Arts, Crafts, Music and Culture

"I would love to but would feel far too embarrassed". "I think it would be great fun but I don't have the confidence to actually do it". What would your response be if someone asked you to participate in a drama class?  The trouble is, our 4-year-old self probably wouldn't respond, as they'd be into that class quicker than you can say 'Shakespeare'. As we get older, we get more inhibited, insecure, reserved, self-aware. Which is no surprise because from as young as 14 yrs old we're being.......

An Enfield-based playwright is looking for actors to play parts in a play about the dangers of new media to be staged at the Dugdale Centre in January. My name is tom is a new play by Alan Spence, whose company, Theatre is real life, will be performing the play from 13th to 16th January. The play explores the problem of e-safety and new media for young people and adults.  What starts out as a typical boy-meets-girl story later goes horribly wrong. When Paris and Darnell are exposed, they.......

Tottenham Art Classes have provided details of taster workshops to learn printmaking and illustration. For anyone who has ever wanted to try printmaking or illustration, now's your chance! We're holding taster workshops in Printmaking and Illustration in August. Open to anyone aged 14 years and over and adults. PRINTMAKING TASTER WORKSHOPS Choose from two dates: Tuesday 11th August from 1pm - 5.30pm Saturday 12th August from 11am - 3.30pm Course info: An introductory workshop to mono.......

The first of this year's Proms in the Park was hot and sunny, the second - held last Sunday - was overcast with occasional drizzle.  But the weather didn't deter over a hundred people gathering to listen and dance to musicians from Bowes Park Folk Club and local singer/songwriter Luke Carey - as you can see from the cutting below, taken from the Enfield Gazette.  Click on the picture for a bigger version As the Gazette also points out, this weekend will see a change of style: .......

The Centre Stage Summer Course returns to keep your performing dreams alive during those Summer Holidays! This years theme... DISNEY! Places book up fast, so don't delay and get yourself booked in for a week of Singing, Dancing and Acting, resulting in an 'End of Week Performance' on the Friday! Call 0208 886 4264 or email   to reserve a place now! www.centrestageuk.com.......

Despite rain earlier in the day, the Proms in the Park season got off to a hot and sunny start on Sunday afternoon.  A pleasant atmosphere prevailed as music lovers sat on the grass near the Broomfield Park bandstand to listen to music by North London Brass, with an intermission provided by young drummers from BishBashBosh and BoxBeaters.   There are three more Proms in the Parks concerts featuring a variety of musical styles - see below.  As well as the music and great.......

"Inside Job"Southgate Photographic Society are currently holding their 73rd annual Prints and Projections exhibition.  This year the exhibition is different from usual in two respects:  there are no projections, only prints;  and instead of being hidden away in a hall, the pictures are out in the street for all to see.  And this year's exhibition is likely to be seen by many more people than usual, as, thanks to Transport for London, it adorns the elegant curved windows of an.......

Last year over 600 people visited All Saints, Edmonton, for a glorious week of poetry, music, theatre and a wide range of other events. They were there for the Lamb Festival, an arts festival celebrating the lives and legacies of Charles and Mary Lamb, and the success of that first festival left us in no doubt that there should be a second (and hopefully a third, a fourth, a…). The Lamb Festival 2015 will be held from Saturday 6th to Friday 12th June, and once again we’ve got a rich.......

Between 14 and 25? Want to get hands-on experience in a working theatre? Then Young Creators could be for you - it's free. Young Creators is a professional development programme which offers young people vocational training and practical work experience in a variety of theatre skills. Course options: creative musicianship & vocal development | music technology, programming & recording | stage lighting | writing & devising | devising & performing | directing | choreography.......

The free classes and lectures in the Enfield Thinks programme continue to deal with a very wide range of subject matter.  Among the subjects coming in the near future are: local history local railway history running a small business the housing crisis in Enfield and across London holiday destinations the politics of happiness first aid arboriculture human rights in Russia and Ukraine science and engineering.........

Children's International Voices of Enfield were one of the choirs featured on Radio 3's The Choir programme on 28th April.  You can listen to a clip of the choir in action along with commentary from singers Tom, Joe and Genevieve. Made up of six choirs with members from the ages of 4 to 18, they have been running for twenty years. You can hear extracts of two pieces composed by their patron, John Rutter. The Children's Voices are currently rehearsing for a concert at Palmers Green.......

The 2015 Enfield Choral and Orchestral Music Festival will run between 24th June and 12th July at venues throughout the borough (and just outside the borough - Southgate Opera, as usual, will be at Wyllyots Theatre in Potters Bar). For full details and to book, visit enfieldfestivals.com/event/details/enfield-choral-orchestral-music-festival. Concerts Weds 24th to Sat 27th June at 7.30pm (Sat Mat 2.30pm)Southgate Opera presents The Merry Widow at Wyllyots Theatre Saturday 27th June.......