Monday 3rd October
The Dragon Café would like to welcome you back from our summer break and invite you to join us on Monday 3rd October to come together as a community of creative minds and participate in a range of arts activities
We are looking forward to be bringing you a LIVE and In person Dragon Café from Draper Hall in Elephant and Castle on 3rd October.
There is no need to book, just come along and join us!
Timetable for Monday 3rd October
This session is focused around and celebrating Black History Month.
11:30pm: Doors Open - Come and relax, catchup, chat, have a drink and a bite to eat
12pm - 1:15pm: Southwark Wellbeing Hub Drop-in
The Southwark Wellbeing Hub is delighted to work in Partnership with Mental Fight Club. It’s a chance for anyone to talk to 1-1 with a Community Support Worker about an issue or challenge they’re facing and get some advice about services and opportunities who can help. We will be using a confidential space at Draper Hall and seeing people on an impromptu basis. If you’re looking for support, come and talk to us.
The Southwark Wellbeing Hub provides information and support to anyone in Southwark who would like to improve their mental health and wellbeing. The Hub’s services are free and open to anyone who lives in Southwark or is registered with a Southwark GP.
12:30pm – 2:00pm: Wordsmiths Creative writing
In this fun workshop, attendees are guided through structured writing activities and games to enable them to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on their own experiences.
The group setting allows each person to firstly build confidence by sharing work that they have created from nothing, and secondly to build empathy towards other people in their community by hearing their stories in their words. The goal is to enable a creative way to communicate and to understand thoughts and ideas whilst having fun.
2:30pm - 3:20pm: The Dragon Café Singing Group
The Dragon Café Singing group will be meeting for a live session on Monday, This session will focus of songs which celebrate community and diversity. Come along and join in, everyone is welcome.
3:40pm – 4:10pm: Dragon Café's Tenth anniversary Singing Group and Danceworks collaboration rehearsal.
4:40pm – 5:30pm - Ariella & Renzo Danceworks
Dearest Dragonistas, we are dancing 'live' this coming Monday and we can't wait to be together again, feel happy, joyful and re-energised in the unique company of our fellow Dragons...Are you ready for a few new steps and moves? no dance experience needed...and...voila'...musica maestro!
6:30pm – 8pm: A concert for Black History Month
The Dragon Café have brought together the stunning Jazz Vocalist and regular to the Dragon Café Helen McDonald with Poet and Writer Olivia Opera to bring us a fusion of music and word which celebrates the importance of black voices within the community.
Helen McDonald:
Helen is a Singer Song Writer and Band member of Future Groove Yaaba Funk Maucusi Players. She has toured with Adzido African Dance company 'Yaa Asanatawa Warrior Queen" Helen has played many prestigious venues including Glastonbury, Ronnie Scott’s, The Royal Festival Hall, Big Chill, and shambala festival. Helen has also performed internationally in such countries as Colombia, Sudan, Zanzibar, Ghana, Guyana, as well as many others.
Olivia Opara is a Poet, Journalist, and Writer.
Olivia is an Poet/Spoken word performer, Journalist, and who will be performing two new pieces written especially for this event. Please feel free to enjoy her work here Olivia Opara | Twitter, Instagram | Linktree
“Our creativity is an aspect of ourselves that I believe we should continuously cultivate and nurture. Through creativity is how we learn and develop ways that we can express ourselves and one creative way for me is writing. From journalistic writing to poetry/spoken word, writing of any form not only acts as a positive outlet but also enables me to better understand my passions, my values and my voice. Having grown up in a generation that is more outspoken, more attentive and socially aware, I have found that through finding and strengthening my voice, through my creativity, has allowed me to not only share my own story but the stories of others. My words not only have meaning but provoke thought and emotion for words have power”.
Reminder!
Please bring you knitted squares with you on Monday, we are looking forward to see what you have created! We will be starting to put the the dragons head together, come and have a look at how its progressing.
How to Find Us:
The Events listed above will be held at Draper Hall in Elephant and Castle and all are welcome!
Full Address: Draper Hall, Hampton Street, SE17 3AN, (On the Junction with Newington Butts)
The venue is a 7 minute walk from Elephant and Castle station.
