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East Dulwich fund-raiser for Gaza - 7 March



East Dulwich Stop the War Group presents
An Evening for Palestine


7 March The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, Nunhead SE15 3BE 7.30pm

Featuring

* John Hegley
wondrous word-wild music man

* The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience
haltingly beautiful agit-prop blues

* The SOAS Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
Arab, Persian and Turkish sounds

* Something in the Water
spiked serenaders with a sting in their tales

* Martin Soan
‘Tommy Copper on acid’

plus The Palestine Film Makers' Collective

all proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians UK

PLUS
* stalls
* cakes
* Palestinian produce

£6/£4 in advance from Health Matters, 47 Lordship Lane , SE22
£7/£5 on the door

Contact East Dulwich Stop the War Group at edstwg@hotmail.co.uk

Access: all on one floor, ramp at rear of building. No wheelchair accessible toilet, sorry

Artists

John Hegley
John is one of the UK 's best known and most innovative comic poets. He is a regular sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival. He has performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival, the USA Comedy Festival in Aspen , with Ulrika Jonsson & Anita Dobson in The Pyjama Game and on BBC R4's Hearing With Hegley.

Johnhegley.co.uk

The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience
Tim Siddall aka The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience sings very funny agit-prop blues about the environment, food, love and gas. Blessed with a flair for the obscure view-point and a haltingly beautiful guitar style, BCCE is a huge talent evolving at high speed.
myspace.com/bcce

The SOAS Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
A multicultural, multinational group sensation, emerging from the UK ’s centre for Arabic culture and study. The Ensemble will make your body quiver and your heart sing with their Arab, Persian and Turkish sounds.

Something in the Water
Joe Murphy (from Sergeant Buzfuz) and Polly MacLean (from Kinkajou) join forces with a strange gleam in their eyes to bring you back-alley ballads and dark duets. They will be joined by violinist Thom Alder from David Cronenberg's Wife.

myspace.com/sergeantbuzfuz

kinkajoumusic.co.uk

davidcronenbergswife.com

Martin Soan
Dubbed ‘Tommy Copper on acid’ and ‘a virtuoso of silliness’, Martin is a well-loved regular at The Ivy House and on the comedy circuit. Martin’s television appearances include: Chris Tarrant's OTT, Game for a Laugh, Blackadder, Cilla Black's Surprise! Surprise!, Jools Holland's The Tube, Breakfast with Frost and Jonathan Ross's The Last Resort.

Martinsoan.co.uk





East Dulwich Stop the War Group
...was founded in 2002 to campaign against the occupation of Afghanistan and the war on Iraq . We are affiliated to the national Stop the War Coalition. We need all sort of help with creating a website, publicity, running stalls, organising meetings, making a banner… and whatever else you can think of!
Please get in touch by emailing edstwg@hotmail.co.uk.

Why we are raising money
The Israeli Defence Force massacred 1500 men, women and children and injured over 5000 in the attacks on Gaza in December and January. The people of Gaza are now continuing to suffer and die for want of water, food, shelter and medical supplies. Both Egypt and Israel are hindering aid reaching people in desperate need in the Gaza strip. Israel is backed militarily and politically by the US and Britain . For more info visit map-uk.org and palestinecampaign.org

Support the boycott
Check that what you are buying in the supermarket doesn’t come from Israel . There are many British and US companies that sponsor the Israeli state and its campaign of terror against the Palestinians. The main ones are:

1. CATerpillar
2. Starbucks
3. McDonald’s
4. Estée Lauder
5. L Oréal
6. Marks & Spencer
7. Sara Lee
8. Coca-Cola
9. Intel

For more info, visit boycottisraeligoods.org

This event is supported by:

Health Matters
Award-winning health store in the heart of East Dulwich

Steam Control

Spredluv

15Hz Studio

Special thanks to Lizzie Shirley
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