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For a friendly professional service Only two minutes from Waterloo Station SE1 Contact Steel & Shamash 12 Baylis Road • Waterloo • London • SE1 7AA Tel: 020 7803 3999 Issuein 132 FREE Email: [email protected] The Story of London Local history is in the spotlight this month as organisations large and small take part in the Mayor’s Story of London festival. BFI Southbank’s Mediatheque is presenting a special on-demand collection focusing on the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark which embrace the city’s incredible diversity, their often turbulent fortunes shaped by war, poverty and immigration. The energy and excitement of Alexandra Day in Peckham (1913) is infectious and newsreel footage records a royal visit to Streatham in Queen Alexandra’s Help (1916). Other extracts include Spirit of Lambeth (1962) and Rush Hour, a 1970 film about Waterloo Station.
Highlights from the Mediatheque’s Newsreel footage of the opening of County Hall on the South Bank is amongst the historic film of Lambeth and Southwark that can be seen at BFI Southbank’s local collection are also being shown Mediatheque this month. Picture courtesy BFI. in a free programme called Beautiful bringing together architects, documentarists, historians and The Story of London walking weekend on 6 and 7 South in BFI Southbank’s Studio local residents. June includes a wide variety of local tours including two cinema at weekends in June. Other local Story of London highlights include an led by local writer John Constable (see page 5). On 18 June The Elephant in Time opportunity to view the heritage centre at the Convent of The festival concludes with an architecture-themed in NFT1 features rare footage of the Mercy in Parker’s Row at Dockhead (page 3). weekend which includes a talk at the Fashion & Textile Elephant & Castle in the 1920s, The London Fire Brigade Museum in Southwark Museum by Antoni Malinowski on the use of colour in recently unearthed in the BFI National Bridge Road – which was threatened with closure last buildings (see page 4). His work includes the external Archive (see listing on page 6). This year – is staging an open day to allow Londoners to see the colour scheme at Coin Street neighbourhood centre. event aims to tell the Elephant’s story, collection without a prior appointment (see page 3). • Story of London events are listed throughout this issue. Looking for a local job? www.London-SE1.co.uk/classifieds
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London (u-12s free) Saturday 27 June Sunday 28 June Gardens have been created on the decks NORTH LAMBETH PARISH FETE GARDEN VOLUNTEERING EVENT What’s On of many of the barges to form an ‘inside- 2pm-5.30pm; Price TBA 2pm-4.30pm; free out’ floating garden square. Snacks Enjoy the gardens, listen to local Give a hand with planting and carry out available (proceeds to RNLI). musicians, take tea and buy books, other gardening tasks. No experience June Full info at se1.net/6833 home made cakes, jams and marmalade, necessary; tools, gloves and refreshments East Street Library plants, bric a brac etc. Have a go on the provided. Comprehensive local listings tombola, raffle or other sideshows. Full info at se1.net/7058 168-179 Old Kent Road T 020 7703 0395 Full info at se1.net/6791 www.southwark.gov.uk River Thames London Bridge
Special events Thursday 18 June Saturday 20 June COFFEE MORNING Sunday 21 June TUDOR RIVER PAGEANT 10.30am-12 noon Bernie Spain Gardens THE LEVIATHAN PROJECT Starts 10am at Tower of London; free Free tea, coffee & biscuits in the library. 12 noon-1pm Upper Ground The 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s www.coinstreet.org Full info at se1.net/7039 800 saxophonists will snake through the coronation will be marked with a Tudor Garden Museum Square Mile coming together on London river pageant rowing from the Pool of Sunday 14 June Bridge for a musical finale composed and CELEBRATING SANCTUARY Lambeth Palace Road T 020 7401 8865 London up the River Thames to Hampton www.gardenmuseum.org.uk directed by John Harle. Court Palace. Part of Story of London 2pm-7pm; free Full info at se1.net/6497 This annual afternoon of music and Full info at se1.net/6800 Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June food which celebrates the art of refugee London Fire Brigade Museum Shakespeare’s Globe communities reaches its tenth birthday. LAVENDER FESTIVAL 10.30am-5pm; £6 (conc £5) 94A Southwark Bridge Road T 020 7587 2894 New Globe Walk T 020 7401 9919 Full info at se1.net/7042 www.london-fire.gov.uk Dr Simon Charlesworth of Downderry www.shakespeares-globe.org Borough Market Nursery will display and sell lavender Friday 12 June plants and present masterclasses. Saturday 13 June 8 Southwark Street OPEN DAY SAM’S DAY www.boroughmarket.org.uk Full info at se1.net/6324 From 11am; free 10am-5pm; free Golden Hinde A chance to visit the museum which Free workshops, demonstrations and Tuesday 2 to Wednesday 3 June usually requires an appointment. Part of A TASTE OF SPAIN St Mary Overie Dock T 0870 011 8700 platform discussions to celebrate Sam www.goldenhinde.org Story of London Wanamaker’s birthday. 11.30am to 8.30pm; free The country’s many flavours and tastes Full info at se1.net/6939 Full info at se1.net/6388 Saturday 20 June will be presented by the Spanish regions, Merrick Square & Trinity Church Sq Southbank Centre Square food producers, suppliers, winemakers INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LONDON & MARITIME HISTORY 1560-1960 Trinity Street Belvedere Road and restaurants. www.tnra.net Full info at se1.net/6181 1pm; free www.southbankcentre.co.uk Includes a costumed interpretation of Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre Sunday 14 June Friday 5 to Sunday 7 June Drake’s voyages; a talk on seafaring OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND 108 Stamford Street T 020 7021 1600 in the late 19th century; and a master SLOW FOOD FESTIVAL 11am-6pm; Tickets (£6.75 advance or 11am-6pm www.coinstreet.org mariner will tell the story of the £8 on day) give entry to gardens across Merchant Navy in the mid-20th century. Due to popular demand the Slow Food Monday 22 June London (u-12s free) Market outside the Royal Festival Hall is a Part of Story of London In Merrick Square there will be a Pimm’s WATERLOO CARNIVAL ALIEN Full info at se1.net/7092 monthly fixture throughout the summer. ACCESSORIES TRAINING Bar run by The Roebuck pub, and live Full info at se1.net/6861 12 noon-2.45pm; Places & creche facilities I Knit London music. In Trinity Church Square there will limited; booking essential via 020 7021 106 Lower Marsh T 020 7261 1338 be a beer tent run by The Royal Oak pub, St George the Martyr 1600 or [email protected] www.iknit.org.uk ice cream stall and live jazz. Borough High Street T 020 7357 7331 Work with a professional carnival artist Full info at se1.net/6834 Saturday 13 June to create alien masks and accessories for Potters Fields Park Saturday 6 June Waterloo Carnival (10 July). WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY I CRAFTERNOON Full info at se1.net/7082 KNIT LONDON TREASURE HUNT Tooley Street The Crypt; 12 noon-5pm; £5 Meet 11.30am-12 noon; free www.pottersfields.co.uk Crafty Creatures present an afternoon of Friday 26 June IKL will be sending you off to wander Tuesday 2 June accessory making, live music and cake. GET ON TRACK the streets following fiendish clues, Full info at se1.net/6949 10am-5pm; free dressing up statues, hunting celebrities, GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN WINE TRAIL Information and advice on training shepherding and knitting at some of 11am-8pm; free Tate Modern providers, job opportunities, childcare, London’s most famous landmarks.. Walk amongst the ‘Fynbos’ garden, sample a wide range of South African Bankside T 020 7887 8888 benefits and more - all under one roof. Full info at se1.net/7066 www.tate.org.uk/modern Full info at se1.net/7021 wines and learn the finer points of wine James Clerk Maxwell Building appreciation from leading winemakers. Convent of Mercy Sunday 14 June outside 57 Waterloo Road Full info at se1.net/6297 OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND Parker’s Row Community Garden; 10am-5pm; Tickets Tuesday 16 June Friday 26 June Saturday 6 June FREE BIKE CHECKS WITH DR BIKE ARMED FORCES DAY (£6.75 advance or £8 on day) give entry TOUR OF SISTERS OF MERCY 5.30pm-7.30pm; free 12 noon-3pm; free to gardens across London (u-12s free) HERITAGE CENTRE Give your bike a basic mechanical check. Veterans will march across Tower Bridge The community garden with its pond and From 10.30am; Book a place on 020 Plus HGV blind spot awareness. with a cannon salute and fly past. Live wildflowers is enjoyed by local residents. 7232 4882; 020 7237 1098; free Full info at se1.net/7047 music. See an army field kitchen in action. Today is a rare opportunity for the The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Full info at se1.net/7086 general public to visit this hidden oasis. Bermondsey from Ireland in 1839 to serve Lambeth Palace Garden Full info at se1.net/6835 Red Cross Garden poor, sick and underprivileged people. Lambeth Palace Road The Scoop This 45 minute tour will explain their www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/palace Redcross Way T 020 7403 3393 work. Part of Story of London www.bost.org.uk More London Riverside Full info at se1.net/7093 Saturday 13 June www.morelondon.com/scoop.html OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND Wednesday 24 June Downings Roads Moorings 10am-5pm; Tickets (£6.75 advance or STORY 140 Monday 22 June Mill Street £8 on day) give entry to gardens across 5pm-7pm SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DAY London (u-12s free) Live storytelling, live music and an 5.30pm-7.30pm; free Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June See the Archbishop of Canterbury’s exhibition will bring the stories of Music, circus, dance and drama plus OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND garden. Tea and biscuits, souvenirs and London families to life in this beautiful organic food and drink from some of 2pm-5pm; Tickets (£6.75 advance or £8 garden honey will be on sale. garden. Part of Story of London London’s catering social enterprises. on day) give entry to gardens across Full info at se1.net/6836 Full info at se1.net/7063 Full info at se1.net/7074 DENTAL PATIENTS Southwark Cathedral Tower Bridge Dental Surgery Probably the ALL HALLOWS CHURCH Don’t let the best Sunday REDEVELOPMENT credit crunch wipe away Southwark Cathedral Chapter will be holding two public roast in SE1 consultation evenings on development proposals for the site [ SE1 Direct ] your smile at All Hallows Church on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th We are taking on new NHS patients June 2009 at 7.30pm at All Hallows Hall, Copperfield Street. & offering a late night session for fee-paying Served 12 noon to 6pm www.SE1direct.co.uk patients: Thursday 9am – 8pm Come in and make a consultation at There will be a chance to meet the architect, see the plans and appointment with us. question the team from the Cathedral. We will help you attain the THE CHARLES DICKENS Get a weekly email update smile you always wanted... In order to help manage the numbers attending and ensure • Whitening 160 Union Street with the latest local news • Specialised cleaning techniques no-one is turned away, it would help if those interested in • Cosmetic treatment attending could please call 020 7367 6717 or email Call in at 25 Tower Bridge Road 020 7401 3744 [email protected] to reserve a place With more than 6,800 subscribers 020 7407 7427 www.TheCharlesDickens.co.uk at one of the meetings. [email protected] across SE1 and beyond, can you afford to miss out? June 2009 4 WHAT’S ON II www.inSE1.co.uk in SE1 Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 June Practice will be holding the next London VOICES: ORDINARY PEOPLE, Intergenerational network meeting in Children & family EXTRAORDINARY TIMES association with ABS Communications. Talks & lectures 1pm-2pm; free BFI Southbank www.centreforip.org.uk Calder Bookshop Meet veterans from the Second World Full info at se1.net/6865 Belvedere Road T 020 7928 3535 War who fought in North Africa, Italy 51 The Cut T 020 7620 2900 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank and Germany and their readjustment to Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre www.oneworldclassics.com post war London. 108 Stamford Street T 020 7021 1600 Sunday 14 June Full info at se1.net/6979 www.coinstreet.org Thursday 4 June OLIVER! FILM FUNDAY THIS MAN BECKETT: HIS LIFE, WORK Workshop 11am; film 12.30pm; Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 June Thursday 18 June AND PERSONALITY Workshop free to movie ticket holders SIGNS AND SYMBOLS SOUTH BANK FORUM 7pm; £6 (conc £4) Dress up as Dickens’ most famous 11am-5pm; free 7pm-9pm John Calder discusses the main events character, Oliver Twist, and learn a An art activity that looks at the language Quarterly meeting for South Bank of Beckett’s life, while actors from the routine straight from the film musical. of signs and symbols and how they are residents convened by Kate Hoey and Godot Company read autobiographical Full info at se1.net/6930 used in different ways throughout the Simon Hughes. Hear the results of the extracts from the writings. Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre Museum on many of the exhibits. MORI survey into the views of local Full info at se1.net/6848 Full info at se1.net/6978 108 Stamford Street T 020 7021 1600 people and have your say. Full info at se1.net/5855 Thursday 11 June www.coinstreet.org Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 June MURDER MYSTERY AND Saturday 27 & Monday 29 June BACK TO BEDLAM Prospero House POIGNANCY IN SADEGH HEDAYAT 1pm-2pm; free FAMILY SPACESHIP MAKING 241 Borough High Street 7pm; £6 (conc £4) WORKSHOPS Did you know that the building that Godot Company actors read extracts now houses the Imperial War Museum Sat 2pm-5pm; Mon 10am-11.30am; free Thursday 25 June from his collection of short stories, Three Families and children under 7 are invited used to be the Bethlem Royal Hospital SOUTHWARK TREASURERS’ SEMINAR Drops of Blood, and from his surreal and or ‘Bedlam’? Discover more about the to join professional artists to create a 6pm-9.30pm; Charities with income nightmarish novella The Blind Owl. history of the building and the stories spectacular 3D space ship and alien for under £50,000 = £25; larger charities = Full info at se1.net/6849 behind the ghosts who reportedly haunt Waterloo Carnival. £50 via [email protected] Fashion & Textile Museum Full info at se1.net/7083 the corridors! Part of Story of London Full info at se1.net/6981 Being a charity treasurer is an important and demanding role. Taster sessions, 83 Bermondsey Street T 020 7407 8664 Design Museum www.ftmlondon.org Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 June information and workshops for all. Shad Thames T 0870 909 9009 Full info at se1.net/7064 www.designmuseum.org GRAPHOTISM Saturday 20 June 11am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-5pm; free St John’s Waterloo STREETS OF STYLE: SAVILE ROW Sundays 7 & 28 June Using ideas from urban graffiti as a way AND THE HISTORY OF TAILORING Waterloo Road T 020 7633 9819 SUPER CONTEMPORARY: of exploring contemporary gun crime. 2pm-3.30pm; £10 (conc £7) www.stjohnswaterloo.co.uk CELEBRATE YOUR CITY! Full info at se1.net/6980 A panel of Savile Row insiders - from 2pm-5pm; £4 per child; accompanying Topolski Century Tuesday 2 June managing directors to apprentices - will adults free; booking 020 7940 8783 LAMBETH COMMUNITY-POLICE discuss the history of the street that What would you build to celebrate your Concert Hall Approach www.topolskicentury.org.uk CONSULTATIVE GROUP has become the epitome of elegant capital city? 6.30pm menswear and bespoke tailoring. Full info at se1.net/6558 Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 June Public meeting of the body that monitors Part of Story of London East Street Library NEW COLOURS policing in the borough of Lambeth. Full info at se1.net/6970 2pm-5pm; free Full info at se1.net/6706 168-179 Old Kent Road T 020 7703 0395 Tuesday 23 June www.southwark.gov.uk Topolski Century celebrates British multiracialism on the 61st anniversary of Southwark Council UNDERCOVER AT THE MOVIES Saturday 20 June arrival of MV Empire Windrush. Explore www.southwark.gov.uk 2pm-3.30pm; £10 (conc £7) CHATTER BOOKS BOOK GROUP Feliks Topolski’s paintings and get Professor Stella Bruzzi on big-screen 3pm-4pm; free inspiration for your own drawings. For Tuesday 9 June depictions of underwear. Book group for ages 8 to 12. children of all ages. BOROUGH & BANKSIDE Full info at se1.net/6972 Full info at se1.net/7040 Full info at se1.net/6823 COMMUNITY COUNCIL Saturday 27 June Waterloo Library 7pm; venue to be announced HMS Belfast Meeting for Cathedrals and Chaucer PRETTY IN PINK, AWESOME IN Morgans Lane, Tooley Street T 020 7940 6300 114-118 Lower Marsh T 020 7926 8750 wards. Meet your councillors, get ORANGE! hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk www.lambeth.gov.uk updates from local police and wardens 2pm-3.30pm; £10 (conc £7) and contribute to the debate. Antoni Malinowski talks about the use Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 June Thursday 25 June of colour in architecture. Part of Story ALIEN STORY TELLING AND FACE Full info at se1.net/6872 LIFE ON BOARD of London PAINTING 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm; £10.70, senior Tuesday 16 June 11am-12 noon; free Full info at se1.net/6971 citizen and student £8.60; under-16s free BERMONDSEY COMMUNITY Come on board HMS Belfast and Outer space story telling and face Museum of the Royal painting session for children and parents COUNCIL Pharmaceutical Society experience what life was really like 7pm; venue to be announced for the 900-strong crew that served on linked to Waterloo Carnival on Friday Meeting for Riverside, Grange & South 1 Lambeth High Street T 020 7572 2210 her during the Second World War and 10 July. Open to families and children Bermondsey wards. www.rpsgb.org.uk/museum Korean War. Part of Story of London under 7. No booking necessary but arrive Full info at se1.net/7094 promptly to avoid disappointment. Full info at se1.net/6871 Wednesday 10 & Thursday 25 June Children must be accompanied by a Imperial War Museum Waterloo Action Centre GORGEOUS GLASSWARE: BEHIND parent or carer. THE SCENES Lambeth Road T 020 7416 5000 Full info at se1.net/7085 14 Baylis Road T 020 7261 1404 www.waterlooactioncentre.co.uk Wed 2pm-3pm & Thu 6pm-7pm; booking london.iwm.org.uk 020 7572 2210 or [email protected]; Daily 10am-6pm; free Public meetings Wednesday 10 June free Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 June WATERLOO COMMUNITY From the carboy placed inside the chemist WE ARE ALL BORN FREE ADI Centre DEVELOPMENT GROUP GENERAL shop window as a symbol of pharmacy MEETING to the beautifully coloured bottles and 11am-5pm; free 218 Lambeth Road T 020 7928 6160 The Universal Declaration of Human 7pm jars which filled the shelves inside. From Rights protects everyone on this planet. Thursday 25 June Regular public meeting of the group that enormous, highly decorated specie jars to Join this drop-in art activity and help CENTRE FOR INTERGENERATIONAL monitors development in the Waterloo the bizarre looking ‘nasal douche’ there illustrate some of the 30 articles that PRACTICE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY area. Hear developers present their plans are plenty of both pretty and practical shape the world in which we live. 10am-3.30pm; £15 and contribute to the debate. glassware items to investigate. . Full info at se1.net/6977 The Centre for Intergenerational Full info at se1.net/5731 Full info at se1.net/6231 + SOUTH BANK FORUM + Blackfriars Kate Hoey MP, Simon Hughes MP, and your local Councillors invite you on: Wine Bar Thursday 18 June 2009, 7-9pm Coin Street neighbourhood centre, 108 Stamford Street, SE1 9NH The South Bank’s best kept secret invites Topics will include: you to discover the charm of an authentic + SOUTH BANK: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hear the results of the MORI survey into the views of local people and have your say. WINE BAR
+ THE FUTURE OF THE LONDON EYE AND LONDON AQUARIUM We have an extensive range of over 100 David Sharpe, MD, talks about the exciting future of these two top attractions different wines from the Old and New World which are now under the ownership of Merlin Entertainments. Lunches Monday to Friday • Evening Snacks + THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED! WATERLOO CARNIVAL 2009 Find out how to get involved in this year’s alien themed event.
+ TELLING TALES Open 10am till late Monday to Friday Spread The Word, a creative writing project based on Lambeth Walk, wants your input into a new play which will be performed in community spaces throughout the area Ar c h 80, Sc o r e s b y St r e e t , So u t h w a r k To book a place at the free crèche: 020 7202 6913, [email protected] Lo n d o n SE1 Te l : 020 7928 0905
YOUR LIFE, YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, YOUR SAY 3 mins from Southwark station • 5 mins from Tate Modern June 2009 in SE1 www.inSE1.co.uk WHAT’S ON III 5
Oasis Centre Elephant & Castle Tube Station Sunday 7 June Wednesday 17 June DICKENS IN THE BOROUGH WATERLOO SUMMER SERIES 75 Westminster Bridge Road 020 7921 4200 London Road Meet 10.45am for 11am; £7 (conc £5) 5pm-7pm; free A guided walk with John Constable Fiery flamenco comes to Waterloo, Wednesday 3 June Sunday 7 June through the back-streets of The Borough, sponsored by Meson Don Felipe. BREAKTHROUGH BRITAIN: IAIN WALKING THE ELEPHANT from the Marshalsea Prison to ‘Nancy’s Full info at se1.net/7070 DUNCAN SMITH 9.15am & 11.30am; £7.50 Steps’, exploring Charles Dickens’ Charities Parliament; 7pm-9pm; free via Explore the Elephant and Castle beyond childhood encounter with the Victorian Wednesday 24 June [email protected] the roundabouts with local guide Isobel underworld. Part of Story of London WATERLOO SUMMER SERIES Durrant. Part of Story of London 5pm-7pm; free Iain Duncan Smith MP will explore Full info at se1.net/6742 Full info at se1.net/7090 Lively Cuban band to finish off the series the role of faith organisations in Tate Modern in style, sponsored by Cubana. transforming local communities. Imperial War Museum Bankside T 020 7887 8888 Full info at se1.net/7071 Full info at se1.net/7067 Lambeth Road T 020 7416 5000 Southwark Cathedral Old Operating Theatre, Museum london.iwm.org.uk Saturday 20 June LARGACTYL SHUFFLE London Bridge T 020 7367 6700 and Herb Garret Sunday 7 June www.southwarkcathedral.org.uk Meet 12 midnight (Sat night/Sun 9a St Thomas Street T 020 7188 2679 BLACK HISTORY WALKING TOUR OF morning) near bike sheds on Holland www.thegarret.org.uk LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK Monday 22 June Street; free CHOIR OF KING’S COLLEGE, 11am; free Join CoolTan Arts for a midnight walk to Saturday 13 June Beginning at the Imperial War Museum’s CAMBRIDGE the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill LEECHES, LANCETS AND From War to Windrush exhibition, join 7.30pm; Box Office 0845 120 7502 to celebrate the Summer Solstice. Part of TOOTHPULLING Tony Warner as he guides you on a tour Part of City of London Festival Story of London 1pm 2pm & 3pm; £5.60; conc £4.60; child Full info at se1.net/6801 of the Black history of Lambeth and Full info at se1.net/6190 £3.25; family (2+4) £13.75 Southwark. Part of Story of London Monday 22 June Richard Kennedy talks about the Full info at se1.net/6933 Waterloo Library STEPHEN DISLEY: ORGAN RECITAL differences in the practice of medicine in Museum of the Royal 114-118 Lower Marsh T 020 7926 8750 1.05pm; free the American colonies and the practice in Pharmaceutical Society www.lambeth.gov.uk Stephen Disley plays organ works by JS London during the same era. Bach, Peter Maxwell Davies and Sverre Full info at se1.net/7095 1 Lambeth High Street T 020 7572 2210 Thursday 11 June Eftestol. Part of City of London Festival www.rpsgb.org.uk/museum WILLIAM BLAKE’S LAMBETH Full info at se1.net/7031 Snowsfields Wellness 6pm-8pm; free Saturday 6 June Discover the traces of Blake’s Lambeth Monday 29 June 41 Snowsfields T 020 7378 7679 LAMBETH PHARMACY WALK www.snowsfields.co.uk with archivist Jon Newman, and while ARNFINN TOBIASSEN: ORGAN 11am; Voluntary contribution of £3 you walk, enjoy highlights such as the RECITAL Thursday 18 June Guided walk uncovering the hidden site of William Blake’s House, Lambeth 1.05pm; free GREEN YOURSELF TO HEALTH history of north Lambeth. Palace and the inspiration behind Arnfinn Tobiassen plays organ works by 7pm-8pm; £5 from snowsfields@marissa. Full info at se1.net/7075 ‘London’s charter’d streets’. Part of Story Byxtehude, Grieg and Prokoviev. Part of greenisp.org or 020 7407 9910 Red Cross Garden of London City of London Festival Full info at se1.net/6705 Full info at se1.net/7032 Find out about the power of green Redcross Way T 020 7403 3393 vegetables such as kale, broccoli and www.bost.org.uk Waterloo Station St John’s Waterloo spinach; grasses such as wheatgrass & Waterloo Road Waterloo Road T 020 7633 9819 barleygrass and algaes such as chorella. Sunday 14 June GUIDED TOUR www.stjohnswaterloo.co.uk Full info at se1.net/6879 Saturday 6 June 2.30pm-3.15pm; free DISCOVER THE SOUTH BANK Thursday 4 June The Old King’s Head Find out about the Victorian roots of Red 9.15am & 11.30am (meet opp platform RUSH HOUR CONCERT Cross Garden and its founder Octavia Hill 45-49 Borough High Street T 020 7407 1550 19); £7.50 6pm-7.15pm; free by joining a free guided tour. www.theoldkingshead.uk.com See and hear stories from the South Bank Free after-work music with Southbank Full info at se1.net/7057 with Jo Hoad. Part of Story of London Sinfonia. Thursday 11 June Southwark Needle Full info at se1.net/7091 Full info at se1.net/6315 TREES, WEEDS AND FOLKLORE London Bridge Thursday 18 June 8pm; £2.50 (conc £1.50) RUSH HOUR CONCERT Most writings on plant-lore relate to the Sunday 7 June Music 6pm-7.15pm; free nineteenth century; current beliefs and MORE LONDON GUIDED WALK Christ Church Southwark Free after-work music with Southbank practices are neglected. Roy Vickery of 9.15am & 11.30am; £7.50 Sinfonia. the South London Botanical Institute Home now to City Hall, Olympic flags 27 Blackfriars Road T 020 7928 4707 Full info at se1.net/6317 discusses current folklore associated with and fine design but formerly wharves www.christchurchsouthwark.org.uk some common plants. and warehouses. Connect a Norwegian Thursday 25 June Tuesday 16 June RUSH HOUR CONCERT Full info at se1.net/6290 king to Tooley Street, see how valuable SUMMER CONCERT tea imports were protected, remember a 6pm-7.15pm; free 1.10pm; free Free after-work music with Southbank fatal fire, locate the first Thames tunnel, The Portcullis Singers. Sinfonia and London Sinfonietta. salute a WW2 cruiser and see where Bill Guided walks Full info at se1.net/6804 Full info at se1.net/6318 Sykes met his end. Led by Liz du Parcq. Bankside Community Space Part of Story of London Emma Cons Gardens Friday 26 June 18 Great Guildford Street Full info at se1.net/7089 Corner of The Cut/Waterloo Road COLLEEN MURIEL: MOONLIGHT St George the Martyr AND RAINFALL Friday 5 June Wednesday 3 June 1.10pm; free VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN Borough High Street T 020 7357 7331 WATERLOO SUMMER SERIES Flute and piano recital. SOUTHWARK 5pm-7pm; free Full info at se1.net/6570 Saturday 6 June 5.30pm-7pm; RSVP to b.oshaughnessy@ Relax, listen to live music and enjoy food SHAKESPEARE’S BANKSIDE Sunday 28 June bbk.ac.uk or 020 7631 6627; free and drink sponsored by Greensmiths. Meet 10.45am for 11am; £7 (conc £5) Full info at se1.net/7068 ERNEST READ SYMPHONY Learn about Victorian and Edwardian A guided walk with John Constable ORCHESTRA Southwark: working in the docks and exploring the secret history of Bankside, Wednesday 10 June 6.30pm; £10 (conc £8) associated industries, as revealed by south of the river, which for centuries lay WATERLOO SUMMER SERIES Conductors: Peter Stark/Andrew Gourlay the surviving built environment of the outside the law of The City. Part of Story 5pm-7pm; free Andrzej Panufnik - Concerto Festivo riverside. of London Live bands from The Stage Door pub. Walton - Symphony no.1 Full info at se1.net/6796 Full info at se1.net/6741 Full info at se1.net/7069 Full info at se1.net/5568 ELECTRICIAN londonse1 This month’s [ SE1 Direct ] No job too small! community website forum topics www.SE1direct.co.uk Military helicopters over Igloo shop Shad Thames 07850 767283 the Thames Portland Wharf Shad Thames 020 8761 6012 New on Tower Bridge Road Good dentist Weekly email updates [email protected] Do you know of an SE1 Antonine Heights, City Walk writers group? Rubbish clearance Southwark Bridge traffic The Hartley closes down With more than 6,800 Advertise here August Activities for 4-6 Bicycle service subscribers across SE1 year olds? Filming in Curlew Street in July and beyond, can you Long Lane through the years Good dentist ...and dozens more topics afford to miss out? Antonine Heights, City Walk 020 7633 0766 Quill - 28-storey tower Join the debate at Mary Seacole memorial www.London-SE1.co.uk June 2009 6 WHAT’S ON IV www.inSE1.co.uk in SE1
The Scoop National Theatre The Scoop Wednesday 3 to Saturday 27 June KURSK More London Riverside South Bank T 020 7452 3000 More London Riverside The Maria; Tue-Sat 7.45pm; Sat 2.45pm www.morelondon.com/scoop.html www.nationaltheatre.org.uk www.morelondon.com/scoop.html £17.50 (previews £10); under-26s £10 Wednesday 10 June This powerful and immersive theatrical Until Wednesday 17 June Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 June experience is inspired by the tragic SINGOLOGY: SING ONE, SING ALL DEATH AND THE KING’S RHINOCEROS 6.30pm; free Russian submarine disaster of 2000. HORSEMAN 6.30pm; free Full info at se1.net/6242 Gospel music as you’ve never heard it before. Olivier Theatre; In repertory; £10-£30 The Sandford Collective performing Full info at se1.net/7008 Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/5835 Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco. Thursday 11 June to Tuesday 14 July By Wole Soyinka. The production will be Full info at se1.net/6606 BEEN SO LONG Thursday 11 June directed by Rufus Norris. IRISH PENSIONERS CHOIR Tue-Sat 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm; £22.50 Full info at se1.net/5835 Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 June A new musical comedy written and 6.30pm; free THE IRIS FESTIVAL OF CLASSICS directed by Ché Walker, with music Enjoy Irish songs of another era. Until Wednesday 8 July Full info at se1.net/7009 1pm & 6pm; free composed and directed by Arthur Darvill. THE OBSERVER The Iris Schools’ Greek Drama Project is Full info at se1.net/6239 Cottesloe Theatre; In repertory; £10-£31 Friday 12 June a three-day event including plays and LONDON GAY MEN’S CHORUS A new play by Matt Charman directed by performances of Greek drama by London Richard Eyre. 7pm; free schools and youth groups. Movie highlights Songs by Vaughan Williams, Noel Coward, Full info at se1.net/6480 Full info at se1.net/7011 BFI Southbank The Kinks, Rogers and Hammerstein, The Until Saturday 11 July Seekers, Leonard Bernstein amongst Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 June Belvedere Road T 020 7928 3535 ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL THE BARBER OF SAVILE ROW www.bfi.org.uk/southbank many others. Olivier Theatre; In repertory; £10-£30 7pm; free Full info at se1.net/7010 Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/6481 The perfect show for newcomers to Thursday 18 June The Warehouse Marianne Elliott directs. THE ELEPHANT IN TIME opera, The Barber of Savile Row is set Full info at se1.net/6481 NFT1; 6.20pm; £9 (conc £6.65) 13 Theed Street T 020 7928 9250 in 1950s London, the era of Brylcreem www.thewarehouselondon.co.uk Featuring a rare glimpse of the Elephant Until Monday 27 July and Teddy Boys. Sung in English with and Castle in the 1920s, recently Wednesday 10 June TIME AND THE CONWAYS dialogue instead of recitative, it’s an unearthed in the BFI National Archive, WAREHOUSE WEDNESDAY Lyttelton Theatre; In repertory; £10-£41 opera makeover with a rock’n’roll twist. this event aims to tell the Elephant’s 7pm for 7.30pm; £10 Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/5836 Full info at se1.net/7012 story, bringing together architects, A 90 minute informal musical evening Rupert Goold directs J B Priestley’s play. documentarists, historians and local with the London Festival Orchestra. Full info at se1.net/5836 Sunday 28 June residents to explore the past, present and Full info at se1.net/4836 THE LONGEST STORY IN THE future of this fascinating part of London. Until Sunday 9 August WORLD Full info at se1.net/6931 Unicorn Theatre ENGLAND PEOPLE VERY NICE 2.30pm; free 147 Tooley Street T 020 7645 0560 Olivier Theatre; In repertory ; £10-£30 Masks, physical theatre, dance, drama Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre www.unicorntheatre.com Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/5832 and a lot more feature as children and 108 Stamford Street T 020 7021 1600 Controversial new play by Richard Bean. international artists from Romania, www.coinstreet.org Thursday 11 June Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Rwanda, Bangladesh and UK perform. KORUSO! Full info at se1.net/5832 Full info at se1.net/7073 Friday 19 June 7.30pm; £5 from 020 7525 5645 WEST SIDE STORY: COIN STREET A chance to hear the Southwark Thursday 4 June to Thursday 27 August Unicorn Theatre NEIGHBOURHOOD FILM CLUB Interfaith Community Choir give their 7.30pmrefreshments from 7pm; booking PHEDRE 147 Tooley Street T 020 7645 0560 first full public performance. Lyttelton Theatre; In repertory; £10- www.unicorntheatre.com required ; free Full info at se1.net/6819 £42.50 By becoming a Coin Street Helen Mirren plays the title role in Until Sunday 7 June neighbourhood film club member you a version by Ted Hughes, directed by TWELFTH NIGHT see the films for free, and have an Comedy Nicholas Hytner. Times vary; £16 (conc £10); previews £6 opportunity to decide what films are Full info at se1.net/6482 A new production of one of shown. Call 020 7021 1600 or email Belushi’s [email protected] Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies - and 161 Borough High Street T 020 7939 9700 a great introduction for any student Full info at se1.net/7022 New Globe Walk T 020 7401 9919 Tuesday 2 June www.shakespeares-globe.org about to start studying his plays. For ages Tate Modern FALLING DOWN WITH LAUGHTER 10-16. Bankside T 020 7887 8888 8.30pm; £7 Until Sunday 23 August Full info at se1.net/6085 www.tate.org.uk/modern Russell Kane, Paul F Taylor, Benny Boot, ROMEO AND JULIET Tuesday 2 to Sunday 28 June Craig Murray and Tom Goodliffe. MCs In repertory; £5-£30 Monday 8 June Alexis Dubus & Sy Thomas. Dominic Dromgoole directs his FOR THE BEST SELECTION OF FILMS FROM Full info at se1.net/7029 first production of Shakespeare’s Times vary; £10 (conc £7.50) LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM heartbreaking tale of fated young lovers Oscillating between images of home and ARCHIVE: COMMUNITY FILM CLUB Tuesday 9 June as part of the Globe’s ‘Young Hearts’ hospital, a team of six actors and three Starr Auditorium; 7pm (refreshments FALLING DOWN WITH LAUGHTER season. children take us on a startling journey of from 6.30pm); free 8.30pm; £7 Full info at se1.net/6127 performance and installation. Working Approx 90 minute selection of archive Pappy’s Fun Club, Pippa Evans and Two with children from the dialysis unit of films from the 1940s to the 1970s. Episodes of MASH. MC Marcel Lucont. Until Saturday 10 October The Evelina Children’s Hospital School, Membership of the Community Film Full info at se1.net/7030 AS YOU LIKE IT their parents, primary school children, Club is primarily aimed at those living in In repertory; £5-£30 Southwark and Lambeth. To become a The Old King’s Head artists and performers, Mark Storor Shakespeare’s comedy runs the gamut of captures the essence of these children’s member email communityfilmclub@tate. 45-49 Borough High Street T 020 7407 1550 pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love stories - contemplating life through their org.uk or join at the door. www.theoldkingshead.uk.com notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; eyes. For adults and children 6+. Full info at se1.net/6545 gentle satire, slapstick and passion. Thursday 4 June Directed by Thea Sharrock. Full info at se1.net/6910 UP THE ARTS COMEDY Full info at se1.net/6129 Union Theatre 8.30pm; £8 (students/nurses £6) Exhibitions Josie Long, Iain Lee, Holly Walsh and Jim Southwark Playhouse 204 Union Street T 020 7261 9876 Advanced Graphics London Grant. Paul Ricketts (MC). www.upandcoming.webeden.co.uk Shipwright Yard T 020 7407 0234 32 Long Lane T 020 7407 2055 Full info at se1.net/6400 www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Until Saturday 13 June www.advancedgraphics.co.uk Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; free The Ship Tuesday 2 to Saturday 20 June COMPANY Tue-Sat 7.30pm; Sat & Sun 3pm; £15 68 Borough Road T 020 7403 7059 THE MOON THE MOON Until Saturday 4 July 7.30pm; £8 - £18 (Tue £10) JUST A LITTLE PINCH OF LONDON Friday 12 & Friday 26 June A terrifying, tender and heartbreakingly Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s SHIP OF FOOLS New paintings by Ray Richardson optimistic new play by Clare Duffy, Jon 1970 Broadway musical is revived. Full info at se1.net/6943 8.30pm; £3 Spooner and Chris Thorpe. Full info at se1.net/6631 Stand-up comedy in the Borough. Full info at se1.net/6885 Alma Enterprises Full info at se1.net/7077 Tuesday 16 June to Saturday 4 July The Old Vic 38-40 Glasshill Street OH WELL NEVER MIND BYE www.almaenterprises.com 103 The Cut T 0870 060 6628 TBA; £12 (conc £10) Theatre www.oldvictheatre.com Steven Lally’s new play, part of Upstart Until Sunday 7 June Theatre’s 22nd July Project season NEIL HEDGER: A DAY AT THE RACES Menier Chocolate Factory Until Saturday 15 August Hedger posits a contemporary form for THE CHERRY ORCHARD of work commemorating the fourth 51 Southwark Street T 020 7907 7060 anniversary of Jean Charles de Menezes’ the tradition of figure sculpture. www.menierchocolatefactory.com In rep with The Winter’s Tale; £15-£46 Full info at se1.net/7007 Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/5762 death, explores the way the media report Until Saturday 20 June Sam Mendes returns to the London stage the news in a world dominated by spin, Bankside Gallery politics, PR, and caffeine. ROOKERY NOOK to direct a formidable group of actors 48 Hopton Street T 020 7928 7521 Tue-Sat 8pm; Sat & Sun 3.30pm; £25; Sat under the Bridge Project banner. Full info at se1.net/6799 www.banksidegallery.com matinee £15 Full info at se1.net/5762 Young Vic Daily 11am-6pm; free Terry Johnson returns to the Chocolate Factory to direct the Ben Travers farce. Until Saturday 15 August 66 The Cut T 020 7928 6363 Until Sunday 7 June Full info at se1.net/6528 THE WINTER’S TALE www.youngvic.org ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER- In rep with Cherry Orchard; £15-£46 PRINTMAKERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION Thursday 25 June to Sunday 13 September Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/5763 Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June The very best original printmaking. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY The disintegrating royal friendships and SUS Full info at se1.net/6200 Tue-Sat 8pm; Sat & Sun 3.30pm; £25 inklings of adultery of Shakespeare’s rich The Clare; 9.15pm; £7.50 Musical revue spoof starring Anna-Jane tragicomedy provide a magical testament Barry Keeffe pulls no punches with his Wednesday 10 to Sunday 21 June Casey, Sophie-Louise Dann, Alasdair to the follies of hasty judgement and the depiction of a corrupt world which looks NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB Harvey and Steven Kynman. force of love as a means of reconciliation. all too familiar today. Contemporary British figurative painting. Full info at se1.net/6786 Full info at se1.net/5763 Full info at se1.net/6243 Full info at se1.net/6201 WHAT’S ON IV
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Tuesday 23 to Sunday 28 June Hayward Gallery are represented by the clear contrast of Poussin Gallery ICE ART: IRISH CONTEMPORARY black, white and figuratively amplified EXHIBITION OF ART Southbank Centre T 020 7921 0813 cell-shape expressions. 175 Bermondsey Street T 020 7403 4444 Seven Irish artists. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visualarts Full info at se1.net/7054 www.poussin-gallery.com Daily 10am-6pm (Fri till 10pm); £10 Wed-Sat 1pm-7pm; free Full info at se1.net/6202 (seniors £9, conc £6, under-16 £4.50; Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 June Bargehouse under 12 free) DEPTFORD A.W.O.L. Until Saturday 20 June PAUL TONKIN: PAINTINGS Oxo Tower Wharf T 020 7401 2255 New painting, photography, installation Until Sunday 12 July and drawing by a group of 12 Paul Tonkin’s paintings are analogous to www.coinstreet.org MATTHEW DARBYSHIRE: jazz in their improvisatory technique. Daily 11am-6pm; free international artists based at Creekside FUNHOUSE Artists studios in Deptford. Full info at se1.net/6729 Project Space; ; free Full info at se1.net/7072 Purdy Hicks Gallery Saturday 20 to Thursday 25 June Poking fun at the ‘visitor-friendly’ design BA GRAPHIC DESIGN language of much 21st-century British Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 65 Hopton Street T 020 7401 9229 Work by students from Central Saint www.purdyhicks.com public and corporate architecture. ONE SOUTHWARK Martins College of Art & Design. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat 11am-6pm; free Full info at se1.net/6726 A documentary photography and sound Full info at se1.net/7041 exhibition profiling some of Southwark’s Tuesday 23 June to Wednesday 9 September Wednesday 3 June to Saturday 4 July BFI Southbank 260,000 residents. SUSAN DERGES WALKING IN MY MIND Full info at se1.net/6578 Belvedere Road T 020 7928 3535 Large-scale installations by international artists Full info at se1.net/6113 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank that explore the workings of the mind. Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 June Siobhan Davies Studios Gallery Tue-Sat 11am-8pm; free Full info at se1.net/5892 METAMORPHOSIS: EMERGING 85 St George’s Road Imperial War Museum LANDSCAPES www.siobhandavies.com Until Sunday 5 July Greenwich University’s Masters in RADIO MANIA: AN ABANDONED Lambeth Road T 020 7416 5000 Landscape Architecture students exhibit Until Friday 26 June WORK london.iwm.org.uk their final projects at this ground FLORE NOVE-JOSSERAND: 2 VERY A commission by British artists Iain Daily 10am-6pm; free breaking show. 1 SCENES Forsyth & Jane Pollard who have created Full info at se1.net/7055 A new exhibition of works by French- a new 3D video installation. Until Sunday 28 June born visual artist Flore Nove-Josserand. THE NEO-ROMANTICS AT WAR Morley College 2 very 1 scenes is a specially conceived Full info at se1.net/6821 Rise of British Neo-Romantic art during 61 Westminster Bridge Road T 020 7928 8501 sculptural installation for Siobhan Davies City Hall the Second World War. www.morleycollege.ac.uk Studios that stretches across two floors of The Queen’s Walk T 020 7983 4100 Full info at se1.net/6358 Gallery Mon-Fri 11am-6pm; Thu until the architecturally acclaimed building. www.london.gov.uk 7pm; Sat 12 noon-4pm; Until Monday 31 August Full info at se1.net/6841 Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm (Fri 5.30pm); free UNSPEAKABLE: THE ARTIST AS Thursday 25 June to Thursday 2 July Southwark Cathedral WITNESS TO THE HOLOCAUST Monday 1 to Tuesday 30 June TEXTILES FOUNDATION London Bridge T 020 7367 6700 How artists have responded to the Work made throughout the year in www.southwarkcathedral.org.uk PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY: A Holocaust from the 1940s to the present. CENTURY OF SERVICE Textile courses. Daily 8am-6pm; free Full info at se1.net/4856 Part of Story of London Full info at se1.net/6662 Until Tuesday 7 July Full info at se1.net/7087 Until Sunday 6 September The Movieum of London THE 11 COMMANDMENTS IN MEMORIAM: REMEMBERING County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road T 020 Monday 1 to Tuesday 30 June Cristina Cocullo’s enigmatic images. THE GREAT WAR 7202 7040 Full info at se1.net/6881 LONDON THROUGH A LENS Personal stories of men, women and www.themovieum.com Drawing from Getty Images’ impressive children in World War One. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat & Sun Tate Modern Hulton Archive. Part of Story of London Full info at se1.net/4855 10am-6pm; £12 (conc £10; juniors £8) Bankside T 020 7887 8888 Full info at se1.net/7088 www.tate.org.uk/modern Until Sunday 1 November Until Tuesday 30 June County Hall Gallery Sun-Thu 10am-6pm; Fri & Sat FROM WAR TO WINDRUSH THE BEATLES 10am-10pm; free County Hall Belvedere Road Personal stories of black men and women Tickets: www.inSE1.co.uk/tickets/6306 www.countyhallgallery.com in the First and Second World Wars. Rare and unseen images of the “Fab Until Sunday 14 June Daily 9.30am-6pm (last admission 5pm); Full info at se1.net/4332 Four” from famous photographers BODYSPACEMOTIONTHINGS including Robert Whitaker. The Turbine Hall is taken over by a free Jerwood Space Full info at se1.net/6306 reconstruction of Robert Morris’s seminal Thursday 25 June to Sunday 27 September 171 Union Street T 020 7654 0171 Tate installation. NASSER AZAM: COLOUR OVER www.jerwoodspace.co.uk MPA Gallery Full info at se1.net/7017 FORM Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat & Sun Reeds Wharf, 33 Mill Street T 020 7232 5083 Hung across three rooms, this new series 10am-3pm; free www.mpagallery.co.uk Wednesday 17 June to Sunday 6 September of bold, bright paintings marks the next Mon-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat & Sun PER KIRKEBY Until Monday 1 June 11am-5pm; free The first major survey in the UK of the chapter in Nasser Azam’s residency. ELLIE PLEVIN: FAMILY TREASURES Full info at se1.net/6882 work of the Danish artist Per Kirkeby Installation of drawn works. Until Sunday 7 June (b. 1938). Design Museum Full info at se1.net/6818 A THOUSAND THOUGHTS Full info at se1.net/6575 A collection of abstract pencil drawings Shad Thames T 0870 909 9009 Wednesday 10 June to Friday 10 July by Helga Schmidt. Friday 12 June to Sunday 20 September www.designmuseum.org JERWOOD CONTEMPORARY MAKERS Full info at se1.net/7051 FUTURISM Daily 10am-5.45pm (last admission The X-Factor for knitters, interactive National Theatre The first large-scale showing of Futurism 5.15pm); £8.50 (conc £6.50; students £5); wallpaper and objects transformed by in Britain in thirty years. Under 12s free mutating marine organisms. South Bank T 020 7452 3000 Full info at se1.net/6576 Full info at se1.net/6046 www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Until Sunday 14 June Foyers open Mon-Sat 9.30am-11pm; Sun the.gallery@oxo Llewellyn Alexander Fine Paintings BRIT INSURANCE DESIGN AWARDS 12 noon-6pm; free Oxo Tower Wharf T 020 7021 1686 2009 124-126 The Cut T 020 7620 1322 www.coinstreet.org Shepard Fairey’s Obama poster has www.llewellynalexander.com Monday 8 to Saturday 27 June Daily 11am-6pm; free triumphed from a shortlist of 90. Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm; free ANTONY SHER Full info at se1.net/5990 Antony Sher’s latest oil painting is an Wednesday 3 to Sunday 7 June Monday 1 June to Saturday 22 August enormous autobiographical work called SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES 2009 Wednesday 3 June to Sunday 4 October NOT THE ROYAL ACADEMY 2009 ‘The Audience’. Five photographers examine alternative SUPER CONTEMPORARY: DESIGN The best of the work rejected by the Full info at se1.net/6493 representations of adults and children ON LONDON Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. with Down’s syndrome. Full info at se1.net/6179 Until Saturday 4 July Full info at se1.net/6738 New commissions by influential and LASTING IMPRESSIONS renowned London-based designers. London Glassblowing In this exciting exhibition of original Friday 12 to Sunday 28 June Full info at se1.net/5824 7 The Leather Market T 020 7403 2800 prints, Greenwich Printmakers celebrate ART IN THE WILD Fashion & Textile Museum www.londonglassblowing.co.uk 30 years of successful association. Roger Hooper has photographed many Mon-Fri 11am-5pm; free Full info at se1.net/6492 extraordinary aspects of our planet and 83 Bermondsey Street T 020 7407 8664 uses his images as a way of informing www.ftmlondon.org Nolia’s Gallery at Thomas a Becket Until Friday 5 June others of the beauty and fragility of the Exhibitions Wed-Sun 11am-6pm; £7 GLASS ROUTES 320 Old Kent Road T 020 7701 9111 world around us. (conc £4); under-12s free The work of Professor Keith Cummings www.noliasgallery.co.uk Full info at se1.net/6735 and his students. Daily 1pm-6pm; free Friday 12 June to Sunday 27 September Full info at se1.net/6377 UNDERCOVER: THE EVOLUTION OF Saturday 27 to Tuesday 30 June Menier Gallery UNDERWEAR WILDSIGHTS Next month 51 Southwark Street T 020 7407 3222 The work of 9 new wildlife July highlights include the London Interplay between underwear and outerwear. Bridge Festival, Colombianamente at the Full info at se1.net/5481 www.meniergallery.co.uk photographers based in Blackpool. Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; free Full info at se1.net/7044 Coin Street Festival, Waterloo Carnival Garden Museum and the Festival of British Archaeology. Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 June Novas Contemporary Urban Centre Watch This Space, the National Theatre’s Lambeth Palace Road T 020 7401 8865 MONICA TAKVAM annual open-air South Bank festival, also www.gardenmuseum.org.uk 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road T 020 7357 6469 Social questions of individuality, www.novasscarman.org gets under way. Plus the RSPB’s peregrine Daily 10.30am-5pm (closed 1st Mon of mentality, perception and how we see Mon-Fri 10am-6pm (Sat by watch outside Tate Modern is due to month); £6 (conc £5) ourselves. appointment); free start on 18 July. Look out for Tango Full info at se1.net/7053 dancers on local bridges and railway Until Monday 31 August Thursday 18 June to Friday 3 July stations. And there will be free theatre THE HIGHGROVE FLORILEGIUM Monday 8 to Saturday 13 June SMALL WORLDS performances in north Lambeth as part 75 watercolours of plants and trees at BLACK AND WHITE CELLS Galactica Hilton, Benjamin McGowan and of the One Mile Away project. All that Highgrove. Yoshio Sekigawa is a Japanese artist Marguerite Fox. and more in the next issue which will be Full info at se1.net/6321 whose installations and photographs Full info at se1.net/7065 available from Wednesday 1 July. June 2009 8 www.inSE1.co.uk in SE1
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