The Curiously Specific Book Club

Angela Carter’s WISE CHILDREN Part 1: the lost theatres, music halls & cinemas of South London


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This magical novel about two ageing ‘hoofers’ of London SW2 is a great excuse to get out into Lambeth, South London and hunt down the location of amazing old theatres like the massive Kennington Theatre and the Brixton Empress.


We start at one of the great homes of Shakespeare performance in South London – The Old Vic. And end up in a terraced street off Brixton Hill, where dozens of actors, entertainers, comedians and acrobats would have lived back in the day. 


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The Curiously Specific Book ClubBy Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright

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