Centre [st]AGE

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From Here to Maturity Dance Company
Dates: Thursday 5th & Friday 6th July
Time: Thursday – 7.30pm
Friday – 1.00pm (excluding Lost Dog)
Tickets: Thursday – £9.00 (£5.00 concs)
Friday – all seats £5.00
Funny, theatrical and moving Dance Theatre. Entertainers Wanted (Bettina Strickler) takes a witty view of the occasionally murky memories of these fabulous dancers. Before You Can Run (Lost Dog) combines dance, text and live folk music. A group of strangers meet and share a dance in this darkly humorous work. Any Queen celebrates the career of mature dance pioneer Ann Dickie.
Showtime (Leap Of Faith) is the guest piece inspired by sweeping tunes, chorus lines and happy endings

The HotPots present Spare Tyre
Dates: Monday, 9th July
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Tickets: Free
A theatre performance by The Hotpots.
The HotPots are all aged between 60 and 85 and perform work, often from personal experience, using hmour about the treatment of elders. They are passionate about the wrongs suffered by older people in society and have found drama as a way to express those ills and to educate audiences about the potential of older people.

Sing Up! Sing Out!
Dates: Monday, 9th July
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets: Free
East End Opera in association with Theatre Venture are delighted to present soprano Lucy Taylor and pianist Siobhan O’Higgins in concert with the Age-Well singers. Join these talented musicians in a programme of well-known opera, classical and popular songs. Audience participation essential!

Styled (for people aged 55+)
Dates: Tuesday, 10th July
Time: Drop in between 10.00am and 1.00pm
Tickets: Free
East London Design Show offer you the chance to drop in for a free beauty make over with fashion ideas and hair and beauty advice.

To Act Or Not To Act: Acting and Improvisation Workshop (for people aged 55+)
Dates: Tuesday, 10th July
Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Tickets: Free
You’ve seen the performances, now take your turn treading the boards. Absolutely no experience needed for this fun acting and improvisation workshop with Theatre Venture.

Capital Age Festival Dance Workshop
Dates: Tuesday, 10th July
Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Tickets: Free
Be centre stage at London’s liveliest Arts Festival. We are looking for dance enthusiasts to create and perform this summer.
Have fun, be festive and famous, as long as you are over 55 you are welcome.
You will need to be free between 13th and 19th August inclusive and perform the work at the Capital Age Festival.

In Conversation with 1st Framework
Dates: Wednesday, 11th July
Time: 7.00pm
Tickets: Free
Incidents Producer: Amanday Egbe with Peter Avery
Sound Directors: Jules Wilkinson and Lore Windemuth
Producer: Maxine Webster
Director/Designer: Peter Avery
Be the first to see 1st Framework’s new short film Incidents. Talk to the 3rd Thought cast in a hosted question and answer session about their work on Incidents and on their experiences of developing Paradise, their successful multi-media production which continues to run in London and will feature at this year’s Capital Age Festival.

Join In: Latin Fusion – Dance Workshop (for people aged 55+)
Dates: Thursday, 12th July
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Tickets: Free
Come and dance Latin style! Learn to salsa, meringue and tango. Even if you think you have two left feet, this is an occasion not to be missed.

Join In: Bollywood – Dance Workshop (for people aged 55+)
Dates: Thursday, 12th July
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets: Free
Get down with the Bollywood beats and have some fun.

Dancing Days
Dates: Friday, 13th July
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: £3.00 including after show party
A showcase of dance and performance by older people from across London to celebrate the end of the Centre [st]AGE season.
Featuring Leap of Faith, The Company of Elders, Will Gaines, Green Candle Senior Dancers, Ready Willing Able, Carl Campbell, Recycled Teenagers, Wells Bells plus lots more…
Stay a little later for the after show celebration with live music from The Big Swing until 10.00pm.