Orange Tree Theatre
While the Sun Shines
On the eve of his wedding, the young Earl of Harpenden - Bobby to his friends - has offered his room to Joe, an American soldier he drunkenly met the night before. When Bobby's fiancée Lady Elizabeth turns up, Joe makes a move, thinking she must be Bobby's ex, the wonderful Mabel Crum. But a Free French lieutenant also has eyes for her... And to complicate matters, ...
- Jun-Jul
- 7-27
Orange Tree Theatre
CLAIRE MARTIN
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After her beautiful Valentine's show in 2018, we are delighted to welcome back to the Orange Tree the multi-award winning jazz singer . She will be joined by pianist and arranger Martin Sjöstedt, to celebrate the release in April 2019 of her eagerly awaited new album , her 20th for Linn Records.
Hailed by as "Our finest jazz singer", for over thirty years ...
- Jun-Jan
- 30-5
Orleans House Gallery
Grottofying
Happy is he whose little Grot, Squats in secret underground. Where life's dull pains are soon forgot; Where all that's lost is all that's found.
This Summer, Wignall and Moore in collaboration with Eley Williams, Fiona Williams and Nicholas Tufnell bring to the Main Gallery,
Grottofying.
Come and witness the space transform into ...
- Jul-Oct
- 4-25
Museum of Richmond
Celebrating 800 Years of St Mary Magdalene
FREE EXHIBITION
The Museum of Richmond's upcoming exhibition, 'Celebrating 800 Years of St. Mary Magdalene at the Heart of Richmond', will explore the history of the town's historic parish church.
This exhibition has been developed in partnership with the Richmond Team Ministry, and will be held in both the Museum and the Church itself...
more information about Celebrating 800 Years of St Mary Magdalene
- Jul-Jan
- 20-25
Eel Pie Club
ZOOT MONEY'S BIG ROLL BAND
Five decades in the entertainment business from his groundbreaking R&B show in the Sixties to the present day, Zoot Money has been a formidable contributor to the British music scene maintaining a career as a classic R&B singer and keyboard player.
He began his early career fusing R&B with jazz when he teamed up with guitarist Andy Summers (Police), tenor sax ...
- July
- Thursday
- 25
- 8pm
TwickFolk
Singaround: bring a song or two, join in, or just come and listen!
Another of our popular singaround evenings.
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.
If you fancy a go at singing in public, then this is the place to start.
If you just want to sit back and listen, that's also fine...
more information about Singaround: bring a song or two, join in, or just come and listen!
- July
- Sunday
- 28
- 7:45pm
Orange Tree Theatre
THE MIKVAH PROJECT
Eitan is 17. Avi is 35. Eitan loves Arsenal. Avi loves his wife. Eitan goes to college. Avi is trying for a child. They are in completely different places in their lives. Yet, every Friday, Eitan and Avi meet at the Mikvah to take part in the Jewish ritual of submerging in the water.
As they chat about life in the synagogue, football, the nature of marriage and desire they...
- August
- 3-10
Orange Tree Theatre
PATERSON JOSEPH
After an international tour, s new play comes to the Orange Tree. Performed by the author and co-directed by ( and at the National Theatre), this is the little-known story of a man who lived a remarkable life.
Born on a slave ship, educated in secret, he became a composer, actor, anti-slavery campaigner, and the first Afro-Briton to vote in a British general election. ...
- August
- 3-11
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- August
- Sunday
- 4
- 6pm
Orleans House Gallery
Playcation
Join us for a free and playful event at Orleans House Gallery this summer! With workshops, interactive experiences, exciting exhibitions and food and drinks stalls, it's set to be a perfect way to spend a creative, but chilled, Sunday afternoon.
Virtual Reality Experience: Terra Firma by Georgia Tucker
Set 50 years in the future, the viewer is...
- August
- Sunday
- 4
Orange Tree Theatre
EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY
Welcome to the Too-Much-Information Age. She's a nurse with terrors for kids, debtors banging at the door and a shopping addiction. He's in IT, bored with his lot, trapped in a soulless marriage and addicted to porn.
Miserable, both hanker for something else.
They meet online. No-strings sex seems like such a good idea. Or then again...maybe not.
The ...
more information about EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY
- August
- 5-11
Orange Tree Theatre
SADNESS AND JOY IN THE LIFE OF GIRAFFES
Part of the Giraffe is nine years, one month and twelve days old but she's unusually tall for her age. Her Dad can no longer afford the Discovery Channel, so she sets out on a quest to find the money herself. Accompanied by her suicidal teddy bear Judy Garland, this unstoppable duo adventure out to solve the problems grown-ups can't.
In a city worn down by ...
more information about SADNESS AND JOY IN THE LIFE OF GIRAFFES
- August
- 5-11
The Arts Society Richmond
Fortitude and Fancy - Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn
Speaker: Nicholas Henderson
The story of Henry VIII's two most important queens, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, and the social, religious and political consequences of their struggles for ascendancy.
- August
- Tuesday
- 6
- 7:30pm
Summer gig
Jazz concert.
It's an exciting line-up, all of whom have entertained us in recent months.
- Jo Harrop (vocals)
- Tony Kofi (saxes)
- Andy Panayi (saxes, flute)
- Andy Davies (trumpet)
- Alex Hutton (piano)
- Jihad Darwish (bass)
- Emiliano Caroselli (drums)
More information
- 8pm (doors open...
- August
- Tuesday
- 6
- 8pm
Eel Pie Club
JOE JAMMER'S ALL-STAR CHICAGO BLUES REVUE
Originally from Chicago, Joe Jammer was live guitarist for Supertramp, Screaming Lord Sutch, Paladin, Stealers Wheel, Donna Summer and Maggie Bell. Founding member of The Olympic Runners, Jam Master for Buddy Guy's Original Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago Jam Master at The Speakeasy, London and Session Guitarist for Mick Jagger, Joe Cocker, Ringo Starr, Jerry Lee Lewis and Oprah Winfrey, Joe Jammer has also been seen in "Sports Illustrated", Aerosmith's Autobiography "Walk This Way", "Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin Uncensored" by Richard Cole, Rolling Stone Magazine's "Encyclopedia of Rock
more information about JOE JAMMER'S ALL-STAR CHICAGO BLUES REVUE
- August
- Thursday
- 8
- 8pm
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v Wales
England will play four warm-up matches during the summer as they prepare for Rugby World Cup 2019.
- August
- Sunday
- 11
- 2pm
AFTERNOON CREAM TEA WITH MUSIC & DANCE
In support of INS on Saturday 17 August, 3-6pm at Priory Park, Forest Road, Kew, TW9 3BZ.
A delightful riverside location, with the Harvey Baker Band. Theme 1950's - 1990's!
More information
- Tickets £15.00, including cream tea
- Call 020 8755 4000 or you can book online at: [www.ins.org.uk/Event/ins-tea-dance](w))
more information about AFTERNOON CREAM TEA WITH MUSIC & DANCE
- August
- Saturday
- 17
- 3-6pm
Eel Pie Club
GENO WASHINGTON
Geno Washington is still the ultimate 60s soul man, enjoying cult status in soul, blues and RnB scenes, 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 ...
- August
- Thursday
- 22
- 8pm
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v Ireland
England will play four warm-up matches during the summer as they prepare for Rugby World Cup 2019.
- August
- Saturday
- 24
- 3pm
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- September
- Sunday
- 1
- 6pm
TwickFolk
Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
Another of our popular singaround evenings. 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.
If you fancy a go at singing in public, then this is the place to start.
If you just want to sit back and listen, that's also fine. In fact...
more information about Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
- September
- Sunday
- 1
- 7:45pm
Eel Pie Club
CADILLAC KINGS
The Cadillac Kings are going from strength to strength. October 2016 saw the release of their 5th album 'The Secret of my Success' which quickly ended up on so many playlists that by December it was voted one of the top 3 blues cds of the year by the IBBA (along with Kaz Hawkins and Joe Bonamassa). Throughout 2017 the cd continued to make inroads into US radio and ...
- September
- Thursday
- 5
- 8pm
Orange Tree Theatre
PILGRIMS
Rachel wants to write about folk songs and war and women, especially their urge to escape.
Will and Dan are mountain climbers, adventurers, conquering peak after peak. A tale about love, adventure and betrayal. But how are stories told, and whose version is remembered? Award-winning playwright returns to the Orange Tree, following her critically acclaimed play in 2018. ★★★★ WhatsOnStage
More information
- Sep-Oct
- 6-12
Old Isleworth Market
September market
The ready to eat food options include vegan & vegetarian street food, as well as meat curries, savoury pies, cupcakes, slices of cake, hot dogs, sausage rolls, focaccia, brioche and cinnamon twirls.
You can also buy fresh sourdough bread, pies and pork ready meals - all suitable for freezing for meals during the week.
It's not just food - we have a pre-loved ...
- September
- Saturday
- 14
- 10am-2pm
Richmond Shakespeare Society
The Father
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by Florian Zeller, directed by Stephen Oliver
This tragi-comedy, winner of the Molière Award for Best Play of 2014, plunges us into the mind of a man whose grasp on reality is gradually fading. Is André living in his own flat or that of his daughter Anne? Has the carer stolen his watch? Is his daughter married or was she divorced five years ago? ...
- September
- 14-21
Eel Pie Club
PETER DONEGAN and THE BAND (As Seen On The Voice)
Peter Donegan is son of Lonnie Donegan, the King of Skiffle. He recently made headline news when he appeared on The Voice and duetted with Tom Jones in a song Lonnie Donegan wrote for him (Tom). Peter is a talented musician in his own right and he has joined forces with the band that toured with the legend for the last 30 years. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays Piano, Guitar, Mandolin...
more information about PETER DONEGAN and THE BAND (As Seen On The Voice)
- September
- Thursday
- 19
- 8pm
Twickenham Craft Fairs
September Fair
"Buy unique, Buy Handmade since 2014"
Handmade gifts by local people. Up to 19 stalls per event with items such as jewellery, cards, knitting, hand painted gifts, sewing, home décor, clothing, crochet, artwork & more...
Please see www.twickenhamcraftfairs.co.uk for more info
FREE ENTRY - Families welcome
- September
- Saturday
- 21
- 1:30-5pm
Orange Tree Theatre
AMSTERDAM
An Israeli violinist. Living in her trendy canal-side Amsterdam apartment. Nine months pregnant.
One day a mysterious unpaid gas bill from 1944 arrives.
It awakens unsettling feelings of collective identity, foreignness and alienation. Stories of a devastating past are compellingly reconstructed to try and make sense of the present.
The UK premiere of a ...
- September
- Sunday
- 22
Pamper Evening - September
Come and join us for an evening of shopping and pampering just for the ladies. Handmade gifts from local makers with carefully selected treatments and massage from local professionals, all under one roof. Rejuvenate, shop and relax.
Come and spoil yourself.
More Information
- Please see www.Facebook.com/TwickenhamPampering for further information.
- FREE ENTRY - Ladies 18+ only
- 6pm till 10pm (last entry 9pm)
- September
- Sunday
- 29
- 6-10pm
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- October
- Sunday
- 6
- 6pm
Old Isleworth Market
October market
The ready to eat food options include vegan & vegetarian street food, as well as meat curries, savoury pies, cupcakes, slices of cake, hot dogs, sausage rolls, focaccia, brioche and cinnamon twirls.
You can also buy fresh sourdough bread, pies and pork ready meals - all suitable for freezing for meals during the week.
It's not just food - we have a pre-loved ...
- October
- Saturday
- 12
- 10am-2pm
Orange Tree Theatre
JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS
We live in a divided world, and we want to cross that divide. But how can we be popular now 'populist' means 'I'm a shit'? Answer: WE LOVE EVERYONE. Oh, except bastards. Everyone hates bastards, right? We agree.
Multi-award nominated* musical-activist-comedians, Jonny & The Baptists, are sick of being political and divisive. This show is about how ...
- Oct-Nov
- 18-16
Twickenham Craft Fairs
October Fair
"Buy unique, Buy Handmade since 2014"
Handmade gifts by local people. Up to 19 stalls per event with items such as jewellery, cards, knitting, hand painted gifts, sewing, home décor, clothing, crochet, artwork & more...
Please see www.twickenhamcraftfairs.co.uk for more info
FREE ENTRY - Families welcome
- October
- Saturday
- 26
- 1:30-5pm
Richmond Shakespeare Society
Hamlet
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Susan Conte
In the rain-soaked streets of modern Denmark, civil unrest is simmering. The King has died suddenly and strangely. His brother Claudius has immediately seized the throne, in a breach of all custom, democracy and law, and then married the widowed Queen. The heir apparent, young Hamlet, has been brushed aside. Can...
- Oct-Nov
- 26-2
Orange Tree Theatre
LITTLE BABY JESUS
Joanne is dipped in rudeness, rolled in attitude and is fighting to keep her life afloat. Sensitive and mature he may be, yet Kehinde struggles with an obsession for mixed race girls as he eyes his place on the social ladder. Rugrat, classclown and playground loudmouth, just wants to make it past GCSEs and keep their name on the tip of your tongue.
As their lives collide ...
- October
- Sunday
- 27
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- November
- Sunday
- 3
- 6pm
Orange Tree Theatre
LIFE IS FOR LIVING
A celebration of 's remarkable impact on British and American culture from performer and pianist . A critically-acclaimed, award-winning evening of conversations real and imagined, featuring original songs married with classics from The Master, and new settings of rediscovered lyrics and poetry.
Winner of the 2017 Drama Desk Award for outstanding revue Charles Isherwood, New York Times
More information
- Tickets £20
- website
- November
- Sunday
- 10
Orange Tree Theatre
BARB JUNGR
Orange Tree favourite Barb Jungr makes a welcome return this winter. Since her last visit, her reputation as "one of the world's great cabaret singers" (Time Out New York) may have gone to her head, as she will now only sing songs by writers whose names start with the letter B. But this means she can return to two colossi of popular song, whose writing has helped define her whole ...
- Nov-Jan
- 22-11
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- December
- Sunday
- 1
- 6pm
Old Isleworth Market
December market
The ready to eat food options include vegan & vegetarian street food, as well as meat curries, savoury pies, cupcakes, slices of cake, hot dogs, sausage rolls, focaccia, brioche and cinnamon twirls.
You can also buy fresh sourdough bread, pies and pork ready meals - all suitable for freezing for meals during the week.
It's not just food - we have a pre-loved ...
- December
- Saturday
- 7
- 10am-2pm
Twickenham Craft Fairs
December Fair
"Buy unique, Buy Handmade since 2014"
Handmade gifts by local people. Up to 19 stalls per event with items such as jewellery, cards, knitting, hand painted gifts, sewing, home décor, clothing, crochet, artwork & more...
Please see www.twickenhamcraftfairs.co.uk for more info
FREE ENTRY - Families welcome
- December
- Saturday
- 7
- 1:30-5pm
Orange Tree Theatre
CANDIDA
Eugene believes in love, free-thinking and liberation: James in social justice for all and conventional married life for himself. Candida believes in her own strength and her right to run her life as she wants.
A young man with the soul of a poet clashes with a popular Socialist preacher and threatens his domestic happiness. Only Candida can decide who is the stronger - and who's to be the winner.
More information
- December
- 14-29
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- January
- Sunday
- 5
- 6pm
Poetry at the Adelaide
An open mic evening where poets have an opportunity to read out their work. The compare is Bob Sheed, an established poet. People are welcome to just come and sit and listen.
The Adelaide pub is in Park Road, Teddington, and we use a room upstairs. It's £2 entry, and we urge people to buy a drink at the bar.
More Information
- From 6 to 8 pm
- Any enquiries, call 07906 813795
- February
- Sunday
- 2
- 6pm