A variety night of music,

comedy, drag and more to

raise vital funds for our

community work.

Fundraiser

Friday 22nd November, 6:30pm


For ages 16+

Tramshed
51-53 Woolwich New Road
London
SE18 6ES

LOCATION

Tickets: £15.00, £20.00 Ticket + Donation

To Donate From £1

We are hosting a variety night of music, comedy, drag and more to raise vital funds for Tramshed and our community work in south-east London.  

We run weekly performing arts programmes for young people and for adults with learning disabilities. We are a funded organisation, working with amazing partners who support our work. Between April 2023-March 2024 we have: 

  • Worked with 741 unique participants

  • Partnered with and hosted 22 community organisations 

  • Worked with and paid 130 artists and creatives

  • Had 8,238 people see our shows 

  • Produced a brand new production and planned 3 more that took place in Summer 2024

  • Offered work experience to 8 local school students and 7 HE Placements

Our dedicated and passionate team work hard to make sure that Tramshed is safe and welcoming space for anyone to express their creativity. However, the hard truth is that it is growing more expensive to deliver the work we do in the way we want to do it.  

Since the pandemic years, several of our costs have increased. At the same time, inflation has meant the funding that we do receive does not stretch as far. In real terms, we receive around 25% less in core funding now compared to 2019. This is while costs such as energy have gone up 114% since 2019 while other costs like business services and staffing have also significantly increased. Despite these steep financial challenges, we have remained committed to running a community creative hub. 

Over the next three months we are aiming to raise £15,000 to secure our future by focusing on three key areas: 

Sustainability 
We want to ensure that every programme we run is never at risk of being pulled due to a lack of financing, making sure there is always going to be a Tramshed for those who need us the most. 

We also want to run our building in accordance with environmental principles and leave a positive impact on our planet as well as our community.  

Being a sustainable organisation also means having a team that can fulfil their duties without burning out. That is why we are committed to filling gaps in our team and continuing to be a London Living Wage employer.  

“There are no other suitable spaces with transport links and flat access. Tramshed is our home it is one of the only places I feel safe, where young people feel safe” Caribbean Social Forum Member 

Safeguarding 
We want to ensure that all our staff have the highest level of training in all aspects of safeguarding. We already provide full DBS checks for all staff, as well as safeguarding and first aid training. But our jobs, working with people from many different segments of society, requires us to be up to date with the latest and best methodologies of safe practice. We want to go above and beyond what is legally required of us to ensure that everyone who interacts with Tramshed is safe, protected and cared for. 

Preserving A Local Beacon 
The Tramshed has been a home for live music, cabaret, theatre and comedy since 1973. Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre (GLYPT) has been delivering creative programmes for young people in south-east London, also for over half a century. We took over the building in 2009, rebranding to reflect the amazing history of this building. 

We are proud custodians of this space and want to ensure that our doors remain open and welcome to the people of Woolwich and beyond.  

It currently cost us around £800 to open the building for a typical 10-hour day. We do have ambitions to utilise the commercial potential of the building. In plain terms, increasing our revenue from hiring out the space. But we NEVER want to lose the essence of what makes this space so special; the fact that it belongs to everyone.   

Although the future brings up challenges, we know that Tramshed has enormous potential. We also know that the need for the services we offer are greater than ever.  

Fundraiser Line Up

  • Hunter Gatherer

    Your host for the evening, Hunter Gatherer is a Tramshed employee by day and gender bending Drag King by night. He devilishly dabbles in campery and silly-sexiness, luring you in though his precise story-telling. Whether you're after live vocals, clownly lip-sync or clean movement, Hunter is the Himbo for you.

  • Luke Rollason

    Off the back of a hugely successful Edinburgh Fringe run of his solo show Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason let down your hair, trained bushbaby and star of Extraordinary (Disney+) Luke Rollason joins us for the Fundraiser to perform physical comedy for popular people.

  • H.R.H Aphrodite

    H.R.H. Aphrodite I is an award-winning amateur historian, drag artist, zine maker and part-time goddess of love. Her work focuses on viewing the present moment through a historical lens, specifically highlighting the themes of women, queer people, fashion, popular culture and the british empire; wherever these intersect and overlap.

  • Adam Smith

    Adam is a musician, composer, actor, cabaret performer and facilitator. He has a BMus in Music from Goldsmiths Uni, a MMus in Composition and a Performance Making Diploma from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Adam has worked with Access All Areas Productions, BLINK Dance Theatre, Face Front Inclusive Theatre, Ignite Me Workshop Theatre, BUBBLE CLUB, Freestylers, Not Your Circus Dogs Collective and Tramshed.

  • Jackie Le

    Jackie Le is an International Circus Artist (Aerialist) who performs in hair hanging, tissu/silks, cerceau/aerial hoop, strap loops, corde lisse/rope, lollipop, trapeze, harness, duo acts, character & more. Jackie currently is the Module Coordinator on the BA (Hons) Contemporary & Popular Performance Course and Aerial teacher at Rose Bruford College, she also teaches at National Centre of Circus Arts on the Degree course and Recreational Classes as well as other various circus schools around London & is in high demand to coach private lessons when not on tour.

  • Woolwich Creative Club

    Woolwich Creative Club provides free instrumental tuition, poetry club and band for children ages 10-18 years from Woolwich and surrounding areas. The children have composed their own song, supported by their musical director, and jazz legend, Byron Wallen and his team. This is a swinging, thought provoking band, which is not to be missed.

  • PJ Pilcher

    Hi folks, I’m PJ Pilcher. How do you do? I’m an entertainer, writer and artist, better known to many as P.J the Magical Clown. I also happen to be a member of Clowns International and South London Magic Society, not that I like to brag or anything! And get this, I have performed at schools, birthday parties, festivals and even on the London Eye! Incredible, huh? Being on the autistic spectrum has enabled me to work with many companies who work with people with special needs, including Graeae Theatre Company, Shakespeare Schools Festival and Camden Council as a performer, ambassador and drama consultant. I’m also part of Tramshed’s Dramatic Voices Theatre group, for whom I have written the pantomime of Aladdin and his Magical Lamp.

  • Phoebe Fairchild

    Phoebe Fairchild is a 25 year old spoken word artist and singer based in South East London. She loves to tell stories through song and poetry and is super excited to be a part of this fundraiser.

  • Jahaziel Agyemang

    I am currently studying at Bodens Performing Arts full time and studying part time at Tramsheds Youth Theatre. I’m always ready for a challenge and determined to better himself, improve, grow and thrive through the performing arts side off me currently growing up in South East London so always ready to prove to myself, friends and family that I can be something different.

  • Cheap Crust

    Cheap Crust (AKA Sean the Cheap and Crusty the Clown). Do you remember your last family gathering where your little cousins forced the entire family to watch their weird, weird performance? Did you feel disgusted, ashamed, kinda into it? Well, Cheap Crust is here to recreate this feeling, except the cousins are also brothers and are also best friends and also have a little je ne sais quoi (an upsetting sexual chemistry) that will make you wonder: did I really need to witness this?