Arts & Listings

AFTER CLOSING HOURS
14 May 09 - RELEASES Thursday May 21st 2009..

FRONTLINE THEATRE
14 May 09 - SITTING HERE, writing this I feel invigorated and alive...

SCOUSE AND MADNESS
07 May 09 - AFTER ENJOYING Tommy Kearney's last play at the Union - Madonna and Me - I was looking forward to his next offering, Little Boy...

HOME TO THE MENTALLY ILL FORE OVER 100 YEARS
28 Apr 09 - IT'S STILL a taboo subject to many people, but mental illness, and the treatment of it, is a big part of Southwark's history. For over 100 years Southwark was home to Bethlem Hospital - an asylum that was famous for its methods of caring for the mentally ill, writes Dejla Kadhim.....

LITTLE BOY HITS UNION
23 Apr 09 - MERSEYSIDE IN 1982, Madness are riding high in the charts and Lisa and Paula dream of marrying Suggs, as Michelle struggles with her identity and Suzanne's life falls apart. ..

THE LEGEND THAT IS HANNAH MONTANA
23 Apr 09 - MILEY STEWART (Miley Cyrus) struggles to juggle school, friends and her secret pop-star persona; when Hannah Montana's soaring popularity threatens to take over her life - she just might let..

ELEMENTS AT THE GXGALLERY
23 Apr 09 - THE ELEMENTS at GXgallery is an exhibition of new works by Colin Halliday. ..

ANGELS IN BANKSIDE
16 Apr 09 - ITALIAN ANGELS is an exhibition of 52 paintings by Southwark artisit Anita Klein, each one celebrates the fleeting moments in life which most people overlook, things people have been doing for thousands of years. ..

MONSTERS VS ALIENS
09 Apr 09 - RELEASE DATE: Friday April 3 When California girl Susan Murphy (voice of Reese Witherspoon) is clobbered by space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. ..

MUDANE TO MARVELLOUS
09 Apr 09 - MAKE, SHIFT and Bend, the current show at Café Gallery, initially comes across as not that interesting as far as art shows go; it's only when we look a little closer that we see there is much more going on than first meets the eye. ..

History

THE FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM REOPENS
12 Mar 08 - AFTER A period of closure for the last two years, the Fashion and Textile Museum on Bermondsey St has reopened its doors.

THE LADIES WHO GAVE TIME TO NURTURE SOUTHWARK'S TALENT
WHEN MINNA Gollock and her lady friends first walked in...

KEEP ON ROCKIN'!
Which Bermondsey rocker - still going well into his dot...

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Blue Plaques

RIO PLAQUE IS REPLACED
12 Dec 08 - THE BLUE Plaque for Man Utd and England Footballer Rio Ferdinand has been taken down - but only to be replaced with one that has a more accurate description of why it was placed on the Friary Estate.

CAMBERWELL GREEN: THE SITE OF 'LEWD AND COARSE' REVELLERY
CAMBERWELL GREEN has not always been up and coming...

SAUSAGE SHOP, FOOTBALLER AND CHARLIE DRAKE ARE NOMINATED FOR BLUE PLAQUE
A SAUSAGE shop...
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Arts Events

THE VOICES OF SOUTHWARK
08 Dec 08 - HAKESPEARE'S GLOBE'S annual seasonal celebration of the Southwark community through song and music, 'A Concert for Winter' takes place on Thursday 11 December at 1pm.