Events on 22 Mar 2013

Lesbian actress, singer and stand-up, Clare Summerskill will take you through a fast-moving, song-singing, side-splitting, costume-changing evening of comedy and music. Whether you’re single, married, bi, gay or straight, Clare tells you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about relationships but were too afraid to ask …in case someone gave you a funny look! “A lesbian Victoria Wood!” Radio 4, Woman’s Hour “One of the funniest women in the country” What’s On Book Tickets Now Box Office: 0208 807 6680 Online: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk

Sex, money and the world wide web. Shanghai 2013. After more than twenty years, Tong Zheng returns from the States – to sell Wall Street. The China he finds is very different from the one he left behind. Who is the fascinating “shanghai beauty” he meets online? This is a strange love story in a virtual world – but a love story all the same. A local theatre company with a global reach, Border Crossings is co-producing for the second time with China’s leading contemporary theatre, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, following the extraordinary show Re-Orientations.

Virtuoso clarinettist Julian Marc Stringle and his Dream Band join forces with Sonia Slany’s Solid Strings to perform their brilliant and original fusion of jazz-funk and classic melodies. With compositions by Gershwin, Goodman, Chopin, Mozart, Rimsky Korsakov, Villa Lobos, Sir John Dankworth and Julian himself, It’s Clazzical appeals to both jazz lovers and classical audiences.

Jean Carne is acknowledged for being one of the first African American women to define her own voice and image, rather than being moulded by the industry. She performed with Duke Ellington, the last vocalist to do so before his death. She recorded her three iconic albums for Gamble And Huff’s Philadelphia International between 1977 and 1979 introducing her to pop and R&B audiences for the first time. She moved to Motown Records in 1983 and Atlantic Records in1986 to record the chart-topping R&B hits, Closer Than Close, Flame Of Love, Everything Must Change and Ain’t No Way.Come and see this outstanding Soul legend live at Millfield Theatre for the first time. By Arrangement With Yellow Go-Rilla Productions Ltd’ and Shades of Soul Ltd Book Tickets Now Box Office: 0208 807 6680 Online: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk

Forty Hall & Estate are delighted to announce a new contemporary art installation that is set to challenge your perception of heritage. Acclaimed live artist Richard Layzell reveals his personal exploration of Forty Hall & Estate through performance and work with local residents. Richard’s installation, incorporating a performance element, will take Forty Hall & Estate’s as inspiration and expose a contemporary twist on its history, prompting you to think differently about this beautiful place. Richard Layzell is a London-based artist who works in installation, video and performance internationally.