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Join us at the Redbridge Central Library for a session of creative writing with Artist Birungi Kawooya who will take you through a journey of Movement and Breathwork to arouse your senses to the art of Creative Writing in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Learn a new skill of self expression and let your imagination run wild as we explore different writing prompts and techniques to boost your wellbeing.

This session is for women only to provide a safe and inclusive space for women of different faiths and backgrounds.

Woodland experiences to build outdoor confidence and inner calm. Designed and delivered by women, for women we will meet twice a month in Hainault Forest and enjoy a variety of different sessions to improve our wellbeing.

From whittling to Forest Bathing, making natural skin care products to dealing with emotional burnout. Come to one, come to all, each week will have a different theme all designed to help you relax in nature and leave feeling refreshed, revitalised and rejuvenated.

Celebrate Mother’s Day with our new box for 2 offer, featuring finger sandwiches, mini quiches, pork pies, scones with cream and jam, mini tartlets, and eclairs. Includes two hot drinks of your choice. Perfect for a special day of indulgence and appreciation. Upgrade with 2 individual bottles of Prosecco for an extra special occasion!

Vegetarian option available Unfortunately due to restrictions of our suppliers, we are unable to offer this in Vegan or GF.

Available for pre-order, 5-days in advance, Collect your box between 10am-3:30pm.

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+


Join us to make a paper flower bouquet to give to someone special on Mother’s Day!

Price – Free, but donations welcome
Spaces limited, first come first served. Colouring sheets also available on the day

Valentines Park, Ilford, Brisbane Road entrance IG1 4SL

Unleash your creativity in the serene beauty of Valentines Park Forest Garden with our Adult Plein Air (Outdoor) Painting Session. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a beginner, this session offers a welcoming space to explore and express yourself through art. Come and discover the joy of painting in harmony with nature with artist Brenda Coyle.

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