The Good Life Surbiton

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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The Man Shed: tools for wellbeing 0
- News
- 26th November 2024
Meet new friends and learn new skills at the Man Shed. Whether you already know your way around power tools or are a beginner when it comes to handling a screwdriver, the project, based in an impressively enhanced, well-equipped polytunnel in the grounds of the Fircroft Trust in Ditton Road, welcomes new members. Work on
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New Kingston Town Square business hub opens by river 0
- Environment, News
- 29th July 2024
Location, Location, Location. Great river views, 62 workstations, a board room, five stand-alone offices, two Zoom pods, super-fast wi-fi, business and admin support, bottomless tea and coffee, a café, showers… and a spot right in the heart of Kingston – even Kirstie Allsopp would be impressed. Town Square Spaces Kingston, a new workspace and enterprise
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View waste as a resource says Kingston’s green business group 0
- Environment, News
- 30th November 2023
Where there’s muck there’s brass was the takeaway message from a discussion on the circular economy by members of the Kingston Green Business Community. Two panels of local entrepreneurs and innovators from the world of fashion, construction, food and the information and communications technology sectors were quizzed by David Symons of environmental consulting company WSP
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50ft mast bid for Burney Triangle 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd September 2023
Funny how proposals to install new mobile phone masts are made during school holidays when many residents are away, isn’t it? The bid to build a 50ft (15m) 5G telecoms mast and additional cabinets in Ferguson Avenue by the Burney Triangle – an area of green space with a stunning new bug hotel and flower beds – was
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