Join us for wonderful stories, rhymes and songs while making new friends! Our Rhyme Time sessions are for parents to attend with their children.
No need to book, just turn up.
Bigwave Events
Join us for wonderful stories, rhymes and songs while making new friends! Our Rhyme Time sessions are for parents to attend with their children.
No need to book, just turn up.
Become a scientist for the day!
It is British Science Week. Join us and explore the wonders of Science through exciting experiments and quirky fun.
This can be a messy activity, please wear clothes you do not mind getting messy.
You will also receive a goody bag to take home after participation!
Please note: This activity is strictly for children 6 yrs +
Limited spaces available.
Book in advance at the welcome desk at Redbridge Central Library or by phone on: 0208 708 2414.
Payment must be made at time of booking.
Celebrate inspirational women with Cat and Hutch this Women’s History Month!
We need your help to save the forest!
Learn how a little action can go a long way in this fun-filled drama workshop inspired by the book, “Greta and the Giants”, by Zoë Tucker and Zoe Persico based on Greta Thunberg and her stand to save the world. This workshop encourages imaginative play and creative fun by using movement, voice-work drama games and roleplay.
For ages 4+
Please note, each ticket reserves a space for one adult and one child.
Book on eventbrite by selecting library below:
Fullwell Cross Library
South Woodford Library
Engage in lively, interactive rhythm games, songs, poems and stories from the African and Caribbean Oral Tradition as part of Black History Month.
FREE, no need to book, just turn up!
An introduction session that is suitable for riders who are competent cyclists and would like to try road racing bikes and techniques. Minimum height 138cm.
To book or for more details please call 0208 5009359, with payment by debit or credit card. Ages are for guidelines only so please call the Centre to check suitability of course for the child. A parental consent form is also required prior to the session. Courses are all held outdoors so please be prepared for inclement weather. Refunds will only be given for course cancellations by the centre.
The Muslims Are Coming … so round up your friends and join us for an uplifting night of laughter!
Acts
– Nabil Abdulrashid (BBC Live At The Apollo, ITV Stand Up Sketch Show)
– Eshaan Akbar (BBC, Mock The Week)
– Faizan Shah (Comedy Store Gong Winner, BBC New Comedy)
– Fathiya Saleh (BBC AN)
– Hasan Al-Habib (Breaking Talent Award Winner)Tez Ilyas (Mock The Week BBC, Comedy Central)
If you’ve never been to one of these nights before then get ready for belly laughs that are big enough to burn off an entire Biryani!
It’s a comedy night with a whole heap of halal-hilarity to celebrate Ramadan & Eid. The Muslims Are Coming brings you a memorable line up of both established and new comedy talent from across the globe.
We also pride ourselves on championing comedians who appeal to comedy lovers of all backgrounds – so grab your tickets and head down for a relaxed and entertaining night!
The Muslims Are Coming is brought to you by LuvEntertainment, a Multiple Award Winning provider of comedy events since 2009. LuvEntertainment comedy tours host memorable, quality shows all over the UK and feature the very best of established and new comedy talent – both homegrown and international. We also pride ourselves on presenting and championing comedians who appeal to comedy lovers of all ages and backgrounds.
Our events are the perfect place to come for a guaranteed fun night out where you can unwind, relax and have a laugh with friends, family or work colleagues.
Note Booking Terms & Conditions: LuvEntertainment.co.uk/terms-conditions/
For ages 18 years+
Avalon Entertainment Presents…
Chloe Petts and Garrett Millerick: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Previews.
Chloe Petts’ is “one of the most compelling young comics” (Brian Logan, The Guardian) and “clearly a rising star whose name will soon be in lights” (Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard). This has established her as one of the most exciting up & coming acts on the circuit. She’s currently on screens every Saturday morning as a guest on Sky Sports News.
Chloe returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer with her new show If You Can’t Say Anything Nice which sold-out in the first week of the festival which led to adding 6 extra shows. Last year she performed her debut show Transience to sold-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and for two 5-night runs at Soho Theatre, which led to a tour around the rest of the UK which ended with extra date added at London’s Leicester Square Theatre. Receiving rave reviews from publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Evening Standard. With 5 stars from Gwendolyn Smith (The i) describing the show as a “barnstormer of a Fringe debut.”
An alumna of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Award, finalist of Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Awards 2017 and runner-up in the Funny Women Awards 2017. As well as supporting Ed Gamble on his Electric 2022 UK tour and Frank Skinner during his West End run. Chloe was selected performed at Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.
On television and radio, Chloe has been a regular on The Frank Skinner Show (Absolute Radio), World Cup Breakfast (Sky Sports) for the Men’s Football World Cup 2022 and previously for Good Morning Euros (Sky Sports) for the UEFA Women’s Euros, and has also appeared on MOTDx (BBC), Jonathan Ross’s Comedy Club (ITV), The Stand-Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two), Random Acts (Channel 4), Hypothetical (Dave), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live), BBC Three Quickies (BBC Three), as well as recently winning Pointless Celebrities (BBC One). In terms of podcasts, Chloe has appeared on Off Menu, Films to Buried With and co-hosted The Guilty Feminist.
Garrett Millerick is a phenomenal stand-up comic, Garrett’s breakout television performance was on the hit US late-night talk show Conan (TBS). His live show Sunflower became one of the best reviewed and most talked about shows of 2018, both at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and subsequently at London’s Soho Theatre. The show saw packed houses for both runs and regularly added shows to cope with demand. The show was Time Out London’s No.1 Comedy Pick for February 2019, and saw Garrett receive a nomination for ‘Breakthrough Act’ at the 2019 Chortle Awards. Garrett has since followed up the show with Smile and Just Trying to Help. The Times called Smile one of the stand out shows of the year and The British Comedy Guide named it one of the best reviewed shows of the year. All three shows transferred to London before touring the UK and have been recorded by 800 Pound Gorilla Records to stream and purchase internationally.
His new show Just Trying to Help was nominated for best show at the Leicester Comedy Festival and also received critical acclaim at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, being described as “a performance of rare force and intensity that overpowers his audience…It’s a travesty that he’s not much better known outside the comedy cognoscenti” (★★★★1/2, Chortle). The show later transferred to the Soho Theatre and is currently touring across the UK.
Garrett is currently working on a new sitcom which previously recorded a pilot for Audible produced by Hat Trick Productions and starring Jack Dee and Meera Syal. He previously created and co-hosted hit podcast Laughable with Jayde Adams and
Red Richardson which was picked by the Guardian as one of the funniest podcasts to listen to during the pandemic.
(Ticket price includes £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)
Avalon Entertainment Presents…
Sophie Duker and Nic Sampson: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Previews.
Sophie Duker is a comedian and writer whose favourite things include breaking hearts, taking names and telling jokes with the confidence of a cis straight middle-class white man. Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Venus, saw her nominated for the Best Newcomer award and gained critical acclaim and five star reviews, leading to a two week sold out run at Soho Theatre.
Sophie is a regular guest on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2). She has appeared on Live at The Apollo (BBC2), Mock the Week (BBC2), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and Hypothetical (Dave). Sophie is the winner of the 13th series of Taskmaster (Channel 4).
Other appearances include 8 Out of 10 Cats (E4), Don’t hate the Playaz (ITV2), Dave Gorman’s Terms and Conditions Apply (Dave), and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV). She can also be seen in Riot Girls and BiscuitLand (Channel 4), Quickies (BBC3), Guessable (Comedy Central), The News Quiz (Radio 4), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Hypothetical (Dave), Mel Giedroyc’s: Unforgivable (UKTV), CelebAbility (ITV), Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (Channel 4) and Blankety Blank (BBC1).
Sophie won the 2021 Funny Women Best Comedy Writer Award, as voted by producers, head writers and executives across the industry. She was one of eight comedians selected to be a part of Just For Laughs’ International New Faces line up for the 2022 Festival.
Nic Sampson is a comedian, actor, improviser and writer originally from New Zealand.
As an actor, Nic portrayed popular character D.C. Sam Breen in New Zealand detective drama The Brokenwood Mysteries, which airs in 17 countries including the UK, where it is one of UKTV’s most successful programmes. He has also appeared in the BBC3/HBO Max series Starstruck and featured in films including Netflix’s The Breaker Upperers and Baby, Done, which was executive produced by Taika Waititi. He previously played the Yellow Ranger in Disney’s Power Rangers: Mystic Force.
Nic is one of the co-writers of BBC3/HBO Max’s Starstruck and is a writer on the Internationally Emmy Award-winning short series Inside. Previously, Nic was a core writer and performer on the New Zealand sketch series Funny Girls for TV3. In New Zealand, he was head writer for the weekly topical comedy show Jono and Ben. Nic is a co-creator of the sitcom Golden Boy and has written episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries.
At the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Nic won Best Newcomer in 2014, then returned the following year earning a nomination for the Billy T Award which recognises New Zealand comedians with outstanding potential. The next year his show was nominated for Best New Zealand Show (Fred Award), the highest honour at the festival, making him one of the fastest rising stand-ups in New Zealand.
Aside from his solo stand-up, Nic is a founding member of the acclaimed improvised comedy collective SNORT, who have been selling out weekly live shows since 2013 and recently had a TV version of the show air on New Zealand’s TV3.
Ticket prices include £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy
Celebrate the World Book Day with us. Don’t miss the Scavenger Hunt/Trail, making Bookmarks and Quiz. Free, Limited space. If you have an enquiry regarding this event click here to contact your local branch
Learn how to drive a powerboat safely. This two-day entry-level course provides the skills and background knowledge needed to drive a powerboat. The course covers launching and recovery, boat handling, securing to a buoy, anchoring, leaving and coming alongside, man overboard recovery, slow speed close-quarters maneuvering, an introduction to driving at planning speed and collision regulations.
You are required to bring along a passport style photo, should you pass the syllabus.
The start powerboating handbook is included in the course price as is the certificate however this is not guaranteed unless the course is successfully completed.
Equipment hire is also included in the price.
Duration: two-day course
Time: 09:30 to 16:30 each day with a break for lunch.
Pre-course requirements: No prior experience or knowledge is required
Minimum age of 16.
• Sat-Sun 26th-27th Apr; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 24th-25th May; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 28th-29st Jun; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 26th-27th Jul; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 23rd-24th Aug; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 30th-31st Aug; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 27th-28th Sep; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 18th-19th Oct; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 25th-26th Oct; 9:30am-4:30pm daily
• Sat-Sun 22nd-23rd Nov; 9:30am-4:30pm daily