It’s a big day in Fringe events, with the first Family Book Day taking place in Wanstead Library all day, staged with Redbridge Libraries’ Fabula festival.
The rundown is:
11.30am Celebrated author Tola Okogwu with Bekah and the Moon
1pm Author and (and CBeebies star) Joseph Elliott with Nora and the Map of Mayhem
3pm Discover Children’s Story Centre with Supertato
The event is free and you can just turn up. More details here.
Also of interest to families is the always popular Bam Bam – comedian Graeme Matthews of BGT fame – with his show filled with magic, silly games, competitions and lots of opportunities for audience participation. That is at 3pm at Christ Church hall and some tickets are still available here.
Which all leads up to the Fringe’s biggest event, and probably most loved – it’s the evening for Open Air Kinema. This year it’s Wonka and there are still a few tickets left (though probably not for long). The forecast is good – but wrap up warm.
It’s a big day for grown-ups too, with one of the most interesting events of the Fringe taking place. For years audio transmitters embedded in lamp posts on the route of the A12 have been telling stories of people who once lived there. But without a receiver you can’t hear them. Audio artist Graeme Miller who is behind the project is distributing receivers and guides today – come to the foyer of the library any time between 11am and 2pm.
There’s a rosé wine tasting at MUST Wine, and there are three different plays across Wanstead today, plus matinees.
* Woodrow Auditions Live
* Silk Road (kinda)
* Talking Heads (sold out).