Year-round arts & culture for E11
Wanstead Beer Festival is a not-for-profit local community festival. The festival showcases a large range of local and regional ales, lagers and ciders. A gin bar complements our offering courtesy of a local distillery. All profits from the event are donated to a selection of local charities.
Following our inaugural run at the Fringe, The Wanstead Curtain on Hermon Hill is back just in time for Halloween! Join us as we reanimate the Wanstead Kinema with a spook-tacular lineup: Sleepy Hollow (Thurs 31st Oct 7:30pm) and Coco (Sat 2nd Nov 6pm). Sleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's 1999 gothic supernatural horror… Continue reading Kinema: Sleepy Hollow
Following our inaugural run at the Fringe, The Wanstead Curtain on Hermon Hill is back just in time for Halloween! Join us as we reanimate the Wanstead Kinema with a spook-tacular lineup: Sleepy Hollow (Thurs 31st Oct 7:30pm) and Coco (Sat 2nd Nov 6pm). Doors open from 5pm with a selection of (non-alcoholic) drinks at… Continue reading Kinema: Coco
Another chance to see Rossetti's Stunners, one of the original hits from this year's Wanstead Fringe The famed Pre-Raphaelite painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, immortalised ordinary women as goddesses in art and called them ‘Stunners’. In this entertaining one-woman drama written and performed by Elaine Britten, three audacious women find their voices. From the back alleys… Continue reading Rossetti’s Stunners
One of East London's most celebrated literary figures, Iain Sinclair has observed and chronicled the changing nature of London, as well as the people who live here. In conversation with… Continue reading Pariah Genius: Iain Sinclair in conversation with John Rogers
East London Theatre Company's production of Miss Julie is returning to The Wanstead Curtain for just three performances over two days at the end of November. Seen by an audience… Continue reading Miss Julie
East London Theatre Company's production of Miss Julie is returning to The Wanstead Curtain for just three performances over two days at the end of November. Seen by an audience… Continue reading Miss Julie
East London Theatre Company's production of Miss Julie is returning to The Wanstead Curtain for just three performances over two days at the end of November. Seen by an audience… Continue reading Miss Julie
Join us for a FREE Community Christmas Party plus "Elf" screening at Wanstead's newest venue - The Wanstead Curtain! Drop in to the Curtain on Sun 8th December from 2… Continue reading The Wanstead Curtain Christmas Party (and Elf screening)
After two sell out shows for Wanstead Fringe 2024, Wanstead Comedy Night returns to Eton Manor RFC with a superb line-up of comedians headlined by the brilliant Ben Norris. BEN… Continue reading Wanstead Comedy Night feat. Ben Norris
The children of Wanstead are invited to the birthday of Zeus, King of the Gods! He's two billion years old, but he only looks one billion... (he has a great skincare regime!) But what promises to be a great celebration is tragically cut short, when it turns out the evil Medusa has stolen all the… Continue reading Myths, Maps and Monsters: Zeus’s Birthday Bash – interactive theatre for kids
