What’s on
Upcoming events at The Exchange, Twickenham.
October 2019
Richmond Film Society Presents Loving Vincent
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‘Loving Vincent’ (Poland/UK) Details 22 October @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Poland/UK (2017) The World’s first fully painted animated feature film is a biographical drama about the final days of Vincent van Gogh. Oscar-nominated and a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner for Best Animated Feature. – Rating: 12 – Directed by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman – Written by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel – Runtime: 94 minutes Tickets: Adults: £5 Full time students: £3 Free to RFS members.…
Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children
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Jay Foreman is an award winning musical comedian whose songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, London Live TV and Dave Gorman's UK/Ireland tour. Jay provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this family friendly show which regularly sells out its entire runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “With dark humour and wordplay reminiscent of Roald Dahl, he should more often than not grab the…
November 2019
Anna Mudeka – Kure Kure/Faraway
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The multi-media one-woman theatre show Kure Kure/Faraway includes traditional and contemporary music. projected visuals, soothing song, energetic dance and spoken word. An epic presentation of migration, atavism, DNA and the ancestors' origins through a story of the huge migration from Central Africa (5000 years ago), the migration of the Bantu Tribe from the Tanganyika and Baka regions all the way to Zimbabwe to build the biggest kingdom in Africa (1200 AD) and Anna's own migration to the western hemisphere some…
Morgan & West – Unbelievable Science
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Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza! Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their stage manager chills, all backed up by the daring duo’s trademark wit, charm and detailed knowledge of the scientific method. Leave your lab coats at the door it’s time for Unbelievable Science! On TV Morgan & West have fooled Penn & Teller (Fool Us ITV 1), competed to…
Chip Taylor and John Platania
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In conjunction with TwickFolk Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016 inductee Chip Taylor has been writing and performing for nearly 60 years and shows no sign of slowing down. The New York Times says it best, “If you only know him as the guy who wrote ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel of the Morning” — you don’t know him! Chip Taylor is making some of the most distinctive acoustic music around today.” Creating distinctive music that is also enduring and influential has been Chip Taylor’s métier over…
Richmond Film Society Presents The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki
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‘The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki Details 5 November @ 8:30pm (please note the later start time) £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Finland (2016) Based on a true story, Olli is unexpectedly given the chance of a bout with the American 1962 World Featherweight Champion. To win would establish Finland’s global prestige but his romantic life begins to hamper his preparations. Involving and moving, with hints of Truffaut and Kaurismaki. Winner of the…
Getting into Novel Writing Workshop in partnership with St Mary’s University
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Writing a novel can be a daunting creative process – where and how do you start, where do ideas come from, should you plot the whole thing out or just close your eyes and write? In this workshop, we will look at the genesis of the novel, taking that important step from having an idea to putting it down in writing. Come along to meet with like-minded people and concentrate and consolidate your thoughts and ambitions. Suitable for anyone who…
Twickenham Cinema Club Present: Dead Man’s Shoes
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In arguably Shane Meadows' most beguiling psychological feature, Paddy Considine plays a brother revisiting his brother's home town, in a revenge tale with a twist. Tickets: £6/£7 (on the door)
Vic Marks – Original Spin
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Vic Marks is a former Somerset and England cricketer, who played in six Tests and 34 one-day internationals. He is the cricket correspondent of the Observer and the Guardian and has regularly appeared on the BBC’s Test Match Special for over three decades. In his new memoir of a life lived in cricket, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when Richards and Botham were young men yet to unleash their talents on the world stage while he and Roebuck…
Katy Brand – I Carried A Watermelon
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Katy Brand is an award-winning writer, comedian and actor. Her award-winning ITV sketch show, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, which she devised, wrote and starred in, ran for three series and later became a nationwide live tour. Part memoir, part homage to the monster hit film Dirty Dancing, Katy’s new book I Carried a Watermelon explores how the classic film has influenced Brand’s own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and responsibilities. As part of Richmond Literature Festival