What's on in Twickenham
By Rory Poulter
8th Sep 2022 | Local News
A list of exciting events coming up in Twickenham, if you would like to add your own event simply click the black Nub It button in our what's on section!
Exchange, Twickenham
Sunday, Sept 10 – All-star show featuring some of the biggest names in British comedy.
A night of the best of British – and Australian - comedy starring TV favourites Adam Hills of The Last Leg, Rosie Jones, Kerry Godliman and Michelle Shaughnessy.
It is being organised by TV's Mark Olver on behalf of the family of a TV industry friend's family, who live in Twickenham.
He said: "My friend is one of the most loved people in TV, her work makes some of those comedy shows we all know and love.
"Her teenage son is facing some incredible challenges and is being treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
"They live locally to The Exchange so this is the perfect venue to celebrate and support them."
The money from the gig will be split between creating a fund for her son to live his best teenage life and the Royal Marsden.
Adam Hills encouraged people from the area to buy a ticket, adding: "This gig has been organised to help the son of one of the loveliest people in the TV industry. With some brilliant comedians.
"I'm so happy to be a part of it and would love you to come along if you are nearby to help support a friend and her family."
https://exchangetwickenham.co.uk/event/belly-laughs/
Friday, Sept 9 - Black Is The Color of My Voice
A musical play inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live.
Apphia Campbell's acclaimed play follows a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the untimely death of her father.
She reflects on the journey that took her from a young piano prodigy destined for a life in the service of the church, to a renowned jazz vocalist at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement.
This extensive national tour follows a sell-out UK tour earlier in 2022, and sell-out seasons in Shanghai, New York, Edinburgh, and in the West End of London.
https://exchangetwickenham.co.uk/events/
Runfest
Saturday/Sunday, Sept 10-11.
The celebration of running consists of six different distanced events, with 10,000 runners, a music stage, food and a fitness expo.
The focus of the events will be the beautiful settings of Kew Gardens and Old Deer Park.
The Saturday events include the Richmond AIR 10K through the Botanical gardens, the WWF kids mile at Old Deer Park, the Visit Cayman Islands Sundown 5K run.
The marathon and half marathon on Sunday begin at Kew and take a circular route through Richmond, Twickenham, Teddington, through to Kingston and Hampton Court back to Old Deer Park.
Twickenham Stadium
Thursday, Sept 8 - The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: One Year Countdown to France 23
For one night only, join James Haskell, Mike Tindall and Alex Payne as they host a fun-filled evening, looking ahead one year out to the rugby world cup in France 2023.
As hosts of the world's most popular rugby podcast, you can expect hilarious tales, topical chat, bold predictions and much more…
The live discussion will be held in Twickenham's very own auditorium, followed by an exclusive visit to pitch-side, for a gourmet barbecue, bar and a DJ.
https://www.twickenhamstadium.com/whats-on
Turks Head, St Margarets
Saturday, Sept 10 – Bearcat Comedy
The stand-up line-up at the Bearcat this week includes TV's Paul Tonkinson, Cally Beaton, Paul Thorne and Peter Brush.
https://www.bearcatcomedy.co.uk/
Marble Hill House and Park
Sunday, Sept 11 – RichmondLive
Music, dance and theatre returns to the park through September.
The programme has been put together by VisitRichmond and follows the success of last year's festival.
Pop in the Park takes centre stage with performances by PowerJam, which is the not-for-profit project that offers young musicians ages 11- 18 the opportunity to form and join gigging bands.
Also performing this week are the Jazz Perrin Collective and the Ignite Me Theatre.
And the festival will come to a finale on Sunday 18 September with Classics in the Park, which will see performances from Richmond Shakespeare Society, Richmond Community Choir, Marble Hill Dance School and Shelle Luscomb.
All events will take place from 2pm to 3.30pm.
Turner's House, Twickenham
Thursday, Sept 8 - The infamous destruction of Turner's erotic art.
Museum Director, Matthew Morgan, discusses the burning of Turner's 'unsuitable' drawings, claimed to be the responsibility of art critic and artist John Ruskin.
To modern art lovers it appears to have been an act of prudish vandalism or misplaced hero worship.
Morgan places the destruction of Turner's erotic works, whether real or imagined, in the context of the destruction of many collections of letters and archives in the Victorian period.
Richmond Theatre
Until Sept 10 – Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
An all-star cast led by Hayley Mills, Rula Lenska and Paul Nicholas in the stage play based on the Sunday Times best-seller and film.
The joyous comedy is all about taking risks, finding love and embracing second chances, even in the most surprising of places.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an eclectic group of British retirees as they embark on a new life. The luxury residence is far from the opulence they were promised, but as their lives begin to intertwine, they are charmed in unexpected and life-changing ways.
Also featuring in the show are Andy de la Tour, Rekha John-Cheriyan and Marlene Sidaway.
Sunday, Sept 11 - The Steptoe & Son Radio Show
Marking 60 years since the firs ever broadcast, this show brings to the stage a fresh and hilarious adaptation of three, original episodes from the long-running smash hit BBC sitcom, faithfully recreating a live radio recording and reliving some of the Steptoes' finest misadventures.
https://www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre/
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
Until Oct 8 – Yellowman
Twenty years after it premiered and received a Pulitzer Prize nomination, Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman, set in the 1960s Deep South, is a moving and deeply pertinent play for now.
Alma and Gene have grown up together. She dreams of a life beyond the confines of their small town. But when their friendship develops into something more serious, Gene's fate becomes tragically intertwined with hers and they can't escape the legacy of racism and the tensions within their own community.
https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on
Richmond Riverside – Whittaker Avenue
Friday, Sept 9 – Charlie Carter 3pm-5pm; Nadja Moore 5pm-7pm; Saturday, Sept 10 – Stelios Kyriakidis 2pm-4pm; Nadja Moore 5pm-7pm.
The new 'entertainment, relaxation and al fresco dining' space at the bottom of Whittaker Avenue, above the terraces on Richmond Riverside has opened to rave reviews. It offers a grassed area with beautiful ascot shelters, benches and tables.
It also includes a stage which host performances across the weekend.
Ted Lasso Tours - The Quadrant, Richmond
Tour runs Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm; Thursday at 6.30pm
Explore the locations featured in the hit Apple TV streaming show, Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis. The walking tour takes in Ted's local pub, front door and even his thinking bench!
Kew Gardens
Until Sept 18 - Food Forever
Step into the future of food at Kew's event of the summer and discover how we can transform our planet for good through four new art installations and a major exhibition.
There will also be a whole host of talks, guest menus by inspiring chefs as well as weekend drop-in workshops and activities.
There's even a daily free walking tour about edible plants and the future of food in a changing climate.
Turner's House, Twickenham
July 9 – Oct 31 - Between the Sheets: Turner's Nudes
There have been rave reviews in the national press for this exhibition concentrating on a rarely seen side of Britain's greatest artist.
Loved as the master of landscapes and seascapes such as The Fighting Temeraire, Hannibal Crossing the Alps and Norham Castle, few know that Turner's sketchbooks also contain depictions of the female form.
Yet Turner was a compulsive recorder of his life and travels, and produced drawings and watercolours of models, sexual encounters, literary fantasies, and his lovers such as Sophia Booth.
This small-scale exhibition is one of the first to look at Turner's engagement with the naked female form, specifically within intimate and erotic contexts and provides invaluable insight into the man, and his attitude to and relationship with women.
This exhibition is possible thanks to a generous loan from Tate.
https://twickenham.nub.news/whats-on/culture/exhibition-between-the-sheets-turners-nudes-40190
OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Until Sept 11 - A Hundred Words For Snow
Tatty Hennessy's play is about being an explorer in a melting world.
Rory's dad was an explorer. Well, not literally. Literally, he was a geography teacher. But inside, she knows, he was Bear Grylls. And when he dies suddenly in an accident, Rory knows she needs to make one last expedition.
With a plastic compass and Dad's ashes at her side, Rory sets off in the footsteps of all the dead beardy explorers before her, to get Dad to the North Pole. Before Mum finds out they've gone.
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