What’s on
Upcoming events at The Exchange, Twickenham.
October 2021
Elizabeth Samuels Drama School Presents Frankenstein
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Elizabeth Samuels Drama School Presents Frankenstein This production is performed by children aged 5-11 years from Elizabeth Samuels Drama School. Wednesday 27th November 2021 at 6pm Tickets: £10 Adapted for the stage by Ed Hartland. This performance is the culmination of a 4 day rehearsal period. For more information on our classes and how your child can take part in our productions, please visit www.elizabethsamuelsdrama.com or contact us on 07429478447.
Storytelling Workshop: The Princess and the Pea
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Story Storks return to the Exchange this half term with The Princess and the Pea spooky cute storytelling workshops. Before the Prince met the Princess with the Pea he'd already tried to find himself a bride. The trouble was they kept trying to eat him! Hosted by Sarah Cantrill (Piggy Straw in The Three Little Pigs), these interactive workshops are a fun fairy tale romp through a traditional tale with an original Story Storks prologue. We don't just sit and…
Javier Jarquin: Card Ninja
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Card Ninja Riotous fun and a sweep of high-flying card tricks can only mean one thing; Javier Jarquin, otherwise branded as Card Ninja, is back in town. Expect deadly and risky fun as he performs his extreme card-flicking stunts. WARNING: This show contains Ninjas, not magic. Card Ninja is a show like nothing you’ve ever seen before! Using genuine playing cards, comedian Javier Jarquin dazzles audiences with displays of decks as weapons. Extreme precision, impeccable timing and astonishing speed/distance – you…
November 2021
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Bait’
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‘Bait’ (UK, 2019) Mark Jenkin’s acclaimed drama explores the conflict and tension between locals and ‘incomers’ - second home owners and tourists - in a once-thriving Cornish fishing village, where the traditional way of life and livelihoods are under threat. Those tensions are reflected in the relationship between two local brothers who have fallen out: Martin stubbornly ekes out a meagre living selling his catch of fish and lobster to the local pub and door-to-door, whilst Steven has abandoned the…
Richard Mills Presents The Beatles and Fandom
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This event is part of Richmond Literature Festival, 5th - 21st November 2021 Richard Mills is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University, London. He has been programme director for the Film and Popular Culture, Cultural Studies and Irish Studies degrees. He has published extensively on popular music, Irish literature and culture, film, fashion and British television. Mills is the author of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia (Bloomsbury 2019). He is co-editor…
Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next
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This event is part of Richmond Literature Festival, 5th – 21st November 2021 Presented by Arts Richmond: Peter Rickets in conversation with Geeta Guru-Murthy Join one of Britain’s most experienced diplomats, Peter Ricketts, in a stimulating talk addressing the key dilemmas now faced by the UK. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of new global powers and the Covid pandemic – in a fast-moving world, Britain has hard choices to make. Ricketts’ recently published book provides a…
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
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This is part of the Richmond Literature Festival, 5th - 21st November 2021 The British Empire ran for centuries and covered vast swathes of the world. But most of us, even those who celebrate our imperial past, don’t seem to want to look at it too closely. In a conversation with Professor Corinne Fowler about his critically acclaimed book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera digs into our history and shows how empire influences everything. At a time of fierce debate about…
Sh*t-Faced® Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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Sh*t Faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is touring the UK with one of Shakespeare's most loved plays: Romeo and Juliet. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of a Shakespearean classic, with an entirely shit-faced cast member. With one cast member selected at random and given four hours to drink before every show we present to you classical theatre as it was always meant to be seen. With…
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ (France, 2019) When a young female artist accepts a clandestine commission to paint a portrait of a countess’s daughter - the intention being marry her off to a wealthy Milanese nobleman - a mutual attraction develops between the young women. What ensues is a subtle and unsentimental love story against a backcloth of insurmountable social and cultural barriers. ‘Portrait of A Lady On Fire’ has a slow-burning intensity, tells its story with masterful understatement…
The Long Walk Home: Short Film Premiere
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The Long Walk Home Short Film Premiere Screening with Cast and Crew Q&A Join the cast and crew as THE LONG WALK HOME hits the big screen for the first time! A family birthday celebration is interrupted by the unexpected return of errant eldest son, Will. Will's sister struggles to contain her fury at Will's arrival, but their father welcomes him with open arms. Once the birthday party is over and the guests have left, Will reveals why he has…