Published: 22 July 2010
by JOSH LOEB

• ISLINGTON-based actress and comedian Lisa Hammond, who has starred in TV shows Psychoville and Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere, has a secret: she uses her disability to “manipulate people”. The 28-year-old, who has restricted growth, is currently in No Idea at the Young Vic – a show she wrote with collaborator and fellow Islington resident Rachael Spence. She told me she finds it amusing to play on people’s perceptions of disability to gain entry to clubs or jump queues. No Idea contains a series of sketches based on Lisa and Rachael’s quest to create a piece of theatre.
It is playing at the Young Vic until July 31. To book call 020 7922 2922.

• A play inspired by an Isling­ton-based writer’s visits to synagogues in eastern Europe will be playing in a Fleet Street church next week. Judenfrei: Love and Death in Hitler’s Germany by Kate Glover depicts the love between two Jewish lawyers, Hanna and Philipp, and will be performed at the Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West, 186a Fleet Street, EC4, on July 27 at 7.30pm. Tickets via www.historia theatre.com or on the door (£12, £10 concs).

• Are your children looking for stuff to do over the summer? A  Shakespeare drama workshop series will be taking place at the Holly Lodge Estate, N6,  from August 16-20. All ages welcome.
Call Lisa to book a  place: 07941928337. Price £165 (concessions available).