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======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 68 | 4 February 2002 ======================================================= >> I N T H I S B U L L E T I N ======================================================= * SE1 News and Events * SE1 news from around the Web * TicketWatch with First Call Tickets * In the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ SE1 News and Events ] SOUTHWARK REJECTS ELECTED MAYOR Voters in Thursday's referendum have rejected plans for a new-style Southwark Council, but only 11.2 per cent could be bothered to vote. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/139 TWO NEW RIVER SERVICES FOR SE1 Bankside Pier is set to gain two new ferry services this year. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/140 WOBBLE-FREE BRIDGE TESTED UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS An extraordinary scene on Wednesday night was the sight of commuters trailing across the Millennium Bridge. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/137 QUEEN TO MAKE JUBILEE VISITS TO SE1 The Queen is to make at least two official visits to SE1 as part of her Golden Jubilee tour of Britain. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/136 CANDLELIT CONCERT IN SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL Wednesday 6 February at 8pm A rare opportunity to hear two contrasted settings of the liturgical mass by Igor Stravinsky and Anton Bruckner within the magical candlelit interior of Southwark Cathedral. These choral masterpieces will be sung by the renowned Philharmonia Chorus conducted by their Artistic Director Robert Dean. The choir is accompanied by the Wallace Collection who will also perform Trisagion (for brass quintet) by John Taverner. Tickets at �15, �12, �9 & �5 are available from First Call http://www.se1direct.co.uk/tickets/southwark.php EURIPIDES' BACCHAE IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 February Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street Presented by the Department of Classics, King's College London. Details from 020 7848 2399 or email [email protected] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=121 WARHOL AT TATE MODERN Thursday 7 February to Monday 1 April; �10 (conc �8) Tate Modern, Bankside Major retrospective of Warhol's work http://www.tate.org.uk/warhol/ Amazon.co.uk http://se1direct.co.uk/books/warhol.php ART MATTERS Thursday 7 February, 6.30pm; �3 (conc �1) Calder Bookshop, 51 The Cut This is the title of John Tusa's important book in which he affirms that art is for everyone. Tonight he discusses it with Sir John Drummond whose own autobiography is out in paperback. John Tusa now runs the Barbican Centre. Drummond has been Controller of Radio 3, Director of The Proms and Director of the Edinburgh Festival, and was once described as "the fastest tongue in the west". Both will discuss exactly why 'Art Matters'. http://www.calderpublications.com Amazon.co.uk http://se1direct.co.uk/books/tusa.php Amazon.co.uk http://se1direct.co.uk/books/drummond.php SERGEI DUKACHEV AT ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL Thursday 7 February; 7.30pm; �8 St George's RC Cathedral, Westminster Bridge Road The Russian concert pianist returns to give another recital. http://www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC SINFONIA Friday 8 February; 7.30pm; �8 (conc �6) St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road Conductors: Jacques Cohen and Jason Burcham. Momentum (Mark-Anthony Turnage), Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107 (Shostakovich) & Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov). http://www.tcm.ac.uk http://www.stjohnswaterloo.co.uk THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Sunday 10 February; 6.30pm; �7 St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road Peter Stark conducts the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra. Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, Mendelssohn's piano concerto in G minor with soloist Harriet Stubbs and Beethoven�s Symphony No 8. http://www.erso.org.uk http://www.stjohnswaterloo.co.uk ======================================================= [ SE1 news from around the Web ] Chemical Brothers: de Niro, Costcutter & Tower Tandoori http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=117555 Interview with Globe's Mark Rylance about Twelfth Night http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=117831 West End showcase for SE1's Purdy Hicks Gallery (FT) http://makeashorterlink.com/?L68825E5 Thousands test 'wobbly' bridge repairs (Ananova) http://www.ananova.com/go/508745 Local referendums on mayors criticised (Independent) http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=117803 Raynsford attacks Southwark referendum arrangements http://makeashorterlink.com/?C4F731E5 Mayor vote rebuff to government (BBC News) http://makeashorterlink.com/?M20836E5 Peter Preston on why elected mayors have gone wrong http://makeashorterlink.com/?L65812E5 America Street excavations latest (South London Press) http://makeashorterlink.com/?J1A721E5 Our part in bid to cut bridge 'wobble' (icTeeside) http://makeashorterlink.com/?J2B712E5 ITV's Nicholas Owen reports from the Millennium Bridge http://www.itv.com/news/Correspondent1285545.html Wobble-free test for wobbly bridge (Evening Standard) http://makeashorterlink.com/?D51812E5 Volunteers test bridge for wobbles (BBC News Online) http://makeashorterlink.com/?O12821E5 Richard Eyre to direct world premiere of Van Gogh play http://www.ananova.com/go/507116 ======================================================= [ TicketWatch with First Call Tickets ] The Island by Athol Fugard at the Old Vic http://www.se1direct.co.uk/tickets/island.php The Wonder of Sex at the National Theatre http://www.se1direct.co.uk/tickets/wonder.php No Man's Land at the National Theatre http://www.se1direct.co.uk/tickets/nomans.php South Pacific at the National Theatre http://www.se1direct.co.uk/tickets/southpacific.php ======================================================= [ In the London SE1 Forum ] Some of the topics raised in recent discussions on our forum at http://London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list.php?f=1 - Video stores in SE1 - Parking in & around Stamford Street - Mint on Montague @ London Bridge - Bankside roadworks - New yoga studio on Bermondsey Street - Coronet Cinema at the Elephant? - Elected mayor for Southwark? 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