Notting Hill Mayfest: Open Door Opera perform The Enchanted Child (Ravel) and The Medium (Menotti)
Following their hit (and) run at the Edinburgh Fringe and triumphant transfer to St John’s, Smith Square, Open Door Opera continue to indulge their passion to share opera with a new audience.They present an evening devoted to the supernatural, Opera Gets Spooked, comprising two well-loved..
St. John’s Church, Notting Hill London W11 2NN
Tuesday 31 May 2011 and Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Family Picnic
A National Family Week Event. To invite families to this family fun event at Cedar’s Children’s Centre and to enjoy great outdoors !! There will be variety of activities out like sack race, paper aeroplane race, football and parents can bring their own play resources, food and picnic..
Cedars Children’s Centre, Whittlesea Road, Harrow London HA3 6LS
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Aquascooters
A National Family Week Event. Twist, turn and dive with our latest water product. These staffed sessions are a great way to bring fun into the swimming pool.
Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre, Champions Way, Hendon London NW4 1PX
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Family Fun Day
A National Family Week Event. Come along to this exciting fun day. Try boxing, arts & crafts and media workshops with a prize draw during the day. For children and young people aged 0-16 years and mums/dads/carers. Family fun day will give the chance to: take part in a variety of activities ..
St Mary’s RC School, Lockington Road, Battersea, London SW8 4BE
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Ofcourse. I Don’t. Love You.
Poetry reading with Brigette Bennett & Jessica Peace. Inspired by John Keats and Fanny Brawne, this reading is Bridgette and Jessica’s take on aspects of love’s expression. Ofcourse. It is not always easy to love and neither is it easy to be loved... Some bask in either state. I Don’t...
Keats House, Keats Grove, Hampstead London NW3 2RR
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Bringing out the best in boys
A National Family Week Event. This workshop delivered by Lucinda Neall is an opportunity for parents to find out what motivates their boys and to learn practical communication skills that increase cooperation and improve behaviour. For parents and carers only. This workshop will: help you to..
Chestnut Grove School, Chestnut Grove, Balham, London SW12 8JZ
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
The Woman is Perfected at the Donmar Warehouse
Following the success of her readings for the T.S. Eliot Festival in 2009, Josephine Hart makes a welcome return to the Donmar to produce and direct a week of poetry featuring a series of special readings with some of the country’s leading actors. She will devote each performance to the works of..
Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, London WC2H 9LD
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Evening Walk & House Tour: Hampstead in the 30s: People & Place
A National Trust Event: Explore the people and places at the centre of Hampstead’s progressive artistic community during the 1930s. Then enjoy a tour of the art collection at 2 Willow Road which includes works by Henry Moore and Roland Penrose. The price includes a glass of wine on arrival..
2 Willow Road, Hampstead London NW3 1TH
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Kaz Simmons
Tonight, Kaz will be celebrating the launch of her third album, Dandelions. Featuring all original songs, Dandelions is an intimate, autobiographical insight into her world where she fuses the Spanish classical guitar music of her youth as well as Brazilian, pop and jazz to create quirky twists and..
The Forge (main room), 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Family Swim
A National Family Week Event. Family fun swim session
Church Farm Swimming Pool, Church Hill Road, East Barnet London EN4 8XE
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Photography Workshop
A National Family Week Event. Come along to this fun filled workshop, learn to take photos and transfer them onto fabric. For children and young people aged 10-16 years and their mums/dads/carers. Families can: learn some basic principles of photography; take home your favourite image on a..
Battersea Park School, 401, Battersea Park Road, Battersea, London SW11 5AP
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
FOIL ANIMAL SHAPES
A National Family Week Event. Enjoy some quality time with your child and experience learning and making fun animal shapes with foil together.
Adult Learning & Skills Service, Macbeth Centre | Macbeth Street, HAMMERSMITH London W6 9JJ
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Jazz Concert: The Jehane Markham Trio
Poetry and music with Jehane Markham and her trio. The Jehane Markham Trio features the poet Jehane Markham reading her work, with accompaniment by internationally regarded jazz musicians, Robin Phillips on piano and Jonny Gee on double bass. The London Series is an original composition based on..
Keats House, Keats Grove, Hampstead London NW3 2RR
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Parents Protect! Seminar
A National Family Week Event. This child sexual abuse awareness session gives those attending the sound information they need to help keep their children safe.People who have attended a Parents Protect! event have been asked what actions they would take following the seminar. Responses have ranged..
Stockwell Children’s Centre, Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9 9TG
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Living in the Poetry World
A talk and discussion with poet Anne-Marie Fyfe. Poetry has changed utterly since the days when a young poetic genius like Keats was immediately dismissed by the critical establishment. The contemporary poetry world is much more welcoming nowadays with supportive workshops and courses, magazines,..
Keats House, Keats Grove, Hampstead London NW3 2RR
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
