The Fringe

For the first time this year Wanstead has its own Fringe. Between Saturday 7 and Saturday 14 September events will be taking place all over Wanstead: music, comedy, baking, talks, walks, photography, cycling, yoga, storytelling and even open air cinema. Most events are free - some you will need to buy tickets for. Details are below - there is more at our website www.wansteadfringe.org where you can also buy tickets. Enjoy the Fringe! Saturday 7 September choice. And why not bring a Street which is key to Wanstead’s Outdoor yoga home-made cake to share with green character. Should it be Experience yoga as it was your fellow Wanstead folk? The used for development? Should it originally intended - exposed to picnic will include petanque, and be used for low-cost housing? the elements and supported by – provided the conkers have Should it continue to remain ancient trees. Times of sessions ripened – a Wanstead v empty? Or should it be put to are: 9am, 2pm, & 3pm. Meet near Snaresbrook v community uses? The discussion the church on Christchurch conker challenge. Bring your own will focus on the principle that Green. Suitable for all ages – and string, and hole-making device, the conundrum of the field’s all sessions are free. and your own supporters. future will only be cracked through collaboration. All are Pop-up drinkable courtyard Outdoor yoga welcome to the Cherry Tree cafe Design meets horticulture meets Another chance to experience at 7.30pm – this is a free event. yoga among the trees. Times of a nice cup of tea. Designers Pocket of Green are taking over sessions are 10.30am, & 11.30am. Tuesday 10 September the courtyard at tearoom Time for Meet near the church on Christchurch Green. Poetry on the Brook Tea on Wanstead High St to show An increasingly popular how tiny spaces can be gathering of folk who like poems, transformed. On show all week. Wanstead Photo Walk meeting about every two months Another walk with photographer to read their favourite poems and Wanstead Art Trail workshop Geoff Wilkinson following some of their own works. It is an The fourth Wanstead Art Trail his routes for the Wanstead Daily informal, friendly opportunity to begins as the Fringe itself begins. Photo blog photographs. Geoff share ideas and words. All are As in previous years, local artists will also give tips on taking welcome to Aldersbrook Library. are displaying their work in photos as the walk goes, so bring Free entry but bring a bottle/ shops and cafes. And on Saturday your camera.. This is a ticketed snack. 7 September an art workshop at event. Book online at wansteadfringe.org. Wanstead Library will include Music at the Larder demonstrations of paper-cutting A gig at Wanstead’s favourite art, a drop-in life drawing class, The State We’re In Record spinners The State We’re coffee shop, featuring Michael pottery making and stone Mullinger, Liza Finn and the carving. In present an evening of late summer soul, Rare Groove, SKA Larder’s very own Bleech. and Reggae at Bar Room Bar. 6pm Wanstead Photo Walk onwards. Free entry. Wednesday 11 September A walk with photographer Geoff Wilkinson following some of his Wanstead Photo Evening routes for the Wanstead Daily Monday 9 September Photographer Geoff Wilkinson will Photo blog. He will also give tips discuss the stories and The Evergreen Conundrum techniques behind five photos, on taking photos as the walk A unique event which will bring goes, so bring your camera.. This and also discusses photos together multiple parties to anyone has brought along. This is is a ticketed event - book online consider one of the most at wansteadfringe.org. a ticketed event. Book online at contentious issues in Wanstead wansteadfringe.org. today – the future of the Sunday 8 September Evergreen Field, the unused Made in Wanstead: Very short Mad Hatter’s Tea Party meets private land on Wanstead High talks about what you love Teddy Bears’ Picnic Whether it’s growing vegetables, A tea party (with hats) meets a Fringe supported by writing books, building Lego or picnic (with Teddy Bears) on raising children, everyone has a Christchurch Green. Bring your craft they love. Come to listen to own food and everything you stories about what people do, and need for a picnic, plus a hat or a why they do it. But come too to Teddy Bear, depending on your share what you love making. Share your trials and at school this will be the perfect Outdoor yoga tribulations, your triumphs and family way to cling on to Another chance to experience your disasters – tell us a story or summer while we can. Bring yoga among the trees. Sessions show us a picture, and you just picnic blankets, cushions, are at 9am, 2pm, & 3pm. Meet might find that you inspire jumpers, and even something to near the church on Christchurch others. Talks will be just five- eat. The club’s bar will be open Green. to-10 minutes long, and in the and coffee will be served too. small and friendly venue of the There will be a modest charge to Wanstead Photo Walk II Oxfam Bookshop on Wanstead cover costs - buy your tickets A third walk through Wanstead High Street, there is bound to be early at www.wansteadfringe.org with photographer Geoff a good atmosphere. Wilkinson as he follows some of Music at the Larder II his routes for his Wanstead Daily Thursday 12 September A Friday night gig at the Larder, Photo blog. He says: “I’ll help you East End Crime Night featuring Ben Kelly, Ali with any technical questions so Local crime writers talk about MacQueen, Georgia Newman and that you get the best what inspires them about life in Mick Terry. photographs. I will also fill you and why it’s such in with a few interesting fertile ground for them. Anya Saturday 14 September Wanstead facts along the route.” Lipska and fellow crime writer Children’s storytelling workshop Today’s route will include: Barbara Nadel will be reading Tony Cranston is a well respected Nightingale Lane, The Old from their books and talking storyteller who travels the world Seaman’s Orphanage on Hermon about how the East End inspires collecting, writing and telling Hill, Eagle Lane, Eagle Pond and their work. Barbara is the author stories. He is the award winning Snaresbrook. of the Hakim and Arnold crime author of nine story and activity Wanstead Art Trail workshop II novels based around a private books, including Tales from The second art workshop run as detective agency in Upton Park, Claybury Woods and Tales from part of the Wanstead Art Trail will and Anya is the author of the Waters. He is also the take place again at Wanstead novel Where the Devil Can’t Go, teacher of the very popular Yoga Library. A drop-in life drawing set among East End Poles. She classes at on session from 11.30am-1.30pm, lives in Wanstead with her Polish Thursday and Sunday evenings. will be conducted by Wanstead husband and is working on the During this workshop at St House tutor Patrick Purcell. second book in the series. This Gabriel’s church hall in Drawing materials will be event will be held at The Larder Aldersbrook, he will tell stories provided. There will also be where there will be hot drinks, collected from his travels and demonstrations of making soft drinks and alcohol served. also a true local story legend or pottery, jewellery and even soap. two. It promises to be an Sally Asbury and Angela Daley Curry meets beer meets music interactive and fun event with will run a workshop on card An evening of curry, beer and story activities and story games. making from 11.30am-2pm. music at the Lane restaurant on Suitable for all ages.10.30am to More demonstrations and Nightingale Green. The beer will 12.30pm. Please note this is a displays will be provided, come via the Wanstead Tap, ticketed event - you can get including sugar craft. Again, purveyor of many local real ales. tickets in advance online at there will be plenty of choice for This should be a classic www.wansteadfringe.org. There adults and children. combination. is a small free car park adjacant to the hall, or parking is free of The Wanstead Village Show charge on the road outside. Friday 13 September The show, now in its second Open air cinema year, invites you to grow, bake, Kids’ cycle challenge arrange, make and create all Race against the clock on a kids’ sorts of things: jams, cakes, obstacle course. There’s a prize flower displays, home-grown KINEMA for the fastest in each age vegetables, photographs. It’s all a category, and there are also celebration of creativity and At long last, the cinema returns classes for cycles or scooters. craft. Check wansteadfringe.org to Wanstead! Many years after Children must be accompanied for details of the various classes the Kinema on the High Street by an adult. Meet on of awards – and for more about closed, a screening will take Christchurch Green between the Cherry Pie Bake-Off, a revival place at the Wanstead Cricket 11am and 1pm. of an ancient Wanstead tradition Club ground in Overton Drive. At where fair-time was marked with the end of the first few days back fine cherry pies.

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