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Dynamic show tailored to youth 0
- Arts
- 9th March 2025
If ever a show was devised to persuade millennials and Gen Z that theatre isn’t for fuddy-duddies, The House Party – at Kingston’s Rose until March 22 – is it. Brash, bold and boisterous, Laura Lomas’s play (go for a wee beforehand, it runs without an interval for 1hr 40mins) is billed as a reworking
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Sit back, relax… and be terrified 0
- Arts, News
- 24th January 2025
It’s back! A new production of Ghost Stories, the chilling portmanteau play of spooky case histories related by a ‘paranormal professor’ (Dan Tetsell) is at Richmond Theatre until Saturday (Jan 25) at the start of a UK tour. Having seen the London premiere of Ghost Stories in 2010 at the Lyric, Hammersmith – which commissioned
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Souffle is supreme on the Plough’s new winter menu 0
- Food, News
- 12th January 2025
It may be winter outside, but Long Ditton’s Plough & Harrow has unveiled a seasonal menu to banish the chill, with a centrepiece souffle main course (above) that is simply outstanding. The Ditton Hill Road pub/restaurant’s January listings, launched last week, give the chefs licence to push the boundaries with new dishes, serve fresh takes
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Richmond’s panto is a winner 0
- Arts, News
- 13th December 2024
The evergreen Maureen Lipman – now nudging 80 – and comedy magician Pete Firman ensure Richmond Theatre’s panto, which runs until Jan 5, is a thoroughly entertaining romp. With wall-to-wall gags and a simply magnificent dame in Ben Stock (centre, above), the two-hour show scores on all levels. It’s a winner with children, who instantly
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Below par… but still winning 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 8th December 2024
Fatigue after the international break, was the explanation that Chelsea Women’s head coach Sonia Bompastor gave after her team’s under-par performance against Brighton on Sunday. Nevertheless, the game (a thrilling one for the neutral) finished 4-2 to the current Women’s Super League table-toppers who capitalised on more of their chances than the Seagulls, who were
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Fresh and vigorous, Robin Hood comes to town 0
- Arts, News
- 7th December 2024
The Christmas show at Kingston’s Rose is another lively musical powered by the youthful vigour of the theatre’s junior thesps. Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist, which runs until Jan 5, is an original story by Chris Bush, unencumbered by the usual panto versions of the folklore tale set in Sherwood Forest. The main protagonists walk
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