Richmond and Twickenham Times Leisure: Theatre previews and reviews in Richmond, Surrey & London

Ayckbourn at the Orange Tree

8:50am Monday 22nd March 2010

Even by Alan Ayckbourn’s standards, the past 12 months have gone pretty well.

Rose prepares to Dumb-founded

11:50am Friday 19th March 2010

The Rose Theatre is making a bold move in following up the commerical and critical success of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a revival of Joe Penhall’s comparatively little known 2005 play, Dumb Show.

A family affair at Lantern

11:26am Thursday 18th March 2010

JB Priestley’s classic thriller, An Inspector Calls – a tale of death, secrecy and moral dilemma – will be brought to life at the Lantern Arts Centre in Raynes Park this month.

The show that goes with a Bang

11:21am Thursday 18th March 2010

There can’t be many musicals in which the leading man is upstaged by a car, but that is certainly the case for Darren Bennett, the star of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at New Wimbledon Theatre.

Stenham's That Face at TARA Arts

11:35am Wednesday 17th March 2010

When Polly Stenham started writing her first play at just 19 years of age, she couldn't have imagined the success it was going to have.

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The turn of the youngsters

11:37am Wednesday 17th March 2010

An acclaimed company of Glaswegian teenagers will be bringing a double bill of their works to Battersea Arts Centre next week.

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Rosamund's role to relish

9:56am Friday 12th March 2010

The title role of Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler has challenged actresses ever since the Norwegian dramatist wrote it in 1890. From the first Hedda, Clara Heese, to modern legends of the stage, including Dames Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith, plenty have had a crack at the part.

Leon's Dream diary

9:40am Thursday 11th March 2010

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose has been a great success thanks in no small part to performances of theactors playing the hapless Rude Mechanicals. Leon Williams, who gives a hilarious performances as Flute, tells us how the play went from rehersal to opening night with his exclusive production diary.

Double header at Landor

5:44pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

Visitors to the Landor Theatre next week are in for a double dose of comedy fun as members of the Player-Playwrights put on back-to-back performances of two original plays, both written by Eddie Coleman.

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