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

Life online played out at the Rose

7:00am Tuesday 7th February 2012

The language of life online is put centre stage by an award-winning company this month, writes Conor McGlone.

Martin Fowler brings DNA to the Rose

7:00am Monday 6th February 2012

James Alexandrou, better known as Martin Fowler of EastEnders fame, heads the cast of a new play at Kingston's Rose Theatre this month.

The Great Gatsby adaptation at the Lost Theatre

9:46am Thursday 2nd February 2012

An adaptation of the The Great Gatsby is coming to the Lost Theatre, following a tour across Europe.

Valentine's Day play explores unpredictability of love in Battersea

1:36pm Friday 27th January 2012

A play exploring the unpredictability of love is being performed at Theatre503 to coincide with Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day play explores unpredictability of love in Battersea

1:35pm Friday 27th January 2012

A play exploring the unpredictability of love is being performed at Theatre503 to coincide with Valentine's Day.

Silent movie version of Homer's Odyssey to premier in Battersea

5:04pm Thursday 19th January 2012

A silent movie version of Homer's Odyssey will premier in the borough next month, following in the footsteps of hit film The Artist.

Robin Hood comes to Sutton

10:30am Friday 13th January 2012

A heroic outlaw and his band of Merry Men are coming to Sutton for the pantomime season.

Theatre company use YouTube to promote upcoming performance

7:30pm Wednesday 14th December 2011

The Exit Theatre Company are working hard to prepare for their next comedy horror production, Glitterballs, due at the Charles Cryer in February, and are looking to new media to get their macabre message out.The Croydon-based community theatre group, who celebrated their tenth anniversary this year, have given their advertising a festive twist by producing a music video set to Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me.” The play takes its title from the Glitterballs Show bar, where a mysterious killer turns a Saturday night drag performance into a chaotic crime scene. Writer and director David Trotter explained that the play was partly inspired by Sparkles, a drag club in Gran Canaria, who have generously donated 30 dresses. The group hope to build on the success of their biggest box office hit Richard and Trudy, which appeared at The Charles Cryer in February this year.David says: “We try to push it a little bit further every year. We aim to be a bit more inventive and creative every time.“The actors have never done drag before, so this has taken them completely out of their comfort zone.

Cinders meets Puss

2:30pm Wednesday 14th December 2011

Theatre Workshop Coulsdon are putting panto favourites Cinderella and Puss-in-Boots on stage together for the first time in an irreverent mash-up of two much-loved seasonal tales, in their Christmas show ‘Cinderella’s Puss-in-Boots!’ Audiences will be treated to two principal boys for the thigh-slapping price of one, the most deliciously appalling Ugly Sisters to grace the amateur stage, and the ultimate in hissable baddies, King Rat.

UK premiere of Little Women the musical in Wandsworth

3:00pm Thursday 8th December 2011

The UK premiere of Little Women the musical is on at the Lost Theatre this week until January.