events
Check out our events, performances and appearances. Looking for our regular groups? You'll find them by clicking the button below.
1st March to 28th march
ART: POP FORMATION - GRAHAM HOLLICK
This month in our gallery: Rug Hooking by textile artist Graham Hollick. Innovating and subverting the age-old technique of Rug Hooking, Graham Hollick's textiles are steeped in tradition but his imagery remains resolutely contemporary. Taking cues from sources such as street art, evocative masks, found graphics and landscapes, his work leads the viewer to reflect on the human condition. They are made entirely with materials derived from used clothing and textiles.
Pop Formation is an new series of works inspired by the Pop icons and lyrics from Graham's formative years. Free.
sunday 30th march
Workshop: TETRA PAK PRINTMAKING with ANANDA KUHN
Connecting creativity and upcycling of common household materials. Learn how to create a classic intaglio image on the suitable Tetra Pak carton and how to print it.
Learn how to adapt the traditional engraving print technique on metal plates to the suitable Tetra Pak carton of drinks and foodstuffs. The tutor will guide you throughout the steps from creating an image and its mark making strategies on the plate, finishing with a small limited series of prints. Because of the fact that Tetra Pak is a versatile material recycled, accessible to everyone and practically ready to use, the workshop is a fantastic opportunity to experience the expanded printmaking boundaries about techniques and methods. For beginners or refreshers on printmaking, all are invited to be creative while helping to save the environment. With Ananda Kuhn`s tuition.
Ananda Kuhn is a Brazilian multi-artist, working and living in London. Focused on painting and printmaking she studied Fine Arts in Brazil, graduating in 2012. Since then she has integrated more than 70 exhibitions, including 8 solo shows and 10 international art prizes, and her artwork is part of public collections of the most important museums in South Brazil. While in the UK, in 2022 she opened DIATRIBE Printmakers in Bristol, an art space focused on teaching the variety of printmaking techniques, and supporting the local art community. Since she moved to London she has been sharing her love for art at care homes, supporting residents with dementia, connecting art and wellbeing.
2pm. £10.
Friday 4th april
Comedy Club
Doors 7pm.
We are hosting a Comedy Club, on the 1st Friday of the month. The Comedy Club
show-cases some of the most exciting rising stars of London’s vibrant, contemporary circuit. Come & check out some of London’s emerging comedy talent, and experienced comics trying out new material!
Four great acts on the night with the evening hosted by Mike Lash,
Tickets start from £5 (EARLYBIRD) increasing gradually in price online nearer the date.
Tickets on the door on the night £10.
So buy online for cheaper tickets.
5TH APRIL to 26th APRIL
ART: A CELEBRATION OF NATURE - BRIDIE WOODS
This month in our gallery: works on paper or canvas by Bridie Woods. 'My work is mainly a celebration of nature through colour, composition and form. I want my art to be uplifting and a reminder of the beauty of the nature that is accessible to most of us through our gardens, local walks, parks, trees, plants, flowers and foliage. The media I use includes pastels, watercolour, gouache and acrylic, on paper or canvas.' Free.
saturday 5TH APRIL
Art Launch: A CELEBRATION OF NATURE - BRIDIE WOODS
6.30pm to 8.30pm. Free.
Join artist Bridie Woods and guests for the private view and launch of her show in our gallery space this month, A CELEBRATION OF NATURE. Free.
saturday 19th april
Live soundtrack film screening: FILIBUS
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. £10.
Noisy Silent Film Club - aka local sound artists Ark Potyka and Sam Enthoven - are delighted to return to the shop for a live soundtrack screening of classic silent film FILIBUS - the finest 1915 genre-busting gender-flipping steampunk caper movie ever seen! Join us!
thursday 24th APRIL
Writers' Salon Europe Open Mic Night
European Writers Salon (EWS) and Insurgent Press are delighted to jointly invite you to an open-mic night on 24 April 2025 at 7 pm.
If you want to read, please get in touch quickly via contact@saloneurope.org as spots are limited. Readers are invited to read something of around 500 words, in response to or loosely related to one of the following prompts:
- The Cruellest Month
- This
- This city is my dream
This will be a friendly and welcoming evening so feel free to come on your own or with friends, whatever works.
We look forward to meeting you.
We want the event to be as inclusive as possible so we've offered a few ticketing options. Please feel free to pick the one that most suits your budget. All money will be used to support the activities of EWS and Insurgent Press - producing literature that fires imagination and sparks debate (Insurgent Press) and organising literary events that bring writers together (EWS).
friday 25th april
Storytelling: FAERIE TALE with Niall Moorjani
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. £10.
Brown and queer contemporary storytelling set to stunning live music.
Fresh from a smashing run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (and a sellout show here at the shop in January!) critically acclaimed storyteller Niall Moorjani reimagines the folk classic Thomas the Rhymer in an evening of strangeness, sexy fairies and swearing. An original piece which explores queerness, Scottish race and gender identities through a medieval-inspired landscape. Set to a live original score from cellist Diana Redgrave, this is storytelling at its experimental best.
Directed by Minnie Wilkinson. Originally commissioned for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2022.
'Storytelling genius' (Scotsman)
Five Stars (The Skinny)
Lyn Gardner's VAULT Festival 2023 Picks
Duration: 1 hour
Age Guidance: 15+ (Swearing, sexual references)
3rd May to 24th may
ART: FLUX - WILLIAM BASHFORD
This month in our gallery: a celebration of the art of William Bashford.
Will studied Philosophy at Kings College and had just been accepted to study Fine Art at Byam Shaw (Central Saint Martin's College of Arts and Design) when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
This exhibition marks 20 years since Will's death. He was 25.
FLUX is an exploration into a very unique and imaginative mind. His often surreal and psychedelic works explore themes such as impermanence, consciousness and the nature of reality. Free.
saturday 17th may
Book Launch: DOCTOR WHO - AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPANION ACTORS by DANA FOX
6.30pm. Free.
Join author Dana Fox and guests to celebrate the launch of his new book!
The Doctor wouldn’t be half the Time Lord they are, without some assistance. But how much do you know about the people who played the companions? This book is the first of its kind. It’s your comprehensive guide to the actors who have played Doctor Who companions over the years.
Inside, you will find biographies of every companion actor who has been in Doctor Who. There are complete chronologies of companion arrivals and departures through the show’s history, enriched with original interviews with some of the cast. As an encyclopaedia, it is packed with dates, details and knowledge, a valuable reference source for any Doctor Who fan.
As a guide, this book also offers a personal perspective on the show and explores what these talented, hard-working professionals brought to the show. The author traces its origins in 1963, through the ensuing decades, and takes you right up to the most recent serials. Doctor Who: An Encyclopaedia of Companion Actors is a testament to the actors and a meticulously-crafted love-letter to the show.
friday 23rd may
Book Launch: IN THE LILY ROOM by ERICA HESKETH
6.30pm. Free.
Part of Feminist Book Fortnight 2025. Join poet Erica Hesketh to celebrate the release of her astounding debut collection, In the Lily Room (Nine Arches Press). Erica will read from the book and be in conversation with storyteller and writer Laura Sampson. Free event!
‘Erica Hesketh asks “What if all the world’s mothers / rose up at once…” Perhaps if we did, our conversations would sound like these poems, which look head-on at the frightening, transformative, love-filled days of early motherhood. Medical misogyny, birth trauma, postnatal depression, joy and boredom – all of this and more are held in place in these lyrical, image-drenched poems as Hesketh expands our ideas and perceptions around what it means to be a mother.’ Kim Moore
‘In poems of great skill, daring and beauty, Hesketh somehow contains the leaky mess of new parenthood. This is for all the mothers – mother of stone, mother of ice, mother of fire, mother of dark. A stunning debut: intelligent, tender and unwaveringly true.’ Clare Pollard
BACK SOON!
Retro Gaming Night
7pm
Do you like retro video games? So do we!
On the back of our board games afternoon, we realised there's a few of us who love the classic days of gaming. So we'll bring some classic consoles and games, and feel very free to bring your own.
Whether you want to play, show and tell, or just have some drinks and chat about classic video games, come join us!
At the very least, we'll have a PlayStation Classic, an N64 and a Japanese DreamCast up and running, along with anything you want to bring.
This is a free event, but if you'd be up for donating a fiver to the shop, that'd be lovely.