Melan Mag’s Out & About Roundup:
16 September – 7 October 2016
Comedy
Comedy Carnival – Bar Rumba – 36 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7EP
Friday 23 Sept 8pm – £14
A night filled with international award-winning comedians, with guaranteed laughter throughout the night.
Find out more: Here
Festivals
London African Music Festival
14 – 24 Sept
Fela Kuti’s former pianist, Dele Sosimi, will be leading his 15 piece Afrobeat Orchestra. Along with UK performers, the festival will showcase Africa’s explosive talents.
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Navi King of Pop – Michael Jackson Tribute – Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester
Friday 30 September 7pm
Witness a tribute to the king of pop in a live, breath taking concert. You will almost think it’s the real MJ.
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Festival of Nations – Arts Central – Norfolk House – 106-108 Saxon Gate West Norfolk House East (3rd Floor), Milton Keynes, MK9 2DN
Saturday 24 Sept 1pm – Free
Created in 2014, FON is the celebration of international dance, music, poetry, storytelling, photography, film and much more.
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Art Shows
Women in Revolt: All About My Mother – 93 Feet East – 150 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL
Wednesday 21 Sept 7pm – £3.75
Women in Revolt, Shorts On Tap’s award-winning series focusing on female filmmaking. It is about the exploration of female film-making, a selection of extraordinary works depicting, describing and challenging the very essence of Motherhood.
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Femme Fatale – Eclipse – 111-113 Walton Street, London, SW3 2HP
Wednesday 21 Sept 6pm – Free
Focusing on history’s most influential and powerful women from royalty to artists. The night will celebrate women’s diversity, strength and feminine power.
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See Me Here – Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton – SW2 1EF
Friday 23 Sept 7.30pm
Photographer Liz Johnson-Artur explores some of the most iconic photographs captured during the festival celebrating the contemporary aesthetics, creativity, and expression of Black Londoners.
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East End Women Take Action: 1888 to 2016 – Middleton Hall – St Hilda’s East Community Centre 18 Club Row, London, E2 7EY
September 24 1.30pm – Free
East End Women’s Museum and East End Sisters Uncut are hosting a free afternoon of short talks and conversation that will be exploring the different ways East London women have challenged sexism, exploitation, racism and injustice for the last 100 years.
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Miss Black and Beautiful up-close: Gallery talk, exhibition and party – Autograph ABP – Rivington Place, London, EC2A 3BA
24 Sept 6.30pm – Free
Hosted by the exhibition curator Renée Mussai of Autograph ABP, during the evening guests will have the opportunity to meet former Beauty queens and models from the 1970s and 80s. The night will also include a free glass of Jamaican Planter’s Rum Punch and 70s classic Reggae and Lover’s Rock.
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Children’s Art Workshop – Deptford Foundry – Rolt Street Deptford, London, SE8 5JB
Saturday 24 Sept 2pm
Need to entertain the kids? Deptford X Festival invites you to an afternoon of laughter, art exploration and FUN that the whole family will love. Encouraging working with your hands, the workshop promotes building with fun materials.
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Cinema
When The Bough Breaks
In Cinemas now
Actors Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall star in this movie about a young professional couple who desperately want a child. Opting for a surrogate – they soon realize she has dangerous fixation on the husband. Caught up in a deadly game, they must fight to regain control of their future.
The Magnificent Seven
In cinemas from 23 Sept 2016
Starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke – Seven gun men in a remake of the old classic western. Gunslingers coming together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Brotherhood
In cinemas now
The West London streets are not ready to say goodbye to Noel Clark’s trilogy of Kidulthood – with murder, prison and retribution, Brotherhood will leave you stunned and wondering what’s going to happen next.
Bridget Jones’s Baby
In cinemas from 16 Sept 2016
Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth are back on our screens but now Miss Jones finds herself pregnant and she is only 50% sure of the identity of her baby daddy.
Theatre
Aladdin – The Musical
Finishing February 2017 – £13-£80
The Disney’s classic brought to theatrical life, this musical will take you on a magical carpet ride.
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Girls
Finishing Saturday 29 October
Giving a voice to the girls who were abducted in Nigeria by Boko Haram, writer Theresa Ikoko shows the selectiveness of the media and how it has managed to overlook the violence.
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Motown
Finishing Saturday 28 October – £22
The founder of the Motown record label, Berry Gordy discovered artists that would transform American music and America itself. This 18-piece orchestra plays 50 soulful Motown classics including “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.
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Pigeon English
Finishing in November – £19.50
Award-winning playwright Gbolahan Obisesan shows a Ghanaian 11-year-old boy story living in Peckham who navigates against the violence and dangers of South London along with gangs.
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This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees – The Spires Centre – 8 Tooting Bec Gardens St. Leonard Church Hall, London, SW16 1RB
Sunday 18 September 6pm – Donation
Streatham Film Festival will be playing host to the award-winning film This is Exile. The film paints an intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee the violence of Syria’s civil war, now learning to live in Lebanon.
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Community Voices in Full – The Cinema Museum – Dugard Way, London, SE11 4TH
Thursday 22 Sept 7.30pm – Free
Inspired by Madonna’s “Vogue”, Kiki follows seven members of the LGBT community who battle prejudice, poverty and illness.
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Affection – The Glory – 281 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AS
Thursday 22 Sept 7.30pm – £15
Teaming up with The Glory, Outbox Theatre presents Affection a production that highlights real-life stories about bodies, intimacy and HIV.
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Music
ÌFÉ PLUS SOUNDSPECIES DJS
Friday 23 September 8pm
IFE is a new musical project from Puerto Rico based on African American artist Mark Underwood aka Otura Mun. Underwood, an Ifá priest or Babalawo in the Yoruba religion, has been a vanguard artist in the Puerto Rican music scene since his arrival there in the late 1990s, producing critically acclaimed albums and songs for many of the islands most important musical voices.
Find out more: Here
Food
Cocoa Runners Chocolate Tasting – Rude Health Cafe – 212 New Kings Road Fulham, London, SW6 4NZ
Tuesday 20 Sept 6.30pm – £14
Cocoa Runners have curated a selection of the finest bars from artisan makers from all four corners of the globe. Come savour their handcrafted, sublime flavours. From classic, to caffeinated, to refined sugar free – your palate is in for a party.
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Street Food Live – London ExCel, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London. E16 1XL
Wednesday 27-28 September – Free
This event will host numerous vendors, intent on testing out their new dishes. Everyone in the business will be there; retailers, traders, producers, farmers, food lovers, you should be there too!
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What else?
Brixton Design Trail: Brixton Murals Walking Tour – Entrance to Brixton Tube Station – London
Sunday 18 Sept 2pm – £8
This walk will explore murals painted in the 1980s in central Brixton. Learn about their history, why they were painted and ones which have been lost over time.
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Women’s Empowerment – Inner Space Brixton, Shakespeare business Centre, Suite 108, 1st Floor West Wing, 245a Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8RR London
Wednesday 21 September 11am – Free
This is an opportunity for women to discover and embrace their spiritual journey whilst looking at the female identity and its practical application in daily life.
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