Children's Theatre Show 12th June 2010 at 2pm

Booster Cushion Theatre presents `Alan in Wonderland and The 3 Goats plus'

A comical mixture of retold stories, with a slice of Alice in Wonderland, a generous helping of goats and a 3.5 m concertina book.

For 3 to 93 year olds....plus you.

Satisfy your curiosty, come and see show

Tickets are £5 each.£4.50 with Lambeth Leisure Card (which can be obtained at any Lambeth Leisure Centre).

Children under 2 go free. Tickets can be obtained on the day.

Any other queries/box office, please ring us on:0207 926 8070

CORY DOCTOROW TALK - Readers And Writers Festival, 8th May 2010, 7pm

Hi!

It is indeed my great pleasure to let you all know that we are going to have Cory Doctorow joining us for a chat about his life and his work on Saturday the 8th of May 2010 at 7pm.

This is where you can find us:

The Nettlefold Hall (click for MAP)

1-5 Norwood High Street

West Norwood

London

SE27 9JX

Tentatively titled Future-Proof: The Time-Hacks and Life-Mods of Cory Doctorow, this talk, more than confuse your brain will take you through the wonders of one of the most ecletic writers of our time.

"Cory will be modding your reality at the mere price of your presence! Join him for tales of woe and wonder that will explore the realms of storytelling as techno-social activism; delving into creativity as symbiotic, crosscultural hacking; breaching the dangers and shelters of reason; examining the copy-wrongs of copy-right; transducing pathways to a post-scarcity world while pondering if truth is truly in sight? Be there and glimpse the future, right now…"

What it means: a witty and informative Q&A with an unusual author about some - perhaps - unusual themes...

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London.

(photo by Joi Ito, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0)

He will be here talking about his life, his work (his latest book - check out the pic below), digital rights and the future of the future. It's going to be a fun, provocative and insightful look into storytelling and technology.

Entry is FREE but we have a limited number of seats... so please book in advance!

email: readersandwriters@lambeth.gov.uk

phone: 020 7926 1075

This is your chance to meet this warm and clever writer, truly the voice of a new generation.

Cory is a pioneer of Creative Commons Licensing, making much of his work readily available for download for FREE on the internet.

(if you'd like to check out some of Cory's stuff I'd say click on OVERCLOCKED.)

(or LITTLE BROTHER... come on, you know you're curious...)

In 2007, Entertainment Weekly called him, "The William Gibson of his generation." He was also named one of Forbes Magazine's 2007/8/9/10 Web Celebrities, and one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders for 2007.

Here's a bit I hacked from Cory's blog about his new novel FOR THE WIN:

'My next YA novel, For the Win, comes out in less than a month on May 11, and the early reviews have begun to show up. I'm especially delighted to have gotten my first-ever starred review in Booklist, which reads, in part, "Doctorow is indispensable. It’s hard to imagine any other author taking on youth and technology with such passion, intelligence, and understanding...Once again Doctorow has taken denigrated youth behavior (this time, gaming) and recast it into something heroic... With its eye-opening humanity and revolutionary zeal, this ambitious epic is well worth the considerable challenge." '



For more information please check Cory's blog.

Or his Wikipedia page.

This event is a part of the yearly Readers and Writers Festival held every May throughout Lambeth Libraries. Click HERE for the full program of events.

This event is held in partnership with Sci-Fi London. To check out their full list of events click HERE.

Children's Theatre Show 1st May 2010 at 2pm

The Nettlefold brings you `How the Koala learnt to Hug' created by Steven Lee of the Peoples Theatre Company.

This comes from the magical new Book entitled How The Koala Learnt to Hug & Other Australian Fairytales'. This is a charming musical tale about the magic of family and, of course the importance of a nice warm hug!

We ask that you join us and a host of wonderful characters including Natascha the Witch, the reggae beavers and Karen the Koala for some great stories, sing along songs, superb games and first class hugging. All you need are your ears...and your arms

For all ages and adults too.

Tickets are £5 each.£4.50 with Lambeth Leisure Card (which can be obtained at any Lambeth Leisure Centre).

Children under 2 go free. Tickets can be obtained on the day

Any other queries/box office, please ring us on:0207 926 8070

Follow the link for more info http://www.ptc.org.uk/

Stand Up, Be Counted! - Fundraising Event, Sat. 24th, 7.30pm to 1am

Hi everybody!


Hope you can all join us for this Funraising Event we're hosting on the 24th. The proceedings will go towards building a school in The Gambia.

Please check the poster below for more info:

Tickets are £30 and include buffet dinner, raffle and plenty of performers throughout the night.

For more info please contact:
Lewisham Way Centre Black Fathers' Support Group
0208 692 1577

Click HERE to be able to take a closer look at the poster.

Tickets are limited so book early!

Enjoy the show!

Whippersnappers Talent Show, 7th May 2010

Hi everybody,

On the 7th of May we will be hosting WHIPPERSNAPPERS TALENT SHOW!!

So, if you'd like to be performing on that evening you need to get in touch with Whippersnappers on

Email: info@whippersnappers.org

Phone: 07722909520

Facebook: Whippersnappers Youth Department

Whippersnappers are based at the Brockwell LIDO, Dulwich Road, SE24 0PA.

And there's a £100 cash prize for the winner of the 3 shows!

Doors open at 7.30pm and there's a £2 entry fee.

Click HERE to take a closer look at this poster.

We hope to see you there!

Good luck!

WINSTON NZINGA SHOW CANCELLED!!

Hi everybody,
Sorry for the bad news but we've had to CANCEL the Winston Nzinga Children's Show for the 10th of April...

Therefore there will be no Children Show this month... sorry...

The next show will be on the 1st of May and is called:
How The Koala Learnt To Hug
by
The People's Theatre Company

I'll be posting some more info soon.

Thanks!

Magic Show - 20th March

Hello everybody!
Amigo's Magic of the World Famous Magic Circle is hoping to conjure up a bit of West Norwood Magic to help with the refurbishment of a community building (F.F.W.P.U) in South London. Simon will be pulling out all the tricks on Saturday the 20th of March with two shows, in the Nettlefold Hall, West Norwood Library (1 Norwood High Street SE27).

Both Stage Shows will be great fun and entertainment for all the family and will last for one hour. Tickets are £5 each (children under two free to sit on parents laps) and all money raised will go to charity. The first show will start at 11am and the second show at 1pm. All children will receive a bunny copter and sweets after the show.

Tickets will be available on the day however last time both shows sold out so to avoid disappointment, please call to reserve your tickets on

0208 480 8176
or email us:
simonrosselli@themagiccircle.co.uk

Highlights of the show to include:

• One lucky person to be cut in half
• Live animals to appear from thin air
• Incredible Head Shrinking and Expanding Illusion
• Magic Before your very Eyes
• Audience Participation
• Great Fun for all the Family
• Seeing is Believing