Feminist Book Fortnight
In celebration of Vote 100, the hundredth anniversary of women in the UK getting the vote, a group of radical and independent bookshops is launching Feminist Book Fortnight, a celebration of feminist books. As part of Feminist Book Fortnight, Pages of Hackney welcomes a British playwright, novelist and poet Deborah Levy to Sutton House. Levy will be reading from...
Summer Craft Playscheme
Over the course of the week young people learn new skills in traditional crafts within professional artist’s studios in East London. Together they will explore the values of their environment, using letterpress printmaking, ceramics and painting at Standpoint Studios and it's local great outdoors. Participants (aged 8 – 14 years) will engage with the process of making by experimenting with...
The Wizard Of Oz at Abney Park
After the huge success of last year's Grimm's Fairy Tales, Pandemonium Performance return to Abney Park with a new version of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wizard Of Oz. The production will bring all the intrigue and fun of Baum's novel and promises to be an unmissable opportunity to see this beloved classic in a beautiful location. 11th - 29th July...
Rooftop Film Club: Queen of Hoxton
This famous Shoreditch pub is full of surprises. This year they are going for a spectacular Lost Vegas theme. The Queen of Hoxton Box Office is situated in the Little Vegas Wedding Chapel on the roof. The Box Office opens from 8.45pm. Until 8th September 2018 Ticktets from £15.95 rooftopfilmclub.com/london
A show about teenage love
The award-winning Company Three’s The Act returns to the Yard Theatre. Exploring first experiences of teenage sex and love, The Act received overwhelmingly positive audience and critical response. As part of this run, Company Three will curate and host a sleepover for other young people to take place within the theatre. The participants will stay overnight, participating in a...
London’s biggest annual festival returns to Hackney
22-24 June 2018 ELCAF is the East London Comics & Arts Festival, London’s biggest annual festival dedicated to showcasing the best in comics, illustration, sequential art, and storytelling. The festival will feature over 100 exhibitors plus a programme of talks, screenings and workshops led by different artists from across the UK and beyond, including: Charlotte Dumortier, Patrick Kyle, Nina Cosco, Conor...
Summer of Love Disco Festival
Feel Good Vibes, Summer Lovin' and Fever Funkin' Oval Space’ Summer of Love Disco Party is back and this time it's going to be even bigger and better with Boston's almighty Soul Clap headlining and music spanning Soul, Boogie, Funk, Rare Groove, Disco, Nu-Disco, Electro, House, Edits & more! Saturday 16th Jun 2018, 16:00 - 06:00 Day + night ticket £25 www.ovalspace.co.uk
Tal National at Cafe Oto
By the time Tal National reached international acclaim with 2013's 'Kaani', the band's first release outside of Niger, they had spent more than a decade crisscrossing their native country, usually on dirt pathways through the Sahara, playing epic five-hour sets, seven days a week, selling their CDs on street corners and roundabouts. 26 July 2018, 7.30PM Tickets £12 Advance www.cafeoto.co.uk
National basketball achievement for Clapton Girls Academy
Clapton Girls Academy’s under 16s basketball team triumphed against Aylesbury High School with a score of 67-63 at the 2018 Dynamic National Schools league finals in Manchester. The girls overcame a six-point half time deficit and a late Aylesbury charge to take home the U16s Girls title. Clapton’s Jade Guidolin-Duncan finished the first half after scoring 10 points only...
