What's on in East London this weekend, 26th and 27th January, 2019
D’Ukes
Performing styles of music to suit all tastes with great vocals and plenty of humour, D’Ukes is the band to get you singing, dancing and smiling. Ticket holders are invited to the free Ukulele Beginners Workshop at 5.30pm.
Queen’s Theatre, Billet Lane, Hornchurch, RM11 1QT, Sunday, January 27, 7.30pm. Details: 01708 443333 queens-theatre.co.uk
London A Cappella Festival
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the London A Cappella Festival returns with an epic line-up of international headliners and vocal supergroups, celebrating a decade of vocal magic. This year’s programme features internationally acclaimed composer and singer Laura Mvula with Europe’s finest female vocal quintet Black Voices; American pop-jazz vocal sensations m-pact; legendary Cuban superstars Vocal Sampling; three of the UK’s best university a cappella groups The Techtonics, The Rolling Tones, and The Bristol Suspensions; and much more.
Kings Place, 90 York Way, King’s Cross, N1 9AG, until Saturday, January 26. Details: 020 7520 1490 londonacappellafestival.com
Hip Hop Pop Class Showcase
Harlow Playhouse's resident dance school of 16 years, Hip Hop Pop, are bringing their class showcase to the Playhouse. Over 210 students of the street dance school of ages 6 to adult, will showcase what they have been learning in their classes over the last 11 weeks. Students will demonstrate street dance skills including hip hop, krump, house, locking, breaking and urban influenced commercial.
Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Harlow, CM20 1LS, Saturday, January 26, and Sunday, January 27, 3pm and 6pm. Details: 01279 431945 playhouseharlow.com
Three Sat Under the Banyan Tree
Animal tales brought vibrantly to life with wondrous masks, movement and music.
Queen’s Theatre, Billet Lane, Hornchurch, RM11 1QT, Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, various times. Details: 01708 443333 queens-theatre.co.uk
Feelgood Films
Feeling the winter blues? House of Vans is here to help with a season of great feel-good flicks, including La La Land, Juno, School of Rock, Billy Elliott, Up, Clueless, and more.
House of Vans, Arches Station Approach Road, SE1 8SW, Friday, January 25, to Sunday, February 17. Details: houseofvanslondon.com
Sea Nomads
Award-winning director and photographer James Morgan set out to capture the lives of the Bajau Laut, the world’s last true marine nomads. These Malay peoples have lived at sea for centuries, plying a tract of ocean between the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Morgan highlights efforts to conserve their culture and the spectacular underwater environments the Bajau Laut have called home for centuries. For generations, the Bajau skilfully adapted to their maritime environment. Their knowledge was revered by regional leaders who used them to establish and protect new trade routes. As well as being legendary navigators, they were also highly skilled free divers, plunging to depths of more than 30 metres on a single breath. Over the last two decades, controversial government programmes across the region have forced most of the Bajau to settle on land or in stilt villages at the water’s edge. Economic pressure has seen their fishing practices become destructive with regular use of dynamite and cyanide, destroying the environment that sustains them. Things are changing now as charities create marine management programmes that encourage sustainable practice.
Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ, Saturday, January 26, to Sunday, June 23. Details: horniman.ac.uk
Just Checking In
Join Vent at the Luna Lounge for the first ever Just Checking In Live with Patawawa. A night to dance, laugh and most importantly talk! If you have something you’ve been needing to share with someone, bring them along for a dance and have that honest conversation about your mental health in a safe and accepting space. No judgement, just music, positive vibes and honest conversations.
Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone, E11 1HG, Saturday, January 26, 8pm to 11.30pm. Details: 07904 525639 lunalounge.info
Scotch Whisky Weekend
Scotch Whisky Weekend is one of DrinkUp.London’s new mini festivals hosted in partnership with Scotchwhisky.com. Taking place over five days and coinciding with the most Scottish of celebrations – Burns Night – the mini festival will get you trying special Scotch Whisky drinks in the best bars in London. The best bit? A festival pass for Scotch Whisky Weekend is absolutely free.
Various locations in London, until Sunday, January 27. Details: drinkup.london
Commemoration of the Execution of Charles I
The King’s Army Annual March and Parade will follow the route taken by Charles I from St James Palace on the Mall to the place of his untimely death at the Banqueting House in Whitehall. This event is an established part of the London calendar and has followed a similar format now for 40 years. The parade assembles from 11am outside St James Palace on The Mall and marches to form up on Horse Guards Parade, from where a wreath is carried across Whitehall and placed at the execution site. A short service follows and awards and commissions are conferred on deserving members of the King’s Army.
St James Palace, Marlborough Road, SW1A 1BS, Sunday, January 27, 11am. Details: ecws.org.uk
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