What’s On This Weekend: Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show, Tree & What To Look For In The Garden

Pimlico Road Farmers’ Market in Pimlico

Every Saturday in the leafy Orange Square in Pimlico, also known as Mozart Square, there is a lovely weekly farmers’ market. With plenty of space to sit around and soak up the atmosphere on a sunny day, this is also the perfect spot to buy fresh fruits, juices, fresh pasta, free range eggs, lots of quality meat and poultry and fresh fish and shellfish. The smell of artisan breads and cheeses is also quite hard to miss. This particular farmers’ market has previously won the Love London Awards and for good reason. This is a great way to spend your Saturday morning and it is open from 9am to 1pm. Not too far from our Westminster office and are interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the area, feel free to drop in and say hello to our team who would be happy to help.

Jean-Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show on Southbank

This weekend is your last chance to see the UK premiere of the author, director and set designer Jean Paul Gaultier as he takes an extravagant, yet tender, look at our times, inviting us into a world filled with excess, poetry and magic. Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant and as funny as ever, Gaultier presentation is part revue, part catwalk show. Alongside Fashion Freak Show’s explosive playlist of hits that have inspired the artist throughout his life, you will see new designs being debuted alongside some of his most iconic creations in a show thought out like a grand party. He will share memories from his childhood and early career, from his greatest fashion shows to wild nights spent in legendary Paris nightclub Le Palace and in London.

The Bridge of Madison Country Play in Borough

The Chocolate Factory in Borough are pleased to present the UK premier of the musical version of the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and subsequent motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood. Francesca is an Italian immigrant housewife living a happy existence on a farm in the American Midwest. However, when her family go off to the State Fair, she meets Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer on assignment filmin bridges in the area. Their initial friendship develops into a brief but passionate affair which has devastating consequences on all of their lives. Not too far from our London Bridge office, drop in and say hello to our team if you’re interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the area.

Getting to know…Footloose Musical in Southwark

One of the world’s most iconic musicals, Footloose is a rockin’ and a rollin’ marathon of nostalgia, joy and youthfully exuberant dancing. Featuring classic songs such as “Let’s Heat It For The Boy”, “Holding Out For A Hero” and the radio favourite “Footloose!”. Presented by the British Theatre Academy at Southwark Playhouse, Getting to Know…Footloose is an abridged version of Footloose especially designed for performance by young people. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at this new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town’s youth that he cannot command in his own home. It falls on Ren to help the adults realise the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.

Tree Play in Waterloo

The Young Vic in Waterloo is the playing home to Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s electrifying new blend of drama, music and dance that follows one man’s journey into the heart and soul of contemporary South Africa – with the audience at the centre of the action. It’s just 12 hours from London to his parents’ homeland, but to Kaelo (Alfred Enoch), South Africa is another world. When a family tragedy finally forces him to visit for the first time, Kaelo must confront hidden histories and right the wrongs of the past. Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, with music inspired by Elba’s album ‘mi Mandela’, Tree is an exhilarating show about identity, family and belonging, seen through the eyes of one man on the toughest journey of his life. Only a short bus ride from our Kennington office, drop in if you’re keen to find out more about properties to rent or properties to buy in the area.

What To Look For In The Garden Exhibition in Lambeth

Take a wander down the garden path with Ladybird Books this summer, in a nostalgic exhibition celebrating the iconic illustrated books and the impact they made in teaching children about the natural world at the Garden Museum in Lambeth. The instantly recognisable artwork from the ‘golden age’ of Ladybird Books will be discovered by a whole new generation of children in this family-friendly exhibition, showing until October. On loan from Penguin Random House, original artworks will be displayed from beloved titles published between 1940 and 1980, including: the What to look for series, British Wildflowers, Garden Flowers, British Birds and their Nests, The Life of a Honey Bee, Pets and Trees. From children picking fruit and flowers, to colourful depictions of wildflowers and wildlife, this heart-warming collection of illustrations will take visitors back to the innocence and joy of playing in the garden as a child.

If you’re interested in finding out more about future events in Westminster, London, Kennington and the surrounding areas, feel free to drop by any of our offices – we’ll be glad to provide you with a list. We can arrange viewings of properties for sale and properties for rent within walking distance of some of these popular venues.

Photo Credit: Garden Museum & Penguin Random House