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ASCOT’S FESTIVAL OF FOOD & WINE RACING WEEKEND
A quintessentially British tradition, afternoon tea is one of the best-loved food
offerings served at Ascot Racecourse. This year’s Festival of Food & Wine Racing
Weekend, from 7-10 September – with Flat racing on Friday and Saturday – is set to
be a glorious few days of feasting, drinking and racing with Great British Bake Off
winner Candice Brown headlining the event, alongside two-Michelin star chef
Raymond Blanc OBE on Saturday 9 September.
CHINA CHANGING FESTIVAL
RETURNS TO SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Southbank Centre’s China Changing
Festival returns for its second year, on
Saturday 7 October, showcasing
contemporary China and exploring its
creative connection with the UK.
Launched in December 2016, this
three year international festival returns to
London presenting some of the most
innovative artists practising in China
today and celebrating inspiring work
from British-based Chinese and South
East Asian artists.
Over fifty per cent of the programme
is free, bringing together an eclectic day
including new perspectives on
traditional sounds, digital and electronic
art, surreal film, breakdance, comedy,
modern puppetry, theatre and topical
panel discussions.
KLEZMER IN THE PARK:
THE BIG MIX 2017
Jewish Music Institute’s flagship
annual one day Festival takes place this
year on Sunday 10 September, a funpacked
afternoon for all the family in
one of London’s most beautiful parks.
As well as BBC Radio 3 DJ Max
Reinhardt, Community Hub and Kids
Zone, this year’s live stage will feature
Klezmer in collaboration with a global
selection of artists. JMI Youth Big Band,
is a brand new youth ensemble
performing contemporary music of
Jewish origin. The ensemble will draw
inspiration from the great American big
bands and Jewish music throughout the
ages. The band is co?led by two world
class Jewish Jazz musicians; trumpet
player Sam Eastmond, and
instrumentalist Stewart Curtis.
WORLD-PREMIERE OF NETWORK
AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE
This autumn, the National Theatre will
stage the world-premiere of Network,
Lee Hall’s new adaptation of the Oscarwinning
film by Paddy Chayefsky.
Directed by Ivo van Hove, Douglas
Henshall will play Max Schumacher in a
cast which includes Tony award winner
Bryan Cranston as Howard Beale, and
Michelle Dockery as Diana Christenson.
Howard Beale, news anchor-man,
isn’t pulling in the viewers. In his final
broadcast he unravels live on screen.
But when the ratings soar, the network
seizes on their new found populist
prophet, and Howard becomes the
biggest thing on TV.
Network depicts a dystopian media
landscape where opinion trumps fact.
Hilarious and horrifying by turns, the
iconic film by Paddy Chayefsky won four
Academy Awards in 1976. Now, Lee Hall
(Billy Elliot, Our Ladies of Perpetual
Succour) and director Ivo van Hove
(Hedda Gabler) bring his masterwork to
the stage for the first time.
Douglas Henshall.
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