What’s on: 2008 Festival Programme
Saturday 19 April & Sunday 20 April
St George’s R C Cathedral, Lambeth Road, SE1 (opposite Imperial War Museum)
open daily. A new oil painting of ‘St George and the Dead Soldier’ by Scott Norwood Witts will be on display throughout the Festival. It will be unveiled by Cathedral Dean James Cronin on St George’s Day.
John Harvard Library, Borough High Street
Sat 19 April 10am - 1pm, then in St George’s Church
Display about St George in Southwark
St George the Martyr Church, Borough High Street
11am Guided Tour led by local history librarian Stephen Humphrey
Red Cross Garden, Redcross Way, SE1
11.15 for 11.30am start: The Great Southwark Dragon Quest : solve clues and riddles and find the missing Dragon. For families and individuals -come early to be sure of a place. Free. Organised by Southwark Mysteries.
High Altar, Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge
1.00-2.00pm
Arthur Smith (Radio 4 comedian) and Rick Jones (lute) celebrate Shakespeare’s predecessor John Gower, the so-called First English poet, who was buried in Southwark Cathedral exactly 600 years ago. Free.
3.00 pm “Southwark, Shakespeare & St George” Lecture by Robert Pennant-Jones augmented with rehearsed reading of Act III of Henry IV part II with RSC actors Michael Burrell and Richard Earthy
St George the Martyr Crypt
Followed by St George’s fair -with contributions and information about other people who celebrate St George.
Sunday 20 April
St George the Martyr Church
11.00am Festival Eucharist
St George the Martyr Church
Red Cross Garden, Redcross Way, SE1
11.15 for 11.30am start: The Great Southwark Dragon Quest : solve clues and riddles and find the missing Dragon. For families and individuals -come early to be sure of a place. Free. Organised by Southwark Mysteries with Mental Fight Club.
Globe Theatre, Bankside
12noon-5pm Shakespeare’s Birthday Open Day
free
Blackfriars Settlement, Rushworth Street, SE1 0RB
1.00pm Traditional English Lunch for St George
Phone 020 7928 9251 to reserve a place, £3.00
Wednesday 23 April - St George’s Day
Shakespeare’s Birthday and Deathday
John Harvard Library, Borough High Street
11am Story telling about St George with Bob Askew accompanied by the Askew Sisters (fiddle and melodeon)
St George’s R C Cathedral
11am Guided Tour
12.30pm Mass for St George: opportunity to view relic of St George. All welcome.
3pm Guided Tour
John Harvard Library, Borough High Street
2pm Story telling about St George with Bob Askew accompanied by the Askew Sisters (fiddle and melodeon)
Red Cross Garden, Redcross way, SE1
4.15pm The Ballad of St George and the Dragon
written about Sir Eglamore 500 years ago and adapted by the Lions part. Featuring our hero St George and a magnificent dragon created by the company, the Ballad celebrates our national day in 12 exciting musical minutes. Free.
procession to Borough Market
5.15pm performances of The Ballad of St George and the Dragon as above
Borough & Bankside Community Council Meeting
7.00pm Charles Dickens School, Lant Street, SE1
Performance of The Ballad of St George and the Dragon, presentation about St George and activities
Cross Bones Graveyard gates, Redcross Way, SE1
7pm
St George at Red Cross memorial vigil. Everyone is invited to bring some token to tie to the gates (preferred colours red or white) and perhaps a poem, song, story or something else to share with others.
Organised by John Constable, Southwark Mysteries, mysteries@boltblue.com
St George the Martyr church
8.00pm Confirmation service with Bishop Christopher Chessun
Thursday 24 April
1.00pm St George Lunch and Quiz
Blackfriars Settlement, Rushworth Street, SE1 0RB
Phone 020 7928 9251 to reserve a place, £3.00
Sunday 27 April
1.00pm
Community St George’s Lunch, international entertainment and tea dance
Blackfriars Settlement, Rushworth Street, SE1 0RB
phone 020 7928 9251 for a place, £3
