Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44he atmosphere of Ugly Duck on Tanner Street is somewhere between film-set, theatre, gallery and student union. Young creative talent regularly orchestrate projects with international artists that are exploring and expressing challenging social, political and identity conventions. The results are frequently impressive and always entertaining. A recent event hosted at Ugly Duck, ‘Strawberry Vale’ (part of a series of productions by Ovalhouse FIRST BITES), will be shown again 30 June to 3 July at the Ovalhouse in Kennington. An animated journey accompanied by entrancing music and a delightful performance by Jessica Kathryn, this the creative work of 9 Grams of Moon. DRAG KINGS & OTHER EVENTS In July, two theatre festivals will take place and spill out to the Kirkaldy Testing Museum, an engineering museum on Southwark Street. Plays will include drag kings debating the gender pay gap in the arts; Hamletmachine, the German postmodernist take on the Shakespearean classic; friendship and memories in the era of social media; LGBT homelessness; and a surrealist dog show. For more information UGLY DUCK www.uglyduck.org.uk STRAWBERRY vale THE RIVER SUMMER 2016 • CULTURE• 27 An imaginary world is journeyed from Tanner Street by Rachel Lewis