Podcast feedWhat's On In Camden - 29th May
Enjoy the sunny weather (hopefully) at an African Market in Camden or get down at a Prince party in Solomon’s Yard; see Ciaran Walsh perform radical poem the Red Dagger at Housman’s Bookshop or attend a book launch for the incredible poet Aidan Andrew Dun’s new book ‘Unholyland’, or rock out to over 200 bands at Camden Rocks!
Package by: Zoe Stegosaurus, Alexandra Quinn, Felecity Sylvester and Freddy Chick
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Camden Newscast June 2014
In this months Newscast, Sarah O’Brien gets views from Islington Council and The Mount Pleasant Association about the Royal Mail Group’s development proposal for the Mount Pleasant sorting office site. So far councils and local community groups object to this proposal but Mayor Johnson has taken it out of their hands and is due to make a decision at the end of July, public consultation ends on the 27th June.
Freddy Chick talks to residents of the Regents Park Estate about the loss of 168 council homes and businesses in Drummond Street, who are all set to lose their properties to make way for HS2.
Ann Carroll talks to Colin Blunstone from the 60’s band the Zombies, about his solo work, touring fifty years after you started and further albums with the Zombies.
Presented: Sarah O’Brien
Reporting: Freddy Chick, Sarah O’Brien & Ann Carroll
Edited: Sarah O’Brien
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Whats on from 15th June 2014
‘Humouring Joyce’ at the London Irish Centre on Sunday 15th June – Bloomsday Eve, 8pm, tickets £7, further info. 020 7916 2222; The Camden Crawl is coming up next weekend – 25 stages, club nights and Fringe events. Tickets £45 & £27; Pre crawl Free show from Andrew Crowley at Union Chapel, 12 noon-2pm Saturday; Tabletop Sale at Camden Square Playcentre – to book a stall, call Paula on 020 7485 6827; ‘In Cahoots’ and ‘Tina Turner Tea Lady’ do comedy on Thursday night at the Camden Head – 020 7485 4019. Free entry exhibition ‘A Special Arrow Was Shot in the Neck’ which is guest curated by Curators Natasha Ginwala and Vivian Ziherl and is showing at the David Roberts Art Foundation. – call 020 7383 3004
Read by: Daniel Mears, Freddy Chick,Marian Larragy & Tanya Geddes
Script: Sarah O’Brien
Recording: Freddy Chick
Editing: Marian Larragy
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What's on in Camden for week beginning November 21st
Andrew Marr on the Diamond Queen at the British Library – to book, call 01937 546 546. Tricycle Theatre premieres ‘The Riots’ a play by Gillian Slovo and Nicolas Kent, which is built around evidence and communications at the time, presents its own conclusions on the events of the Summer 2011. ‘My Father’s Watch’ a play by John Dunne based on Patrick Maguire’s biography, is on at the Irish Centre. Tickets 07981 851 554. Its Mowtown night at the Fiddlers Elbow. ‘Tall Ships and Tropical Disease’ is a walk with a talk from the Wellcome Collection. London Conference on ‘Localism’ for tenants, residents, community and voluntary sector groups, call 020 7874 5464. Michael Bailey and Des Freidman on their book ‘The Assault on Universities’ are at Housman’s Bookshop on Wednesday.
Read by: Marian Larragy, Marita Hutson, Martin Lim & Dj Rudeboy Peter Tosh
Edited by: Marita Hutson
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LGBT Gay Sweatshop
Marian Larragy first saw Gay Sweatshop perform in Dublin in 1976, where their presence was a media sensation. Here she goes back to meet Julie Parker, former member of Gay Sweatshop, to ask about the impact of the first professional lesbian and gay theatre group on the world of the 1970s.
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