Events :: All Events
- Mar-Jun
- 22-10
Orleans House Gallery : Art & Soul: Colour Burst!
Art & Soul celebrates mental and emotional wellbeing through the visual arts, poetry and sculpture. This year, the exhibition's theme is Colour Burst, and promises to be bolder and brighter than ever, with over 200 artworks from artists across South West London.
in the Stables Gallery
- May
- 13-19
Teddington Theatre Club : Privates On Parade
The boys, the girl and the boys dressed as girls. The 'Song And Dance Unit South East Asia' is heading for the jungle, singing songs and dodging bullets in 1948 Malaysia. Based on the author's own National Service experience, entertaining the troops alongside Kenneth Williams and Stanley Baxter, Privates On Parade pays a nostalgic and wildly camp tribute to the dying days of the British Empire and the swansong of the concert party.
Contains strong language, male nudity and scenes of an adult nature.
- May
- 14-19
Richmond Theatre : Steel Magnolias
Join six remarkable ladies from deep south Louisiana: the beautiful and impulsive Shelby; her strong-willed mother, M'Lynn; beauty parlour owner Truvy; elegant wealthy widow, Clairee; sharp-...
- May
- Saturday
- 19
Rugby Football Union (RFU) : Heineken Cup Final 2012
ERC, the Heineken Cup organisers, announced in May of last year that Twickenham Stadium would host the 17th Heineken Cup final on Saturday, May 19, 2012.
- May
- Saturday
- 19
- 8pm
Bearcat Comedy Club : TREVOR CROOK - JUNIOR SIMPSON - NATHAN CATON - STEFANO PAOLINI
So here it is - The Penultimate Show of a Cracking 28th Season...
And the Top Quality Comedy keeps on coming...
- JUNIOR SIMPSON - the most Energetic Lapsed Luton Choirboy around
- NATHAN CATON - the Coolest Comedy Dude around - from Greenford
- STEFANO PAOLINI - the Sharpest Beat-Box Voiceman around
- TREVOR CROOK - the Deadest Deadpan around
more information about TREVOR CROOK - JUNIOR SIMPSON - NATHAN CATON - STEFANO PAOLINI
- May
- Sunday
- 20
TwickFolk : MARTYN JOSEPH 'Why I Write' talk
- May
- Sunday
- 20
Richmond Theatre : Simon Amstell - Numb
Intensely vulnerable and painfully honest, Amstell attempts again to heal himself in public, following 2009's critically acclaimed 'Do Nothing'.
With special guest Daniel Simonsen
*
'The real deal. Where philosophy collides with anxiety: where Heidegger meets Woody Allen'* The Guardian
'Painfully funny' Evening Standard
*'One of the most elegant, articulate, sensitive and endearing proponents of 'Soul Comedy' that there is' *The Scotsman
Presented by Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live
- May
- Sunday
- 20
- 1-3pm
Orleans House Gallery : Royal Connections: Tales of royalty at White Lodge with Anna Meadmore
Lunch and Lectures
Join us in the famous Octagon Room for a delicious buffet lunch and stimulating lecture exploring Richmond's royal connections.
More Information
- Tickets £25
- Book now
more information about Royal Connections: Tales of royalty at White Lodge with Anna Meadmore
- May
- 21-26
Richmond Theatre : Doctor In The House
Follow the inexperienced young medical student Simon Sparrow beginning his five-year internship at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital. Continually running afoul of the irascible head surgeon Sir ...
- May
- Wednesday
- 23
Eel Pie Club : Jay Tamkin Band
Jay Tamkin is a multidimensional, multi-talented singer/songwriter and instrumentalist who has been likened to Stevie Winwood and a young Jimi Hendrix. He writes all his own music and has over 30 ...
- May
- Saturday
- 26
Down's Syndrome Association : Hamlet
In May 2012, six amazing actors, four of whom happen to have Down's syndrome, will be performing Shakespeare's most famous play - Hamlet, at the Normansfield Theatre
Presented by the Blue Apple ...
- May
- Saturday
- 26
- 8pm
Bearcat Comedy Club : RICHARD MORTON - LUCY PORTER - ANDY WHITE - BOB MILLS
RICHARD MORTON - LUCY PORTER - ANDY WHITE - BOB MILLS
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- May
- Saturday
- 26
- 3pm
Twickenham Library : Royal Jubilees Commemorated
Dr David Allen, honorary historian of the Royal Society of Arts, presents a talk on royal jubilees past and present.
- May
- Saturday
- 26
- 7pm
Twickenham Choral Society : RACC Gala Classical Concert
The choir will be showcasing, as part of the RACC Gala Classical Concert, music by Pärt, "Which was the son of..." and Villette, " O Sacrum Convivium.".
- May
- Sunday
- 27
Rugby Football Union (RFU) : England v Barbarians
England will play the world famous Barbarians on Sunday May 27, 2012 at Twickenham.
- May
- 27-29
Richmond Theatre : Cirque Du Ciel ShangHi
The highly awaited, internationally acclaimed production of ShangHi by Cirque Du Ciel comes to the UK this year - for the very first time!
A marvellous 2 hour extravaganza, originally ...
- May
- Wednesday
- 30
Richmond Theatre : Buddy Holly & The Cricketers
- May
- Wednesday
- 30
Richmond Theatre : Buddy Holly & The Cricketers
- May
- Thursday
- 31
- 7-8pm
Twickenham Library : An evening with Madeline Miller
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2012
The story of the epic Trojan Wars brilliantly told for a new generation. Madeline Miller is a passionate advocate for the classics and for the value of the classical stories in the modern world. Deeply immersed in the Greek and Roman myths as a reader, student and teacher, she has spent ten years writing The Song of Achilles. It is a truly extraordinary debut.
- May-Jun
- 31-2
Richmond Theatre : MB Early Adventures
- June
- 2-9
Richmond Shakespeare Society : In the Club
by Richard Beandirected by Claudette Williamson
Saturday 2nd to Saturday 9th June 2012 Evening performances 7:45pm Sat 9th June matinee 3pm Sunday 3rd June 4pm No performance Wednesday 6th June Postal Bookings from 14th April Tickets: £10 Saturday 2 to Thursday 7 June and Saturday Matinee Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June £12 Telephone bookings open on 21st May: Call the box office, between 10 am and 7 pm only please, on 020 8744 0547
- June
- Sunday
- 3
TwickFolk : JOE TOPPING
RE-ARRANGED FROM THE POSTPONED DATE IN JAN 21012. ALL ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID.
Joe Topping is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the Wirral, whose musical journey so far has been...
- June
- Sunday
- 3
- 11am-4pm
St Margarets Traders Association : Jubilee Fair
On Sunday 3rd June we're hosing a Jubilee Fair in Crown Road St Margarets from 11am - 4pm. The fair will be just like our usual summer fair with lots of family fun and games planned but will also ...
- June
- 3-4
Richmond & Twickenham Jazz Club : Jubilee Jazz Festival
Why not spend Jubilee Weekend, Sunday 3rd June and Monday 4th in the beautiful grounds of Strawberry Hill House?
Building on the success of the first Strawberry Hill Jazz festival in 2011...
- June
- Monday
- 4
- 12-3pm
East Twickenham Village : Jubilee Picnic
Celebrate the Jubilee with an old-fashioned picnic in Cambridge Gardens, our local riverside park. Bring your own food and drink, or buy snacks and drinks at Rachel's Café. They will be doing a ...
- June
- Wednesday
- 6
Eel Pie Club : Pretty Things (Acoustic)
The Pretty Things are at the heart of Richmond rhythm n blues. These legendary 'bad boys of rock' created some of the most exciting and innovative records of the late sixties and early seventies. ...
- June
- 6-9
- 7:45-10pm
Teddington Theatre Club : Women of Troy
Probably one of the ten greatest plays ever written, Women of Troy is as heart-wrenching now as when Euripides first staged it in ancient Greece.
- June
- Saturday
- 9
Twickenham Library : Modern day publishing techniques
and their impact on new writers
Bogdan Tiganov and Daniel Marsh, co- founders of Bogdan publishing- a Twickenham based publishing firm will give a talk advising new writers on how to get their work into the public arena.
- June
- Sunday
- 10
- 10am-4pm
V&A Fairs : Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair
- www.vandafairs.com/twickenham
- Admission - Adults: £2.50 Children: Free of Charge
- Free Parking, Refreshments Available, Full Disabled Facilities.
- June
- 11-16
Richmond Theatre : Ladies in Lavender
- Jun-Sep
- 14-30
Orleans House Gallery : 2012 Dreams
In collaboration with St Mary's University College, children and young people from across the borough of Richmond have explored the themes of the Paralympic Games: Courage, Determination, Equality and Inspiration. Their collaborative and individual works celebrate the Olympics as part of the wider 2012 Dreams events, showcasing arts, music and poetry by children across the borough.
in the Stables Gallery
- June
- Saturday
- 16
- 7:30pm
Richmond Orchestra : Summer Concert
Programme
- Elgar
Overture - In the South (Alassio) - Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad - Purcell (arr. Britten)
Chacony - Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.2 (London)
More Information
- Tickets: £10 Adults, £8 Concessions, £5 Students, £3 U12s
- Information & tickets: 07989 974 406 www.richmondorchestra.org.uk
- June
- Saturday
- 16
- 11am-4pm
Twickenham Library : Mid summer craft fair
Craft fair, travel photography exhibition and children's special story time 2.30pm.
More Information
- Free events- for further information please contact Twickenham Library
- June
- Sunday
- 17
TwickFolk : DICK GAUGHAN
Dick Gaughan is a singer, songwriter and musical interpreter of tremendous depth and passion, often labeled "the Scottish Woody Guthrie." He has one of the finest and most sublime voices on the planet...
- June
- Sunday
- 17
Richmond Theatre : Jimmy Carr Gagging Order
Gagging Order promises to be an hilarious night out...let's see shall we?
The show will be packed with one-liners, stories & jokes. Some clever, some rude & a few totally unacceptable.
Everybody's welcome. Just leave your conscience, sense of common decency & moral compass at home & come on out for a laugh.
Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs & hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best, come and see for yourself.
- June
- 19-23
Richmond Theatre : The Lady in the Van
- Jun-Jul
- 22-1
ARThouse Open Studios Festival : Festival 2012
Residents and visitors get the chance to experience the abundance of creative talent living and working in the borough. Over the two weekends between 22 June and 1 July artists and creative ...
- Jun-Sep
- 23-23
Orleans House Gallery : Polemically Small
Polemically Small, curated by Zavier Ellis and Edward Lucie-Smith, is based on the idea that small works of art are often more powerful in their effect than big ones. Certainly they require a different, more focused attention from the spectator. The exhibition consists of paintings and works on paper by 50 British artists, and offers a panorama of the current London art scene, currently the liveliest in the world.
- June
- 28-1
Richmond Shakespeare Society : Around The World in 8 Plays
by Patrick Greene and Jason Pizzarellodirected by Laura Galton
Travel around the world and explore forgotten myths and unusual legends in eight fast-paced and hilarious tales! Guided by a band ...
- June
- Saturday
- 30
- 7:30pm
Twickenham Choral Society : Bach Concert
- BACH : Nun ist das Heil (Cantata no 50)
- BACH : Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Cantata no 21)
- BACH : Magnificat
with Brandenburg Baroque Soloists
More Information
- Tickets, all unreserved, including free programme,
- £16 and £8 for concessions (fulltime students)
- from the choir, email tickets@twickenhamchoral.org.uk
- box office 020 8894 3231 or at the door
- www.twickenhamchoral.org.uk
- July
- Wednesday
- 4
Eel Pie Club : Eel Pie All-Stars remember Art Wood's Birthday
More information
- price: £10.00-£12.00
more information about Eel Pie All-Stars remember Art Wood's Birthday
- July
- Sunday
- 8
TwickFolk : CAHALEN MORRISON AND ELI WEST
The roots of Cahalen Morrison & Eli West are strong, their branches are shady, and the guitars, banjos, mandolins, and harmonies will carry you far off the beaten path to a place under open Western ...
- July
- Saturday
- 14
- 12-8pm
St Margarets Fair : 34th Annual St Margarets Fair
Every year volunteers organise the following:
- a full programme of entertainment throughout the day,
- starting with a popular ...
- July
- Sunday
- 15
TwickFolk : ERIC BRACE AND PETER COOPER
Eric Brace is the lead singer and songwriter for the renowned roots rock band Last Train Home. Peter Cooper is a music journalist, professor of country music, and a highly acclaimed songwriter in his ...
- July
- Sunday
- 15
Richmond Theatre : Stewart Lee
*
'The funniest thing on television'* Guardian
What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, ...
- July
- 15-21
Richmond Shakespeare Society : Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespearedirected by Debbie Campbell
Sunday 15th to Saturday 21st July 2012 Saturday Matinee 21 July at 3:00pm Early bookers £12, conccessions £10 After 9 July £14, concessions £12 Party rates on application * Wednesday 18 July - No performance Telephone bookings open on 20th May: Call the box office, between 10 am and 7 pm only please, on 020 8744 0547
- July
- Tuesday
- 17
- 7:45pm
Richmond Concert Society : Annual General Meeting + Concert
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA POSTGRADUATE FELLOWS ENSEMBLE
_The programme will include a specially commissioned...
- July
- Sunday
- 22
TwickFolk : SOIREE
Soiree are Sue Graves, Hector Gilchrist and Steve Poole, all stalwarts of the folk club scene around SW London and Surrey. Though well known individually and for involvement in other projects (such as...
- July
- Sunday
- 22
Richmond Theatre : Blowers & Baxter
- September
- Sunday
- 2
- 10am-4pm
V&A Fairs : Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair
- www.vandafairs.com/twickenham
- Admission - Adults: £2.50 Children: Free of Charge
- Free Parking, Refreshments Available, Full Disabled Facilities.
- September
- Saturday
- 8
- 3pm
London Broncos : LONDON BRONCOS v Hull Kingston Rovers
Rugby super league
more information about LONDON BRONCOS v Hull Kingston Rovers
- September
- Wednesday
- 12
Eel Pie Club :
Get Stoned on two hours of nostalgia as the Rollin' Stoned play the best of 1964-1969:- Jumping Jack Flash, Brown Sugar, Paint It Black, Not Fade Away, Get Off My Cloud, It's All Over Now, Under ...
- September
- Sunday
- 23
TwickFolk : LIZ SIMCOCK
Liz Simcock writes songs and performs them in folk and acoustic clubs in and around the Southeast. In 1999 she featured on the Playpen Album of New Acoustic Music alongside Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, ...
- September
- 24-29
Richmond Theatre : Haunting Julia
- September
- Wednesday
- 26
Eel Pie Club : Paul Cox & Charlie Fabert Band
More information
- price: £8.00-£10.00
- Sep-Nov
- 29-25
Orleans House Gallery : The Big Four-O: Highlights from the Richmond Borough Art Collection
In this year of celebrations, 2012 also marks the 40th anniversary of Orleans House Gallery as a public art gallery and the 50th anniversary of the Ionides Bequest. This quirky exhibition presents 40 key works from the prestigious Richmond Borough Art Collection selected by members of the local community.
more information about The Big Four-O: Highlights from the Richmond Borough Art Collection
- Oct-Nov
- 4-18
Orleans House Gallery : Cutting Edge: Modern Affordable Design
Showcasing contemporary and affordable design in a range of media, from jewellery to furniture, ceramics to graphics; Cutting Edge brings the cream of London's 2012 graduates to Twickenham. The exhibition is Curated by Design History students from the V&A and Royal College of Art.
in the Stables Gallery
more information about Cutting Edge: Modern Affordable Design
- October
- Sunday
- 7
Richmond Theatre : Hairy Bikers Larger Than Live
- October
- Wednesday
- 24
Eel Pie Club : Chris Farlowe & The Norman Beaker Band
Chris Farlowe is the consummate rocker. The living embodiment of the star who's seen it all and done most of it but remains as fresh and enthusiastic as when he started out 50 years ago. His live ...
more information about Chris Farlowe & The Norman Beaker Band
- November
- Sunday
- 4
- 10am-4pm
V&A Fairs : Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair
- www.vandafairs.com/twickenham
- Admission - Adults: £2.50 Children: Free of Charge
- Free Parking, Refreshments Available, Full Disabled Facilities.
- November
- Sunday
- 4
Richmond Theatre : Alan Davies-Life is Pain
- Nov-Mar
- 22-22
Orleans House Gallery : Anne Purkiss: Local Faces (2002-2012)
A collection of black and white portrait photographs of people whose lives are connected with the Borough of Richmond, taken by local photographer Anne Purkiss. A decade on from her first Local Faces exhibition, this new display features portraits ten years on and welcomes new faces.
in the Stables Gallery
more information about Anne Purkiss: Local Faces (2002-2012)
- November
- Sunday
- 25
Richmond Theatre : The Drifters In Concert
The Drifters in Concert
Masquerade Tour
Following the highly successful gold album Up On The Roof released on Sony Music in 2011, The Drifters are back on the road in the UK ...
- Dec-Feb
- 2-28
Orleans House Gallery : The Building of a Borough: Building Designs
This exhibition from the Local Studies Collection, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, explores the built history of the towns and villages of Richmond upon Thames from the 1880's to the 1960's. From workmen's cottages and dairies to grand theatres and large housing estates, some of the thousands of historic building plans will be on display, investigating the social history and development of the borough.
more information about The Building of a Borough: Building Designs
- December
- Wednesday
- 5
Eel Pie Club : Paul Lamb & the Kingsnakes
Paul Lamb has forged himself into the history books as one of the greatest harmonica players of our time. With countless awards, record-breaking albums and international performances, Paul Lamb ...
- Dec-Jan
- 7-13
Richmond Theatre : Aladdin - Richmond
- December
- Saturday
- 8
- 7:30pm
Twickenham Choral Society : Monteverdi Concert
- MONTEVERDI : Vespers
Brandenburg Baroque Soloists
- January
- Friday
- 25
Richmond Theatre : Milton Jones On The Road 2013
- March
- Saturday
- 23
- 7:30pm
Twickenham Choral Society : Farrington Concert
- Parry: I was glad
- Panufnik: Song to the Virgin Mary
- Britten: Te Deum and Jubilate in C
- Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis
- Elgar: Give unto the Lord
- Farrington: newly commissioned work - Iain Farrington - organ
It is planned to take this programme on tour.
