RCDT News - 1 November 2007

RCDT ENEWS/EVENTS LISTING 1 November 2007

From Riverside Community Development Trust, 20 Newburn St, SE11 5PJ. 020 7820 0555. info@rcdt.org. www.rcdt.org

ENews/Events Listing compiled and edited by Sean Creighton, RCDT

THIS COMING WEEKEND
Friday 2	CANCELLED: Churchill & Chartwell: The Untold Story of Churchill’s Houses & Gardens. This is due to the fact that the Museum of Garden History’s marketing programme was knocked badly off course by the postal strike. This impacted on both the delivery of the leaflets to those on our mailing list and their onward circulation, resulting in too few bookings to make the event viable.
Friday 2	Cursed by Natasha Langridge. Pearl Penfold is a Romany Gypsy who has never travelled beyond her site. Joe Thompson is a house dweller wannabee-Gypsy who strives for acceptance. A tatty silver fence separates them and their worlds yet is the only place where they can meet. With the coming of The Games the corporations are moving in, forcing a mass Gypsy eviction. Joe wants to take Pearl with him but has nothing but his dreams to transport her. Pearl's Gypsy family have already arranged her marriage to Clive boy where she'll be "clean and decent" on another site. Pearl wants to go on the Drom (road) to "find out what’s in me blood." But in these Orwellian times is Gypsy adventure possible? Oval House Theatre. Tickets: £4 Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm
Saturday 3	Oval Farmers Market. St Marks Church grounds (opposite the Oval Tube)	10am-3pm
Saturday 3	Dyeworks Saturday class: Spinning multiple plys. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Sunday 4	St Peter’s Recital and Prayer Event. Recitalist; Jamie Walton, cello. Bach unaccompanied cello suite No.2 in D minor. Britten Suite No.3. Preacher; Rev'd Nick Mercer, Director of Ministry in the Diocese of London. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane	6.30pm

THIS MONDAY FOR 15-19 YEAR OLDS

Digital Photography Course for 15-19 Year Olds Enrolment day. 11am-1pm Alford House, Aveline St. The course will start on Friday 16 November 11am-2pm free for 6 weeks. Alford’s partners delivering the course are the Dulwich Picture Gallery and Zoom in Photography. Please pass on to anyone in touch with 15-19 years olds in the area. Further details from Tim Saunders: 020 7735 1519. tim@alfordhouse.org.uk

NEWS

Conversations with Angels is a new exhibition at Danielle Arnaud contemporary art. It is a series of drawings informed by the life and work of John Dee (1527 - 1608). See Art Galleries & Exhibitions section below.

Lambeth’s Night-Time Economy. The Community/Police Consultative Group for Lambeth will be discussing Lambeth’s night-time economy at its monthly meeting on Tuesday 6 November at the Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill. To receive papers by email: admin@lambethcpcg.org.uk. Tel: 020 7733 0878. www.lambethcpcg.org.uk for details of future events and information resources.

Squatting at 1 Glyn St. Concern is being expressed about the spin-off effects of attempts to squat 1 Glyn St, while it awaits redevelopment. On Friday 19 October all the building lights were on and the courtyard shutters up with a van in it. The police were called and the men were arrested for damage to the property. They were released on the Saturday and re-entered the building. They had apparently bought a key for £250 for the back fire door and have squatters rights. The owners have been informed. On the Sunday they held a rave. After the effort the police and the local community to clean up Spring Gardens since October 2006 this may be a huge step backwards, including for the quality of life in the neighbourhood.

Halfway House. A performance installation on the theme of a haunted house at Man&Eve until 9 November. See www.manadeve.co.uk.

‘Postcards from the Park’. New exhibition at Museum of Garden History November 6 – December 21. For details see art galleries & exhibitions section below.

What’s lurking in your shed? An opportunity to build and preserve our gardening heritage for future generations. The Museum of Garden History and The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG) have launched a project to celebrate the heritage of the late 1970s, the time when both charities came into existence. The project is an opportunity for members of the public to become involved in preserving living heritage for future generations. The project team is appealing to the public to take a look in their sheds to see if there is anything lurking from the late 1970s (and more specifically 1978). Are there iconic garden objects like space-hoppers, Flymos, sprinklers and swing-ball sets? Or perhaps some old packaging, tools, gardening books, advertising material or even personal photographs? A 1970s shed will house these items and act as a time capsule that tells the story of gardening in the late 1970s and explore how it differed from gardening today. It will be accompanied by an exhibition of associated stories and recollections. The first opportunity to see the collection will be in the NCCPG Plant Heritage Marquee at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in July 2008. Following the show the shed will be exhibited at the Museum of Garden History. Christopher Woodward, Director of the Museum of Garden History comments “This project celebrates a shared 30^th birthday for the Museum and the NCCPG, and recognises the fact that our garden collection and the NCCPG plant collection both depend on the personal passion and interest of individuals to grow, evolve and ultimately, to survive”. If you have any items from the late 1970s onward that are in good condition and you would like to donate to the project please contact the Museum of Garden History at mary@museumgardenhistory.org with a description of the item and a picture, if possible. Please see the Museum website www.museumgardenhistory.org to find out more about the type of items it is looking for. Throughout the project the website will provide an ongoing update on items donated to date.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES (See also Diary)

ESOL with IT. Improve your English. Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing. This English class is for speakers of other languages who would like to improve their English skills along with some basic computing. Mondays. 5.30–8pm. Archbishop Sumner Primary, Reedworth St. £25, with concessionary rates for unemployed, those on Jobseekers Allowance and means tested benefit (inc. asylum seekers), and those dependent on state pension. To book a place call Andrea on 020 7450 1929.

ART AT THE PELICAN. The Pelican Nursery School has started Saturday morning art and craft sessions for children aged 18months – 5 years. Older children and babies welcome and catered for Tel: 020 7820 6600. www.thepelicannursery.co.uk. St Anselm’s Church Hall, 286 Kennington Rd. Drop in or book in advance. £5 per artist. Refreshments available.

SHINE SATURDAY SCHOOL. Archbishop Sumner School, Reedworth St. 9.30-2.30pm, for ages 8-11 & enrolment essential. Tel 020 7735.2781

DIARY

	NOVEMBER
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10	The Persian Revolution. Play. The constitutional revolution in 1906 was the first event of its kind in the Middle East and was covered by the press worldwide. 100 years on The Persian Revolution is a light hearted contemporary interpretation of the exciting events surrounding the establishment of the first parliament and constitution in Iran in 1906.The play travels through layers of time and across the decades. From the vaudeville halls of 19th Century England to a corner of Tehran where a child avidly reads the adventures of Tintin. America lands on the moon whilst an Islamic cleric searches the sky for God and children learn about the electoral law of 1906. The sound of the Revolution encroaches upon everyday life as the East awakens and takes its first tentative steps towards a democratic government. In this dark comedy Mehrdad Seyf brings an anarchic surrealist humour to these momentous events where politics, religion, love, satire, sanitation and civil war go hand in hand with the fragile establishment of the first secular parliament in the Middle East. www.ovalhouse.com. Oval House Theatre: 52-54 Kennington Oval. Tickets £12/ £6 concessions. Box Office: 020 7582 7680. On-line Sales: www.ovalhouse.com	7.45pm
Thursday 8	A conversation between John Brookes and Barbara Simms. Following the publication of Barbara Simms’s new book John Brookes Garden and Landscape Designer, this evening provides the chance to hear a conversation between the designer and the author and to take a close look at ten projects that span John’s career as a key figure in contemporary garden design since the 1960s. He has provided inspiration to many through his gardens, his teaching and his books, including his recent title John Brookes Garden Design Course. His drawings will inspire the conversation and the audience will be able to view the images on a large screen as the conversation progresses. Barbara and John will be signing books at the end of the evening. Tickets £10 or £5 for Museum Friends. Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Palace Road. Tickets can be booked by calling 020 7401 8865. info@museumgardenhistory.org www.museumgardenhistory.org	7pm, drinks from 6.30pm.
Friday 9 & Saturday 10	The Coming of Beauty by Kofi Agyemang. Ghetto meets Gay when a wealthy, white middle-aged barrister - through a random chatline encounter - hooks up with Lloyd, undercover 'straight' rent boy from the hood. All is sexing and shopping until Maxine, the girlfriend-in-the-dark, becomes enlightened. Good men are hard to find and she ain't gonna let her years of good loving go without a fight! Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm

Saturday 10

Oval Farmers Market. St Marks Church grounds (opposite the Oval Tube)

10am-3pm

Saturday 10	Dyeworks Saturday class: Spinning with mixed fibres. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Sunday 11	St Peter’s Recital and Prayer Event. Preacher; Rt Rev'd Lord Harries, former Bishop of Oxford. The St Peter's Singers sing the Howells Requiem. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane	6.30pm

Tuesday 13 November

Spring Gradens Urban Development Framework Meeting. City Farm, Tyers St

5pm

Tuesday 13 – Saturday 8 December

The Lightning Field. Play. www.ovalhouse.com. Oval House Theatre: 52-54 Kennington Oval

7.45pm

Thursday 15	How To be a Good Zimbabwean by Patrick McKenna. What's the connection between Cecil John Rhodes and Ronaldinho? Is Robert Mugabe just Ian Smith in disguise? And what does Zimbabwe's meltdown have in common with an attack of cystitis? Join Zina, our heroine from Harare, as she embarks on a journey through the past to figure out why she's presently an asylum seeker in Croydon. Written by the UK-based Zimbabwean writers' group Writing Wrongs in collaboration with Brazilian playwright Cristina Teixeira and Southwark's Blue Elephant Theatre, How To Be A Good Zimbabwean offers some unexpected answers to a very confusing question. Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm
Friday 16	STAN TRACEY QUARTET featuring BOBBY WELLINS plus Rosabella Gregory. Stan Tracey’s quartet features Bobby Wellins, Andy Cleyndert and Clark Tracey, and they are supported by the young singer/songwriter & pianist Rosabella Gregory. £20 table seats / £12 standing. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com/www.ticketweb.co.uk /www.seetickets.com and on 0870 264 3333/08700 600 100. Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Rd/Lambeth Palace Rd.	Doors open 7pm
Friday 16	Red Dust Rising by Lorna French. Jabu is 15 but he wants to be a man. His new friend, Zanu PF supporter Tendayi, will show him how - but at a high price. This coming of age tale is set against a backdrop of the 2002 Zimbabwe elections and farm invasions. Jabu's journey will lead him to clash with his mother, Esther, a supporter of MDC, the party opposing Zanu PF. Cherry Tree Farm, a white-owned farm, will become a tinder box with the owner fearing for his life as its inhabitants grapple with issues of ownership, land, betrayal and political manoeuvring. Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm
Saturday 17	Oval Farmers Market. St Marks Church grounds (opposite the Oval Tube)	10am-3pm

Saturday 17	Dyeworks Saturday class: Spinning fluffy yarns. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Sunday 18	St Peter’s Recital and Prayer Event. Recitalists; Elizabeth Roberts, soprano, Christopher Glynn, piano. Strauss Four Last Songs and Mozart Concert Arias. Preacher; Canon John Salter, Vicar of Wantage. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane	6.30pm
Wednesday 21	Gentle exercises with Lullyn. Over 50's Meeting at the Durning Library. Free refreshments sponsored by the Friends of the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane.	3-4pm

Wednesday 21	Catalysta by Allister Bain. Catalysta (Cat), who lives in London, visits Grenada several months after hurricane IVAN devastated the Island. She is concerned about her retired sister, Eartha and her ailing husband, who lets part of their home to their daughter, husband and twelve year old child. There's discontent and tension as their cheating, parasitic son-in-law sets up his wife against her vulnerable parents. Eartha, strong but soft, tries to avoid unpleasantness and confrontation. Everyone bottles up emotions and like a volcano is about to erupt. Catalysta challenges and cleverly exposes a few dark areas by telling stories from the past, but is it too late? Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm
Frioday 23	EMIL VIKLICKY TRIO / TOM CAWLEY’S CURIOS. A great double bill of trios for the London Jazz Festival featuring a fantastic homegrown band alongside one of Europe’s finest. Emil Viklicky incorporates Moravian folk culture into his sublime jazz style and has been compared to greats like Peterson & Jarrett. Tom Cawley is equally spellbinding and his Curios, with their post-EST feel and imaginative style, are taking the piano trio format to new heights.. £18 table seats / £10 standing. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com/www.ticketweb.co.uk /www.seetickets.com; and 0870 264 3333/08700 600 100. Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Rd/Lambeth Palace Rd.	Doors open 7pm
Saturday 24	Oval Farmers Market. St Marks Church grounds (opposite the Oval Tube)	10am-3pm

Saturday 24	Dyeworks Saturday class: Children’s craft day. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Friday 30	Muhammed Ali and Me by Mojisola Adebayo. "Muhammed Ali and me have one thing in common: we were Black in the Seventies." So begins this dynamic new play from Mojisola Adebayo. Set in an English children's home in the mid 1970's, this play tells the story of a girl who grows up fixated with Muhammed Ali; she speaks her life through his words, his fights become her dances and his struggles give her the courage she needs to survive. Exploring the relationship between Black girls, absent fathers, Black men and Islam, this powerful play packs more than just a punch. Seductive multi-sensory storytelling through poetry, dance, boxing, song, original Ali fight footage and a superb 1970's sound track. "I am young, I am handsome, I am pretty, I can't possibly be beat!" Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm

	DECEMBER
Saturday 1	Switch on of Oval Xmas Lights Oval Farmers Market. St Marks Church grounds (opposite the Oval Tube)	Market 10am-3pm. Lights 12 noon
Saturday 1	Muhammed Ali and Me by Mojisola Adebayo. Second night. See 30 November.	8pm
Saturday 1	Dyeworks Saturday class: Dye workshop. Browns and greys using light blues. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Saturday 8	Dende Collective . Dende Collective, the company behind the Time Out Critic's Choice The Piranha Lounge, returns to Oval House Theatre with an exploration of the Brazilian iconic novel Macunaima. Think of a South American Lewis Carroll on acid narrating the adventures of a hero without morals! This epic saga follows the journey of Macunaima, a native Brazilian, from the Amazon to São Paulo in search of his lost magical amulet, now in possession of a giant Peruvian cannibal entrepreneur, meeting along the way all kind of mythical creatures. Written in the '20s, Macunaima is a hallmark in Brazilian literature that has greatly influenced posterior artistic movements (Tropicalismo of the '60s, Caetano Veloso, The Mutantes, Helio Oiticica). Experimenting with puppetry, digital animation and different ways of bringing this book to the London stage, Dende will present what they have discovered so far. Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. Tickets: £4. Box Office 020 7582 7680 (open 3-10pm, Tuesday –Saturday). Buy tickets online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)	8pm

Sunday 2	St Peter’s Recital and Prayer Event. Advent Carol Service. St Peter's Singers. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane	6.30pm
Saturday 8	Dyeworks Saturday class: Spinning fine yarns from merino and alpaca. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Saturday 15	Dyeworks Saturday class: End of Term class. Vauxhall City Farm, Tyers St	11.30am-2pm
Wednesday 19	Christmas Party. Over 50's Meeting at the Durning Library. Free refreshments sponsored by the Friends of the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane.	3-4pm
Sunday 23	St Peter’s Recital and Prayer Event. Christmas Carol Service. St Peter's Singers, St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane	6.30pm

DYEWORK’S SATURDAY CLASSES. To contact Dyework, the excellent spinners and weavers group Tel: Penny Walsh 020 8692 2958, or Diane Sullock 020 7622 4913. Email: PennyWalsh@Dyework.co.uk. Website: www.dyework.co.uk

ST PETER’S RECITAL AND PRAYER EVENTS. For a copy of the brochure email the North Lambeth Parish office on: anselm.nlp@btconnect.com

LOCAL PLANNING APPLICATIONS & NEWS

Planning Applications

Week 21- 27 October

42 Cleaver Square. Erection of a single storey rear extension with roof lantern. Ref: 07/04257/FUL; 07/04137/LB.

410 Kennington Rd. Installation of an ATM to shop front. Ref: 07/04103/FUL.

321-3 Kennington Rd. Change of use of units 321 and 323 from dry-cleaning and laundry service with delivery and collection (sui generis) to either retail, financial services, or office use (Use Classes A1/A2/B1). Ref: 07/04042/FUL

265 Kennington Lane. Internal alteration including removal of partition wall between reception rooms at ground floor, creation of utility room and wc in existing kitchen, erection of a partition in front bedroom at first floor to create to single bedrooms and creation of opening between bedroom 1 and toilet to create an ensuite, removal of partition walls at second floor to create a open plan livingroom/kitchen. Ref: 07/03656/LB

Week 28 October – 3 November: None up to 3.30pm Thursday 1 November.

http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publicaccess/dc/DcAplication/weeklylist_searchform.aspx. If this link does not work then go to www.lambeth.gov.uk and track through to Planning and Public Access database. And to go and see any plans is easy from the KOV area as the Town Planning Advice Centre is at Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road, at Vauxhall Cross. 020 7926 1180. tpac@lambeth.gov.uk. Plans can also be seen at Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane.

Planning Decisions

Week 21 October

31 Hanover Gdns. Approval of details of render mix, colour and appearance, of stairs, doors and railings of approved Listed Building Consent for the replacement of front and rear external staircases, replacement rear basement window with French doors, installation of rear railings to basement and first floor levels, rendering and painting of front basement wall and painting of front elevation at ground floor level and internal alterations.

Week 28 October

Grassed Area Between Albert Embankment And Lambeth Palace Road. Approval of details re-samples of materials for approved installation of paving and an access ramp to the Violette Szabo Memorial Sculpture to be sited adjacent to the Albert Embankment.

151 Kennington Rd. Approval of details.

74-5 Bonnington Square. Approval of details re-dormer and rooflights.

289-299 Kennington Lane. Approval of details re-waste management and customer management plan for new self-storage warehouse building.

Kennington Park. Approval of details re-hard landscaping and planting for renovation of existing play area fronting St Agnes Place.

31 Richborne Terrace. Permission for erection of single storey ground floor side infill extension and installation of double doors to ground floor rear elevation.

Royal Vauxhall Tavern Public House. Refusal for display of externally illuminated banner advertisement to upper floors of building for a temporary period of 1 year.

1C Ravensdon St. Approval for erection of a third floor roof extension and refurbishment works to existing roof terrace.

168 And 170 Vauxhall St And 17 And 19 Oval Way And Disused Rd To Rear Of Morris, Isis& Mat. Approval of details re-cycle parking for refurbishment and redevelopment.

359 Kennington Rd. Approval of alterations to the existing pitched roof of the two-storey rear extension to provide a flat roof to accommodate a rear roof terrace with railings and a translucent glass screen together with the replacement of existing window with a door and steps to allow access from the upper floor flat.

LOCAL LINKS – see www.rcdt.org

ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS

(please note that from now on this section will only include information about exhibitions currently showing

Dates	Gallery	Exhibition	Times
Tuesdays – Sundays + Bank Holiday Mondays	Museum of Garden History Lambeth Palace Rd 020 7401 8865 www.compulink.co.uk/~museumgh	Permanent Garden & Local History Displays. Family Quiz Sheets to accompany the Local History exhibition are available. One is on Environment, Entertainment & the local landscape, and the other is on Industry & Transport. Included will be a cover folder with pictures for children to colour in and keep, and inside some questions and opportunity to draw a garden or transport picture and enter our competition.	10.30am-5pm
Tuesdays – Sundays 6 November – 21 December		‘Postcards from the Park’. The value of parks and green space has been known since the Victorian period, when many of our great parks were founded. Today, nine out of ten people visit parks and green spaces and enjoy the physical and mental benefits that their visits bring*. The Museum Garden History is exhibiting the winning photographs from the national ‘Postcards from the Park’ competition, organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund in partnership with parks charity, GreenSpace. The competition and exhibition explores how people use parks and green spaces today and celebrates the significant lottery investment in them to date.	10.30am-5pm
Fridays – Sundays 3 November – 16 December	Danielle Arnaud contemporary art 123 Kennington Road 020 7735 8292 danielle@daniellearnaud.com www.daniellearnaud.com	Conversations with Angels is a new series of drawings informed by the life and work of John Dee (1527 - 1608) documenting 'actions' or seances mediated through his scryer, Edward Kelley. Locked in the secret interna bibliotheca of his house, Dee and Kelley pressed angelic spirits for the claves or keys that would enable them to decode the lost Enochian language. Enoch's Book of the Old Testament contained his own record of the language God taught Adam. Whoever discovered the Adamic language would rediscover the key of Divine Knowledge. A catalogue with a text by Iain Sinclair accompanies the exhibition.	2-6pm
Tuesdays – Saturdays till 17 November	Corvi-Mora 1a Kempsford Road 020 7840 9111 www.corvi-mora.com	ARMIN KRÄMER. “Where to?”	11am-6pm
Tuesdays – Saturday till 24 November	Ditto	Digital Ikebana by Italian photographer Ligeia Lugli is a series of digital photographs inspired by the Japanese art of flower arrangement called ikebana. Free
Till 27 January 2008	Parabola Trust 123 Kennington Road 020 7735 8292 www.parabolatrust.org	Danielle Arnaud of Parabola Trust is curating the exhibition by Tessa Farmer ‘Little Savages’ at the Natural History Museum, London. Farmer’s work involves highly detailed mise-en-scenes of plant roots, bones, insects and animals engaged in ferocious battle.

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RCDT is supported by London Development Agency, and part-funded by Pedlar’s Acre Trust (Lambeth Council)

Danielle Arnaud of Parabola Trust is curating the exhibition by Tessa Farmer ‘Little Savages’ at the

Natural History Museum, London. Farmer’s work involves highly detailed mise-en-scenes of plant roots, bones, insects and animals engaged in ferocious battle.