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SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2005
The Nightingale, Jazz Jamaica All Stars & Chris
Difford’s Christmas Show
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The
Nearest stations Deptford or New Cross
[Theatre]
Sat 3 September, 7.30pm
Arts Madness presents
MOODSWINGS
A contemporary
play with music, poetry and song following the life, friends and loves
of a manic-depressive artist/singer.
£8, £6 concs
Wed 7 September, 6.30pm
A chance
to find out what's been happening through the last year, have a say in
the future and meet everyone involved.
£1 to join the Albany 2001
Company
Sat 17 September, 2.30pm
Entelechy presents
21ST CENTURY
TEA DANCE
For
young and old, an afternoon of music, dance, song and video washed down
with afternoon tea and cake.
£3
[Family Festival]
Sun 18 September, 6 – 9pm
THE MID
AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL
A festival
for families, an ancient Chinese and Vietnamese custom, to celebrate the
end of
harvest
and the harvest moon.
£1
[Dance]
Wed 28 September, 8.30pm
WHEN LIGHT IS LOST,
LIFE IS LOST
A taste of future choreography from Laban final year
students.
£7, £5 conc
[Theatre]
Thu 29 September, 2pm
FEAR TO BULLY
A play about a young girl struggling against bullies.
£3
[Comedy]
Fri 30 September & Sat 1 October, 8.30pm (doors
7.30pm)
JEFFERSON & WHITFIELD
Stand up from the most acclaimed duo on the comedy
circuit.
£7, £5 conc
OCTOBER EVENTS
[Theatre]
Tue 4 October, 7.30pm
Half Moon presents
BLOWBACK
A powerful play about race, love and responsibility.
£6, £4 conc
Age 13+
[Club night]
Thu 6 October, 7pm – 2am
Heart ‘n Soul presents
BEAUTIFUL OCTOPUS
CLUB
Club night for people with learning disabilities.
£6, £5 conc
[Theatre]
Sat 8 October, 8pm (doors 7pm)
CINDERELLA UNDER
AFRICAN & CARIBBEAN FEVER
The story of Cinderella set in a fictitious kingdom
where the African and
£8, £4 conc, groups of 8 or more £6
[Spoken Word]
Sun 9 October, 7.30pm
BRINGING THE HOUSE
DOWN FESTIVAL
Seven outstanding spoken word artists from the
£8, £5 conc
[Theatre]
Tue 11 & Wed 12 October, 7pm
Yellow Earth Theatre presents
THE NIGHTINGALE
A visually stunning production of Hans Christian Anderson’s
uplifting tale from the
£8, £5 conc
Age 5+
[Theatre]
Thu 13 October, 7.30pm
Extant presents
RESISTANCE
Play exploring the true story of a blind teenage leader
within the French resistance from
£8, £5 conc
[Music]
Fri 14 October, 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)
ORIJAHNAL OUTERNATIONAL
A collective of musicians, singers, and DJs present
a back-to-basics feel-good reggae experience.
£8, £5 conc
[Club night]
Sat 15 October, 8pm - 2am
HUBBLE BUBBLE
Intercultural club night with live music from 40 Thieves
and Noiseshaper.
£8, £5 conc
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 16 October, 3pm
Nuffield Theatre presents
IT WAS A DARK & STORMY
NIGHT
Adventure tale from the authors and
illustrators of The Jolly Postman, Burglar Bill and Each Peach Pear Plum.
£5 adults, £3 children & conc
Ages 4+
OCTOBER EVENTS (cont.)
[Film]
Mon 17 October
KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS, 10am
THE TRUMAN SHOW,
1.30pm
The
Free, call 020 7439 4880 to book
[Dance/Theatre]
Thu 20 & Fri 21 Oct, 7.30pm
(+ Wed 19 & Thu 20 Oct, 2pm)
Greenwich & Lewisham
Young People’s Theatre & SNAP Theatre Company in association
with The Albany present
THE MASTER
Dance,
music, theatre and digital animation challenge the stereotyping of young
black male artists and showcase the best new talent in
£6, £4 conc
Age 13+
[Music]
Sat 22 October, 7.30pm – 2am
Music Tourist Board presents
POP OF THE TOPS
A celebratory night of quality live bands, guest DJs
and good times.
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 23 October, 3pm
Theatre of Widdershins presents
THREE BILLY GOATS
GRUFF & OTHER FURRY TALES
Fantastic tales from the Magic Land
of Three in this beautiful show using puppets, props and an exciting gypsy
soundtrack.
£5 adults, £3 children
Ages 3+
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 30 October, 3pm
Tall Stories & Network of Stuff
present
THEM WITH TAILS
Tales from around the globe and one
more, created live from audience suggestions from the creators of The Gruffalo.
£5 adults, £3 children
Ages 5+
NOVEMBER EVENTS
[Dance/Theatre/Music/Film]
Fri 4 November, 2.30 – 4.30pm
Entelechy in association with the
AN AFTERNOON WITH
AMBIENT JAM
A distinctive blend of improvisation where wordless
stories unfold and imaginations collide in a mix of dance, theatre, music
and film.
Free, advance booking required
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 6 November, 3pm
DNA presents
BABA YAGA BONEY LEGS
A wonderful adventure story for the
family, when Lisa is captured by the witch Baba Yaga, her only hope is
a magical doll and her own cunning.
£5 adults, £3 children
Ages 5+
[Musical Theatre]
Thu 10 November, 8pm
Phocomedia Productions presents
THALIDOMIDE!! A MUSICAL
Disabled performer Mat Fraser’s PC-free, dark
and funny musical.
£8, £5 conc
The performance will be British Sign Language interpreted.
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
[Music]
Friday 11 November, 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)
Dune Music presents
JAZZ
‘Motorcity
Roots’
An all-star line-up including Abram Wilson and Soweto
Kinch create a unique fusion of Motown, reggae, rock, nyabinghi, ska and
jazz.
£12, £8 conc
[Club night]
Sat 12 November, 8pm - 2am
HUBBLE BUBBLE
Intercultural club night with live music from Mukka
and Oojami.
£8, £5 conc
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 13 November, 3pm
Tara Arts presents
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT
OUT
The story of the legendary Sita and
Rama is brought vividly to life using scarves, masks, dance and song.
£5 adults, £3 children
Ages 5+
[Theatre]
Wed 16 & Thu 17 November, 8pm
Alecky Blythe & Pentabus Theatre presents
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
A funny, moving and deadly serious expose on the dirty
business of food production.
£8, £5 conc
[Theatre]
Wed 16 November, 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Tell Tarra presents
INSPIRED
Exciting new work by black British writers for theatre.
£5
NOVEMBER EVENTS (cont.)
[Music/Theatre/Film]
Sat 19 November, 7 – 11pm
AN EVENING WITH HEART ‘N
SOUL
A glamorous evening of live music, theatre and film,
including the premieres of The Experience Live At The Beautiful Octopus
Club and Celebrity Shotgun, directed by Mat Fraser.
£6, £5 conc
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
The performance will be British Sign Language interpreted.
[Children’s Theatre]
Sunday 20 November, 12.30 & 3.30pm
Half Moon presents
MERMAID & THE
MIRROR
Take your place on the water’s
edge and experience this heart-warming theatrical adventure that encourages
audiences to celebrate individuality and embrace difference in a positive
way.
£5 Adults, £3 Children
Ages 3-7
The piece features some British Sign
Language
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
[Music]
Wed 23 November, 8pm
The Drake Music Project in association
with The Albany presents
MUSIC, MOVES N GROOVES
An
inclusive evening celebrating the rich contribution made by disabled musicians
to the capital’s diverse music scene.
£7, £5 concs
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
[Spoken Word]
Thu 24 November, 8pm
Apples & Snakes in association
with The Albany presents
BASSLINE THERAPY
A night of fun, poetry and fine music
with Jean 'Binta' Breeze, The Dennis Bovell Dub Band, Jazz Beat Blues,
Poetry Ensemble and Baby Blue.
£8, £5 conc
[Club night]
Fri 25 November, 7 – 11pm
Heart ‘n
Soul in association with The Albany presents
SQUIDZ
For
young people with learning disabilities, their friends and families and
features live performance, DJs and VJs, acoustic music-making and the Open
Mic.
£2
(part of the Xposure 05 festival)
DECEMBER EVENTS
[Theatre]
Tue 6 – Sat 17 December, 8pm
A co-production
between Northern Stage, The Albany & Nottingham Playhouse in association
with the
Betty
Nansen Theatre
1001 NIGHTS NOW
Nine
leading writers of Middle Eastern origin revisit the story of Sheherazade
and her 1001 Arabian
Nights,
exposing with insight, colour and wit the lives of people who seek refuge.
From fables and allegories to eyewitness accounts, they are by turns moving,
brutal or hilarious. This stunning piece of devised theatre featuring award-winning
comedian Shazia Mirza.
£9, £6
conc & Groups Of 8 Or More | Mon 12 December, Pay What You Can
Age
16+ Only
[Music]
Wed 21 December, 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)
CHRIS DIFFORD CHRISTMAS
SHOW
Deptford’s finest returns with
a special Christmas show featuring all the classic Squeeze hits and more.
£12, £10 conc
For further information, publicity images, interviews, competitions
and review tickets please contact
Kym Bartlett at Sugarsnap Arts Marketing Tel: 020 8542 3743
or kym@sugarsnap.org.uk
THEATRE
BLOWBACK,
Tues 4 October
Half Moon
presents Blowback a
powerful play about race, love and responsibility.
London in the very
near future, in a world of divided loyalties and dwindling resources. 20 year
old Paul, his girlfriend Sufia, and his little sister (a teenage mum) Leah face
a tragedy which forces them to make decisions that will change their lives
forever.
“Best play
for young people 2004 - an intense hour of raw emotion” Time Out on Cutter
THE
NIGHTINGALE, Tue 11 & Wed 12 October
A
visually stunning production of Hans
Christian Andersen’s uplifting tale from the
“Fizzes with energy and physical invention” The
Times on Play to Win
RESISTANCE,
Thu 13 October
The first British Blind theatre company, Extant, presents Resistance, a play that explores the extraordinary true story
of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind teenage leader within the French resistance
movement of occupied
“Explodes
into white hot light, dark shadows, whispered secrets and mysteries” The
Guardian
THE
MASTER
Greenwich and
Lewisham Young People’s Theatre, SNAP Theatre Company
and Michael McMillan, working
alongside artists and young people at the
THALIDOMIDE!!
A MUSICAL, Thu 10 November
Written and composed by the
multi-talented Mat Fraser, Thalidomide!! A
Musical is a PC-free musical with a short-armed punch. Set against
the 60s thalidomide drug scandal this is a dark and deeply funny love story
with show tunes, love songs and monster baby Tangos.
STRAWBERRY FIELDS, Wed
16 & Thu 17 November
BSE, foot and mouth and a raft of other food scares
have raised questions about what happens to our food before we eat it and the
real cost of industrialised farming. Strawberry
Fields reveals a dirty business that impacts on everyone, wherever
they live. Time Out Award Winner Alecky Blythe went undercover to create this
funny, moving and deadly serious piece of verbatim theatre.
"An astonishing piece of documentary
theatre...absolutely riveting" Telegraph
1001
NIGHTS NOW, Tue 6 – Sat 17 December
A co-production between
Northern Stage, The Albany, Nottingham Playhouse in association with the Betty
Nansen Theatre Copenhagen
Sometimes we tell stories to entertain
Sometimes we tell stories to explain who we are
And sometimes we tell stories to survive
In contemporary
Nine leading writers of
Middle Eastern origin revisit the story of Sheherazade and her 1001 Arabian Nights, exposing with
insight, colour and wit the lives of people who seek refuge.
This stunning piece
of devised theatre features award-winning comedian Shazia Mirza and will be specifically adapted for The Albany
stage. Only
SPOKEN
WORD
BRINGING THE HOUSE
DOWN FESTIVAL, Sun 9 October
Continuing
a record-breaking tradition, the
The Bringing the House Down Festival, the first of its kind in Europe, brings to the stage the
heart stirring Mahogany Browne,
high-impact London poet Skorpio,
exciting new talent Zawe Ashton
and, exclusively, in his first ever performances in the UK, former US National
Slam Champion, the legendary Boogieman.
Also featuring Ainsley Burrows, a
former member of the world famous NuYorican Café poetry slam team in New York;
writer, poet and playwright Jacob Sam-La Rose,
and Inua ‘phaze’ Ellams,
winner of the first London 100SLAM.
BASSLINE THERAPY, Thu 24 November
Respected
wordsmith Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze
joins forces with Dennis Bovell’s
legendary Dub Band. Sharing the bill are the Jazz Beat Blues chaps,
hard-working political groovers from
MUSIC & CLUB
NIGHTS
ORIJAHNAL
OUTERNATIONAL, Fri 14 October
A collective of musicians, singers and DJs with a
common goal of making a back-to-basics, feel good reggae experience. Each live
show has a strong improvised element and delivers a unique experience with
roots to ragga all in the mix. This event, with the support of Midi Music
Company, will feature guest vocalists and MCs from the local scene.
HUBBLE BUBBLE, Sat
15 October & Sat 12 November
The
ever popular Hubble Bubble returns
with not one but two club nights this Autumn.
Headline
bands for October are 40 Thieves,
a beat driven mix of gypsy violin, clarinet and accordion, and Noiseshaper whose unique sound nods to dub,
reggae, ambient, dancehall, roots and fusion.
November
headline bands are Mukka with
their frenzied blend of Balkan and Arabic dance music and traditional melodies
and the welcome return of global sound wizards Oojami.
Also
features belly and sufi dancers, trapeze artists, DJs and Turkish food.
POP OF THE TOPS,
Sat 22 October
For the Artful Festival, Music Tourist Board revives
the Pop of the Tops club: a
celebratory night of quality live bands, guest DJs and good times. A grass
roots renaissance which has seen the creation of films, labels, zines and
albums, the club is inspired by the wealth of exceptional talent from Deptford
and New Cross.
JAZZ
“Motorcity
Roots”
Motorcity Roots
takes some of the best loved songs from the Motown label to create a unique
fusion which runs the gamut of Jamaican music, from reggae to rockers,
nyabinghi to ska, lovers rock to mento, all underpinned by some great jazz.
Don’t miss an
all-star lineup including leading hornsmen Denys
Baptiste, Soweto Kinch,
Abram Wilson, Harry Brown; the rocking rhythm section of Gary Crosby, Alex Wilson, Robin Banerjee,
Oreste Noda, Rod Youngs; and featuring the soulful
vocals of Juliet Roberts, and
rising star vocalists Zara Macfarlane
and Wesley Lucas.
“
CHRIS DIFFORD, Wed
21 December
Deptford’s finest
returns with a special Christmas show featuring all the classic Squeeze hits
and more, including work from his latest album recorded at The Albany earlier
this year.
With special guests and a
full rocking live band, this is sure to be night to remember. Book early to
avoid disappointment.
Regular club nights for people with physical and
learning disabilities and their families The
Beautiful Octopus Club (Thu 6 October) and Squidz (Fri 25 November) also return.
FAMILY SUNDAYS
IT WAS A
DARK & STORMY NIGHT, Sunday 16 October
THREE
BILLY GOATS GRUFF & OTHER FURRY TALES, Sunday 23 October
THEM
WITH TAILS, Sunday 30 October
BABA
YAGA BONEY LEGS, Sunday 6 November
WHEN THE
LIGHTS WENT OUT, Sunday 13 November
MERMAID
& THE MIRROR, Sunday 20 October
The
This season’s shows are: It Was A Dark & Stormy Night presented
by Nuffield Theatre; Three Billy Goats Gruff & Other Furry Tales
presented by Theatre of Widdershins; Them
With Tails presented by Tall Stories & Network of Stuff; Baba Yaga Boney Legs presented by DNA; When The Lights Went Out presented by Tara
Arts and Mermaid & The Mirror presented
by Half Moon.
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