The Good Life

Party time at the Rose 0
- Arts, News
- 7th November 2024
Mike Leigh’s feast of agonising drunken smalltalk, Abigail’s Party, is back on stage at Kingston’s Rose, with Laura Rogers playing the deliciously excruciating hostess Beverley – the part that Alison Steadman made her own in the beloved TV version. The suburban satire is so cemented in the collective conscience from that masterful 1977 BBC adaption
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The Rose’s Peter Pan doesn’t fly 0
- Arts
- 8th December 2023
Oddly dark, light on laughs and lacking razzmatazz and special effects, The Rose’s annual Christmas show, Peter Pan, is about as far from Disney’s classic animated version as it’s possible to travel. There are some very good performances, notably by the engaging Kaine Ruddach as Peter, Michelle Bishop cleverly doubling up as Mrs Darling and
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Executed… for keeping mum 0
- Arts, History, News
- 3rd January 2022
One of the more unlikely village hall talks you’re likely to encounter is taking place this month. The topic? A woman who was executed for spying, for – effectively – refusing to dob in her husband. It marks the launch of the Book Box series at St Mary’s, Long Ditton. Ethel Rosenburg: A Cold War
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Good Life star to open churches’ Christmas auction on Zoom 0
- News
- 7th December 2020
Felicity Kendal, star of the hit 1970s sitcom The Good Life which put Surbiton on everyone’s radar, will be launching the St Andrew’s and St Mark’s virtual Christmas auction. Those who attend on Zoom on Saturday (December 12) at 2pm, will see Felicity, who played Barbara Good in the show about suburban self-sufficiency, declare the
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Paddleboarders get back on the water for one-to-ones with Leah 0
- News, Sport
- 22nd May 2020
Good news for paddleboarders – and those who wish to learn the fast-growing sport. You’re allowed to get back on the water and be taught one-to-one by qualified instructors like Surbiton’s Leah Fraser. The rules around watersports have recently changed, which means Leah, who runs The Good Life Paddle Company, is not only allowed to
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