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Richmond Upon Thames Literature Festival 2016

Once again, the Richmond-upon-Thames Literature Festival will be taking place throughout November. This year we are celebrating the 25

th

birthday of the festival and will be presenting an exciting selection of events between 4-27 November, in partnership with Arts Richmond. This year’s programme includes some of today’s finest novelists including Sebastian Barry, Margaret Drabble and award-winning writer Kate Summerscale. There will also be vampires, spies, pirates, farm life and gangsters – enough to keep you entertained for the whole month! There is also a programme for children, families and young people which includes Arts Richmond hosting Lucy Worsley at Duke Street Church on Saturday 5 November. For the full programme visit www.richmondliterature.com

Box office opens 3 October, visit the website or call 020 8831 6000 to book tickets or for more information.

Visual Arts

Stables Gallery, Riverside Twickenham TW1 3DY: 11 Aug-2 Oct Clive Robinson and Helen Taylor-Robinson: Grave Goods, objects arising from the Robinsons’ lifelong involvement in writing and photography.Oct 6-Dec 4 Re-inventing the Selfie. Tues-Sun 10am-5pm richmond.gov.uk/arts

Orleans House Gallery: will be closed whilst extensive renovations and developments take place on site. The Transforming Orleans House Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund will restore the architecturally important Grade 1 Gibbs Octagon Room and improve access to the Richmond Borough Art Collection through a new Study Gallery, picture store, training room and increased interpretation around the site. Physical access will also be improved with a new entrance and lift access to the upper floors. richmond.gov.uk/arts

Riverside Gallery, Old Town Hall, Richmond: contemporary British painting, 10 Sept-22 Oct 2015 The Contemporary British Painting Prize. This new competition is designed for those who have a love of painting. richmond.gov.uk/arts

Fountain Gallery, East Molesey, open Tuesday to Sunday 11.30am to 5.30pm: 20 Sept to 2 Oct, Liz Bernard & Jenny O’Donoghue, unique interesting and colourful compositions. 4-16 Oct Tessa Pearson, colourful contemporary paintings and original prints inspired by glorious gardens, flowers and the natural environment. 18-30 Oct Colin Turner, observational landscapes in oil and mixed media using both brushes and palette knives. Paintings of coastal, rural and Thames locations. fountaingallery.co.uk

Kew Studios: Life Drawing 3-hour drop-in sessions from 2-5pm with

Chris Pickford and Libby Jones. kewstudio.org

Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington: Sat 15 & Sun 16 Oct, 10am-5pm. Autumn Art Fair including fine art, illustration, photography, ceramics, sculpture and more. Over 90 artists and makers will be showing. Tickets: £4/LAC Members & U16s free. landmarkartscentre.org

Teddington Artists: will be returning to the magnificent Victorian theatre at Normansfield in Teddington for their Annual Exhibition 2016. 18 exciting artists in a wide variety of media: paint, print, textile, photography and

intriguing objets trouvés. Sat 8 & 9

October, 10.00am-6.00pm. Showing at Normansfield Theatre, Normansfield, 2A Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS. Twickenham Art Circle: Full programme of Saturday painting and drawing sessions in venues around West London. twickenhamartcircle.org.uk

Redlees Gallery, Isleworth: Exhibition on the first Sunday of every month. One day Collage and Mixed Media Workshop. Explore your creativity through collage and mixed media on Sat 22 Oct & Sat 12 November from 10am-4pm: Life Drawing Workshops every Tues evening from 7-9.30pm. jjworkshops.com/contact www.redlees.org

The Lovers Lights Gallery, 27 Church Street, Twickenham: Specialises in selling work direct from local artists. loverslightsgallery.co.uk

What’s On

Arts & Culture in and around Richmond upon Thames

October 2016

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The Bowman Gallery, Richmond: open Tuesday to Friday, from 12noon until 6pm, Saturday 1pm to 5pm. Specialises in period views of Richmond Upon Thames. bowmangallery.co.uk

Richmond and Twickenham Photographic Society: Thursdays at 8pm, General meetings at the Kew Community Centre, The Avenue, Kew. rtps.org.uk

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Films

Arthur’s Screen on the Green, Twickenham, film with meal; Sun 2 Oct Sing Street – 1980’s Dublin, Boy meets girl, girl unimpressed – boy starts band. Sun 9 Oct Hail Caesar by the Cohen Bros, lights, camera, abduction.

Wed 12 Oct Creed – a new Rocky for a new generation; Michael Jordan & Sylvester Stallone. Sun 16 Oct Muscle Shoals – the true story of a small town with a big sound. Wed 19 Oct Zoolander 2 – The Magnum Edition; Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz. Sun 23 Oct Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice – most anticipated showdown of our time. Wed 26 Oct High Rise. arthursscreenonthegreen.co.uk

Hammond Theatre, Hampton School, Hanworth Road, Hampton TW12 3HD: Widdershins – Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom, Saturday 1 October at 2.30pm. Tickets: £7/£5. The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: The Entertainer, Thursday 27 October, 7pm. Tickets: £12/£10. thehammondtheatre.co.uk

Richmond Film Society : the Pete

Postlethwaite Theatre (Room G5) at St

Mary’s University on Tues 4 October at

8.00pm Tehran Taxi (Iran) and Tues 18

Oct Mystery Road (Australia). www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk

Musical Museum, Brentford: Sat Oct 1, Tea Dances. Tickets: £8.50 incl tea/coffee. Sun 23 Oct, Oh What A Lovely War. Tickets: £6.50/£5. musicalmuseum.co.uk

Olympic Studios, Barnes, the Curzon Cinema and the Odeon, Richmond: Full programme of current films, plus one-off events streamed live from cultural venues. olympicstudios.co.uk/ curzoncinemas.com/odeon.co.uk

Drama

OHADS, Hampton Hill Theatre: 4-8 Oct starts at 7.45pm Conspiracy by Loring Mandel concerning the infamous Wannsee Conference of Jan 1942 when senior Nazis determined the ‘final solution’ to the so-called Jewish problem. Tickets: £12. Tel: 07546 207 192

OSO ARTS CENTRE, Barnes; Thur 6 Oct, from 7.30-9.30pm. Shakespeare’s Dreams and Nightmares. Tickets: £12.00/£10.50 in advance. £13.50 on the door. info@osoarts.org.uk

The Puppet Barge: Oct 1 & 2 at 2.30pm Brer Rabbit visits Africa Oct 1 at 7.30pm The Ancient Mariner. Suitable for everyone down to 3 year olds. www.puppetbarge.com

Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford-upon-Avon: The Rover from 8 Sept to 11 Feb 2017. www.rsc.org.uk

The Vaults, Waterloo 4 September to 30 October, Les Enfants Terribles and EBP present Dinner at the Twits – an interactive theatrical dining experience in celebration of Roald Dahl 100. www.twitsdinner.com

St Mary’s Hampton Drama Group, Hampton Hill High Street, TW12 1NZ; Wed 12 to Sat 15 Oct. St Mary’s Drama Group present Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Starts at 7.45pm. Box Office: 020 8941 1267.

Rose Theatre, Kingston: Friday 16 Sept-Sat 8 October Good Canary, directed by John Malkovich. Friday, 28 October to Sat 19 Nov All My Sons, directed by Michael Rudman and is one of Arthur Miller’s most revered plays. When Joe Keller receives a visit from a stranger on a sunny afternoon, little does he expect a shocking secret to shatter his family’s lives. www.rosetheatrekingston.org

Normansfield Theatre, Teddington: Sat 22 Oct at 7.30pm. Murder Mystery Evening In the Bleak Midsummer – who dunnit – what with and why? Tickets: £17/15 includes a light supper. www.langdondowncentre.org.uk or telephone 0333 1212 300.

Mary Wallace Theatre, Twickenham: Seven Letters from 28 Sept – 1 October, starting at 7.30pm. Rian Flatley’s poignant story of three spirited women whose circumstances have brought them together. A witty and thought-provoking story, powerfully told and sometimes uncomfortably raw. Tickets: £14/£12. Booking line: 01784469447. Check out Rian Flatley’s interview on Brooklands Radio – Just Women – Listen Again. Orange Tree Theatre: 13 Oct-19 Nov Blue Heart, by Caryl Churchill. Starts at 7.30pm. orangetreetheatre.co.uk

Richmond Theatre: Mon 3-Sat 8 Oct Relatively Speaking; Wed 12 Oct Whitney, Queen of the Nights; Thurs 13 Oct The Counterfeit Stones; 14-15 Oct Stick Man; 17-22 Oct A Room with

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NB: Many productions also have matinee performances

and some also have audio-described performances.

Check websites for full details or contact Arts Richmond for help

Richmond Shakespeare Society, Mary Wallace Theatre, Twickenham: The Merchant of Venice from 5-12 Nov. richmondshakespeare.org.uk

Teddington Theatre Club at Hampton Hill Theatre: Sun 25 Sep to Sat 1 Oct The End of the Affair Graham Greene’s post-war perspective on infidelity, faith and guilt. teddingtontheatreclub.org.uk

Dance

Boundless Dance: Boundless ‘Bounders’ Dance Class runs every Wednesday during term time and is aimed at children aged 8-13 at the Methodist Church, Teddington. info@boundlessdance.co.uk

Royal Scottish Country Dancing: Saturday 16 September New season dance www. rscdslondon.org.uk

Music Barnes Music Society at St Mary’s Church, Church Rd, Barnes SW13 9HL at 7.30pm. Thu 6 Oct: Viv McLean piano performs Bach/Busoni, Ravel, Chopin, Grieg and Gershwin. Also Thurs 3 Nov at 7.30pm Ghost Variations. A dazzling mix of virtuoso performance and narration exploring Jessica Duchen’s new novel – Ghost Variations one of the strangest detective stories in the history of music based on real events surrounding Schumann’s Violin Concerto. Jessica Duchen narrates interspersed with music by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bartok, Ravel and of course Schumann, performed by David Le Page, violin & Viv McLean piano. Tickets for non-members avail at the door £15/£12/£6 (students) or in

advance: www.WeGotTickets.com (booking

fee applies). www.barnesmusicsociety.org.uk

or tel. 020 8876 1563.

Cantanti Camerati concert ‘From East to West’ on Saturday 15 October at 7.30pm. European sacred vocal music from Russia to Portugal, including Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Lobo, Guerero, Tavener and Rutter. All Hallows Church, Chertsey Road, Twickenham TW1 1EW. With Conductor Stephen Gregson and guest percussionist Matthew Farthing. www.cantanticamerati.org.uk BROS Theatre Company at Hampton Hill Theatre: The Producers showing from 18-22 October with its all-new production of the hilarious Mel Brooks musical. Two men hatch a plan to put on the biggest flop the theatre world has ever seen and in the process make their fortunes.

Hounslow Symphony Orchestra are looking for violinists and viola players to play Rachmaninov's Symphony no 2 and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no 1 at a special All-Russian concert on December 3

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www.hounslow-symphony.org.uk

Hounslow Light Opera Company are singing Gilbert & Sullivan’s best loved of all operas, The Mikado or The Town of Titipu. Hampton Hill Theatre from Wed 26 Oct to Sat 29 Oct. Starts at 7.45pm (2.30pm Sat matinee). www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/143521

Normansfield Theatre: Sat 15 Oct at 7.30 pm The Marriage of Figaro. Thames Philharmonia Opera are performing Mozart’s immortal opera, performed in its original Italian. Tickets are £20. langdondownmuseum.org.uk

Teddington Choral Society; Monday evenings from 7.45-9.45pm rehearsals for Elijah Choruses to be performed on April 1, 2007. St Catherine’s School Hall, Cross Deep Twickenham, TW1 4QJ. On 3 Dec a Carol Concert will be performed. www.teddingtonchoral.co.uk

Kew Sinfonia Concert: at St Anne’s Church, Kew Green TW9 3AA on Saturday 8 October at 7.30pm. Mozart – 6 German Dances K509, Mozart – Violin Concerto No 5, soloist – Gudrun Edwards, Beethoven – Symphony No 7 in A Major. Conductor – Marc Dooley,

Guest Leader – Jennifer Thorn. Tickets £13, concs. £11, students £6. www.kewsinfonia.org.uk

Landmark Arts Centre: Thursday 6 October at 7.30pm Steve Howe – Homebrew 6, guitarist with Yes. Friday 21 October at 7.30pm Joseph Tong – Landmark Piano Appeal Recital. British pianist, programme to include works by Haydn, Schumann, Chopin, Sibelius and Liszt. Friday 28 October at 11am Landmark Festival of Song: Classical Babies, concert for parents & carers. Soloist to be announced. Saturday 29 October, 3pm. Landmark Festival of Song: Chamberhouse Winds present Roald Dahl’s Dirty Beasts & Revolting Rhymes. The “phizz-whizzing” poems set to music. Pianist Sally Goodworth and Jonathan Butcher as narrator for a family friendly performance. landmarkartscentre.org

The Musical Museum, Brentford: Sunday 2 Oct at 3pm Swing Time Tickets 6.50/£5 musicalmuseum.co.uk

Richmond Choral Society: rehearsals on Monday evenings from 7pm – 9pm at the Richmond Adult Community College

www.richmondchoralsociety.com

Vocal Tonix Community Singing Group: Sing Along, socialise with this new weekly singing group hosted by Twickenham vocalist Shelle Luscombe. No singing ability needed whatsoever. All welcome! Wednesdays, 1.30 to 3.30pm, Queens Road Methodist Church, Twickenham. Thursdays, 1.30 to 3.30pm, East Twickenham Neighbourhood Association Community Centre. vocaltonix.co.uk

Thameside Harmony Chorus: Wednesdays at 7.45pm to 10pm, four-part barbershop fun and friendly singing sessions with women’s a cappella performing group at the White House Community Centre, Hampton. www.thamesideharmony.co.uk

Kingston Madrigal Society: Meets on the first Saturday of the winter months (October to March) at 7.30pm until 9.30pm, at the Swinnerton Hall, St. Luke’s Church, Gibbons Road, Kingston. This season’s dates are: 1 Oct (Open Meeting), 5 Nov, 3 Dec, 7 Jan 2017, 4 Feb & 4 Mar.

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The Choral Foundation: Every Sunday at 3.30pm, Choral Evensong at Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace.Free entry via Tennis Court Lane. choral.foundation@hrp.org.uk

The Dysart, Petersham: Classical recitals on the first Sunday of the month. thedysartpetersham.co.uk

Richmond Concert Society, Tuesday 11 Oct at 7.45pm at St Margaret’s Church, E Twickenham. Robin Tritschler (Tenor) and James Boyd (Guitar) richmondconcerts.co.uk

Rock, Jazz & more

TwickFolk at the Cabbage Patch Twickenham, Sundays at 7.45pm ; 2 Oct Singers Night; 16 Oct Jim Moray; 16 Oct Astrakan Project; 30 Oct Kelly McRae Duo. Tickets: £10 or £11 on the door. twickfolk.co.uk

Twickenham Jazz Club, at the Patchworks Bar, The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham Tuesdays 8pm-11pm (music starts 8.30) Tues 4 Oct Kelvin Christiane All Star Big Band; Tues 11 Oct Ben Clatworthy (saxophone) Quartet featuring John Donaldson; Tues 18 Oct Nicholas Meire (guitarist) Quartet; Tues 25 Oct The vocal session with Sarah Dowling & Gunter Kurmayr. twickenhamjazzclub.co.uk

Eel Pie Club at the Cabbage Patch, Twickenham: Thursdays at 8.30pm: Thursday 6 October The Blue Bishops, Tickets: £11, £5. Thursday 20 October The Downliners Sect, Tickets: £12, £5. eelpieclub.com

Crawdaddy Club, Fri 21 Oct Big Steam at 8pm: British R&B members of the legendary band “The Others” at Richmond Athletic Ground. Tickets: £11. crawdaddyclubrichmond.com

Museums Watts Gallery, Compton GU3 1DQ 14 June - 13 November; Close Up & Personal: Victorians & Their Photographs www.wattsgallery.org.uk

Museum of Richmond, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue: 3 Oct, 7.30pm ‘Celebrating 200 years’: Richard

Fitzwilliam & the Fitzwilliam Museum, with Dr Lucilla Burn. 1 July to 29 Oct, Capability 300; a celebration of Capability Brown’s contribution to our landscape history. Following its run at Orleans House Gallery, parts of the Capability Now exhibition will tour to the Museum of Richmond in celebration of the rich history of our local landscapes. The exhibition will be supported by an exciting range of events covering poetry, arts and crafts, film and more. Open Tuesday to Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-4pm Admission free. museumofrichmond.com

Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability, Teddington: Dedicated to the history of learning disability, open to the public Saturday mornings from 10am to 1pm between February and November. langdondownmuseum.org.uk

Museum of Army Music, Kneller Hall, Whitton: Open for tours on Wednesday afternoons between 2pm and 4pm. army.mod.uk/music

Richmond Opera: is the new name adopted by the former Isleworth Baroque opera group which has staged operatic performances and music concerts in the Isleworth/Richmond areas for the last 14 years. The change of name is designed to emphasise the group’s role as a mainstream provider of early and classical opera in the Richmond area. Their next production will be of Mozart’s Magic Flute in mid-November at the Normansfield Theatre in Teddington.

Twickenham Museum, Twickenham Riverside (Open Tuesdays Sundays 2pm to 4pm). Happiest Days? Exhibition focussing on schools of the old borough since 1557 continues downstairs while the Footballer of Loos Exhibition continues upstairs. twickenham-museum.org.uk

World Rugby Museum, Twickenham: July-Nov Lest We Forget Rugby & WW1. Wide range of memorabilia & artefacts in the home of English rugby, with stadium tours. englandrugby.com/twickenham

Musical Museum, Brentford: One of the world’s foremost collections of automatic instruments, open Friday to Sunday 11am to 5pm. musicalmuseum.co.uk

Historic Houses

Hampton Court Palace: Royal School of Needlework – see your favourite stories brought to life with the Art of Hand Embroidery: 19 Sept 2016 – 31 March 2017. Tours start from £16 each. Individs and groups welcome. hrp.org.uk/hamptoncourtpalace Ham House: From Sat 1 Oct, 17

th Century Cabinet Collection.

nationaltrust.org.uk/hamhouse

Strawberry Hill House: Garden tour on Sept 28 to raise money for the Feel Good Garden programme. Tickets: £20.1 Aug to 2 Nov Stained Glass: Seven Ages of Man an exhibition by Rachel Milligan. strawberryhillhouse.org.uk

Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, the temple will be open to the public on Sunday afternoons (2,00-5.00pm) from March to 30 Oct. Admission is free. garrickstemple.org.uk

Walks, Talks & Courses

Richmond Heritage Walks: Sat 1 October at 11.00am, trace the history of Richmond’s theatres from Shakespeare to the Victorian period. Meet at Richmond Station by the Visitor Information Booth; Sunday 9 October and Wednesday 26 October at 2.00pm A tour of Richmond including the ancient Green. Meet at Richmond Station Visitor Information Booth; Sunday 16 October at 2.00pm Twickenham historical riverside promenade featuring French Royal exiles in ‘dear quiet Twick’, York House Gardens, Orleans House (Gallery not open) and Marble Hill. Meet outside St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Twickenham; Sunday 16 October at 2.00pm. Richmond Hill’s history. Meet at Richmond Station Visitor Information Booth; Sat 22 October at 11.00am. Kew Green and the riverside; trace Hanoverian Royal Family connections. Meet outside St Anne’s Church, Kew Green. Sunday 30 October at 2.00pm. No need to book. Richmond Heritage Guides 020 8894 3678 or 020 8979 9670. www.richmondwalks.co.uk

U3A: Monthly meetings take place at 2.30pm on the last Wednesday of each month, except December, and are

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Richmond and District Decorative & Fine Arts Society: Romans and Romantics at Duke Street Church, Duke Street, Richmond TW9 1DH. The lecture, given by Ian Swankie, explores the varied display of works in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Drinks at 7pm, lecture starts at 8pm for one hour. richmonddfas.com

Richmond Local History Society:

Monday 10 Oct at 8.00pm

Talk: Bamber Gascoigne on ‘An

unexpected adventure – West

Horsley Place’. At Duke Street

Church, Richmond. Doors open:

7.30pm. Guests welcome £4.00

entry. richmondhistory.org.uk

Twickenham Local History Society:

Monday 3 October at 8.00pm.

Jonathan Cotton, Archaeologist, to

explore the concept that the Thames

once had two names in history. Meet

at St Mary’s Church Hall, Twickenham. Richmond Association for the National Trust: Saturday 6-10 October, holiday in the Isle of Wight. Thursday 13 October, lunch at Merits restaurant, Richmond upon Thames College, Egerton Road, Twickenham

TW12 7SJ. Thursday 20 October, lecture on John Ruskin by Colin Lomas at the Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Doors open at 2.15pm for a 2.30pm start. Tuesday 25 October, visit to the Royal Chapels, St James’s Palace, London SW1A 1BG. Members to meet at 11.00am. For more information contact Betty Weisblatt on 020 8979 3089 or b.weisblatt@btinternet.com. nationaltrust.org.uk/features/richmond-association

Richmond Society: Thursday 20 Oct, Forum Meeting starting at 7.45pm at RACC. richmondsociety.org.uk

Richmond Adult and Community College (RACC), Parkshot: Wide range of courses and evening classes on offer each term. racc.ac.uk

WEA: Both the Richmond and Barnes branches have a wide range of interesting courses each term. london.wea.org.uk

Environment Trust for Richmond: Check website for further activities. environmenttrust.co.uk

Mayor’s Fish & Chips Cruise, aboard Yarmouth Belle on Wed 5 Oct 6-10pm. Tickets: £20. Call Michelle Davies on 020 8891 7123. richmond.gov.uk/mayors_charities

Showcoach Visits Top quality trips with like-minded companions

The Royal Opera House Backstage Tour: Thursday 20 October at 12.30 pm. Cost: £10.50

King Lear at The Old Vic, Wed 16 Nov at 7.30pm. Cost: £45 The Joy of Christmas, Southbank Centre, Thurs 15 Dec. Members of Arts Richmond may invite one guest per visit to accompany them. See website or booking form in Arts Richmond’s mailing.

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