THIS WEERKEND 14 & 15  APRIL

See Art Galleries & Exhibitions section for what can be seen on Saturday and Sunday. Last chance to see Annie Whiles – CUCKOO at Danielle Arnaud gallery.

THIS MONDAY 16 APRIL

All Change for Our Libraries. Councillor Lib Peck (Cabinet member, Environment & Cultural Services) will explain the "transformational review"  of Lambeth's library service. It is certain to affect the Durning and other local libraries. Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane. 6.45pm for 7.15pm. All welcome. Entry free. Suggested donation £2. Refreshments. Plus AGM of the Friends, 8pm. Friends of the Durning Library. Note that Andrew Ormston, Director of Cultural Services, originally billed to speak cannot now come.

THIS TUESDAY 17 APRIL

The Kennington Oval and Vauxhall Forum. This meeting will discuss various issues regarding the Kennington Oval and Vauxhall area including feedback from the Communities First Consultation. Roots & Shoots, Vauxhall Centre, Walnut Tree Walk. Contact Jacqueline Christie, Area Project Officer, North Lambeth Centre Office, for further details. Tel - 020 7926 8295, Email - jchristie@lambeth.gov.uk mailto:jchristie@lambeth.gov.uk. Maureen Johnston, the Chair, writes: ‘There are two important items on the Agenda. Communities First and Prince’s Ward Strategy. Lambeth is changing its way of consulting. The Area Committee system is likely to disappear, there is only one more meeting planned. We need to make clear to Lambeth that the Kennington Oval and Vauxhall Forum is a very useful vehicle for the purposes of consultation in our area. We have already sent this message but at the meeting on 17^th we need to reinforce our position. Please attend and help us to do this.’ There will also be a chance at the meeting to local organisations to share information.

THIS WEDNSDAY, 18 APRIL

Wednesday 18 April. ‘Making miniature gardens’ with Deborah Jarman. 2-4.30pm. A free family workshop, which gives you the chance to make your very own miniature garden taking inspiration from the Museum’s own garden. Participants are invited to bring along their own ‘miniature’ items to be part of   their garden: for example, doll-sized figures or furniture. Please ring to book in advance.

Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Palace Road. 020 7401 8865. www.museumgardenhistory.org

THIS THURSDAY, 19 APRIL

Lighthouse Education Service AGM. 4.30pm. A great opportunity to get to know what is going on at LES and the projects including James Kane Nursery, Homework Club, Saturday School and Keep Fit and find out the exciting plans for this year. There will also be a delicious cuisine available. LES activists and staff look forward to seeing you.

Wednesday 18 April – 5 May

Twisted. by David Dandridge. Play directed by Tim Stark. Design by Jeremy Daker. A drug-fuelled Bank Holiday weekend in a house in Manchester. Five men’s lust, lies and loyalties spiral out of control with devastating consequences. Seduced by the promise of sex and hedonistic kicks, they embark on a journey where self-discovery comes too late… Iron Hoof Productions presentation. Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. TICKETS: £12/£6 concessions. BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680

ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee)

7.45pm

Monday 23

Back Health for Gardeners. DAY COURSE. £45 or £35 for Museum Friends (includes lunch, tea and coffee). This day has been organised as a health awareness day for amateur gardeners, to explore ways of protecting backs during working sessions in the garden. Representatives from the charity BackCare, Body Control Pilates, Alexander Technique and Tai Chi will make presentations through the day, and participants will have the opportunity to try out basic exercises from each of the techniques. The aim of the day is to help course members identify exercise techniques that appeal to them and which they will hopefully develop after the course. Information leaflets and contact details will be available on the day.
BackCare is the Charity for Healthier Backs  see www.backcare.org.uk or call 0208 977 5474.

10.30am-4pm

Wednesday 25

The Culture of Curiosity. EVENING LECTURE £10 or £5 for Museum Friends. Drawing on her recent, much acclaimed biography Strange Blooms, the curious lives and adventures of the John Tradescants, writer Jennifer Potter explores the meaning of ‘curiosity’ to 17th century gardeners and collectors. Who were ‘the curious’ and what were they curious about? Where did the Tradescants fit in, with their passion for exotic fauna and flora, and the humbler natives found on British soil? In celebrating the lives and achievements of these two very different men, she takes us back to the great age of exploration and discovery, and asks what we can learn from the Tradescants today. The Museum’s organic café will serve food, and wine will also be available. Why not do the Tradescant Walk beforehand – see story above.

7pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Wednesday 25 April – 12 May

bOOk Of little things. Written and directed by Ishwar Maharaj. Designed by Marie Antikainen. Company O presentation. Mixing Absurd Theatre with live singing, slapstick and very black humour, bOOk Of little things tells 3 stories about 3  women from different periods in history, all called Scarlet Billows. As the heroines rampage through time, they find themselves embroiled in the atrocities of war, a war with an inexhaustible plethora of disguises and an unquenchable thirst for blood. Friday 11 May: Audience Q & A with the production team and cast. Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval. TICKETS: £12/£6 concessions

BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680. ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee).

8pm

Sunday 29 April

Annual Spring Plants & Gardens Fair. PLANT FAIR. £3 admission £2.50 concessions. This year’s plant fair sees the return of many familiar faces as well as new exhibitors, including Iris of Sissinghurst. Striking auriculas, scrambling clematis and historic dianthus are amongst the wide range of beautiful and unusual plants that will be sold on the day. Historic garden tools will also be on sale, and for the first time at this event, Holly Antrum will run an art workshop for children and families. The new organic café will serve food, and visitors will also be able to enjoy the delights of the knot garden filled with tulips. Plant fair visitors will also see the Museum’s newly sown and planted wild garden, developed in response to the growing awareness of the need for greater bio-diversity within urban areas.

10.30am-5pm

Wednesday 2

Ruins in the Garden. EVENING LECTURE. 10 or £5 Museum Friends. Christopher Woodward explores the design of gardens that have been inspired by ruins. The talk begins in Italy, where rediscovered Roman ruins became the centrepieces of great Renaissance and Baroque gardens. In Britain, ruins of the Dissolution and Civil War - such as Fountains and Wardour - were ‘reclaimed’ by the Picturesque movement of the 18th century. But why did the project to preserve the bombed churches of London as Picturesque ruins fail so badly? Has Britain become just too tidy? Christopher Woodward is the new Director of the Museum of Garden History. His book In Ruins (2001) was a runner-up in the Rhys Prize for British writers under 35 and was described as ‘a masterpiece’ by the Literary Review and the Independent on Sunday.

7pm. Doors open at 6.30pm

2

North Lambeth Area Committee. Details to be announced.

Sunday 6

Songs by Schubert, Brahms, Faure and Gounod, Rufus Muller (tenor and Christopher Glynn (piano). Preacher Sister Frances Dominica (Helen House, Oxford). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Sunday 13

Daniel Grimwood. Piano, plays Volume II of Annexes de Pelerinage by Liszt. St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. Preacher Canon Robert Wright, Sub-dean of Westminster Abbey. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Monday 14

London - Wild City. DAY SYMPOSIUM. Tickets: £45 or £35 for Museum Friends and London Wildlife Trust Members, £25 for Students (includes lunch, tea and coffee). The biodiversity value of London’s open spaces is becoming more prominent in the news and awareness is growing, but how do we look at and experience wildness in the city? Why is a buddleia a weed to one person and a shrub to another? Is an abandoned space a wasteland or an oasis for animals and plant life? This Symposium in partnership with the London Wildlife Trust is the first to explore our complex feelings about these issues. Richard Mabey, described by The Times as ‘Britain’s greatest living nature writer’ will take us back to 1973, when his book, Unofficial Countryside, began the urban wildlife movement. Professor Ken Thompson (author of No Nettles Required: The Reassuring Truth About Wildlife Gardening) will tell us about the importance of urban biodiversity for our future – and what gardeners can do. Christopher Woodward (Museum Director, and author of In Ruins) will explore how artists and writers have imagined Nature’s revenge upon London, and Tim Edensor (Industrial Ruins, 2005) will argue that what developers call ‘derelict land’ can be fertile for plant life and animals and a creative space for communities. Leo Mellor (Director of Studies in English, New Hall, Cambridge) is fascinated by the flowers which grew on the bombsites of World War Two, and in the afternoon Naturalists including Doug Hulyer consider what ‘wilderness’ in the city really does mean. Does London have an indigenous Nature or not?

10am-4.30pm

Monday 14

Friends of Kennington Park AGM. Oval House Theatre, 52-54 Kennington Oval. Celebrate 5 years of improvement and regeneration of Kennington Park. It's your first chance to hear our long term plans for the Park and for an update on our improvements to the playground. Members can also
vote for those standing for election to the committee and everyone is welcome to join us for a slice of birthday cake.

7pm

Friday 18 & Saturday 19

CONFLICTZONE THEATRE. Presented as a part of FiRST BiTES, Oval House Theatre's ongoing series of Works-In-Progress. Conflict Zone is a unique and innovative social-multi-cultural theatre group formed by Michael Ronen and based in London. While considering that the world is becoming more and more inter-connected and that the problems of the underdeveloped world are being brought to streets of Britain through terrorism and emigration problems, Conflict Zone believe that UK audiences are growing hungrier for stories that try to understand the sources, causes and effects of conflicts from foreign countries. In this presentation they will be concentrating on themes of discrimination, political conflict in their home countries and its implications on life here in Britain. TICKETS: £4.BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680. ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee).

8pm

Sunday 20

Kennington Village Fete. Aleander Crum Ewing, Margarita O'Malley, & Kowsar Hoque. the Fete Team write: The 2007 Kennington Fete will be held on Sunday 20^th May from 12 noon ~ 3.00pm in Cleaver Square (if wet in St Anselm’s Church, by kind permission of Angus Aagaard).

Children & Family Events: The inimitable David Weeks has agreed to perform Magic again; Professor Felix is booked for a return engagement of his Punch & Judy Show.

Stalls to benefit the Fete’s fundraising will be similar to last year, including:- Books, Records & CDs, Plants & Herbs, Homemade Cakes & Cookies, Tea Stall, Bottle Stall, Champagne Tombola, The Kennington Tandoori Foodstall, Clothes (quality/nearly new), Furnishings, Antiques & Bric-a-Brac, Raffle, etc. 

Personal/Commercial Stalls: Will be available at £35 each.  We will be inviting last year’s stallholders to return (honey, chocolates, jewellery, belts/leather, artist-printmaker, etc) and other stallholders are welcome.

Community Groups can participate again free of charge, for example KA, Friends of Kennington Park, LMHS, Dan’s Healthcheck & Fitness, Ricky’s Sports Initiatives, etc.

Donations/Volunteers. Donations can be left c/o The Kennington Tandoori.  We also welcome Volunteers who’d like to assist, run a stall, or bring a stall of their own.

Fundraising. We raised over £5,000 last year, thanks to generous sponsorship from Winkworth, which has been put towards our goal of eco-friendly Christmas lights at Kennington Cross. The Fete this year will continue the fundraising for these lights.

Contact The Fete c/o The Kennington Tandoori or KenningtonFete@hotmail.com

12-3pm

Sunday 20

Stanford String Quartet play Mozart’s Quartet  in D K575, Dvorak’s Quartet in F major Op 96 ‘American’, and Debussy’s Quartet in G Minor. Preacher Canon Martin Warner (St. Paul’s Cathedral). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Tuesday 22-Saturday 26

Streets Paved with Gold. The reminiscences of a Black British Citizen. Written and performed by Victor Richards. Jay Theatre Productions presentation. The play is set in the present, but explores recent history from the 1950’s onwards. In his one man show, Victor Richards explores African-Caribbean migration, and themes of hope, identity and change. The story line of “Streets Paved with Gold” weaves together a thrilling and informative picture of the collective experiences of Black British Citizens resulting from their new surroundings. The play is based on the reality of people bold enough to plunge themselves into the unknown. Victor Richards introduces you to the character of Augustus Cleveland Johnson, who arrives on a cold grey and wet November morning in London at Tilbury docks in 1948 – share his dreams, hopes and aspirations.  Oval House Theatre. TICKETS: £12/£6 concessions. BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680

ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee).

8pm

Matinees 1.3pm Thursday 24 & Saturday 26

Saturday 26

NGS ‘Yellow Book’ garden open day. NGS OPEN DAY£3.00 admission £2.50 concessions. The Museum’s annual support of the National Garden Scheme continues and entrance charges from the day will go towards the Scheme’s nominated charities. As well as the 17th century reproduction knot garden, visitors will see the Museum’s newly sown and planted wild garden that has been developed in response to the growing awareness of the need for greater bio-diversity within urban areas. The Museum’s dedicated ‘Yellow Book’ open day also coincides with the gardens at Lambeth Palace being open under the same scheme, so visitors will be able to combine visits to both venues. (www.ngs.org.uk)

10.30am to 5.00pm

Sunday 27

Choral Evensong for Pentacost. St Peter’s Singers and Hand Made Opera Baroque directed by Colin Baldry, sing Buxthude’s Magnificat and Humfrey’s Nunc dimittis. Preacher Canon Hugh Wybrew (Faculty of Theology, Oxford). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

29 May – 16 June

Yellow Lines. by Steve King. Directed by Mervyn Millar. Human Resources Theatre Company presentation. Colin hates crowds - but he's got a brilliant solution. His boss thinks it will transform London. But Colin's met a woman who thinks he is making a dangerous mistake... Mervyn Millar has directed for the National Theatre, BAC & international touring. His play Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers was awarded both Herald Angel and Total Theatre Awards in 2005. TICKETS: £12/£6 concessions. BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680. ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee).                                                                  

7.45pm;

Previews 29 & 30 May All tickets £6

Wednesday 30

Family workshop with Simon Woolham. Museum of Garden History.  Linked to Simon’s exhibition presented at the Museum (see Art Galleries & Exhibitions section below). Advance booking is recommended as it is sometimes necessary to limit numbers, otherwise it is ‘first come first served’ on the day. To reserve a place please call 020 7401 8865.

Sunday 3

Elgar Anniversary Concert. The Mezin Duo (Richard Smith (violin) and Anthony MacCarthy (piano) play the Violin Sonatea in E Minor, Op 82. Preacher Very Rev’d Jeffrey John (Dean of St Alban’s Abbey). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Friday 6

PIANO MAGIC. Music at Museum of Grande History.
Full details and ticket info to follow...

7pm (doors open)

Friday 6- Saturday 23

Ya’akobi and Leidental. By Hanoch Levin. Translated by Shir Freibach. Tik-sho-ret Theatre Company Presentation. Ya’akobi and Leidental was written in 1972 by Hanoch Levin, one of Israel’s most established playwrights. In a cabaret style, the play takes a comic and at times grotesque look at the love triangle between two men and one woman, desperately trying to add meaning and excitement to their lives.  Tik-sho-ret’s physical production of this absurd piece accentuates the grotesque with comic playfulness. The show returns after a short successful tour earlier this autumn.TICKETS: £12/£6 concessions. BOX OFFICE: 020 7582 7680. ONLINE SALES: www.ovalhouse.com (no fee).

8pm

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10

Open Garden Squares Weekend opening of Museum of Garden History. OGSW tickets £7.50 (allows entry to any participating garden over the weekend). The London Parks and Garden’s Trust annual Open Garden Squares Weekend continues to develop, with more gardens included in the scheme each year. As well as the 17th century reproduction knot garden, visitors will see the Museum’s newly sown and planted wild garden that has been developed in response to the growing awareness of the need for greater bio-diversity within urban areas. The Museum’s dedicated open weekend also coincides with the gardens at Lambeth Palace being open under the same scheme on Saturday 9th, and visitors will be able to combine visits to both venues that day only. www.opensquares.org.

10.30am-5pm

Sunday 10

Harleyford Rd Open Squares Garden Day. Teas, Cakes and general entertainment.

2-5pm

Sunday 10

Trio des Amis play Beethoven’s Opus 11 and Zremlinksy’s Trio in D Minor. Preacher Rev’d Mark Steadman, Vicar of St Philip, Camberwell. St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Sunday 17

Pre-concert talk by Prof Carolyn Gianturco on Stradella and his ‘Esule dale sfere’. St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

5pm

Sunday  17

Handmade Opera’s Italian Cantata. ‘Esule dale sfere’ by Stradella. Directed by Colin Baldry. Preacher Canon Christopher Irvine (Canterbury Cathedral). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Friday 22

SOWETO KINCH plus support tbc. Music at Museum of Garden History. £20 table seat / £15 standing. Tickets on sale from 13th April

7pm (doors open)

Sunday 24

Longfordbrown piano duo play Michael Parsons Rhythm Studies II (1971), Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dance No. 1, Mozart’s 2^nd movement Andante from Sonata for two pianos, and Saint-Saens Scherzo. Speaker Michael Symons Roberts (writer and poet). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Friday 29

CIRCULUS plus Spanner Jazz Punks. £10 general admission. TICKETS ON SALE NOW

7pm (Doors open)

Sunday 1

Robert Blaze (Counter-tenor) and Andrew Macmillan (Piano). Preacher Rev’d Richard Jenkins (Director of Affirming Catholicism). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Thursday 5

A year in the life of an English Flower Meadow. BOOK LAUNCH & EVENING LECTURE: Tickets: £10 or £5 Museum Friends. To celebrate launch of the book A year in the life of an English Meadow beautiful wild flowers will be on display in the Museum for the night. Drawing from their book Andy Garnet and Polly Devlin will tell the story of the meadow they created in their garden in Somerset, joined by Dr Chris Smith, the botanist that identified the rare species. For this night only there is a chance to view the wild flower pressings featured in the book and a display of 25 different fresh flowers from the meadow. There will also be a chance to see the Museum’s new wild flower meadow with a glass of English wine.

7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Friday 6

INIDIGO MOSS plus Seraphina Steer. £8 general admission
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

7pm (doors open)

Thursday 19

The Pineapple: King of Fruits with Fran Beauman
EVENING LECTURE: Tickets: £10 or £5 Museum Friends
Writer Fran Beauman celebrates the juicy history of the pineapple, from its earliest beginnings in the Brazilian rainforests to its role today being stuffed unceremoniously into cans. Drawing from her book The Pineapple: King of the Fruits. She explores why the pineapple has been such an important status symbol with fascinating stories and facts. For example, during the 1700s the cost to produce one pineapple was about £5,000 in today’s money – the same as the cost of a new coach. The evening will include pineapple themed food from historical recipes in her book, which could include pineapple tart from 1732 to canned pineapple with baked beans in 1958. Pina colada cocktails will be available to enjoy in the Museum gardens.

7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Friday 20

artist tbc plus Loz Speyer's TIME ZONE. Museum of Garden History. TICKETS ON SALE MID-APRIL

7pm (doors open)

Friday 27

artists tbc. Museum of Garden History.

7pm (doors open)

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

Ditto from

25 May – 25 August

Ditto

Shreds of Evidence. In November 2006 Simon Woolham started a four month residency at the Museum of Garden History developing works that subtly dialogue with the Museum architecture and artefacts. During that time he also ran a series of workshops with year 5 pupils from Walnut Tree Walk School, a primary school located in the vicinity of the Museum.
The children workshops have concentrated on the exploration of their favourite places both in the playground and in the Museum. Using drawing, language, digital manipulation and sound, the children have produced a variety of works which will be presented in the school - three-dimensional paper models - and in the Museum - drawings in snowdomes and digital animations. For more information on Simon (and to see more of his work), please visit - www.darkcorner.co.uk

10.30am-5pm

Thursdays – Sundays 15 March – 29 April

Beaconsfield

22 Newport Street

Tel: 020 7582 6465 info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk

Hibernator: Prince of the Petrified Forest, by London Fieldworks
An ambitious new exhibition project by London Fieldworks, commissioned by Beaconsfield. Working with the legacy and personal myth of Walt Disney, the commission embraces the latest developments in animatronics, primal hibernation patterns and the practice of cryonics in its exploration of fantasy and death. Free entry

12-6pm

Tuesdays to Saturdays until 12 May

Corvi-Mora
1a Kempsford Road
020 7840 9111
www.corvi-mora.com

JASON MEADOWS. ‘A light in the attic’

11am-6pm

Fridays – Saturdays to 15 April

Danielle Arnaud contemporary art
123 Kennington Road
020 7735 8292
danielle@daniellearnaud.com
www.daniellearnaud.com

Annie Whiles – CUCKOO. Line drawings of furniture and artifact.

6-9pm

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Gasworks, 155 Vauxhall Street,

020 7582 6848. press@gasworks.org.uk www.gasworks.org.uk

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Man&Eve,131 Kennington Park Rd.

020 7582 7861. info@manandeve.co.uk. www.manandeve.co.uk

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Oval House Theatre Café/Gallery,
52-54 Kennington Oval. Box Office: 020 7582 7680. www.ovalhouse.com

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