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Great singing… and that’s gospel!0
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- 10th May 2025
Exploring the roots of rock ’n ’ roll through the eyes of two gospel singers from the Deep South – one churchy, one clubby, Marie & Rosetta is a charming stage biopic of early musical influencers against a backdrop of racial division in the States. The Rose hosts singer Beverley Knight as the boundary-pusher Sister
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Dynamic show tailored to youth0
- 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 terrified0
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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Richmond’s panto is a winner0
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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Fresh and vigorous, Robin Hood comes to town0
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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Couture meets community at Teresa Si fashion house0
Whisper it – couture has arrived in Surbiton. Fashion house Teresa Si has launched its new collection in the elegant surroundings of The Sanctuary. An appreciative audience saw founder and creative director Teresa Scognamiglio, pictured, reveal her latest gowns which have been inspired by the mosaics of Herculaneum and Pompeii. There were gasps and applause
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Wildlife mural transforms Tolworth roundabout
- Arts, Environment, News
- 10th July 2020
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- Arts, Poetry Cheese
- 21st July 2020
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