- Feb-Sep
- 13-18
Museum of Richmond
The King's Observatory
13 February - 18 September 2021
Discover the fascinating story of the King's Observatory, a hub for scientific research in Richmond for over 200 years. Explore the legacy of this amazing building and learn about the impact it had on the science we use today, from astronomy to timekeeping to predicting the weather!
Available online from 13 February 2021!
- May-Sep
- 22-5
Turner's House
ENGLISH COASTS
An exhibition of J.M.W. Turner's original maritime watercolours and prints is to open in his former home in Twickenham on Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 thanks to a generous loan from Tate.
- July
- Tuesday
- 27
- 2-4pm
Turner's House
Summer Break Family Workshops - Sketching in Nature
Join Learning Officer Rita Piglionica exploring the surroundings of Turner's House and sketching in the landscape just as JMW Turner did! We will also learn more about the history of the local area and how Turner lived in Twickenham.
more information about Summer Break Family Workshops - Sketching in Nature
- Jul-Aug
- 29-1
- 10am-
The Exchange
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little pigs tell the traditional tale of Piggy Straw, Piggy Sticks and Piggy Bricks in their battles against the big bad wolf.
We join our three pigs as they embark on their adventures, building houses and running away from the big bad wolf. But they can't run away forever, and no one is coming to save them. With a lot of cunning and a bit of bee-lief, might they be able...
- July
- Thursday
- 29
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
PETER DONEGAN
Peter Donegan is the son of Lonnie Donegan, the King of Skiffle. Peter recently made headline news when he appeared on The Voice and duetted with Tom Jones in a song his father wrote for him. Peter is a talented musician in his own right. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, banjo, as well as lead vocals. He has tourd with Lonnie Donegan, Van ...
- August
- Sunday
- 1
- 2-4pm
Eel Pie Club
TWICKENHAM '60's DAY
A fantastic FREE event were The Eel Pie All-Stars (Don Craine & Keith Grant of The Downliners Sect; Robin Bibi ex Pretty Things; Alan Glen ex Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero; and Chris Hunt The Bruvvers, ex Lonnie Donegan Band, ex Dana Gillespi) plus a guest or two play from 2pm to 4pm and The Barmy Arms serves drinks and food all afternoon. 60's dress optional.
There may be some additional bands playing this year, so check details nearer the time.
From 2pm. FREE
- August
- Thursday
- 5
- 10am-1pm
Turner's House
Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
Join us and learn JMW Turner's watercolour technique with artist Tim Wright. We will look at Turner's watercolour technique, his responses to landscape and also, more specifically, his Petworth House interiors.
more information about Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
- August
- Tuesday
- 10
- 2-4pm
Turner's House
Summer Break Family Workshops - Turner in Textiles: a different way to 'paint'
JMW Turner is famous for his landscapes. He painted with oil, watercolour and made some prints too. However, did you know that we can paint with a lot of other materials? Come and join us 'painting' our landscapes using felt! We will look together at some of Turner's landscape paintings and trying to reproduce our own inspired by the River Thames landscape.
- August
- Thursday
- 12
- 10am-1pm
Turner's House
Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
Join us and learn JMW Turner's watercolour technique with artist Tim Wright. We will look at Turner's watercolour technique, his responses to landscape and also, more specifically, his Petworth House interiors.
more information about Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
- August
- Thursday
- 12
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
GENO WASHINGTON
Geno Washington is still the ultimate 60's soul man, enjoying cult status in soul, blues and RnB, mainly due to his unsurpassable reputation as a live performer.
A contemporary of Georgie Fame, The Small Faces and Jimi Hendrix (all of whom were his support acts back in the day), Geno is as electrifying today as ever, a force of nature and a genuine joy to behold.
In 1980, &#...
- August
- Thursday
- 19
- 10am-1pm
Turner's House
Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
Join us and learn JMW Turner's watercolour technique with artist Tim Wright. We will look at Turner's watercolour technique, his responses to landscape and also, more specifically, his Petworth House interiors.
more information about Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
- August
- Thursday
- 26
- 10am-1pm
Turner's House
Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
Join us and learn JMW Turner's watercolour technique with artist Tim Wright. We will look at Turner's watercolour technique, his responses to landscape and also, more specifically, his Petworth House interiors.
more information about Turner and Watercolour: a Summer Painting Course with Tim Wright
- August
- Thursday
- 26
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
GOOD OLD BOYS
An evening with The Good Old Boys is an exhilerating experience and one not to be missed! Originally formed as a vehicle to play live Rock n Roll and Rhythm n Blues whenever the members were free from touring with their own bands. The Good Old Boys are Nick Simper, Alan Barratt, Peter Parks, Simon Bishop and Richard Hudson and they hav played with or alongside Deep Purple, Johnny Kidd
- Aug-Oct
- 28-2
Orange Tree Theatre
STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT
A rare revival of Athol Fugard's classic play about an interracial relationship under threat in Apartheid South Africa.
more information about STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT
- September
- Thursday
- 2
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
MARTIN TURNER (EX WISHBONE ASH)
Martin Turner and his band return in Autumn 2020 to perform another classic Wishbone Ash album in its entirety - 1973's Wishbone Four, as well as other favourites from the classic era of Wishbone Ash, including Argus highlights. Wishbone Four followed in the wake of the classic 1972 album Argus. Rather than attempting to repeat the highly successful formula of Argus, the band elected to ...
- September
- Sunday
- 5
- 7:45pm
TwickFolk
Return to the Cabbage Patch! Bring a song or two, join in, or just come and listen
Government restrictions permitting, we're returning to Patchworks this September. We're starting off with a couple of singarounds, because it's too long since we all sang together.
Expect anything from sea shanties to psychedelia, with a mix of original songs, traditional songs and covers of well known and less known songs.
Some performers will take requests on the ...
- September
- Tuesday
- 7
- 8pm
The Arts Society Richmond
Music in Art
Speaker: Sophie Matthews
Profile Sophie is a musician well-known for her prowess on the English border bagpipes and has become one of the foremost players of the instrument in the UK. She also plays a variety of early woodwind instruments such as shawm, rauschpfeife, crumhorm and recorder. She's also one of a handful of British players of the baroque musette, an 18th century French bagpipe similar to the Northumbrian smallpipes.
- September
- Thursday
- 9
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
LEAF HOUND
Led by original vocalist, Peter French (also of original and recent Atomic Rooster fame), Leaf Hound was a product of the SW London rock scene of the late '60s which spawned the likes of Free and other blues-rock acts, and their 1971 Growers of Mushroom album has achieved massive cult status and now exchanges hands for over £6,000 and was voted the 'Number one most collectible ...
- September
- Saturday
- 11
- 12-6pm
St Margarets Fair
2021 Fair
The St Margarets Fair is a day jam-packed full of fun that will keep you thoroughly entertained. With live music on our main stage, our music tent, 5-a-side football competition, displays, fair rides, tea tent, Pimms stall, beer tent and BBQ. And our legendary Dog Show on little Moormead.
- September
- Sunday
- 12
- 7:45pm
TwickFolk
Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
Government restrictions permitting, we're returning to Patchworks this September. We're starting off with a couple of singarounds, because it's too long since we all sang together.
Expect anything from sea shanties to psychedelia, with a mix of original songs, traditional songs and covers of well known and less known songs. Some performers will take requests on the night. more information about Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
- September
- Thursday
- 16
- 8pm
The Exchange
Simon Evans: The Work of the Devil
Simon Evans' last show, Genius 2.0 ( "A Masterclass" ★★★★★ The Scotsman) provided a hilarious analysis of the departure of any visible sign of intelligence from modern life. But his new show raises the stakes, with his usual excoriating views of a world on fire given a perspective shift from personal revelations that turned his world upside down this year...
- September
- Thursday
- 23
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
STEPHEN DALE PETIT
Stephen Dale Petit and his razor-sharp band, bassist Sophie Lord and drummer, Jack Greenwood, perform songs from their new album,2020 Visions, alongside blues deep cuts. Dynamic excitement born of the blues, with a refreshingly daring approach, launches Petit from the roots of deep blues boldly into hitherto unexplored rock guitar excellence, through influences of Charlie Patton and Blind ...
- September
- Friday
- 24
- 8pm
The Exchange
Manford's Comedy Club
Manford's Comedy Club was launched by comedian Jason Manford and his brother Colin just over two years ago. The idea was to bring comedians from the UK circuit to small towns and cities across the country for a night of live comedy. The show features up and coming performers as well as more well-known names and are all personally chosen by Jason himself. The aim of the pop up shows is ...
- October
- Saturday
- 2
- 8pm
The Exchange
Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation
I was in the middle of a UK Tour when theatres had to close due to lockdown - and the tour was called 'Healing The Nation' - so that title worked out well.
It will turn out to be the longest tour ever, taking 3 years to complete, and as the tour has gone on there's been less and less healing and more and more of the opposite. Admittedly, I could have changed the title but it...
- October
- Tuesday
- 5
- 8pm
The Arts Society Richmond
Double Dutch: The Secret Language of Dutch Still Life Painting
Speaker: Lynne Gibson
Banquets and breakfasts celebrate an abundance of foodstuffs. Could the curl of lemon peel, platter of oysters, kraakware bowl of blemished fruit or spiced meat pie warn of the dangers of gluttony and pleasures of the flesh? Vanitas paintings display treasured possessions. If we look closely, however, the pocket-watch, the fading bloom and, more explicitly, the human skull might hint that consciences are troubled by such ostentation.
more information about Double Dutch: The Secret Language of Dutch Still Life Painting
- October
- Thursday
- 7
- 7:30pm
The Exchange
The Just Us League Presents 'MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies...Kind Of'
We're delighted to present the world's premier nerd-culture comedy double-act, The Just Us League, with their smash hit show MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies...Kind Of
Squeezing (almost) all the MARVEL movies into an action-packed evening of laughs, their short punchy sketches and high-energy style will delight the whole spectrum of MARVEL fans; from those that have seen just one...
more information about The Just Us League Presents 'MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies...Kind Of'
- October
- Thursday
- 7
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
WE REMEMBER JOE COCKER featuring PAUL COX Tickets
An original project in tribute to Joe Cocker with a 5-piece band plus backing singers, led by the charismatic voice of Paul Cox who has a reputation as one of Britain's finest Blues/Soul singers. Paul has worked or recorded with the likes of RAY CHARLES, ERIC CLAPTON, PAUL RODGERS, GARY BROOKER, SNOWY WHITE, SAM BROWN
more information about WE REMEMBER JOE COCKER featuring PAUL COX Tickets
- October
- Saturday
- 9
- 7:30pm
The Exchange
The Beatones: Experience The British Invasion
IT'S SO EASY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS - THE BEATONES: EXPERIENCE THE BRITISH INVASION
Taking you back to when Britain ruled radio airwaves across the globe. Experience the British Invasion with...The BEATONES!
Featuring hits from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, Herman's Hermits, The Searchers, and more. This live musical extravaganza will transport you ...
more information about The Beatones: Experience The British Invasion
- Oct-Nov
- 9-13
Orange Tree Theatre
RICE
Nisha is a young hotshot executive working for Golden Fields, Australia's largest producer of rice. Ambitious and headstrong, she's determined to become the first female Indian CEO in Australia. She's close to sealing a contract with the Indian government, which would see her company take over India's national rice distribution system.
- October
- Thursday
- 21
- 8pm
- October
- 22-24
Normansfield Theatre
Der Fliegende Hollander
(The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner
Featuring Rose Opera Orchestra and Chorus
This event will now take place in October 2021. Tickets purchased previously will be automatically transferred to the corresponding dates. If you would prefer a refund on your original ticket please contact jo.hardie@downs-syndrome.org.uk more information about Der Fliegende Hollander
- October
- Saturday
- 23
- 8pm
The Exchange
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
A few years ago, it seemed unlikely that the UK would vote to leave the EU; we had a reasonable opposition to the Tory Government; Donald Trump was a buffoon who surely wasn't going to beat Hilary Clinton and Mark was living the married suburban ideal, since then it's all gone to absolute sh*t! But don't worry as Mark thinks EVERY LITTLE THING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT.
Mark&#...
more information about Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- October
- Saturday
- 30
- 2pm
The Exchange
Javier Jarquin: Card Ninja
Riotous fun and a sweep of high-flying card tricks can only mean one thing; Javier Jarquin, otherwise branded as Card Ninja, is back in town. Expect deadly and risky fun as he performs his extreme card-flicking stunts.
WARNING: This show contains Ninjas, not magic. Card Ninja is a show like nothing you've ever seen before!
Using genuine playing cards, ...
- November
- Thursday
- 11
- 7:30pm
The Exchange
Sh*t-Faced® Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is touring the UK with one of Shakespeare's most loved plays: Romeo and Juliet. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of a Shakespearean classic, with an entirely shit-faced cast member. With one cast member selected at random and given four hours to drink before ...
more information about Sh*t-Faced® Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
- November
- Thursday
- 11
- 8pm
- November
- Saturday
- 13
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v Australia
One of the oldest and biggest rivalries in world sport, never mind rugby - any meeting with Australia is to be savoured. The Wallabies have rediscovered something of the best of themselves in the Rugby Championship and beat New Zealand last season so their collective threat, dazzling attacking brilliance and all-round mastery of managing the game will test England to the limits. Twickenham will be a sell-out - make sure you are there to experience it!
- November
- Saturday
- 20
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v South Africa
In the final match of the series, England will play South Africa on 20 November in what will be the first meeting between the sides since the Rugby World Cup 2019 final. This also sees the Springboks back at Twickenham Stadium for the first time since 2018, England edging that game 12-11.
- Nov-Jan
- 20-8
Orange Tree Theatre
WHILE THE SUN SHINES
One of the most successful productions in Orange Tree history returns!
★★★★★ "Rollickingly good fun" The Reviews Hub
★★★★ "Paul Miller's delightful production fizzes with fun... Make hay with a glorious night of theatre." Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard
★★★★★ "...