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Dreamscape
Hip-hop theatre to the beat of 12 bullets Groundbreaking, hip-hop theatre pioneer Rickerby Hinds’ multi-award-winning Dreamscape comes to London following a hugely acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2025 and fresh from its Off-Broadway premiere, presented by 59E59 and SoHo Playhouse in par...
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Donbas – A World Premiere
Theatre503 opens its 2026 season with the world premiere of Donbas, the powerful and darkly funny debut by Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga. Winner of the 2025
Peckham Rye Station given £5 million from the government – but still no plans for lifts
Peckham Rye Station has been given £5 million from the government to address overcrowding concerns – but it still won’t be getting lifts. It comes after residents told the News last summer that the lack of step-free access in the station was leading to elderly and disabled residents being force...
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Noise limits placed on Woolwich restaurant
Extra noise limits have been placed upon an African restaurant and bar in Woolwich town centre after a neighbou
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GALA festival tickets to go on sale tomorrow
Tickets for GALA festival in Peckham Rye Park will go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am (Friday 30 January). The festival is scheduled to take place across the May bank holiday weekend, which falls this year over 22–24 May 2026. The organisers will be continuing their tradition this year of hosting...
Top south east London theatres to explore this year instead of the West End
London’s theatre scene doesn’t stop at the West End, south east London has plenty to see, from community gems to bold new productions.
The south London Lebanese restaurant hailed as one of the most affordable by bloggers
A Lebanese restaurant in south London, hailed by food bloggers such as Gary Eats and which serves affordable meal deals to help with the cost-of-living crisis, is up for a national award.
Where you can watch The Traitors finale in south east London
South east London is firmly in the grip of Traitors fever, as the BBC smash-hit returns for its nail-biting finale.
Temperance, tanneries and a working class hero: the story behind Southwark Park’s old water fountain
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One policy U-turn after another and this latest one is getting weary for publicans facing a cocktail of tax
It is hard to keep track of the number of U-turns performed by the current government. The latest came last week on plans to increase business rates paid by pubs, right as we were preparing to go to press on an article about the subject. After facing criticism over its plans to axe a discount […...
Man died after Southampton Way road incident involving bus and scooter
A man in his 20s has died following a road incident this morning on Southampton Way near the junction with Cottage Green in Camberwell. Emergency services raced to the scene just before 8am this morning to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bus and a scooter. A Met spokesperson said: ...
Luxury 25-storey apartment block by Thames nears completion
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Headache Creative Productions premiere What I’d Be by Tanieth Kerr
“I think the greatest gift my mum ever gave me was my sister” Two estranged sisters reunite on a park bench after their mother’s funeral. Makayla hasn’t been home since she left ten years ago; Ally hasn’t left since she dropped out of university. Together they confront the ghosts and m...
The Village Where No One Suffers
Polina Polozhentseva’s new play premieres at the Jack Studio Have you ever been in love? Well, Lukyana might be. Sometimes. Rather than face up to her husband-to-be she decides to run away to the one place that would give her peace, her recently deceased Grandmother’s house in war torn Ukraine. ...
Four children rushed to hospital after fire at a block of flats
Four children were taken to hospital this morning and dozens of people were evacuated after a fire broke out in a block of flats near Coldharbour Lane in Brixton. Firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving reports of a flat fire in an 11-storey building on Barrington Road in Brixton, just afte...
Plans to build 21-storey tower block in Bermondsey submitted
Plans have been submitted to build a 21-storey tower block in Bermondsey, which will offer more than 150 flats for key workers.
Southwark opposes any changes to Freedom Pass
Southwark Council has said it will oppose any changes to a travel pass which lets older people use public transport in London for free after suggestions the scheme could be scaled back. The Freedom Pass, used by 1.2 million Londoners, allows those aged over 66 to use the bus, tube, tram, DLR and Nat...
Join a supportive writing group in Deptford
A relaxed writing group at the Albany is back on Monday 26 January and offers an opportunity to write for an hour and share their work for an hour. Just Write It! allows writers to gain constructive feedback on their work form other members of the group. The first half of the session is an […]...