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Hold on, he's back! David Downes continues his cultural
strafing of Church Street with another exhibition, this time in Ryan's
during October. David is an exceptionally talented artist and N16 recommends viewing and
buying his paintings while they remain more or less affordable. Keep the boy in beer, we
say. He'll be famous one day. At Firefly Rhum Shack Tim Davies, the creator of the mural
at Finsbury Park Station, is displaying a few of his highly colourful paintings. Prices
range from £600 to £1300. The Stoke Tup is exhibiting oil colours by Abberline Stirling
until the end of October.
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From 1 to 20 October the Arcola Theatre (020 7503 1646)
presents Peter Knowles' Owner/Occupier, directed by Mehmet Ergen (£8, £5 concessions).
Described as 'an intense meditation on silence and communication, on barriers, fear and
the possibility of freedom', the play should consolidate the Arcola's growing reputation
as one of the best experimental theatres in London. Throughout October the Arcola Gallery
features the work of Wiebke Dreyer, mono-prints, drawings and paintings on the spiritual
and political meaning of natural objects. The café bar is open every day from 10am to
10pm. Marcus Powell's 'The Thing about Shirley', a 'timely, comic insight into frustrated
love' was specially commissioned by The Hackney Empire Bullion Room Theatre
(020 9895 2424) and will run until 20 October £8 advance, £10 door). 
Dig out the old safety pins and ripped tartan trousers and snarl
your way down to Dalston where the Rio Cinema (020 7241 9410) remembers
Punk throughout October as part of the Never Mind the Jubilee Festival. The cinema is
showing some of the movement's seminal films on Saturdays at 11.15pm. On the 5th is 'The
Punk Rock Movie' ('the most faithful and wittiest punk documentary movie ever made' Time
Out) and on the 12th is 'Arena: Punk and the Pistols' (the uncensored version). 'Punk', a
compilation of Granada's finest punk moments plays on the 19th, supported by 'B'Dum
B'Dum', a 1978 documentary about the Buzzcocks, and 'Beyond the Screams', a look at the
Latino/Chicano punk community. On Friday 11th at 11.15pm the Rio is also screening 'DOA',
a fikm about the Sex Pistols' disastrous US tour in January 1978. On Sunday 20th at 2pm
seminal punk anarchists Crass promote an afternoon of moving image, music, discussion and
spoken word performances. Give the Rio a ring for details of their more conventional
screenings. 