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SAPPHO �in 9 fragments by Jane Montgomery Griffiths 21st May - 2nd June 2013. Presented by Tenth Muse Theatre at The Rose, Bankside, 56 Park Street, London, SE1 9AS (near London Bridge Station) Within a secluded cavern, Ancient Greece�s first love poet laments her erasure from history, while a chorus girl named Atthis is seduced into a modern-day Sapphic romance. This politically-charged and visually-compelling solo performance, featuring the �magnetic� (RemoteGoat) Victoria Grove, achieved critical and popular acclaim with a sold-out extended run at the White Rabbit Theatre. �The Rose � part fringe theatre, part excavation site � is the perfect venue for a play about Sappho, whose extensive collection of poetry has been all but lost, save for a few fragments that suggest what might have existed; just like the foundations that permit us to imagine the theatre once used by Marlowe and Shakespeare� � Jessica Ruano, Director of "SAPPHO �in 9 fragments" All performances at 7.30 pm (except Sundays at 3.00 pm only) No Monday performances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2E8j5UfiE http://sappho9fragments.com


	BECKETT AT THE BUSSEY "What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes." S.Beckett A new local theatre company, Rye Mummers, is bringing Beckett's ENDGAME to The Bussey Building this summer, playing three weeks from late June. Look out for new local resident Ricci Harnett, of "Rise of the Footsoldier" fame, making his Beckett debut as Clov. For more click here Dates: 25 June - 13 July at 8.00pm Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane SE15 4ST Prices: Tues-Sat �10/�8 concs. Mon 8pm, Wed 2.30pm �5 Cast: HAMM Peter Benedict CLOV Ricci Harnett NAG Billy Colvill NELL Fiona Watson Designer Peter Avery Director Chris Haydon A preview show, "FECKHAM PECKHAM" will be broadcast on Resonance 104.4FM on Monday 24 June at 8pm.

PECKHAMPLEX 2 April "ONE MILE AWAY" The award winning documentary about resolving gang rivalry in Birmingham was screened at Peckhamplex with three members of the cast - Dylan Duffus, Zimbo and Yt, together the director, Penny Woolcock - on hand to take Q+A afterwards. Look out for its Channel 4 screening on 11 April. --- This Michael Powell Award-winning documentary, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Penny Woolcock, charts the attempts by two warring gangs in inner city Birmingham, the Burger Bar Boys (B21) and the Johnson Crew (B6), to bring peace to their neighbourhoods. It follows Penny Woolcock�s Hip Hop musical 1 Day which depicted these postcode wars. One Mile Away was initiated by Shabba, a young man affiliated to the Johnson side who met Penny during her research for 1 Day. He saw her as neutral and as someone who had built trust on both sides. Penny agreed to get involved and introduced Shabba to Dylan Duffus � the lead actor in 1 Day and affiliated to the Burger side. The film follows their painstaking journey over two years to recruit more supporters from both sides. Along the way, they get advice from Jonathan Powell, who oversaw the Good Friday Agreement, and the riots erupt in Birmingham in Summer 2011, with surprising consequences. Supported and distributed by BRITDOC Films, and co-funded by Channel 4 and Creative England, One Mile Away shows how film and the determination of ordinary people can transform entrenched social problems, whilst also being a compelling, ground-breaking watch. One Mile Away is now also a developing social enterprise, working with schools to reduce gang culture in the UK.

Dragon Cafe filmmaking classes run in conjunction with Mental Fight Club. 11.30-1pm for ten weeks at The Crypt of St George The Martyr, Borough High Street SE1 1JA opposite Borough tube. They start again on 20th May.


PECKHAM TALKS: Little Lagos In London This is a video from Little Lagos in London, the first Peckham Talks event at the Bussey Building. Peckham's Bola Agbaje, whose play "BELONG" has just finished its Theatre Local run, was on the panel. The host is BBC journalist Nkem Ifejika. Panel: Alice Ukoko, Women of Africa Bola Agbaje, Playwright (Belong) Ade Solanke, Playwright and Producer, Spora Stories Dr Osita Okagbue, Professor at Goldsmiths University Kayode Ogundamisi, journalist and Convener of the Nigeria Liberty Forum


SOUTHWARK.TV at Bold Tendencies for four events in August 2012. These reflected London Young Voices, a new Gangs & Violence DVD project in production, relationships between local art galleries and community via media projects, and marginalised communities. BOMBERG & SSSO in autumn 2012 St Saviour's & St Olave's School showed films at the new Borough Road Gallery made with Chris Haydon's guidance in response to the Bomberg collection now on show to the public. PECKHAM TRAVELLERS was launched at Tate Modern on 22 June 2011. LOOKING FOR SIERRA LEONE was screened at South London Gallery in April 2011. MOSQUE: The Story of Islam in Southwark was launched at Tate Modern in November 2010. "DECISIONS" and "CHOICES", two films under the London Young Voices banner, were screened at NFT2 in July 2010. OPERA FILM AT PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL Southwark.TV's links with Goose Green Primary School, Southwark Pensioners Action Group celebrated in September 2009 when the film "PENSIONS FOR ALL!" was screened at the Portobello Film Festival. BEDE FILM AT THE TATE Also in September 2009 Chris Haydon's film "SUM OF US ALL" for Bede House, the Bermondsey settlement, was screened at Tate Modern.

The Great Southwark Dragon Quest organised by Mental Fight Club explored the history and presence of dragons in our midst. With a little help from the Confucius Institute and some young knights. John Constable, who devised the clues and led the Quests, is a local writer and performer, and author of The Southwark Mysteries and Secret Bankside - Walks in the Outlaw Borough, both published by Oberon Books. The Southwark Mysteries was performed in The Globe and Southwark Cathedral in 2000, and again in Southwark Cathedral in April 2010. This short film captures the spirit and fun of the Quest ... do you know where to find a dragon on Southwark Cathedral ? It's been there a while. www.southwarkmysteries.co.uk http://www.southwarkmysteries.co.uk www.crossbones.org.uk johnconstable@mysteries.eclipse.co.uk


	London Young Voices Community TV Trust's 3-year project supporting filmmaking with young people at the helm, showed films at a range of venues including PECKHAM SPACE in June 2010, when it opened, NFT2 also in 2010, and at Bold Tendencies in Peckham in August 2012. Participant schools include Goose Green Primary School, Academy at Peckham, St Michael & All Angels Academy; also Bede Youth Adventure Project, and SILS4. LYV celebrates positive media made by and about young people and their issues, loves, fears, challenges and hopes.

Here is "COSSALL NEW AND OLD", a film made locally in Southwark as part of the Well London project, by Amanda Egbe with support from Arts Express -


Southwark.TV here publishes an open letter reviewing Government funding aimed at countering violent extremism. PREVENT REVIEW for The Home Office submission by Chris Haydon, Director Community TV Trust Peckham-based Community TV Trust was commissioned to produce a documentary and DVD on the Mosques in Southwark, their history, and the whole culture of Islam in the Borough. PVE funding supported the venture which launched recently at Tate Modern, generated a very strong turnout and received a warm welcome from a diverse gathering of active and influential people. Filming took place with three communities in particular, and included visiting the Mosques they run - Somali, Nigerian and Turkish. Bengalis were represented as well. The project was created by Sadiq Hoque, a practising Muslim, who lives at Elephant & Castle. Over the course of production, which spanned a twelve month period from November 2009, many enjoyable new links were made across Southwark's extraordinarily diverse community, both at a personal level and at an organisational level. It was quite evident that those trying to run a successful Mosque were encouraged by visits from Council managers, for example (and of course our cameras and equipment). There was a palpable sense of the wider community formally accepting these worshippers and their way of life into their midst. The range of voices from within the community of Southwark that are now gathered together on this DVD is impressive: multifaith, Muslim, Buddhist, non-Muslim, young, old, professional, student, political, celebrity ... it forms quite an array. What is most needed now is a little financial push to secure the DVD its role out in the community, engendering debate and reflection. Countering the stereotyping and fear-mongering so persistently createdby mainstream media is an important job. This DVD, so imaginatively funded out of PVE by Southwark Council's Emma Kehoe, can do that job. One can never really know if radicalisation has been prevented. Yet if an aspect of Foreign Policy is judged sufficient by an individual to cause their religious fervour to transform their whole approach to life, then nothing done locally can guarantee deflecting that person from their new chosen path. However, if that individual lives their life in a community which palpably and self-evidently is welcoming, understanding, interested and respectful, this does at least stand a chance of prompting 'second thoughts'. As an ordinary citizen I believe that formal intelligence gathering is powerful 'in defence of the realm', but that it cannot do everything and be everywhere. That would after all be Orwellian. What I equally believe is that money invested in the Common Good, across boundaries of ethnicity, age, culture and faith, is powerful too. PVE has in this instance facilitated an imaginative and wide-ranging project that has begun to touch many parts of our community. It can only lead towards a cohesive future. This is a visionary way of tackling the issue of radicalisation. Bravo. Rumours of 'Cohesion'/'Social Cohesion' being removed from PVE's agenda are therefore concerning. Please contact myself or Emma Kehoe if you would care to view this DVD: "MOSQUE: The Story of Islam in Southwark". With best wishes. Yours sincerely, Chris 07970 970 715 --- Chris Haydon Director Community TV Trust www.communitytvtrust.org

WEB-EVENT-TV ... is the mix that we believe makes robust local media. That's our Southwark Template ... There are 3 ways off this page - via Sitemap, Select A Partner and the navigation buttons - to over 50 groups and schools from the Southwark area. Each runs their own space, making up Southwark.TV. This public space for community voices has no political or religious views of its own, but with our broadcast TV experience and training expertise we encourage all to find their voice and have their say. This venture in open-access community media is run by Community TV Trust who have space on this website as well as their own.

	Terry Waite visited Southwark to share his wisdom, when attending September's Peace Breakfast. See separate page in left hand menu.