On Saturday, the Kairos team who had helped to build the City of Stories joined the public open day for the finished project in Dalston. The upside down city of cardboard – actually a 1:50 scale representation of the Dalston skyline – was suspended from scaffolding in the front courtyard of architects Levitt Bernstein as […]
Remember all that cardboard in the dining-room at Linden Grove a few weeks ago? Come and see what Kairos residents have helped to make and how all those mysterious shapes have been transformed into the City of Stories this Saturday (13 June). The installation is Levitt Bernstein‘s contribution to the London Festival of Architecture. This […]
Together with CRASH, the building industry charity, Kairos is collaborating with Levitt Bernstein Architects on their project for the London Festival of Architecture 2015. Under the guidance of artist A Labour of Love, Kairos residents are helping to build a large-scale cardboard city which will be installed in the courtyard of the award-winning architects’ Dalston […]
The latest stage in the redevelopment of the Kairos move-on house in Eugenia Road, Southwark, was completed last week when residents moved into the two new ground-floor bedrooms. One room was built on the site of the disused garage, the other was part of internal modifications that also included the installation of a new wet-room […]
After great applause from friends and staff, our formal congratulations go to the Kairos actors who took part in The Sound of Yellow at the Young Vic last month. In seven performances over three days, they helped take audiences on an emotionally-charged journey down the River of Love and across the Ocean of the Mind […]
The Kairos cast members of ‘The Sound of Yellow’ have joined final rehearsals at the Young Vic this weekend in preparation for the opening night on Thursday (24 July). This is the first time that the combined cast – which also includes volunteers from St Mungo’s, Thames Reach and Foundation 66 – have rehearsed together. […]
Director Matthew Xia leading a rehearsal at Linden Grove Rehearsal at Linden Grove Rehearsal at Linden Grove Rehearsal at Linden Grove Cast and crew Seven Kairos residents are taking part in this summer’s Young Vic’s community theatre production, The Sound of Yellow. They have been rehearsing weekly with the Young Vic team, led by director […]
People arrive at Kairos from all walks of life. Since 2008, a total of 79 ex-servicemen have been admitted to our Linden Grove community detox hostel, referred by the armed forces charity Veterans Aid. In this time, we have come to work closely with VA to find the best pathways to recovery for our shared […]
Kairos residents joined a team from the Young Vic theatre at Linden Grove last Tuesday for an energetic and enjoyable taster session for this summer’s community theatre production which will culminate in a performance at the Young Vic in July. Part of the theatre’s Two Boroughs community project centred in Lambeth and Southwark, the show […]
The Young Vic theatre company is working with groups and individuals from Lambeth and Southwark to create a community show that will be performed at the Young Vic in July. The show will be directed by Matthew Xia and will take inspiration from The Valley of Astonishment, a fantastical production opening in June that explores […]