance to learn about this unique studio- SUNDAY 10TH JULY house and the life and work of Frederic, Lord SUMMER LATES ALTERED STATES Emilio Ochando – the phenomenon from Leighton. Admission fee applies. LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM ROYAL BRITISH SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS the Ballet Nacional de España and Ballet Open 3pm; £5/£7 A 12 Road, FRIDAY 22 JULY + LIVE MUSIC, FRIDAY TO END OF SEPTEMBER Nacional de Cuba – joins lead dancers La W14 8LZ T 020 7471 9153 W rbkc.gov.uk/ 11 AUGUST + FREE GUIDED TOUR Altered States, an exhibition exploring Joaquina and Chris Clavo alongside Antonio subsites/museums.aspx Late openings provide visitors with the perception and sensory interpretation el Pola, ferocious guardian of the gypsy chance to enjoy the museum and visit through immersive installation and heritage and vocal puppet-master to some temporary exhibitions until 9pm (last sculptural form. The exhibition includes of the greatest flamenco dancers. entry 8.30pm) with live music, tours and work by Tabatha Andrews and Horticultural Open 8pm; £12 on the door, £10 advance complimentary refreshments. installation artists Heywood & Condie. A 263 Old Brompton Road, SW5 Open 5.30pm, £5/£7 A 12 Holland Park Open Wed-Fri 12.30-5.30pm (or by T 020 7370 1434 W troubadourlondon.com Road, W14 8LZ T 020 7471 9153 appointment); Free A 108 Old Brompton W rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums.aspx Road, SW7 3RA T 020 7373 8615 HYMN FOR HER W rbs.org.uk THE TROUBADOUR CLUB IN THE FUTURE, THEY ATE FROM TUESDAY 26 JULY THE FINEST PORCELAIN BY LARISSA SEVEN HALTS ON THE SOMME: Hymn for Her have been busy touring SANSOUR MEMORIAL PAINTINGS BY HUGHIE across the country and abroad over the past THE MOSAIC ROOMS O’DONOGHUE RA few years, injecting juiced-up backwoods TO SATURDAY 20 AUGUST LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSUEM country blues with a dose of desert rock The first London solo of internationally TO SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER psychedelia that has been described as exhibited artist Larissa Sansour, with new Marking the centenary of the Battle of the ‘Hell’s Angels meets the Amish’. works that examine the contemporary Somme, Seven Halts on The Somme by Open 8pm; Tickets on the Door A 263 Old politics of present day Palestine and Israel. Hughie O’Donoghue RA comprises seven, Brompton Road, SW5 T 020 7370 1434 Open Tue-Sat 11am-6pm; Free large-scale, abstract paintings on public FILM W troubadourlondon.com A 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW display as a fitting commemoration of the T 0207 370 9990 W mosaicrooms.org lives lost during this terrible conflict. WALK-ON PARTS IN MISSING JAZZ MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING Open Wed-Mon 10am-5.30pm; £5/£7 A K + K HOTEL GEORGE ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH FOX TALBOT: DAWN OF THE 12 Holland Park Road, W14 8LZ T 020 7471 THURSDAY 14 JULY FRIDAY 29 JULY PHOTOGRAPH 9153 W rbkc.gov.uk Local residents are invited to become extras Enjoy a glass of wine and listen to soprano SCIENCE MUSEUM in new scenes being shot for Director Tom Lene Sahlholdt, jazz pianist Chad Lelong TO SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Young’s film Missing at the K + K Hotel and cellist Mayda Narvey explore the work William Henry Fox Talbot was a pioneer George. Complimentary food and drinks will of Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald of photography – a new and influential be provided. and others and experiment with the fusion medium that changed the way people saw OPEN 12pm-5pm; Free A 1-15 Templeton of jazz and classical music. Former Jazz FM themselves and the world. Place, SW5 9NB E tomyoung179@ presenter Bob Sinfield reads from a selection Open Daily 10am-6pm; £8, discounts googlemail.com of prose and poetry including Sartre’s and available for families, groups A Exhibition Julio Cortazar’s response to jazz. Supported Road, SW7 2DD T 0870 870 4868 MUSIC by The Earls Court Community Trust. Open 7.30pm, followed by a reception; SENSATIONAL BUTTERFLIES BLUE SKIES - KENSINGTON SINGERS Adults £10, over 60 and concessions £7, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM UNDRESSED: A BRIEF HISTORY OF & VICTORIA PARK SINGERS SUMMER under 26 free A St Cuthbert’s Church, 50 TO SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER UNDERWEAR CONCERT Philbeach Gardens, Earl’s Court, SW5 9EB Hundreds of free-flying moths and VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM THE SALVATION ARMY REGENT HALL butterflies, including species sourced TO SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 9 JULY OPERA HOLLAND PARK ethically from Africa, South America, North Discover the evolution of underwear design Join Kensington Singers & Victoria Park HOLLAND PARK America and Asia. Get a close-up view of from the 18th century to the present day with Singers for a night of sizzling samba beats JULY AND AUGUST butterfly specimens through a magnifier more than 200 examples of underwear for and soaring harmonies. Conducted by The 2016 Season includes Iris, La Boheme, and stunning scanning electron microscope men and women. Hannah Brine with the Hamish Balfour Trio La Cenerentola, Die Fledermaus, The Queen images. Open Sat-Thu 10am-5.45pm, Fri 10am- and a full band for the performance of Will of Spades, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland Open Daily 10am-5.30pm; adult, child and 10pm; Adults £12, Children 0-11 Free, Todd’s Mass in Blue featuring soloist Kirsty and The Royal Ballet School. concessions £5.85, family £19.80, children Concessions and family tickets available Hopkins. OPEN 7/7.30-10/10.40pm A Holland Park, under 4 free A Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD A Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL Open 7.15pm, show starts 7.30pm, £14, Kensington, W8 6LU T 020 3846 6222 T 020 7942 5555 W nhm.ac.uk T 020 7942 2000 W vam.ac.uk concessions £12, advance tickets until 8 July W operahollandpark.com 6 POETRY THEATRE TROUBADOUR POETRY IN FRANCE Open 6pm; £9 A 153 Old Brompton Road IT IS EASY TO BE DEAD BY NEIL MCPHERSON COFFEE HOUSE POETRY AT THE SW5 0LJ T 020 7835 2301 FINBOROUGH THEATRE TROUBADOUR W thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk TO SATURDAY 9 JULY SATURDAY 13-SATURDAY 20, Based on the poetry, letters and brief life of Charles SATURDAY 20-SATURDAY 27 AUGUST SHANGRI-LA BY AMY NG Hamilton Sorley. Music and Songs by George Residential poetry course with Anne-Marie FINBOROUGH THEATRE Butterworth, Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, André Fyfe & co-tutor Cl Dallat in France. TUESDAY 12 JULY-SATURDAY 6 Devaere, George Dyson, Ernest Bristow Farrar, Ivor A Château L’age Baston, Angouleme, France AUGUST Gurney, John Ireland, Rudi Stephan, Ralph Vaughan T Anne-Marie Fyfe on 020 8354 0660 Based on her personal experiences, Williams and Hugo Wolf. W coffeehousepoetry.org new playwright Amy Ng lays bare the Open Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sat-Sun Matinees 3pm; contradictions and private pain of cultural £16/£18 A 118 Finborough Road SW10 9DE THEATRE tourism. T 020 7244 7439 W finboroughtheatre.co.uk Open Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sat-Sun Matinees, THE SUPERSTITIOUS MAGIC SHOW 3pm; £14-£18 A 118 Finborough Road SW10 BARONS COURT THEATRE 9DE T 020 7244 7439 corrosive nature of the politics of division and Bitches Tue 16-Sat 20 August SUNDAYS 3 JULY, 14 AUGUST W finboroughtheatre.co.uk asks what we actually want out of our politics The Reluctant Fundamentalist Tue 23-Sat The beguiling Richard Leigh is magician in and our politicians. 27 August residence with an equal mix of precision and THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF/LE Open Sun-Mon 7.30pm, Tue Matinees 2pm; Open 7.30pm, Thu & Sat Matinees 3pm; fast–paced tricks. MEDECIN MALGRE LUI BY MOLIÈRE £16/£18 A 118 Finborough Road SW10 9DE T £14/£16 A 118 Finborough Road SW10 9DE OPEN 7pm; £9-£12 A Curtains Up Pub, 28a DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE 020 7244 7439 W finboroughtheatre.co.uk T 020 7244 7439 W finboroughtheatre.co.uk Comeragh Road, W14 9HR T 020 8932 TO 13 JULY 4747 W falseimpressions.co.uk In this classic Molière affair, nothing is quite DIFFERENT CLASS BY KEVIN LEE IMPRISONED BY MARIE HALE what it seems. BARONS COURT THEATRE BARONS COURT THEATRE WORKSHOP NEGATIVE BY CONT Open 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 13 July in English, 8, 9, TUESDAY 19-SATURDAY 23 JULY TUESDAY 16 AUGUST-SUNDAY 4 MHLANGA 12 July in French, 8pm; £7-£14 A 153 Old Maria is from a lovely little town in Berkshire. SEPTEMBER GATE THEATRE Brompton Road SW5 0LJ T 020 7835 2301 Andy is from the north. They pretend they Your Sacraments Divine and Something for WEDNESDAY 6-SATURDAY 9 JULY W thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk don’t get on. But really they do. the Men: A double bill of new plays by Marie An uplifting and comic response to the OPEN Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sat Matinee 2.30pm; Hale. backlash of Zimbabwean independence, UN PETIT JEU SANS CONSEQUENCE £10-£12 A Curtains Up Pub, 28a Comeragh OPEN Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sundays 3pm; and as relevant today as it was 30 years DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE Road, W14 9HR T 020 8932 4747 £7-£10 A Curtains Up Pub, 28a Comeragh ago, Workshop Negative pulls no punches in THURSDAY 14-SUNDAY 17 JULY W offwestend.com Road, W14 9HR T 020 8932 4747 airing the issues that everyone was talking ‘A little game without consequence’ is one of W offwestend.com about at the time, but were too afraid to raise. the greatest successes of Parisian private MIRANDA BY CARLO GOLDONI OPEN 7.30pm; £10 A 11 Pembridge Road, theatre during the past decade. BARONS COURT THEATRE LOVE LEARNING Notting Hill Gate, W11 3HQ Open 8pm; £11 A 153 Old Brompton Road TUESDAY 26 JULY-SATURDAY 13 T 020 7229 0706 W gatetheatre.co.uk SW5 0LJ T 020 7835 2301 AUGUST ARTIST’S TALK WITH LARISSA W thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk A modern romantic comedy with an original SANSOUR AMOURS AFTER BRECHT, story line about Miranda, the star of the THE MOSAIC ROOMS MOLIERE ET IONESCO PROUD BY MICHAEL HEALY Heartbreakers radio show. WEDNESDAY 6 JULY DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE FINBOROUGH THEATRE SUNDAYS, OPEN Tue-Sat 7.30pm; £12-£14 A Curtains Larissa Sansour will discuss the works SATURDAY 9-SUNDAY 10 JULY MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, 17-19, 24-26, Up Pub, 28a Comeragh Road, W14 9HR T featured in the exhibition In the Future They Edited and Directed by Gael Le Cornec. 31 JULY-2 AUGUST 020 8932 4747 W offwestend.com Ate from the Finest Porcelain with academic, With the students of Le Workshop (groupe Multi-award-winning Canadian playwright editor and writer Anthony Downey. du mardi). 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IMPERIAL FINAL SHOW 2016 IMPERIAL COLLEGE EXHIBITION ROAD WEDNESDAY 6-FRIDAY 8 JULY The students of Innovation Design Engineering and Global Innovation Design invite you to the Imperial College Final Show 2016 to see first-hand their invention and application of innovative technologies such DIARY OF A MADMAN BY AL SMITH as Luca Alessandrini’s spider silk composite GATE THEATRE violin. THURSDAY 28-SATURDAY 30 JULY OPEN Wed 6-Thu 7 10am-3pm, Fri 8 10am- The portrait of a man spiralling towards 6pm; Free A Imperial College Main Entrance, insanity, when his senses of personal, Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ W imperial.ac.uk professional and national identity are all challenged. MOOn & nude: LiFe draWinG OPEN 7.30pm; £10 A 11 Pembridge Road, THE CELLAR, THE FINBOROUGH ARMS Notting Hill Gate, W11 3HQ LAST SATURDAY EVERY MONTH T 020 7229 0706 W gatetheatre.co.uk A relaxed afternoon of drawing, drinks and music. Friendly untutored sessions for all THEATRE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE AT THE abilities. Materials available, no need to book. FINBOROUGH THEATRE Open 3-5pm; £10 A 118 Finborough EAVESDROPPING FINBOROUGH THEATRE SW10 T 020 7244 7439 BARONS COURT THEATRE TUESDAY 9-SATURDAY 27 AUGUST W finboroughtheatre.co.uk TUESDAY 5-SATURDAY 9, MONDAY 11-SATURDAY 16 JULY Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the The cast of Angel Theatre Company spent several weeks going around London covertly National Youth Theatre for the first time in ADULT AND CHILDREN REGULAR recording real people engaged in genuine conversations. its history presents a season of new writing EVENTS OPEN Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sat 9 July Matinee 2.30pm; £10-£14 A Curtains Up Pub, 28a at the Finborough Theatre. Includes work by BROMPTON LIBRARY Comeragh Road, W14 9HR T 020 8932 4747 W offwestend.com James Fritz, Bola Agbaje and Mohsin Hamid. FREE ADULTS’ WEEKLY EVENTS The Fall Tue 9-Sat 13 August Tuesdays - Book Break 10.30am-12.30pm;

7 dimensional space, creating a dramatic 7970 W earlscourtyouthclub.co.uk structure that by day houses a café and BROMPTON CEMETERY OPEN DAY AND free family activities and by night becomes OTHER EVENTS RESPONSE COMMUNITY PROJECTS a space for the Park Nights programme THE FRIENDS OF BROMPTON CEMETRY SHOP AND INTERNET CAFÉ/CLASSESS of performances by artists, writers and AND ACTIVITIES SUNDAY 17 JULY Open Day 11am-5pm, musicians. DAILY Guided Tours in this 176 year old Grade I Listed OPEN The Pavilion is open daily 10am-6pm. Response is a community based centre that Cemetery and a rare opportunity to visit the (Closed all day on 6 July and reopens at serves the needs of the most vulnerable cemetery’s historic catacombs. Exhibitions 1pm on 7 July), Free A Serpentine Gallery, individuals in and around Earls Court, while include: Birds of Prey, Vintage Edwardian Hearse, Kensington Gardens W2 3XA T 020 7402 also offering a range of classes designed to Heatherley’s Fine Art Exhibition & refreshments; 6075 W serpentinegalleries.org increase educational attainment and general Free. well-being. The Computer & Homework HELAINE BLUMENFELD SCULPTURE SATURDAY 30 JULY Roy Vickery, A walk on Club operates on weekdays in the early NAPOLEON GARDEN, HOLLAND PARK ‘Cemetery Plants – Guests & Invaders’ starts at evenings. TO WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2017 Open Mon-Fri A 300 Old Brompton Road, the Chapel at 2.30pm; Free. Celebrating the work of female sculptors, SW5 9JF T 020 7370 4606 THURSDAY 18 AUGUST The Royal Way of Death: Annual Doctor Death Lecture by Meridiana (sundial in Italian) is a work by W www.responseprojects.org.uk Robert Stephenson, 6.30 for 7.00 pm at the Chapel; £10 with refreshments. the American Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld A Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, SW10 9UG T 020 7351 1689 OBE FRBS. OPEN AGE W brompton-cemetery.org.uk Open Daily 7.30am-30 minutes before dusk; EARLS COURT HEALTH AND WELL BEING Free A Napoleon Garden, Holland Park, W8 CENTRE 6LU W rbs.org.uk/exhibitions Reading Group first Tuesday of the month ACTIVITIES IN JULY FOR PEOPLE OVER LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM 6.30pm-7.30pm; Over 50s IT help session 50 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 16-17 JULY, 13-14 LOVE LEARNING (drop-in) 2pm-4pm Tuesdays 10am – Creative Writing AUGUST Saturdays - IT training 10am-12 noon Thursdays 10am & 10.50am – Steady and Guided walks around the exterior of the YOUTH OUTREACH (booking required) Stable, Must Book 020 8962 5582 unique group of studio-houses built by EARL’S COURT YOUTH CLUB Children’s Weekly Events Fridays 10.45am – Healthy Lungs, please Leighton and his contemporaries on Holland DAILY Mondays - Baby Rhyme Time 2nd Monday book on 020 8962 4141 Park Road and Melbury Road. Discover Earl’s Court Youth Club works with young of the month, 2-2.30pm; Chatterbooks A 2b, Hogarth Road, SW5 OPT the fascinating story of how this corner of people aged 9 to 19 years old – and up 3.45-4.45pm T 020 8962 4141 W openage.org.uk Holland Park became synonymous with a to 25 years old with disabilities. Activities Thursdays - Children’s Storytime, 10- OPEN AGE group of leading artists of the late Victorian include dance classes, digital art, design and 10.30am MARY SMITH COURT period. printing, arts and crafts, cooking, football, Saturdays - Saturday Storyland, 10-10.40am; Thursdays 11.30am – Zumba Open 11am-12.30pm; £15, Ticket price fitness, music production, studio engineering Story & Craft, 1st Saturday of the month, Fridays 2pm – Steady and Stable, please includes museum entry A 12 Holland Park courses, computer games, pool, table tennis 10.30-11.30am book on 020 8962 5582 Road, W14 8LZ T 020 7471 9153 W rbkc.gov. and more. A 210 Old Brompton Road London SW5 0BS A 23 Trebovir Road, SW5 9NF uk/subsites/museums.aspx A 120 Ifield Road, SW10 9AF T 020 7373 T 020 7361 3010 T 020 8962 4141 W openage.org.uk rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/news-and-events W BUMBLEBEE TALK HOLLAND PARK ECOLOLOGY CENTRE OUT AND ABOUT THURSDAY 21 JULY An informative and eye opening talk about BROMPTON CEMETERY GUIDED the diversity and importance of bumblebees TOURS both for gardens and natural habitats. THE FRIENDS OF BROMPTON CEMETRY OPEN 6.30pm-8pm; Free, Booking essential EVERY SUNDAY A Holland Park Ecology Centre, Ilchester Enjoy a wonderful afternoon’s guided tour of Place, W8 6LU T 020 7938 8186 W rbkc.gov. this famous cemetery. 2pm start from the uk/subsites/wildlife/events.aspx Chapel. A donation of £6 is suggested to help with the work in the Cemetery. Group or RECYCLED SCULPTURES special interest tours available on request. HOLLAND PARK ECOLOGY CENTRE Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, SW10 A SATURDAY 23 JULY 9UG 020 7351 1689 T Families are invited to join sculptor Michelle brompton-cemetery.org.uk W Reader creating wildlife from waste. OPEN 10am-12.30pm & 1pm-3.30pm; £8.50 NATURE WALKS per child / £7.50 concessions, Suitable for children 8 and above, Booking essential FRIENDS OF HOLLAND PARK A Holland Park Ecology Centre, Ilchester SATURDAY 6 AUGUST Place, W8 6LU T 020 7938 8186 Meet outside the Holland Park Café at 9am W rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/wildlife/events.aspx on the first Sat of each month. Holland Park, W8 6LU A WALKS, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS 0207 243 0804/0207 602 030 T CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN Theo’s Lunch Offer W thefriendsofhollandpark.org JULY AND AUGUST THEO’S £9.95 OFFER – EXCLUSIVE TO THE COURT See website for details of summer walks, SUMMER TREE WALK: THE BASICS talks and workshops and family activity days. Theo’s Simple Italian’s much anticipated new summer menu has finally arrived. So why lose HOLLAND PARK ECOLOGY CENTRE Open Tue-Fri, Sun & Bank Holidays 11am- out on a sensual lunchtime when you can drop in and taste the southern seasons for just THURSDAY 7 JULY 6pm; £6.95/£10.50, under 5s Free A 66 £9.95. Expect focaccia and a main course, washed down with a glass of prosecco or soft This walk, led by a member of the Ecology Royal Hospital Road SW3 4HS T 020 7352 drink. Service will be quick, because they know your time is precious – but you won’t find Education Team, gives a basic introduction 5646 W chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk any of the soggy sandwich compromises you might find elsewhere. New delights include to native tree species. You will learn how to seasonal fish and fresh truffles. hone your identification skills of trees in leaf SERPENTINE PAVILION AND SUMMER Or go the whole luncheon hog and spend just £14.95 on focaccia, two courses and a glass using examples found in Holland Park. HOUSES 2016 of prosecco or soft drink. Take this copy of The Court with you to take advantage of the Open 6.30pm-8pm; Free, Booking essential KENSINGTON GARDENS offer! A Meet at Holland Park Ecology Centre, TO SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER Open Breakfast: Mon-Fri, 6.30-11am, Sat-Sun, 7am-12pm; Lunch: Daily, 12 midday-4pm; Ilchester Place, W8 6LU T 020 7938 8186 The Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Dinner: Daily, 5-10.30pm A 34-44 Barkston Gardens, SW5 0EW T 020 7373 7851 Ingels Group (BIG), is an ‘unzipped wall’ that W theossimpleitalian.co.uk ARTISTS’ HOUSES GUIDED WALKS: THE is transformed from straight line to three- HOLLAND PARK CIRCLE