Collective readings on the street by Ridley Road over from Dalston Kingland Station this Tuesday 7pm. Classic shorts, microstories, tweetstorms and anything else to charm the passers-by. Bring your readings and join the action…
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Ridley Road Regular: Tuesdays in November
Come and join us for our weekly dose of autumnal street activity on Hackney’s Ridley Road, over the road from Dalston Kingsland station Tuesdays 7–8pm. Lots of goings on each week. There’s plenty of room if you’d like to bring your own activity to share with the passing personalities. Just wrap up warm!
Weekly Scenes this Autumn
Every Tuesday eve this November we’ll set up by Dalston Kingsland train station for the love of streets and strangers. Join us…
Postcards Canning Town
A rich moment of translation in Canning Town as we invited passing folk to write postcards. What wonder we fit into so few words…
A phone rings on a street bench – do you pick up?
Blind Call is the latest street game we’ll be running this Tuesday. We have two, bright red, old style landline telephones which are connected. We will place them on two street benches round the corner from each other. We invite friends and strangers to sit by the phone on one end and wait for a […]
New smells for the people
“what is it? smells quite nice” “ah, you’ve got a blocked nose…” “that one’s peng” “I’m never gonna get that…” The Smellery, Dalston, July 2017
Street Scents
We’ve been out with the Smellery again recently, offering passer-bys a sniff of our herb and scent collection. It seems like the sort of request that would drive people away: Hello there Madam, would you like a sniff of our smelly selection? But it’s a great success, and a very pleasant way to share moments […]
Guest Book, Hackney, Spring 2017
More recent laughs from the streets here, with Roger’s wild guest book doodles. Where else can you find live illustrations quite like this?