Orange Tree Theatre
Dealing With Clair
Clair works in real estate.
Mike and Liz are selling.
James wants to buy.
He'll only deal with Clair.
Selling houses. It's not forever. Who knows what I'll do? Maybe make a killing and just... disappear. That's right. Vanish.
First seen thirty years ago at the Orange Tree Theatre, where several of Crimp's early plays ...
- Nov-Feb
- 4-10
Richmond Shakespeare Society
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's whirlwind comedy of romantic complications and practical jokes set at the festive season in the 1950's and shot through with popular songs of the period. Identical twins are separated in a shipwreck and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, (disguised as a boy), falls in love with Orsino who, in turn, dotes on Olivia. But Olivia falls for Viola then enter Sebastian, the spitting image of his sister...
- December
- 8-15
The Exchange
Manford Comedy Club Christmas Special
Manford's Comedy Club will be heading back into town on 14th December for a Christmas special at the Exchange in Twickenham.
Join us for a hilarious evening of live comedy featuring four well-known comedians personally chosen by Jason Manford.
Line up: Christian Reilly, Fin Taylor, Janet Garner and Luke Toulson.
- December
- Friday
- 14
- 8pm
Marble Hill House
Christmas crafts fair
Join the team at Marble Hill to make a Christingle or a little Christmas wreath. Open to adults and children alike. While you're there come into the house and take in the free 12 Days Of Christmas exhibition by local artist Michael Coldman, who transforms everyday objects into magical representations of the Marble Hill Story!
More information
- 10am to 2pm, but pop along for 10 minutes or take your time if you prefer.
- COST: FREE
- BOOKING: No booking required - just turn up and try!
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 10am-
Richmond Council
Mayor's Beauty and the Beast Sing-a-long
The Mayor of Richmond upon Thames would like to invite families to Be Our Guest at a Sing-a-Long Beauty and The Beast screening this Christmas! Join him at the Twickenham Exchange on Saturday 15th December for a screening of Disney's brand-new adaptation of the iconic fairy tale, with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in! This family Christmas special is a chance ...
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 11am
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 4pm
Teddington Choral Society
Christmas Concert 2018
Teddington Choral Society is excited to present their Christmas Concert for 2018.
This year's Concert features the compositions and arrangements of local London composer, Jonathan Rathbone. During the evening some other musical pieces will also be performed: Chilcott, Fauré...
The choir will be accompanied by their talented accompanist, Phil Culling ...
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 7:30pm
The Exchange
The Girl in The Water
The Girl in the Water presented by students of Elizabeth Samuels Drama School. www.elizabethsamuelsdrama.com
Ben and his friends are the misfits at school. Every day after school they go into the nearby woods and hang out by the river, free to be themselves, safe from other students who pick on them and away from real life problems. Ben...
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 7:30pm
Bearcat Comedy Club
MARK MAIER. ADDY VAN DER BORGH. ELF LYONS. JOHN MANN.
- Imagine...! One of the Best UK Headliners... Witty, Urbane, Sophisticated... and one of the funniest men on the circuit today MARK MAIER Comes to St Margarets...
- Timeless Skill! Mime - with Words! Many people's Favourite ADDY VAN DER BORGH Returns with his tales of noble gasmen and talking drinks...
- Making her Turks Head Bearcat ...
- December
- Saturday
- 15
- 8pm
The Exchange
Twickenham Cinema Club Presents 'It's a Wonderful Life'
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all -- and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence -- who then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all his good deeds over the years.
Don'...
- December
- Wednesday
- 19
- 7:30pm
Eel Pie Club
EEL PIE CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY - EEL PIE ALL-STARS GUESTS!!
The Eel Pie Club Christmas Party is now famous! Great music, great fun, free mince pies and mulled wine (if you get there early enough), and 'the best party in town'. The Eel Pie All-Stars are Don Craine and Keith Grant (Downliners Sect), Robin Bibi (ex Pretty Things), Alan Glen (formerly with The Yardbirds), Chris Hunt (Lonnie Donegan Band, The Bruvvers), Dave Lennox (...
- December
- Wednesday
- 19
- 8:30pm
The Exchange
Captcha Theatre Presents Goldilocks and the Three Polar Bears
The classic tale of "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" is transported from deep in the forest to an icy wonderland.
Goldilocks is given a beautiful Christmas gift, but when she loses it outside her home her adventures begin. Join the journey of friendship and snowflakes animated live with fantastic puppets that's fun for all the family!
Tickets: £8/£6 (concs)
- December
- Saturday
- 22
- 11:30am
- December
- Saturday
- 29
- 4pm
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
- 6
- 6pm
Eel Pie Club
MACK featuring TOMMY HARE
TOMMY HARE has a deep and soulful voice that has been described as a mixture of gravel and honey that belies his relative youth. Tommy also plays guitar, keyboards and harmonica and has shared the stage with some of the musical greats including Ronnie Wood, Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman. He draws on experience gained from working with members of both the Rolling Stones and The Faces. ...
- January
- Thursday
- 10
- 8:30pm
Eel Pie Club
MUD MORGANFIELD - (Aka Muddy Waters Jr)
Making his third visit to The Eel Pie Club, Mud Morganfield is a multi-award winning artist and an established star in the world of Blues music. The eldest son of the legendary, Muddy Waters, Mud was brought up surrounded by many of the finest musicians in the Blues. Mud's singing is firmly in the best of traditions of Chicago blues, and he is backed by some of the best musicians ...
- January
- Wednesday
- 16
- 8:30pm
Eel Pie Club
BLUESCLUB
This All-Star band who play only when not touring with their own bands have a combined love for the Blues of America from the 1930s to the '70s. BluesClub's set list includes songs from artists as varied as Leadbelly, Son House and Charley Patton, to Slim Harpo, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal and Canned Heat.
The star line-up includes (subject to ...
- January
- Thursday
- 24
- 8:30pm
The Arts Society Richmond
Postcards from Near and Far: Picturing the 20th Century
Speaker: Chloe Sayer
This lecture celebrates the long history and vast scope of picture postcards -€“ bearers of news and repositories of memories.
Profile
Chloe ...
- February
- Tuesday
- 5
Eel Pie Club
CATFISH
British Blues Award, European Blues Award and Blues Act of The Year Winners, CATFISH, have carved a reputation for themselves as an excellent live band with a phenomenal frontman in 23-year-old guitarist/vocalist, Matt Long, who plays with a real passion for the blues.
The band crashed into the blues scene in January 2015 with their debut album, 'So Many Roads', going ...
- February
- Thursday
- 7
- 8:30pm
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v France
England and France will meet for 'Le Crunch' at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday 10th February. The match will take place during the second round of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.
- February
- Sunday
- 10
- 3pm
Eel Pie Club
LEAF HOUND
A rare Club appearance for this cult UK rock band!
Led by original vocalist, Peter French (also of original and current Atomic Rooster fame), Leaf Hound was a product of the South West London rock scene of the late 60s which spawned the likes of Free and other blues-rock acts, and their 1971Growers of Mushroom album has achieved massive cult status and now exchanges hands for...
- February
- Thursday
- 21
- 8:30pm
The Arts Society Richmond
Charles Barry's Great Work: Restoring the Houses of Parliament
Speaker: Caroline Shenton
The Houses of Parliament is one of the most famous and staggering buildings in the world. It rises serenely from the Thames at Westminster on a site which has been the centre of power and government in England from the earliest times. It is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture and a spectacular feat of civil engineering, a landmark...
- March
- Tuesday
- 5
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v Italy
England will take on Italy at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 9th March, during the penultimate round of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.
- March
- Saturday
- 9
- 4:45pm
Rugby Football Union (RFU)
England v Scotland
England and Scotland will do battle for the Calcutta Cup when they meet at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 16th March, in what will be the final match of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.
- March
- Saturday
- 16
- 5pm
The Arts Society Richmond
The Lure of Ivory
Speaker: Maggie Campbell Pederson
Ivory has been carved for 40,000 years and its trade goes back thousands of years. Different cultures worldwide have revered it and it has been widely used for religious carvings. It has also been used for many more commonplace items, from piano keys to dentures. The talk will look at the lure of ivory through the ages, its many and ...
- April
- Tuesday
- 2
Twickenham Rugby Grounds
The Clash - Bath v Bristol
The Clash - Bath v Bristol
- April
- Saturday
- 6
- 3pm
Twickenham Rugby Grounds
Army v Navy
Army v Navy
- May
- Saturday
- 4
- 2pm
The Arts Society Richmond
David Hockney and his Struggles with Modernism
Speaker: Ray Warburton
At heart David Hockney is a figurative painter, painting people and places that he knows and have meaning for him. Yet as he was learning his trade, modern art was changing and new art movements from America were in the ascendency. After dabbling briefly with Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, he embarked on a number of strategies that ...
- May
- Tuesday
- 7
Twickenham Rugby Grounds
HSBC London 7s
HSBC London 7s
- May
- 25-26
- 2pm-
The Arts Society Richmond
The Art of the Classic French Paperweight
Speaker: Simon Cottle
For a brief period glass paperweight-making truly blossomed. Influenced by developments in Venice in the 1840s, the French glass manufacturers of Baccarat, Clichy and St.Louis added a wide range of highly decorative and extremely ornate paperweights to their repertoire. The fashion lasted for seven years giving it the title of the 'classic ...
- June
- Tuesday
- 4
Twickenham Rugby Grounds
Metallica
Metallica's WorldWired Tour has confirmed its return to the UK at London’s Twickenham Stadium on 20th June 2019, supported by special guests Ghost and Bokassa.
- June
- Thursday
- 20
The Arts Society Richmond
AGM and Lecture: A Load of Old Balls
Speaker: Simon Ingris
According to historian Barbara Tuchman, the invention of the ball ranks as highly as the invention of the wheel. Simon Inglis agrees, especially after spending years delving into cubbyholes at pavilions and museums, in workshops and factories, finding out how these apparently simple objects came into being and how their design and ...
- July
- Tuesday
- 2
- 7:30pm
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
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
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
