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LATITUDE: Suffolk pop festival


THERE was talk of pedestrianising Greenwich town centre. There was talk of a relief road to keep trucks out. Some say sky-high parking charges are a way of keeping cars out. But no one has talked about turning it into a two- way street – until this coach driver casued chaos on Greenwich Church Street. Flaming numpty!


Festival On Blackheath


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till 10pm on Sunday. Two years ago an unauthorised Climate Camp was set up in the same place and objectors – including the Blackheath Society – fear “crime and disorder.” Terry said: “The sort of thing


we’re aiming for would be an event with the same feel as Latitude in Suffolk, which is aimed at families and has other aspects. “There won’t be camping


overnight and we’d be selling individual day tickets.There are many events elsewhere in London but not this side of L o n d o n – we ’ r e v e r y underserved. Won’t it be great to just be able to walk to somewhere like The Heath?” The Blackheath Society says


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AN ANIMAL Care Centre will shut unless campaigners win their


fight to keep it going. Greenwich Council has voted to cut


all £43,000 of its funding for the 80-year-old centre in Maryon Wilson Park, Charlton. The centre – popular with young


families – has one staff member who tends animals including pigs Bangers and Mash, sheep, goats, ducks, wild- fowl, horses and deer. Free two-hour tours take place each


PROOF


fab Comedy Of Errors) present David Auburn’s Pullitzer prize- winning play about loyalty, truth, mental illness & maths at Greenwich Playhouse. See Preview Page 18. May 3-29


Sell A Door (fresh from


Wednesday at 1.30pm near the der pen to let children see, stroke and feed the animals. Extra tours take place during school holidays on Monday and Friday. School tours are also invited to the centre in Thorntree Road, Charlton. Tim Anderson, chair of the Friends


of Maryon Wilson Parks, said: “We feel the council has made a big mistake in undervaluing this unique facility and its contribution to the community and the local economy in Greenwich. “We hope the council will find a


RIVERFRONT JAZZ


a century this is the


After a quarter of


festival’s swan song. See Mycenae All-Stars, vibe virtuoso Lewis Wright and Blues Abuse at various locations. May 5-10


way to keep the Maryon Wilson Animal Care Centre open.” A council spokesman said because


of Government spending cuts it was “keen to reduce areas of subsidised expenditure wherever it can”. But he added the council would talk


to community groups about the animal centre’s future. Hundreds have signed a petition by


STAMP ((Save The Animals of Maryon-Wilson Park). More details at www.friendsofmaryonparks.org


SWEENEY TODD OSIBISA


musical by Stephen Sondheim about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street runs at


Darkly brilliant


Greenwich Theatre. Mix of live action and puppetry. May 6-8


percussion- driven funk took UK by storm 40 years ago and they had a huge global hit with Sunshine Day. See them at Blackheath Halls. May 7


Afro-pop legends’


SAD TAIL: Park pigs Bangers and Mash THE WALL LIVE!


Waters – sans bandmates – reprises 1979 masterpiece at the O2. Get Comfortably Numb even if you Don’t Need No Education. May 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18


Pink Floyd idol Roger


GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA


swingmeister has been dead for 70 years but his great band is still going strong and, as this IndigO2 gig will prove, thrills audiences of all ages. May 13


The In The Mood


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the event would “inevitably cause substantial noise and n u i s a n c e ” a s we l l a s “considerable risk of crime and disorder, particularly after the end of the event.” Another rock event – the


Greenwich Summer Sessions – in July has bands including Squeeze, Status Quo, The Pogues and Mark Ronson.. The O2 arena at Greenwich


Peninsula is the biggest rock venue in the world with Deep Purple lined up in November. But Te r ry s ays : “The


Summer Sessions is a much smaller capacity event and can’t attract the sort of artists we’re hoping to headline here. “The Sessions are also, in


the main, single-artist events as are most events at the O2. “But On Blackheath is a


multi-artist day-long event with entertainment and food and drink offerings. “This would be the only


open air event of this scale and va r i e t y in th i s pa r t of London.”


CANDOCO 20TH BIRTHDAY


company celebrates 2 decades of youth dance with family- friendly show at Borough Hall staged by GDA. Must for lovers of fancy footwork. May 20


Hugely influential


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