With so much going on in the Wanstead Fringe, and with several events already sold out, here are some atttractions not to be missed.
The Wanstead Kinema indoor showings continue with:
* 12 Years A Slave (Cert 15) with introduction by Dr Teresa Hagan, Tuesday at 7.30pm at the Wanstead Curtain
* Romeo + Juliet (Cert 12A) on Thursday at 7.30pm
Aldersbrook-based parenting guru and Dr Martha is speaking on Tuesday in the first of this year’s Wanstead Book Festival events. It’s at 5.30pm so parent can bring children if they need to without disrupting bedtimes too much.
Ace photographers Geoff Wilkinson and Stefan Rousseau will be showing some of their photos, new and old, and telling the tales behind them at Wanstead Cricket Club on Wednesday.
Two plays begin runs on Wednesday:
* The Silk Road (kinda) and Woodrow Auditions Live, both at the Bull. They are both character-based plays, and double-bill tickets are available.
There’s a friendly debate about hipster craft beer at The Duke on Thursday at 7pm, and a cigar masterclass at MUST Wine at 7.30pm
And musically there is:
* The Jon Howells Trio – jazz in St Mary’s on Thursday at 7pm
* Violinist Jan Regulski with music by Arvo Pärt, Astor Piazzolla and others at Wanstead URC at 7.30pm (nb not at lunchtime as mistakenly listed in the printed programme)