Where East and West collide in a story of friendship and family, love and jealousy, with a good measure of sailing thrown in! Arthur Ransomes Swallows and Amazons is a classic book about children having adventures on a lake. The Walker family have always been depicted as quintessentially English but what is not widely known is that Ransome modelled his characters on an Anglo-Armenian family from Aleppo, Syria. This joyous actor-musician production delves into the uniquely fascinating but often fractured relationship between the British author and the family who inspired him to write this iconic book for children. Pre-show talk by Writer and Producer Karen Babayan at 6.30pm on the 20th and 21st June. Post show 'Circle of Life' circle dance event with dance artist Shakeh Major Tchilingirian. All welcome. Original photograph: Asadour Guzelian.

Les comdiens amateurs des ateliers TAMISE EN SCENE vous prsentent : Fminines de Pauline Bureau. Mise en scne : Denis Boyer. 1968, Reims. Pour la kermesse dun journal local, un journaliste cherche LA nouvelle attraction qui pourra amuser le public. Une ide lui vient: organiser un match de football fminin. Il publie une petite annonce et rapidement une quipe se forme. Ce qui avait t dabord imagin comme un simple divertissement de mauvais got deviendra le point de dpart dune pope aussi inattendue quinspirante. Ensemble, ces femmes vont gagner la coupe du monde. Fminines est un rcit dmancipation individuelle et collective. Avec humour et tendresse, la pice retrace lhistoire vraie des Fminines de Reims, pionnires du football fminin franais, qui ont ouvert la voie dans un sport jusqualors plutt rserv aux hommes. Spectacle partir de 10 ans Dure du spectacle : 2h plus 15 minutes d'entracte. The Chelsea Theatre 7 World's End Place SW10 0DR Underground station : Fulham Broadway Overground station : Imperial Wharf