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MUSIC The Vamps O2 MUSIC The Johnny Cash Roadshow Indig02 PLAY FESTIVAL National Theatre Connections: The Snow Dragons/Tiree Albany 7.30 Sunday 14 KIDS Anyday Albany 1, 3 BASKETBALL BBL Playoff Finals O2 IN PERSON Andy Hamilton Greenwich Theatre 7.30 Monday 15 IN PERSON Ed Balls Greenwich Theatre 7.30 Tuesday 16 FAMILY Discover Crossrail. Stepney Green 11. £25. Book: museumoflondon.org.uk MUSIC English folk Star & Garter Wednesday 17 TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 1.30 PERFORMANCE Prison Game Albany 7.30 PLAY Road Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 Thursday 18 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 DARTS Betway Premier League O2 PERFORMANCE Prison Game Albany 7.30 PLAY Road Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton 8 Friday 19 MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman Albany 7.30 TALK Dr Tom Ellis: Bio-Engineering Blackheath Scientific Society, Mycenae House 7.45 PLAY Road Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 Saturday 20 FAMILY Low-Tide Walk Creekside Centre 2-4 PLAY Road Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 Sunday 21 DANCE Co Motion Borough Hall 5.30 TALENT Something For Sunday Vanbrugh 7 Monday 22 PLAY I Am Beast Greenwich Theatre 8


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Tuesday 23 TALK Jon Wilson: The British In India Greenwich Industrial History Society, Old Bakehouse 7.30 Wednesday 24 PLAY Miss Meena & The Masala Queens Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PERFORMANCE Spring Reign Albany 7.30 Thursday 25 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 PLAY Miss Meena & The Masala Queens Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 TALK John Brooke: Darwin & Design Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Society, St Mary’s Church Hall 2.30 MUSIC Ariana Grande O2 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton 8 Friday 26 VOLUNTEER Dig-In Greenwich Park 9.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital Bakehouse, noon MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital ORNC chapel 1.05 PLAY Miss Meena & The Masala Queens Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC John Sloman Global Fusion Music & Arts event, Mycenae House 7.30 MUSIC Ariana Grande O2 Saturday 27 FAMILY Drop-In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-4 PLAY Miss Meena & The Masala Queens Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Iron Maiden O2 TRIBUTE Imagine... The Beatles Bob Hope Theatre 7.30 Sunday 28 KIDS Adventures Of The Little Ghost Albany 1.30, 4 MUSIC Iron Maiden O2 Tuesday 30 MUSIC English folk Star & Garter Wednesday 31 MUSIC Kiss O2 MUSIC PureGold Albany 7 PLAY The Sunshine Boys Bob Hope Theatre 7.45


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that area for years, often travelling abroad with my job. One day I got chatting to someone at an art event in Monaco about contemporary African art. It planted a seed and I decided to find out more. I travelled to different parts of Europe and Africa and it totally opened my eyes. As far as I am concerned there is nothing more interesting than visiting a country and seeing it through the eyes of an artist.


y background is actually in computing and information systems and I did two Masters degrees and then worked in


e have regular exhibitions and alongside the art we sell quirky handcrafted jewellery, handmade bags and home accessories predominantly from Africa, the UK and a few other interesting places around the world.


ork means that I still travel quite a bit and I have a trip planned soon to Ghana, Benin, Togo and the Ivory Coast – I am every excited about that. I love the hunt and the search for new artists. You never know what you will find.


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eing right next to Greenwich Market is great. Shoes are my thing, so I like to pop in to The Shoe Embassy shop as they have such an interesting selection. I love the food stalls at the market too especially the Thai food and the Dim Sum.


he Old Royal Naval College is somewhere I love wandering around. The Cutty Sark is wonderful focal point too. If I want to relax or have a special dinner I will head for The Sail Loft. It’s such a cool place over- looking the river and the views are wonderful.


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he painitngs and sculptures blew me away. I realised there was a gap in the market as not many places in London were exhibiting or selling these works. I felt the rest of the world needed to see this creativity and also wanted to make art more accessible to all rather than just a limited few. I started with a pop-up exhibition of new and emerging artists in Greenwich and people were so attracted to the vibrant colours, the food and the African music we were playing on the opening night that I decided to take the plunge and make it more permanent. I opened the JonaQuestArt Gallery on Greenwich Church Street ( www.jonaquestart. com) last year. I live not far away, near Chislehurst, and Greenwich seemed the right place for the gallery as people come here from across the globe.


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