The site of the former British Legion on Albert Road in South Kilburn was transformed by a team of architects, carpenters, artists and local construction trainees into a new pop-up venue for arts and community well-being. In December a diverse range of artists, cooks, performers, dancers, choreographers and the unexpected moved into the Albert Centre to work and facilitate a new exciting programme of activities, workshops and events to the general public.
For a limited amount of time THE ALBERT is bringing together a range of playful projects that people can take part in - projects that test you physically and creatively. The local neighbourhood and the general public are invited to THE ALBERT to embark on experiments, enjoy the pop-up café and restaurant, join the cycle training, try out something new: sing in a choir, perform as a dancer, grow vegetables, and learn to cook or get physical! There are lots of interesting spaces and activities to explore including a community food growing project, outside green space and ballcourt, a public kitchen, exhibitions, and a food market.
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THE ALBERT: ADDRESS
The Albert no.1
Venue for performances and events
Where: 1 Albert Road, NW6 5DT
The Albert no.5
Café, juice bar, sports hall, artist studios, pool
Venue for performances and events
Where: 5 Albert Road, NW6 5DT
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| FREE SPORTS AT THE ALBERT Football, Basketball, Netball, Yoga, Movement workshops More info |
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| Photography by Sam Coren |
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| THE ALBERT CAFE AND KITCHEN WITH FREE WIFI Open daily Monday to Saturday 12-4pm The Albert team of cooks will serve affordable yet delicious lunches and cakes. The Albert team of cooks include: Lara Fara Lorraine Wood Norman loves soup (Jenny and Kate) Spice Caravan Sonia Robinson |
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| Photography: Maya Glaser |
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| OUTSIDE SPACE for play, picnics, sports and art installations. The space is open daily to the public. |
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| Installation by Anna Moderato |
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h2dance is starting The Albert CHILDREN'S CHOIR h2 dance is the winner of this years prestigious Place Prize audience vote. |
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| 7-12 May Utopia is a direction A solo exhibition of new work by Gareth Barnett completed during his artist residency at The Albert. |
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| 11 May 3:30-4pm Free go-carting for children living in NW6 Where: Sports hall, 1 Albert Road, NW6 5DT Contact: Sara Panegarda, M. 07947646585 |
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11-12 May An all star cast of improvisers is contributing to the weekend’s events, totalling scores of dancers and visual artists and thirty five or so musicians. Place Prize finalists h2dance – accessible, political, amusing producers of cutting-edge dance theatre will open up their studio to offer a glimpse of their working practice while prominent UK-based independent dance artists Antonio de la Fe and Lavinia Cascone lead movement and improvisation workshops. Musicians include Tuba man Oren Marshall whose previous collaborations include Radiohead and Charlie Haden, experimental vocal artist Maggie Nicols who along with Robert Wyatt sang in Keith Tippet’s 50 piece band Centipede and Phil Minton, who was once described by comedian Stewart Lee as an artist whose “deep-throated drones and shreds of garbled half-language would have seen Minton either burnt or hailed as an emissary of God” in the not so distant past. |
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| 21-27 May Pistols and Pollinators exhibition Private View Open Daily 12 - 6pm This exhibition is the result of 15 artists and 15 poets working in collaborative partnerships without rules or restrictions. The arts project Accident & Emergence and poet Katrina Naomi selected the pairs, who have spent 3 months experimenting and creating new works including; live performances, videos, paintings and installations. Pistols & Pollinators asks questions and provokes discussion about creative process and practice, and explores the pitfalls and possibilities of collaboration as a mode of production and inspiration for art and poetry. |
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| Saturday 1st June 2013 11am-late Sinemacity |
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| View previous event at The Albert |
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| Listen to Kilburn to Kensal Radio: www.k2kradio.com Kilburn to Kensal Radio is a new community radio station for North West London with a studio at The Albert. If you would like to present your own radio programme or have stories, ideas or opinions to share, if you have an event to publicise, an announcement to make or a business to promote GET IN TOUGH: ktokradio@gmail.com |
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| Sundays: cooking workhsops 10am-2pm Dine together and share the art of cooking dishes and desserts from Traditional Algerian Cuisine to other continental appetites. More info |
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Food & Games Night |
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h2dance is starting The Albert CHILDREN'S CHOIR |
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PLOT TO PLATE FOOD GROWING project at The Albert |
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| The Albert plot to plate project will be part of this years Chelsea Fringe 18th May - 9th June. Details to follow. |
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FARM DROP at The Albert Café |
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LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS: The Red Room, an award-winning Theatre and Film Comapany is making a professional theatre production to be performed in Brent. If you have a story to tell it will go toward making this happen. Interested? |
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| Art of the Moment' Free-Improv Festival 11th-12th May 'Art of The Moment' is a 2 day event integrating music, dance and visual art in fresh new ways and re-examining the relationship between the different medium. Supported by The Arts Council of England, Ov creates community-based projects and provides an artistic platform for expression as well as practical ways for developing and showcasing the work of a growing number of British and International artists and collectives. Ov London's on-going projects includes performance events, the weekly Ov London Free Improvisation and Experimental Music Show on K2K Radio as well as workshops and festivals. (listen here: http://www.mixcloud.com/ovlondon/) Ov constantly seeks the inspiration of new members to research, develop, create, promote and perform Free-Improvised delicacies. To join please contact: art@ovlondon.co.uk |
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| RECENT PROJECTS |
| Dog Kennel Hill Project presents "The Ottis Redding" a show about weddings on Thursday, 28th March The audience witnessed the results of Dog Kennel Hill Project's research into social gatherings, in collaboration with members of Kilburn's community as they discovered and re-enacted an ultimate wedding experience at The Albert. More images |
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| Photography: Maya Glaser |
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| International Women's day at The Albert Caféon Friday 8th March |
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| Photography: Maya Glaser |
| Perfance: Hiru dance |
| Event organised by Can Can Productions |
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| Food & Games Night by Spork on Sunday, 17 March Spork Club is a collective of London-based artists that investigate the relationship between food, games and art. Through our fun and thoughtful hybrid events, we create pop-up communities and spaces for childlike exploration. Spork derives its name from a hybrid eating tool that is both functional and whimsical. Spork public dinners every first and third Sunday of the month. |
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| HERE NOW: Tuesday 12.03. - Saturday 16.03. A performance event For 4 hours of each day, EXIT MAP (Laura Doehler) opened the doors to the public and invited people to emerse themselves in the ever-changing landscape of HERE NOW; where distinct art forms merged and collided, generating an unpredictable and continuously evolving experience that asked the question; what is possible, in this moment, in this place, here and now? |
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| Arabic music night, 21st March An evening of food and music organised by Paelstinian women. http://www.facebook.com/events/294449760683510/ |
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| Lagoon mini festival at The Albert A promenade musical adventure at the Lagoon Mini-Festival which recreated a desert island shanty bar and ended with an after-party in the pool. Put together by party-planners Sinema City, the specially curated programme took place against a backdrop by Old Vic Tunnels' resident designers Darling & Edge. Performances featured a giant space octopus, an experimental Japanese folk musician and inventor, a kora player, and an 11-strong shanty band from Hackney Sinemacity |
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| D+D dinner and dancin on Valentines Day |
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| Image by Alex Taibel |
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Kilburn to Kensal Radio at The Albert |
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| On Thursday 31st January from 12pm to 12am the Albert LAUNCHED with a bang to a full house. A very mixed audience came to explore the free programme of sports, art, live performances, food growing, cooking, music and more. A team of more than 100 artists, cooks, architects, trainers, musicians, photographers, carpenters and performers now work at No 1 and 5 Albert Road and will continue to share their expertise, skills and knowledge with the local community through regular free classes, workshops and events. The programme is suitable for both young and old people. Sign-up lists are on display at The Albert. |
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| Performances at the launch included “Cake” by Eleanor Sikorski (image: Sarah Hibbert) who opened the evening with a bang! |
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| THE ALBERT BLOG PLEASE CONTRIBUTE: let us know what you think about the project, the programme, the spaces,...We would like to hear from you! http://thealbertproject.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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