No Such Thing
Quarantine
Information
Tickets: Free
Running time: 30 minutes (approx.)
This event takes place in person at various times and locations.
When was the last time you had a conversation with a stranger?
The offer is simple: we buy you lunch in exchange for a short conversation. Starting with a menu of questions, we talk about what’s happening in the world, in our lives and stuff that’s playing on our minds. There’s always a ‘Today’s Special’ from that day’s news.
The conversations are one-to-one, lasting half an hour (ish).
No Such Thing began in 2012 in a curry café in Manchester City Centre. Since then, Quarantine have had around 500 conversations over 500 lunches with 500 strangers.
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About the Cafés
No Such Thing takes place at four cafes over four weeks.
Please note that as this event takes place in functioning cafes, we’re unable to control the surrounding environment, including noise and lighting. Other customers will be in the cafes during the conversations.
Jimmy Griddle
During the first week, from 16 February, No Such Thing takes place at Jimmy Griddle.
A classic greasy spoon cafe situated on Battersea Park Road, Jimmy Griddle is a popular neighbourhood spot for delicious, quick and easy food with an extensive menu of breakfast and lunch options. A properly traditional caff, Jimmy Griddle has 10 tables sitting close together within a small space, with the till and kitchen situated at the back.
186 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 4ND, United Kingdom
The Latchmere bus stop LU is 5-minute walk from the cafe, and Battersea Park train station is a 15-minute walk away. If you are coming by car, there is some parking on the opposite side of the street (although not directly outside), and a pay and display in nearby Culvert Road.
Please note: There is no step free access to Jimmy Griddle. The bathroom is not wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs are not permitted, and there are no baby changing facilities.
Vegetarian lunch options are available.
Viet Caphe
During the second week, from 23 February, No Such Thing takes place at Viet Caphe.
A charming Vietnamese cafe on St John’s Hill, Viet Caphe serves a mixture of delicious hot vegetarian, fish and meat dishes (including rice bowls, noodles and pho) as well as hot drinks, pastries and traditional Vietnamese coffee. The order point is to the right as you enter.
127 St John’s Hill, London, SW11 1SZ, United Kingdom
Viet Caphe is a six-minute walk from Clapham Junction station, with both underground and overground connections. The closest bus stop is Plough Road (stop C) where routes 37, 39, 87, 156, 170, 337, 639, and 670 all stop.
Please note: there is a small step up into the cafe. There are tables both inside and outside, at pavement level. Wheelchair access is limited to the outdoor tables. There is paid-for street parking available nearby. There is one bathroom at the back of the cafe. Viet Caphe is dog friendly.
Vegetarian options are available.
Pique
During the third week, from 2 March, No Such Thing takes place at Pique.
An upmarket brunch spot over the road from Battersea Arts Centre, Pique offers delicious sandwiches, wraps and larger breakfast and lunch meal options. This is a popular spot for families, residents of Lavender Hill, and is dog friendly! A light and airy space, Pique has approximately 12-14 tables situated around a bar/till and kitchen in the centre of the room.
171 Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TE, United Kingdom
Pique is a 10-minute walk from Clapham Junction Station. Like BAC, it is served by the 345 bus stop.
There is step free access to Pique. There are baby changing facilities on-site, and guide dogs are permitted in the cafe.
Please note: as the bathrooms are downstairs they are not accessible to all customers. However, Pique is just across the road from BAC, which is a 1-minute walk away. BAC’s disabled and gender-neutral bathrooms are available for use.
Pique offers both vegetarian and Vegan options.
Tom’s Café
In its final week, from 9 March, No Such Thing will take place at Battersea Arts Centre’s very own Tom’s Cafe.
Our light and spacious bar and café is a beautiful and creative space, popular with locals, families and creatives, as well as for a pre-theatre drink or bite to eat. A specially curated menu will be available for No Such Thing.
Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN, United Kingdom
Tom’s Cafe is inside Battersea Arts Centre, just a 7-minute walk from Clapham Junction station. The 345 bus stops outside BAC and the nearest disabled parking spaces are in the Asda Car Park on Lavender Hill. You can find more detailed travel information on our Find Us page.
The café & bar is located on the ground floor with ramp access from the front or side entrance. There are wheelchair accessible toilets, all-gender toilets and baby changing facilities. Guide dogs are welcome at Tom’s Cafe.
Vegetarian and vegan lunch options will be available.
PART OF A PUBLIC ADDRESS
A Public Address sees award-winning theatre collective Quarantine take over the former Town Hall – now Battersea Arts Centre – to ask: who gets heard in a place like this today?
Part of Wandsworth’s year as the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture.
Biographies
Quarantine is an award-winning ensemble of artists and producers making cross-disciplinary work that explores what it means to live right now. Founded in Manchester in 1998, they create and tour projects around the world that are both intimate and immediate in their relationships with people, and global in their reference and scope.
Quarantine is known internationally for intellectually rigorous, socially progressive and inventive art that questions who gets seen, whose stories are told and who stands in for whom. Questions about representation lie at the heart of their work.
Credits
A Public Address is a BAC and Quarantine co-production, supported by Arts Council England.
Part of Welcome to Wandsworth, London Borough of Culture. London Borough of Culture is a Mayor of London initiative.
No Such Thing Concept & Creation Richard Gregory and Renny O’Shea
No Such Thing Producer Kevin Jamieson
Access
PRE EVENT INFORMATION
This event will take place at cafés nearby to Battersea Arts Centre.
Once you have booked a ticket, you will receive an email from us before the event detailing important information about your visit.
EVENT INFORMATION
There will be a BSL Interpreter available for those who require this.
If you require the use of BSL interpretation, you can let us know in the checkout when booking your tickets, or you can e-mail boxoffice@bac.org.uk after booking your tickets.
This event will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to, and if you need to leave at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.