The last time i went to 5x15 (a monthly storytelling event a bit like The Moth in NYC, and where 5 speakers each stand up and talk for 15 minutes about a subject of their choosing) it was for the launch,and I'm thrilled the project has gone from strength to strength. Happily the second strength has landed them in The Union Chapel on Upper Street, rather than The Tabernacle in Notting Hill which is not only SUPER convenient for me (I live very near) but such a fabulous location - candlelight, columns and stained glass windows certainly lend a certain theatrical grandeur to the proceedings.
Monday night's speakers included the rather ill-prepared Janet Street-Porter who ranted about dining out and waxed lyrical about shower caps; Jay Rayner who treated us to an impromptu jazz performance on the ivories and raved about it's wonders; Paper Cinema staged a paper animation of a sinister Edgar Allen Poe story involving a town overrun with the dead who terrorise then woo the villagers; Tiger Mother Amy Chua, (above, teeny tiny) who agitatedly attempted to defend her rather draconian and exacting parenting methods; and the glorious, inspiring, thoroughly wonderful Judith Kerr, author of one of my favourite books of all time, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - a fictionalised account of her own childhood flight from pre-WWII Germany to Switzerland, Paris and eventually London - which is what she talked about here: she was utterly magical to hear, especially with her cut glass war-time accent.
For more info, visit 5x15.
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