October Highlights at Riverside Studios


Theatre, cinema, music, exhibitions and events

Cinema

October 6, 21 and 28
Black History Month
Riverside Studios celebrates Black History Month with three screenings throughout October, including a screening of The Jazz Baroness.

Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18
Colombiage 09
Colombiage returns with a full weekend of music, films, talks, workshops, food and crafts by some of the newest and finest talent from Colombia.

Music

Sat 17 Oct & Sun 18 Oct
La Mojarra Electrica
A twelve-piece, high energy ensemble with horns, drums and soul.

Tue 20 Oct - Sun 01 Nov
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson presents a series of outstanding new songwriters, indie bands and electronic artists.


Theatre

Tue 22 Sep - Sun 11 Oct
The York Realist
The play explores the liberalising social and political upheaval of the 1960s with a bittersweet love story between two young men.

Wed 30 Sep - Sun 11 Oct
Found in the Ground
Found in the Ground is Howard Barker’s most experimental and innovative play conceived for the stage.

Tue 13 Oct - Thu 15 Oct
Shakespeare Schools Festival
Join four local schools each night as they stage four different half-hour plays.

Tue 13 Oct - Fri 16 Oct
Chris Dugdale: An Evening of Magic and Mindreading
Chris Dugdale's unique brand of magical entertainment returns to Riverside Studios by popular demand.

Wed 21 Oct - Sun 08 Nov
Misterioso: A Journey into the silence of Thelonious Monk
An exploration of the magic of jazz through the life of legendary pianist Thelonious Monk, a genius and an outsider, who spent the last seven years of his life in complete silence.

Exhibitions

Mon 28 Sep - Sun 18 Oct
Médecins du Monde UK
In its 13th year, this Luis Valtuena International Humanitarian Photography Award is a tribute to four humanitarian workers who were murdered in the field.

Mon 19 Oct - Sun 08 Nov
Venetia Norris
In her first exhibition at Riverside Venetia Norris has created a collection of delicate ink drawings inspired by nature.

Tinei Mashaya
Using the knowledge and skill from his ancestors, Zimbabwean artist Tinei Mashaya carves vivid sculptures from the stones found in his native country.

Events

Sat 17 Oct & Sun 18 Oct
Workshops for Children
Music workshops designed to take children through a fun journey of Colombia.

Sat 17 Oct
Carolina Sanin
Carolina Sanin (columnist for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador) introduces her debut novel Todo en Otra Parte (Everything Elsewhere).

Ramon Chao
Ramon Chao presents his cult classic, The Train of Ice and Fire, about his son Manu Chao's journey through Colombia with his band Mano Negra in 1993.

 

Riverside Studios is at Crisp Road, Hammersmith. Meals are available daily in the Riverside Bar and Kitchen and the Film Cafe.

For full programme details, visit Riverside Studios. Tickets can be bought online or by calling the box office on 020 8237 1111.

 

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