just festival on the edge 2015 programme
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Just Festival On The Edge is a curated festival, aims to share accessible, high-quality art and culture as way to explore achievable social justice and action. It provides engaging ways for those of all identities, faiths, beliefs or none to share their culture and ideas while discussing the important issues of the day. It will be held between 20 – 25 May 2015.TRANSCRIPT
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Just Festival On the Edge (JFOTE 2015) started life as a conversation over coffee between two community workers: Dawn Savidge from Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church and Matt Stone from the Swiss church. Working on the same patch, they decided to put on a series of events to celebrate great art and music, talk about important social justice issues, and get people thinking. Joining forces at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church and the Swiss Church in London they began to include other local churches: St Giles in the Fields and St George’s Bloomsbury. The idea started to grow.
It was at this stage that they met Katherine Newbigging and Raymond Baudon, who have worked to help produce the JFOTE 2015. Until January Katherine and Raymond had been the director and chairman of the Just Festival in Edinburgh. Just Festival, celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, is a well-established part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Its ethos is to celebrate diversity, promote awareness of social justice issues, and encourage dialogue. Dawn, Matt, Katherine and Raymond’s ideals and vision dovetailed.
So why On the Edge? JFOTE 2015 is located on the edge of so many places: the West End, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury. But more than that, the people Matt and Dawn meet and work with are on the edge of society, marginalised. They don't feel a part of the whole or valued. These are the people who have inspired much of the programme of JFOTE 2015.
The vision for this JFOTE 2015 is to make art, entertainment and social justice issues accessible for all people, not just those who can afford it or who are in the know. We hope that you will join us in celebrating what we do and what we are - on the edge.
JFOTE 2015 Management Team Matt Stone, Dawn Savidge, Katherine Newbigging and Raymond Baudon
All tickets can be bought and reserved at www.justfestivalontheedge.org.uk or on the door before the event.
St Giles in-the-Fields
Swiss Church In London
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! The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square
WED 20 MAY 14:00 – 15:00
WED 20 MAY 18:00 – 18:50
PRICE free
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square
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The Wiener Library welcomes PhD student Catrina Kirkland to discuss her current research into Holocaust education: 'How do Year 9 students make sense of The Holocaust when they learn about it in their history lessons?' You are warmly invited to ask Catrina questions over a cup of tea.
PRICE free
Performance
Join us for an evening of delightful music. Manon Browning, Elin Samuel and Caolin Walpot (Harp) Catherine Michelle (soprano) perform works by Fauré, Philip Cannon and Nino Rota. Why not come to Bloomsbury and discover the wealth of talent being nurtured in London?
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
The Wiener Library
PRICE free
Winner of the Wiener Library's Fraenkel Prize Category B 2014, David Motadel, explores Germany’s policies and propaganda in the Muslim war zones and the recruitment, spiritual care, and ideological indoctrination of tens of thousands of Muslim volunteers who fought in the Wehrmacht and SS.
WED 20 MAY 18:30 – 20:00
Islam and Nazi Germany's War
PhD and a Cup Of Tea
Bloomsbury International Recital
Talk
Talk
The Wiener Library
The Guildhall School
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! 22 - 25 MAY 12:00 – 17:30
THU 21 MAY 18:30 – late
Suggested Donation £10/£8
The Yard Bar 57 Rupert St.
THU 21 MAY 19:00 – 18:00
PRICE by donation
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The Soho Gathering
Luke and Dawn feel passionately about the misrepresentation that has occurred between the Church and the LGBT community. They have felt driven to try and build bridges between the two by heading to the pub for a drink and a chat.
PRICE free
Performance
Come and enjoy a vibrant evening of music to support Amazon Art, a charity that is changing the lives of children and young people in South America. Quartet Voluté will play Beethoven’s String Quartet in C minor, the only one of the popular Op 18 quartets to be composed in a minor key.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Jan A. Bielinski
Jan A Bielinski is a Swiss photographer focusing on black and white street photography. His passion is to shed a different light on common, yet by no means ordinary, everyday scenes and views of urban life across the world. He is based in Zurich.
East and West Selection
Soho Gathering
Amazon Art Charity Recital
Community
Quartet Voluté
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
Exhibition
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22 - 25 MAY 12:00 – 17:30
PRICE By donation
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
22 - 25 MAY 12:00 – 17:30
PRICE £5
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Streha
Streha, which means “the Shelter” in Albanian, is the first shelter for LGBT people in the Balkans. Set up young LGBT people who are homeless, suffer domestic violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity or live in a non-safe environment.
PRICE By donation
Exhibition
A unique initiative, showcasing artwork by people affected by homelessness or are socially vulnerable. Refreshing, inspiring, direct and impactful, this is a positive approach to a topic that can often be negative. Bringing together artists from almost all of London’s homelessness organisations.
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
Rosie Telling
A dance, choreographed and performed by Rosie Telling with Katelyn Severn, which explores the feelings of containment and imagining the freedom a person would feel involved in social injustice campaigns. Repeated on Mon 25 May, 17:30 – 17:50 at The Swiss Church.
FRI 22 MAY 18:30 – 18:50
I Still Remain
Young and Gay in Albania
Café Art
Exhibition
Café Art
St George's Bloomsbury
Performance
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! St Giles-in-the-Fields Garden
FR1 21 MAY 19:00 – 20:00
FRI 22 MAY 19:30 – 21:10
PRICE free
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
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Dangerous Assumptions is a unique drama exploring the importance of friendship and inclusion. Devised by the actors and based on their true stories and experiences of education, they want to show how it feels when people assume that they are not able to take part.
PRICE £5
Performance
Two up and coming artists come together to create a delightful evening of thoughtful songs to make you feel better. Both singer/songwriters will play their music bound, in melancholy beauty about life, love and everything in between. A rare gem of a gig to be treasured and enjoyed to the last note.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
PRICE £10 Full £8 Conc.
At Death Cafés people come together in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea and eat delicious cake. A light-hearted natter taking the darkness out of death, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. Bring your lunch, eat and have a natter.
23 & 25 MAY 13:00 – 14:00
Death Café Picnic
Dangerous Assumptions
Double Bil l: Minnie Birch and Kirsty Merryn
Performance
Workshop
Act Up! Newham
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SAT 23 MAY 15:00 – 16:00
SAT 23 MAY 13:45 – 16:30
St Giles-in-the-Fields Garden
23 -24 MAY 13:45 – 16:30
PRICE free
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Come and meet the The Quaker Mobile Library, an innovative library service in London started in 1999 that provides books to borrow for people who would otherwise be unable to take books out of the library, due to having ‘no fixed abode’.
PRICE free
Community
Come and meet the Simon Community's Street Café team - a café for homeless people to meet and socialise with their friends, as well as play chess or just read the newspapers quietly, in privacy and without worrying about being moved on.
St Giles-in-the-Fields Garden
West London Mission
PRICE free
Working with homeless and marginalised people, West London Mission has been transforming lives since 1887. Chaplain to Social Work, Ruth Bottoms, will give an outline of the hurdles and hopes involved in helping homeless and marginalised people bringing positive change to their
Homeless but Not Hopeless
Quaker Mobile Library
Simon Community Street Café
Community
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Talk
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SAT 23 MAY 19:00 – 21:00
SAT 23 MAY 20:00 – 21:30
PRICE £5 Full £4.50 Conc.
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
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Three interwoven stories unlock the frustrations and passions of characters struggling with their bank balances, their histories and their own sense of self. Three characters in a carefully crafted story about lives and loves and the social systems they have come to depend upon.
PRICE £10 Full £8 Conc.
Performance
For one-night only, the uniquely talented Josh Osho performs unplugged. From the streets of South London to the BBC’s Live Lounge and beyond, Josh’s life is as lively and captivating as his music. Celebrate the height of music’s power to draw cultures together and change lives.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
PRICE £12 Full £10 Conc.
Join us downstairs in the Friendship Centre for Sunday lunch, a 40-year tradition that includes a traditional three-course roast or vegetarian lunch. Meet new friends and share a delicious meal cooked by volunteers.
SUN 25 MAY 13:00 – 14:00
Sunday Lunch
Benefit
Josh Osho Unplugged
Performance
Community
Cardboard Citizens
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SUN 24 MAY 15:00 – 16:00
PRICE £10 Full £8 Conc.
St Giles-in-the-Fields Garden
SUN 24 MAY 18:00 – 18:50
PRICE free
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JooDoo Drums
In this exciting drum workshop you will get to be part of an African Drumming ensemble and learn a traditional African rhythm. No experience needed. All ages and levels welcome. Join in and become part of the rhythm.
PRICE £10 Full £8 Conc.
Performance
Inspired by the people and soundscapes of London, Listen, London is an innovative performance that integrates classical piano and sound design into a series of ‘sonic portraits.’ The performance invites the audience in to the headspace of a Taiwanese classical pianist as she discovers
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
This will be a unique collaboration between Tom and Bristol based percussionist Jake Spencer. Expect to hear pop classics in a jazz style alongside standards and original compositions.
SUN 24 MAY 19:30 – 20:10
Tommy C Jazz Duo
African Drumming
Listen, London
Workshop
Belle Chen
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
Performance
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St Giles-in-the-Fields Church
MON 25 MAY 14:30 – 15:30
MON 25 MAY 18:00 – 18:20
PRICE £5 Full
St Giles-in-the-Fields Garden
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Interested in discussing and learning about other religions and beliefs? Come hang out with a Hindu, chat with a Christian, hobnob with a Humanist and mingle with a Muslim. Spend five minutes asking and answering questions then move on to a new person with different ideas.
PRICE free
Performance
Corali is a committed group of dancer-performers who have learning disabilities and artist collaborators from a variety of artistic backgrounds. Corali has developed a cross-art aesthetic that makes use of video, film, animation, and live sound/music alongside movement, dance and spoken word.
The Swiss Church 79 Endell St.
PRICE by donation
Samantha Lindo, Pip and the Polar Bears, and Jacob Spencer all live, work and play together in a multi-medium creative community. With individual performances, exciting collaborations and a massive diversity of sound, there is something for everyone in this three-in-one set of exceptional music.
The Homegrown Collective
Speed Faith-ing
Origami Atoms & Overlap
Workshop
Performance
Corali
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Churches Together in Westminster Pentecost Celebration 2015 SUN 25 MAY, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church Starting at 5:15pm with cold buffet, followed by worship, reflection and response. All are welcome to join us for this Churches Together in Westminster Ecumenical Celebration of Pentecost 2015. Sunday Services St George’s Bloomsbury 10.30am | The Swiss Church 11am Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 11am | St Giles-in-the-Fields 11am Venues The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, WC1B 5DP
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8EP
The Yard Bar, 57 Rupert Street, W1D 7PL
The Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2H 9DY
St George’s Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2SA
St Giles-in-the-Fields, 60 Saint Giles High Street, WC2H 8LG Please contact [email protected] if you have any access needs or would like any more information. Credits Copyright © 2015 Just Festival On The Edge. All information in the programme is subject to change. Cover and p.4 ‘I Still Remain’, Uri Nevo Dance Photography; cover and p.8 ‘Tommy C Jazz Duo’, David Wilman Photography; p.5 ‘Minnie Birch’ Helen Meissner. Just Festival On The Edge has made every effort to trace copyright holders. Any person claiming intellectual property rights to the material herein is requested to contact at [email protected] Just Festival On The Edge is created by Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church and Swiss Church under licence from Just Festivals, Edinburgh, Scottish Registered Charity SC042638, a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No: 399201.
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Josh!Osho!Unplugged!
SAT 23 MAY 20:00 – 21:30
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
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