‘Community spirit’ isn’t a term many people associate with London but Greenwich is proving itself to be something of an exception, with our most neighbourly out in force this week.
Blackheath Halls Community Programme, which has over 300 members and includes kids from six schools in Greenwich & Lewisham, is this week staging its community opera, Orpheus and Eurydice, at the Halls. As well as the local pupils, young people and community musicians, Trinity Laban have lent some of their own talented folk to the project, so it promises both quality and a warm fuzzy feeling. (7.30pm Tue-Fri, 3pm Sat)
If Something Wicked this Way Comes whet your appetite for Shakespeare, then you might wish to pay a visit to The Albany in Deptford, which is staging The Timon of Athens inspired Feeble Minds this week. This philosophical play about the journey to madness is a collaboration between two theatre companies, HotPots, exclusively for over 60s and inc.Theatre Ensemble, which is made up of artists with learning disabilities. There’s also a post-show discussion on Thursday evening: all very good for the soul.
As part of the Young London Into Music festival, participants of Greenwich Council’s local residency programme are staging The Missing Link at Greenwich Heritage Centre on Friday, as part of a weeklong specially commissioned audio instillation. Friday’s free show will feature the installation’s headline talent MC Bashy performing live.
Another community favourite, the Greenwich Concert Band, will be lighting up Greenwich Park next Sunday afternoon – traditional Big Band repertoire in a traditional Bandstand setting, so take a blanket, a hamper and some sunscreen (ok, an umbrella) and get yourself down there.