BANK HOLIDAY FAIR

30 Aug - 1 Sept.

GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS

International Festival 1999

Ten days of summer

9 - 18 July

Box Office 0870 900 0355 (24hours)

It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again but

Festival season will soon be on us. There are

spectacular outdoor theatre to classical concerts in

historic settings, from free outdoor street

performances and fireworks to jazz and popular

music. This year there are two outdoor concerts at

the old Royal Naval College (Greenwich University)

on the 17 and 18 July.

Get your programme from the box office.

ATHLETICS

Sutcliffe Park Athletics Track

Eltham Road, Kidbrooke

Woman’s Group - 7pm Thurs. evenings

Juniors - 10am Sats.

General public use - Tues., Thurs. evenings and Sat.,

Sun mornings

All welcome Call 859 2421 for details

BNT BIRDS NEST THEATRE

32 Deptford Church St.,

Reservations 694 2255

PETER SHAFFER’S EQUUS

3 - 30 June, 7:30pm

£5 (waged) £4 (unwaged)

Try the pre-show Thai Cuisine meal £7 (3 courses)

"Equus" is the thought-provoking story of a child

psychiatrist’s effort to unlock the mind of the

withdrawn teenager who committed an act of

sickening violence. Why did he do it? The tale is told

through an interweaving of flashbacks, dreams and

counselling sessions.

The BNT company is made up of local actors,

designers, directors and technicians.

GOLDSMITHS RAMBLING CLUB

Contact Jenny Brewer 318 2564

Sunday 6 June Bentley, Hants (Train ramble)

Sunday 20 June Otford - Eynsford, Kent

LEWISHAM LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Fri 25 June 7:45pmThe Wandsworth Museum Story

by Pat Cooper

Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, Lewisham

SE13

LEWISHAM RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY

24 June 7:30pm Parry - David Coronel

St Laurence Centre, 37 Bromley Road, Catford SE6

Contact Bernard Smith 857 7078

THE QUAY PLAYERS ..

PRESENT..

Viva Mexico!

A musical comedy for all the family

10 -12 June 7:30pm

Bacon’s College, Timber Pond Rd

Surrey Quays, SE16

Box office 857 3267

£6 / £4

THE BOB HOPE THEATRE

Wythfield Rd, Eltham

Box office 850 3702

16 -19 June 8pm Groping for Words

By Susan Townsend

23 - 26 June 8pm All the World’s a S*T*A*G*E

Sun 27 June 7:30pm An evening of Operetta and

Light Opera Favourites

Glamorous Nights

12 - 17 July Evenings 7:30pm&Sat Matinee 2:30pm

Summer Musical The Sound of Music

Call 852 8293, 1 Montpelier Row, Blackheath SE3

Your chance to be part of the Greenwich Passion Play 2000!

Open Information and Recruitment Session Saturday

12 June 2 - 4pm near the bandstand in Greenwich

Park.

Planning for one of the biggest events for the people

of Greenwich in Millennium Year is well underway

- and now everyone gets the chance to join the

Passion Play 2000 company! The Greenwich

Passion Play is a new Miracle Play Cycle for

Greenwich in the new Millennium. It will be

performed in Greenwich Park on Good Friday, 21

April of the Year 2000 from 12 noon till 3pm, and

the1,000 people in the cast will perform seven

Miracle Plays before joining in with the final Passion

Play telling the story of the last week of Jesus’ life.

Miracle Play cycles began in this country in the

Middle Ages as a way of bringing familiar stories out

of the churches and onto the streets. They were

brash, exciting and festive, used language which

pulled no punches, and were paid for by local trades

and crafts companies. York has its own cycle, and

so do Coventry and Wakefield - but Greenwich

doesn’t, yet!

All that is about to change, as a cycle is being created

which will endure long beyond the Year 2000.

Seven community groups will be devising the

Miracle Plays in a series of workshops with director

John Doyle from the end of the summer. John has

devised the framework for the plays, selected the

miracles, and written the script for the Passion Play

itself. There are plans to record the performance and

publish the play - and it’s hoped that a tradition of

regularly performing the cycle will be continued into

the new Millennium.

Many of the groups taking part have signed up

already, but now John, actor Ben Thomas and project

administrator Susan Edwards are looking for

individuals to take part as well. They will be holding

an open session in the park - you’ll find them near

the bandstand - on Saturday 12 June from

2pm-4pm for anyone who is interested in joining a

play or helping in any way.

To take part you need enthusiasm, energy, and to

know that you’ll be in Greenwich next year on April

21 - the beginning of the Easter weekend. You don’t

need experience, special musical or dramatic skills

or religious belief. The stories underpin the culture

and literature of many communities and belong to

everyone - already Anglican, Catholic, Jewish,

gospel and secular community groups are taking

part.

It costs nothing to join the cast, and is a chance to

help shape a work of theatre which could last just as

long as the mediaeval cycles have - and longer. For

more information about the open session and the

Passion Play project itself - or if you’d like to take

part but can’t make the session - phone Greenwich

BETA (Blackheath and East Greenwich Trust for the

Arts) based at St. George’s Vicarage on 858 3006 or

Susan Edwards on +44 [0]20 7 639 4413.

ST JOHN’S

During Re-ordering, - you will have seen the

contractors equipment etc outside the church -services

have been relocated. Sunday 8am

Communions and 6pm. Services will be in the

Memorial Hall on the Vicarage Avenue, just down

St John’s Park on the right. The main Services at

10:30am Sundays will be held at Blackheath

Bluecoats School - Old Dover Road. The venues for

special evening services are as announced.

The church office (Margaret Parsons) 10am to 5pm

and Tuesday 7pm-7:30pm for enquiries about

Baptisms, Weddings, etc. During re-ordering is in 2

Reynolds Place, Blackheath SE3 8SX. Telephone/fax /ansaphone +44 [0]20 8 305 0520

e-mail: [email protected]

COWBOY BARN DANCE - COME IN COSTUME

St John’s Church

Saturday 26 June 7.30pm - 11pm

Blackheath Bluecoat school

Tickets: £10 adults, £5 children, available from

Church Office, Michele Doherty, Carolyn

Cartwright, Tessa Coppard

GREENWICH WALKS

Led by the Greenwich Tour Guides Association, tel

858-6169. Contact Gill for information and

advanced booking on the walks 305 0067. Two

regular walks every day, 12:15pm and 2:30pm

starting from Tourist Information Centre, Greenwich

Church Street.

Pepys Hereabouts 19 Aug

Longitude & The History of Time 17 July & 11 Sept

Another Greenwich - Ghosts & the supernatural 17 July & 11 Sept

Cromwellian Greenwich 3 Sept (anniversary of his death in 1658)

Pepys Hereabouts Thurs 19 Aug

Docks & Dome Sat 3 July, 25 Sept

Blackheath Past & Present 6 June, 8 Aug, 19 Sept

Walk the Line 2 Sept

Shooters Hill Sun 27 June

Eltham - An Historic Town? 16 June & 1 Sept

Riverside Woolwich 4 September

Women of Greenwich Sat 12 June

Ghosts, Ghouls & Hauntings Fri 18 June & Sat 25

Sept

A Summer Dark Side Fri 25 June, 30 July &27 Aug

Plumstead Common Sat 10 July & Sun 25 July

Charlton Village Sat 21 Aug

Junior Poetry Safari Thurs 26 Aug (holiday special)

World Heritage Site Sat 18 Sept

Walks last between one and a half and two hours,

most cost £4 per person (concessions £3)

Accompanied

BLACKHEATH HALLS

23 Lee Road tel. 463 0100

Rock, Pop & Blues

Sun 20 June 8pm The Australian Pink Floyd Show

Fri 25 June 8:30pm Sherman Robertson plus Mo’Indigo

Wed 14 July 8pm London Adventist Chorale led by Ken Burton

Jazz

Fri 18 June 8:30pm The Jazz Connection

Sun 11 July 8pm Chris Barber’s Jazz & Blues Band

with Paul Jones

Thurs 8 July 7pm Eddie Parker’s Mister Vertigo

Fri 23 July 8:30pmKermesse - Music from the streets

of the World

Folk & Roots

Sat 10 July 8.30pm Ivor Cutler

Classical

Fri 2 July 8pm City of London Sinfonia

Emma Johnson, Clarinet;

Matthew Taylor, Conductor

Fri 30 July 8pm e2K (Ensemble 2000)

Participation

Thurs 8 July 7pm IMPR-Integrated Music, Projects,

‘Developing Musical Communities’

Mon 12 July 2:30pm Chicago Children’s Choir

Fri 16 July 7:30pm Collaborations

Fri 23 - Sun 25 July Glasgow 1999, UK City of

Architecture & Design

UP THE CREEK

302 Creek Rd. SE10, Reservations 858 4581

Shows start - Fridays & Sundays 9pm, Saturdays -8.

30pm

A Benefit night of music and comedy

for Laurelbrook MHE Resource Centre, more

information Sukie Green at Stress Management 691

0262, Sukey Firth 858 8633 & 0966 150 014

Music: Kirsty MacColl, Glen Tilbrook, Chris

Holland

Comedy: Nick Wilty, Steve Bowditch

Compere: Malcolm Hardee

Reservations 858 4581

Tickets £8 / £6 concessions

MILLENNIUM DOME

The World’s Biggest Dome -Final Countdown

June Millennium Pier completed.

July Tickets go on sale to the public.

Central show technical rehearsals begin.

August Finish testing show equipment.

Central area and zone finishes complete.

Sept Park and Ride/Park and Sail sites available.

Trade tickets go on sale.

October Millennium Transit operational.

Test operation period begins.

November Content installation complete.

December River services operational.

Three Days Of Previews, Free To Greenwich Residents.

New Year’s Eve Opening ceremony

Rates

Adult £20.00, Senior Citizens £18.00, JSA40 holders

£12.00

Children under 5 Free ages 5 to 15 inc. & Student

card holders £16.50

‘Family Five’ ticket (2 adults + up to 3 children or 1

adult + up to 4 children) £57.00

Senior Citizens Groups of 15 or more £12.00 each

Group adults rate (15 or more) £17.50 each

WHAT’S ON

Even if you are not the organiser but think people in the area would like to know -PLEASE

send details of activities, performances etc. in the forthcoming few months to

David Scott, 110 Westcombe Park Road, telephone 853-0882 fax 333-0468,

e-mail [email protected] . We will be happy to include descriptions of events that are

likely to be of interest to readers in the community. We also want to hear local views of events

that have taken place.