Plot 9 Presents... (#6) 'Resilience'

WE'RE BACK from winter for our second season! Under a parachute in SE London… An evening of presenters, Q&A, community call-outs and fire-side chat 'til late in our magical outdoor community space. FREE BUT PLEASE BOOK A TICKET. The evening kicks off at 7:30pm with arrival from 7pm.

Join us for Plot 9 Presents… #6 ‘Resilience’ at the inspiring Plot 9 Maze Hill - a council allotment in Greenwich that Andy has transformed into a new community gathering space. The event will take place in a living sculpture called the 'Dodeca-Den' - a 12-sided/circular space designed for workshops, talks and therapeutic practices.

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The Idea...

Andy co-creates Plot 9's monthly showcase event with Clare Barry of Urban Curiosity (also a Greenwich-local). 

The evening is designed to showcase a wide range of voices, speaking or performing from the heart… instigators, changemakers, sensemakers, curious and creative minds who seek and create the weird and wonderful in the fringes and liminal spaces.

The night has already opened doors to further conversations, connections and collaborations and we hope for many more. We are committed to long-term community-building and plan to hold the event throughout  most of the coming year, no matter the weather. We can't wait to see you all again after winter and look forward to the conversations around the fire afterwards and seeing what magic will come from season 2 of our beloved event. 

For those new to the event - the area is covered and will go ahead unless the wind is strong enough to make the ex-army parachute break free from its tethers and take to the skies again! …and even then, we'll find a way…. and if it gets cold, we have blankets & fire!

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Presenters for our 6th event… ‘Resilience’

	* Andy Millns, the creator of Plot 9 Maze Hill, talks about the biggest challenge of his life that he has recently gone through. He talks about coping strategies, lessons learnt and how it's changed him. He'll also talk about what the year ahead looks like at Plot 9 and how his recent experiences have made his vision of the value of the space and how it can be a force for good the clearest it's ever been  As well as Andy's outdoor and artistic endevours, he is on the organising committee for Breaking Convention, Europe's largest and longest-running psychedelics conference where he curates the Installation Art. More about Andy's and his socials at:  https://linktr.ee/greenwichsky
	* Samantha Schnitzler is an international actress and scriptwriter with a passion for the subconscious and self development. Beyond her work on film and tv she loves helping other artists expand their consciousness and happiness.  Samantha will be introducing us to a modality that has helped her throughout her career. After a breif intro, she'll lead us through a 15 min session of EFT (or tapping) based on resiliance. Insta: Samantha_Schnitzler
	* Jude Kriwald is an adventurer, filmmaker and founder of AdventureMentor.org. He'll be recounting the tale of his recent solo cycle ride across West Africa with a particular focus on the life-changing benefits of adventure and how he is now focussed on bringing these to other people with his new initiative AdventureMentor.org which offers free 1-to-1 mentoring support. As a child, Jude was constantly getting in trouble and dropped out of school before he could be expelled. Aged 19, whilst his friends were at university, he spent 13 months cycling from England to India, encountering gunmen, malaria, wild dog attacks and -30c temperatures as he threw himself into the unknown. Since that formative experience, adventure has been his calling.  Jude's Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/judekriwald/ Jude's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JudeKriwald
	* Fariha 'Faz' Ahmed is a facilitator, writer and sustainability enthusiast, currently working in the Strategic Sustainability Team at The University of Greenwich.  Her work mainly focusses on exploring the intersection of where arts and culture meet sustainability. You can connect with her here for more information.
	* Caroline Druitt is a creative writing teacher in South East London. Her poems have been published by AndOtherPoems, Lucent Dreaming and The North. In 2023 she was long-listed for the Outspoken prize, shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and commended in the National Poetry Competition.    Her website: https://carolinedruitt.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinedruitt Substack: https://carolinedruitt.substack.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CarolineDruitt
	* Luke Porter will be performing again with new material and an update on how his songwriting journey in London is going. Luke's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeportermusic/
	* You! We set aside 10 ‘Community Call-Outs’ minutes for anyone to stand up and talk about about requests or announcements  to everyone gathered. These will be circulated along with links and contacts (if relevant) to everyone that attends after the event. Each call-out can last for up to a minute to give everyone a chance to speak. Examples of topics of previous call-outs… job needed, workshop space needed, book published, funding for play needed, artistic collaborator needed, yoga classes offered.

Please contact us if you'd like to speak or perform at a future event or get involved in any way!

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Schedule

7pm: Arrive in time for the start...

7:30pm: We will start with a short intro and grounding meditation

7:45pm: Presenters begin*.

9:15pm(ish): Presenters finish, socialising begins…

10:30pm(ish): Close. Realistically the event doesn’t close until we call it a night…  Please leave quietly. (Trains back into town leave at 21:44, 22:07, 22:14, 22:37, 22:44, 23:07… a few mins walk away). 

*and if we're lucky, Basil, our beloved resident fox (pictured) might make one of his regular unscheduled appearances before he takes on the night shift at Plot 9.

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Travel info: Arrival

Plot 9 is in east Greenwich, a few minutes walk from Maze Hill Overground Station which is served by Southeastern and Thameslink trains. You can catch a direct train to Maze Hill from any of: Greenwich, Deptford, London Bridge, Cannon St, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, St Pancras or West Hampstead.  

VIDEO DIRECTIONS: It's a short route from Maze Hill station to Plot 9 but a little bit convoluted so please look at video directions here showing the route from Platform 2 of Maze Hill station where you'll alight if coming from central London.

It is also possible to travel via North Greenwich and get the 188 or 422 bus, alighting on Trafalgar Road or Woolwich Road and walking up Vanbrugh Hill, turning right onto Restell Close. The space is halfway down the hill on the right. Look for the bright green campervan and the entrance is 10 metres beyond it on the right.

Google maps pin. Postcode: SE3 7RD

If you're driving then there's usually plenty of free space on nearby Humber Road (free parking from 6:30pm).

Plot 9 is not (yet) wheelchair accessible.  

Travel info: Leaving

To head back into town at the end of the event, trains leave platform 1 of Maze Hill - only 1 minute walk from Plot 9. 
Trains back into town leave at: 21:44, 22:07, 22:14, 22:37, 22:44, 23:07…
Please leave quietly as it's a residential area and any noise complaints could put the fledgling venue at risk.

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Refreshments - BYO

Please feel free to bring any refreshments and snacks. Water will be available for humans and dogs.

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Toilets

On arrival: Toilets in the ticket office on platform 1 of Maze Hill station are open until 7:30pm

We hope to have a composting loo built by this event. The crowd-funded project has been delayed due to personal reasons that Andy will mention in his talk.

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Diversity

Andy and Clare are committed to bringing a diverse range of voices to Plot 9 Presents… that represent the local community and wider-London. One of our most frequent conversations is about how to make this happen. We know that we have some way to go. We'd love your help by suggesting people or organisations that would help us reach out to a more diverse range of presenters for our fledging event. Whilst a particular monthly line-up may not seem diverse, please judge us by the whole series of events over the coming months and years as we strive to grow our networks to find new people, perspectives and organisations.

Donations

This is a free event but Plot 9 is happy to accept your donations which can be your time, plants, ideas, a donation when booking a ticket or via paypal to support the development and maintenance of the space. Plot 9 has been built almost single-handedly by Andy and he has funded it himself until recently. Andy has welcomed donations of plants from the Moat Foundation and Greenwich Park and is grateful for their support, alongside friends and family that have lent a hand and much moral support. We have ambitious plans!

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Keeping in touch / interested in using the space?

Plot 9 is available to hire (by donation) for events that align with our values of providing an inclusive, therapeutic space for activities that support community-building, well-being, nature-connection, creativity and learning. Send Plot 9's Instagram a dm or email andy.millns@gmail.com if you're interested in talking.

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