Wandsworth Arts Festival Dance Week - Fuzion. Kompany Malakhi return to Wandsworth Dance to premiere its new work. Explosive live jazz, physical theatre and contemporary dance come together for a night of exciting new work. Monday/Tuesday, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, 8pm, £6-£9. 020 7223 2223.

Flying Chair For Da Vinci, A Man And A Woman. A unique double bill: the first is an exploration of flight and gravity, the second a couple's fears, desires and dreams are played out in a story which combines allusion with illusion. Tuesday/Wednesday, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, 7pm, £5-£8. 020 7223 2223.

F-Stop. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, this choreographic work by Athina Vahla features seven dancers with a commissioned soundtrack by Isa Suarez. Wednesday/Thursday, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, 8pm, £6-£9. 020 7223 2223.

Surge/AbZorb. The second double bill of the week. Surge is raw, intensive and captivating. The dancers are predatory torn between natural instinct and being sensitive

to movement. Using dance, film and music, the AbZorb collective explore the themes of life within the modern landscape. Thursday, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, 7.30pm, £6-£8. 020 7223 2223.

Bengali Social and Cultural Association. An evening of Asian dancing, music, drama and comedy performed by professional artists. Saturday, Upper Tooting Methodist Church, 290 Balham High Road, 6pm, £3. 020 8767 3990.

Wandsworth Arts

Festival Poetry

In Your Own Write: The Poetry Of Protest. Can poetry still survive as a vehicle for protest in the new millennium or has political performance lost its edge?Adrian Mitchell heads a line-up in which some of the country's strongest voices make their point. Tonight, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, 9pm, £3.50-£4.75. 020 7223 2223.

Taking The Mike. An open-mike project hosted by Project Adorno. All styles welcome: beat poetry, straight poetry, weird poetry. Come and listen or take the mike yourself. Tomorrow, Putney Library, Disraeli Road, SW15, 7.30pm. Free.

Melting Pot. A mix of poetry, painting, puppetry, DJ sessions and live music. Thursday-Sunday, Melting Pot, 253 Franciscan Road, SW17, 7pm. 020 8672 2400.

TALKS

Sutton Writers' Circle Meeting. Literary agent, Wendy Suffield will be giving the benefit of her expertise to aspiring authors. Non members welcome. Friday, Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, 8pm. £2.50.

Making Rooms. Michael Bull, a technician at Wandsworth Museum talks about how to create a period room. Tuesday, The Courthouse, 11 Garratt Lane, SW18, part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival, 1.15pm, 020 8871 7074.

Can The Arts Create An Urban Renaissance? Debate on the potential of the arts as a regeneration tool. Speakers include Neil Cooper of The Times and Alan Hudson of Oxford University. Wednesday, Battersea Arts Centre Caf, Lavender Hill, part of Wandsworth Arts Festival, 7.30pm. £5-£7.

150 Years of Wandsworth Prison. An illustrated talk by Stuart McLaughlin on the history of prison to mark its opening as the Surrey House of Correction in 1851. Thursday, The Courthouse, 11 Garratt Lane, part of Wandsworth Arts Festival, 7.30pm, £2.50. 020 8871 7074.

The Great Fire Of London. Learn how some of the great buildings of London turned tragedy to triumph in the first of a series of lunchtime lectures. Tuesday, Ham House, Ham Street, Richmond, £16.50 includes coffee, lecture and two course lunch, 11am. 020 8940 1950.

Aerial Archaeology In Britain And Beyond. By Dr Bob Bewley of the Richmond Archaeology Society. Today, Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, 8pm, £2. 020 8977 3075.

A Slow Boat To Paradise: 19th Century Emigration. By Jim Golland of the East Surrey Family History Society, tomorrow, Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, 2.30pm. 020 8876 9893.

The History of the Dodge Factory at Kew. By Christopher Salaman of Richmond Local History Society, Monday, Meadows Hall, Church Road, Richmond, 8pm, £1. 020 8891 3825.

Julian of Norwich. By the Rev Kevin White, Tuesday, Richmond Afternoon Forum, United Church Hall, Raleigh Road, Richmond, 2.45pm. 020 8878 9996.

Juno Moneta and the Mint of Republican Rome. Jonathon Williams of the British Museum gives a talk to Kingston Numismatic Society. Thursday, King Athelstan School, Villiers Road, Kingston, 7.30pm, 020 8937 6944.

The World Of Trees with Special Reference to the Winkworth Arboretum, Gloucestershire by Les Pearce. Organised by The Friends Of Bushy and Home Park, Thursday, St John Ambulance Hall, Park Road, Teddington, 8pm. 020 8979 3973.

WALKS

Richmond Ghost Walk. Richmond may be famous for quaint shops and big houses but what about its undead? Saturday, 7.30pm, The Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, £5. 020 8977 2806/ 8894 2962

Linear walk along the Hogsmill River organised by the Richmond Ramblers. Saturday, meet at Tolworth Station at 10.47am, 020 8337 0635.

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