Kilburn Tricycle Theatre as was, its name now changed to Kiln Theatre, is a vibrant community theatre located in the heart of Kilburn. Combines youth theatre, traditional and experimental presentations, and cinema. There’s a couple of bars and a restaurant, and a nice sense of its belonging to the community. We have matinee tickets for White Teeth, a play which promises - and delivers -“Strobe Lights, Smoke and Haze, Loud Noises or Gunshots, and Strong Language”, as well as the underlying drama. It’s multigenerational, multicultural, multi viewpoint.
Adapted from a Zadie Smith novel, and reset in Kilburn, itself a highly multicultural community.
Kilburn was, as its name suggests, originally Irish, and we do have an Irish friend who lived there as a child during the war. Later waves of immigrants from the West Indies, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have left it pretty thoroughly mixed. The plot is interesting enough to follow, the choreography super, and the energy highly engaging. We have front row seats, not considered prime and therefore a modest £10 ($16.70 CAD). Good unrestricted view, though, and close enough we could have unlaced a dancer’s shoes.
Pick up a packet of shrimp and some wholemeal pitas and a bottle of wine at Aldi, which allows us to be home to watch the results of the Conservative leadership no confidence vote. The infamous 1922 Committee yesterday reached, not on its first attempt, the critical 48 letters needed to trigger a non-confidence vote. Announced this morning that the balloting would be this evening, voting restricted to Conservative parliamentary members and by secret ballot. If she survives the vote there cannot be another leadership challenge for a year.