Theatre / Moonfleece


In Conversation and Spoken Word / Philip Ridley


Film / Heartless

Tue 2 - Sat 13 March
We are delighted to be presenting a mini-season of work from Philip Ridley during March 2010, including the premiere of his play Moonfleece, poetry reading, screening of his new film Heartless followed by a Q&A, and a series of workshops and projects for local young people.

THEATRE / Moonfleece
Tues 2 - Sat 13 Mar / 7.30pm (except Mon 8 Mar)
Sun 7 Mar / 6pm
Sat 6 and 13 Mar / 3pm Matinee
Thurs 11 Mar / 2pm Matinee
Venue 1 / £15 / £12 concs / School prices available
An abandoned home. A lost brother. An East End tower block. A secret love story. In this award-winning play, families and friendships are splintered by the politics of race, sexuality and money as a new generation encounters a world torn apart by the adults. Followed by a series of post-show discussions and debates on Fri 5, Tues 9, Wec 10 and Fri 12 March to explore issues raised by Moonfleece.

EDUCATION / Various projects for young people (year 9 and above) will run alongside 'Moonfleece', including: 
- The chance for two school/college groups to devise a play with Moonfleece’s creative team for performance at Rich Mix.
- A competition for unsigned musicians/bands to submit work inspired by East London – with a chance of it appearing in the production.
- A textiles / fashion competition to create the Moonfleece jacket itself.  
For more information or to get involved, contact Ben Monks: ben@supportingwall.com or 07789 962 725

SPOKEN WORD / Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures
Sun 7 March / 8pm / Venue 2 / £3
Philipip Ridley’s performances of his own poetry have become something of a cult hit over the past few years. Here, for one night only, he will read his sequence of poems that chart the journey of a love affair; from wanting love through to the grief of losing that love.

IN CONVERSATION / Philip Ridley
Mon 8 March / 6pm / Screen 2 / Following screening of 'Heartless' / £8 / £6 concs
A writer and film-maker, East Londoner Philip Ridley won the Evening Standard award for Best Newcomer to Film for his screenplay 'The Krays'. He has written and directed three films: 'The Reflecting Skin' (1990),' The Passion of Darkly Noon' (1995) and 'Heartless' (2010).

FILM / Heartless

2009 / UK / 90mins / cert 15 TBC
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall, Clemence Poesy
Urban-horror focussing on Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, who discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.

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Visual Arts / Cuban Stories


Film / Soy Cuba

VISUAL ARTS / Cuban Stories by Angel Gil, Helena Smith and Claire Boobbyer
27 Jan - 27 Feb / Mezzanine / Free
Three photographers come together to celebrate and explore life in Cuba, from its resilient, creative people to its painted propaganda, crumbling architecture and vibrant streetlife.

Angel Gil explores the relationship between people and place. We follow 27-year-old Michel Palacio Colina as he discovers a passion for rearing and training messenger pigeons for racing, and finds his peace within the hustle and bustle of Cuban life. Helena Smlth’s black and white images capture the Cuba of 2009, 50 years on from the Revolution, with reportage-style portraits and cinematic street scenes. Claire Boobbyer recently made a 5000-kilometre road trip round Cuba, in the process capturing striking propaganda images that adorn walls, billboards, workplaces and roadside hoardings across the cities and fields.

FILM / Cuban Stories
Soy Cuba / Sun 31 Jan / 2pm / Screen 3 / £5
Soy Cuba charts the rise of the Cuban Revolution giving us four stories: a mistreated prostitute, a farmer in dispute with a greedy landowner, student revolutionaries, and the rallying of Castro’s forces in the hills.

Those Who Left Us / Sun 7 Feb / 2pm / Screen 3 / £5
This award-winning documentary follows Cubans who left their country at the beginning of the Revolution, and who are now living in the United States. It reveals the inside story of the exodus of unaccompanied Cuban children.

Los Marielitos / Sun 14 Feb / 2pm / Screen 2 / £5
A film is about those Cubans who left the island in 1980 from the port of Mariel. After two years of living in the United States, they compare their former lives with their new ones.

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