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2 Until 31 December Richmond Adult Community Young Henry VIII – Exploring College, Parkshot, Richmond stereotypes that have overshadowed TW9 2RE the true characters and stories of Sat 11:00am - 7:00pm, Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey and Sun 10:00am - 5:00pm Katherine or Aragon for centuries Free Entry Hampton Court Palace 07966 250 852 East Molesey KT8 9AU Saturday 11 July 10:00am - 4:30pm £14, £11.50 concession, £7 children until 5 September 0844 482 7777 Richmonds of the World This photographic exhibition brings Tuesday 9 July together images encapsulating each until Sunday 12 July town’s distinctive individual character Hampton Court Flower Show Riverside Gallery Hampton Court Palace Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, East Molesey KT8 9AU Richmond TW9 1TP Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri: 10:00am Free Entry members only - 6:00pm, Wed: 10:00am - 8:00pm, 020 8563 2288 10:00am - 7:30pm Sat: 10:00am - 5:00pm Sun 10:00am - 2:30pm Free Entry Saturday 11 July £17 - £27, under 16s free with an adult 020 8831 6000 St Margarets Fair 0870 752 7777 Stalls, music, food, beer tents and a Fairs and Markets coconut shy Saturday 11 July Moormead Recreation Ground and Sunday 12 July Saturday 11 July Moormead Road, Twickenham TW1 Japanese Manga and Anime Barnes Fair – Historical figures and 1JS Art Exhibition – There will be art traditional entertainment. A carousel, 10:00am - 8:00pm displays, workshops, martial arts, live music, stalls and more Free Entry music performances, kimono fashion SW13 020 8241 1042 show and much more 9:30am - 5:30pm 3 Sunday 19 July Monday 27 July £4.50 children, accompanying adults, Teddington Village Fair until Friday 31 July children over 13 and under 2 free Entertainment for all the family, from Gingercat 020 8831 6000 bouncy castle to beer tent. Live Drama inspired by the park, music, charity and craft stalls and storytelling, games, arts and crafts Film refreshments , Richmond TW10 Udney Park Gardens 5HS Wednesday 29 July Kingston Road, Teddington TW11 9HX 11:00am, 1:00 and 3:00pm David Starkey’s Six Wives of 12noon - 5:00pm Free Entry Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon Free Entry 020 8948 3209 (2002) 0845 833 5872 Tuesday 28 July Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Families The Magic Circus – Magical Richmond TW9 1TP illusions, circus skills and comedy for 6:00pm Friday 10 July all (suitable for children 5 - 11 years) By donation Moth Count – A practical evening Larks in the Parks 020 8332 1141 of moth identification and recording York House, Richmond Road, (suitable for children over 8) Please Twickenham TW1 3AA Music (Classical) book in advance 2:00pm , Teddington TW11 0BB £4.50 children, accompanying adults, Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 July Contact for times, Free Entry children over 13 and under 2 free Outdoor Summer 020 8979 1586 020 8831 6000 Concerts 2009 Concert in the Park style event, bring Monday 27 July Thursday 30 July blankets and chairs until Friday 31 July Clowndrella – Join Krazy Kat Royal Military School of Music Pekkos Puppets – On grass area Theatre for imaginative clowning Kneller Hall near children’s playground silliness, inventive puppetry and Kneller Road, Whitton TW2 7DU Bushy Park, Teddington TW11 0BB tunes from Rossinis Opera 7:50pm, gates open 6:00pm 11:00am, 1:00 and 3:00pm Larks in the Parks £10, £8 concessions Free Entry Ham Village Green, Ham TW10 020 8744 8633 020 8979 1586 2:00pm 4 Sunday 5 July Saturday 11 July Open-Air Concert with Tenors English Music at the Barn Unlimited and Katriona Taylor Works by Purcell, Elgar, Vaughan Bring your own picnic Williams and Roger Beeson White Lodge Thames Philharmonic Choir , Richmond Park, Barn Church Richmond TW10 5HR Atwood Avenue, Kew TW9 4HF 5:00 for 6:00pm 7:30pm £25, £20 in advance £12 - £10, 020 8948 3209 £10 - £8 concessions 020 8876 3136 Sunday 5 July Last Night of the Whitton Proms Tuesday 14 July All the old favourites; Land of Hope Guildhall School of Music and Glory, Jerusalem, I Vow to thee and Drama Postgraduate my Country and many more Fellows Ensemble St Edmund’s Church Richmond Concert Society Nelson Road, Whitton TW2 7BB St Mary’s Church 8:00pm 7:30pm Riverside, Twickenham TW1 3NJ £5.50 £10 7:45pm 01276 29743 020 8894 9923 £10, £5 students or on income support, Wednesday 22 July Sunday 5 July members free A Mozart’s Classic Mayuko (Piano) and 020 8941 9221 Performed by The Candlelight Opera Osamu Yanu (Guitar) Company and The Candlelight The Wednesday 15 July Chamber Orchestra 135 Petersham Road, Richmond Western Music Organ Society , Ham, Richmond TW10 TW10 7AA Monthly Concerts 7RS 7:30pm With Alastair Kiernan 7:45pm £9 including glass of wine Whitton Community Centre £47.50 07967 481 625 Percy Road, Twickenham TW2 6AJ 0844 561 1921 5 Music (Jazz, Rock, Pop) starts at 7.30pm Tribute acts, Paul Carrack, The £30 - £37.50 Puppini Sisters, Hayley Westenra Friday 3 July 020 8332 5607 and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Maggie Bell and Dave Kelly Britain An evening with two stalwarts of the Wednesday 8 July Hampton Heated Open Air Pool British R&B scene The Eel Pie All-Stars remember Art High Street, Hampton TW12 2ST Landmark Arts Centre Wood’s Birthday – A night of rockin 7:30pm Ferry Road, Teddington TW11 9NN rhythm and blues and nostalgia £22 - £28 7:30pm Eel Pie Club 020 8255 1116 £13 - £15, £12 - £13 members The Cabbage Patch, 67 London 020 8977 7558 Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ Sunday 19 July 9:00 - 11:00pm Iain Matthews Sunday 5 July £11, £9 members Twickenham Folk Club Tom Bliss 0870 0600 100 The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham Folk Club Twickenham TW1 3SZ The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Sunday 12 July 8:00pm Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ Vicky Swan and Jonny Dyer £12, £10 in advance 8:00pm Vicky and Jonny have been playing 020 8991 5461 £8, £7 in advance music together for over 10 years 020 8991 5461 Twickenham Folk Club Wednesday 22 July The Cabbage Patch, 67 London The Jackie Lynton Band Tuesday 7 July Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ A unique performance including until Saturday 11 July 8:00pm comedy, storytelling and rock and Summer Swing at £8, £7 in advance rhythm n blues from a terrific 5-piece Abba and Bee Gees tribute acts, 020 8991 5461 band The Bootleg Beatles and Counterfiet Eel Pie Club Stones, Gypsy Kings, Motimba and Friday 17, 24 and 31 July The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Jools Holland Saturday 18 and 25 July Twickenham TW1 3SZ Royal Botanic Gardens and 1 August 9:00 - 11:00pm Kew TW9 3AB Summer Picnic Concerts £9, £7 members Gates open at 6:30pm, concert Motown, The Beatles and Stones 0870 0600 100

6 Thursday 30 July Museum of Richmond Traditional Jazz Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Colin Kingwell’s Jazz Bandits Richmond TW9 1TP The Winning Post 11:00am - 4:00pm Chertsey Road, Whitton TW2 6LS Free Entry 12noon - 2:30pm 020 8332 1141 £7 Saturday 25 July 020 8894 4218 Getting to Grips with Local Special Interests Archaeology An exciting hands-on examination Friday 17 July of Richmond’s archaeological past Sizzler at the Stoop during this special drop-in session Relax with the setting sun and with experts from the Richmond traditional summer food, before Archaeological Society dancing the night away with the live Museum of Richmond band and DJ Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Harlequins Rugby Football Club Richmond TW9 1TP £14, £11.50 concessions, Stoop Memorial Ground, Langhorn 12noon - 4:00pm £7 children under 16 Drive, Free Entry 0844 482 7795 Twickenham TW2 7SX 020 8332 1141 4:00pm - midnight Saturday 25 July £26 Saturday 25 July and Sunday 26 July and Sunday 26 July 020 8410 6053 Live Tudor Cookery Sport for a King Archaeologists bring the kitchens Saturday 18 July See falconers, fencers and archers to life experimenting with traditional Roman Living Drop in Day live in action and experience the recipes, ingredients and cookery A fun-filled day of hands-on activities sports that entertained the Tudors methods to prepare feasts including dressing-up, exploring Hampton Court Palace, fit for a king Roman food and handling Roman East Molesey KT8 9AU Hampton Court Palace, archaeology 10:00am - 6:00pm East Molesey KT8 9AU 7 10:00am - 6:00pm 1:00pm College £14, £11.50 concession, £7 children Free Entry Parkshot, Richmond TW9 2RE under 16 020 8894 3110 7:00pm, Fri and Sat mat 2:00pm 0844 482 7777 £5, £8 for both plays Saturday 18 July 020 8439 8944 Sport Kew v Harefield Sunday 5 July Saturday 4 July , Kew TW9 3AA until Saturday 11 July Kew v Amersham 1:30pm Much Ado About Nothing Kew Cricket Club Free Entry Open Air Show staged in York Kew Green, Kew TW9 3AA 020 8940 9155 House Gardens 1:30pm Richmond Shakespeare Society Free Entry Saturday 25 July Mary Wallace Theatre 020 8940 9155 Harlequins Rugby League The Embankment, v St Helens Twickenham TW1 3DU Sunday 11 July Harlequins Rugby League 7:45pm, Sat mat 3:00pm, no show Harlequins Rugby League Stoop Memorial Ground, Langhorn Wed v Huddersfield Giants Drive, Twickenham TW2 7SX £12, £10 concessions Harlequins Rugby League 3:00pm 020 8744 0547 Stoop Memorial Ground, Langhorn £15 - £20, £10 - £15 concessions, Drive, Twickenham TW2 7SX £5 - £10 under 16 Sunday 5 July 3:00pm 0871 527 1315 until Saturday 11 July £15 - £20, £10 - £15 concessions, Relative Values £5 - £10 under 16 Theatre Performances Havoc reigns when Nigel, Earl 0871 527 1315 of Marshwood, announces his Wednesday 1 July engagement to Hollywood actress, Saturday 18 July until Saturday 4 July Miranda Frayle - to the absolute Twickenham v North London Happy Families horror of his mother, the dowager Twickenham Cricket Club A Bardic Comedy and John Godber’s Countess and the leading servants Twickenham Green, ‘growing up’ play of the house Twickenham TW2 5AB Richmond Adult Community Playhouse

8 90 High Street, Monday 13 July Hampton Hill TW12 1NY Dinnerladies 7:45pm, Sun 6:00pm, Sat mat Taken from the sitcom on BBC TV 3:00pm £10, £8 Sat mat The Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ 0845 838 7529 Mon - Sat eves 7:45pm, Wed and Sat mats 2:30pm Monday 6 July £12 - £28 Deceptions 0870 060 6651 The ultimate mind game, taking you into a world where deception is the Thursday 16 July ruling force until Saturday 18 July Richmond Theatre Beauty and the Beast The Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ Hampton Hill Playhouse Tues - Sat eves 7:45pm, Wed and 90 High Street, Hampton Hill TW12 Sat mats 2:30pm 1NY £11 - £28 7:45pm, Sat mat 2:30pm 0870 060 6651 £7, £4 children Tuesday 28 July until 2 August 01342 826066 Joseph and the Amazing Sunday 12 July Technicolour Dreamcoat Stage and Screen Thursday 23 July Richmond Theatre By The Friary Guildford Brass Band until Saturday 25 July The Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ Hampton Hill Playhouse Dancing Queen Tues 7:30pm 90 High Street, Hampton Hill TW12 Abba’s Greatest Hits Wed - Thurs 1:30 and 7:30pm 1NY Richmond Theatre Fri 5:00 and 8:00pm 7:00pm The Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ Sat 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30pm £10.50, £8.50 concession Thurs - Sat eves 7:45pm, Sat mats Sun 1:00 and 4:00pm 07974 804 394 2:30pm £12 - £29 £11 - £24 0870 060 6651 0870 060 6651

9 Tours and Walks Richmond TW9 1TP 2:00pm Thursday 11:00am £3 Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 Sunday 3:00pm 020 8894 3678 and 29 July £3 Garden Tours 020 8894 3678 Sunday 12 July Complimentary guided tours of Twickenham Riverside Walk Ham’s 17th century formal gardens. Saturday 4 July (Heritage Walks) Meet at Tours start at the reception kiosk Walk in Richmond Park Ham House, Ham Street, Richmond Meet at Pembroke Lodge car park 25 The Embankment, TW10 7RS Friends of Richmond Park Twickenham TW1 3DU 1:00 and 2:00pm Richmond Park TW9 3:00pm £3.30, £2.20 children, £8.80 family 10:00am - 12noon £3 Garden entry only Free Entry 020 8894 3678 020 8940 1950 020 8392 9888 Tuesday 14 and 21 July Wednesday 1, 15 and 29 July Saturday 4 July Behind the Scenes at Ham House Heritage Walks East Twickenham Walk Ham House Meet at Richmond Station (Heritage Walks) Ham, Richmond TW10 7RS Richmond Society Meet at Richmond Visitor 12noon Richmond TW9 2NA Information Centre, £8, not including admission into the 7:30pm Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, house £1 Richmond TW9 1TP 020 8940 1950 020 8948 0643 11:00am £3 Thursday 16, 23 and 30 July Thursday 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 July 020 8894 3678 Big Batty Walk Sunday 26 July A talk by a bat expert before heading Historic Richmond Sunday 5 July out into the reserve with a bat (Heritage Walks) Kew Walk detector, to see and hear which Meet at Richmond Visitor (Heritage Walks) species are swooping around Information Centre, Meet at St Anne’s Church London Wetland Centre, Queen Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Kew Green, Kew TW9 3AA Elizabeth Walk, Barnes SW13 9WT

10 Contact for times Free Entry £10 including admission into centre 020 8910 4757 after 5:00pm 020 8409 4400 Tuesday 28 July Hidden Treasures Saturday 18 July Guided tours visiting rooms and Richmond Hill Walk parts of the collection not on (Heritage Walks) Meet at the permanent display Richmond Visitor Information Ham House, Ham Street, Ham TW10 Centre, Old Town Hall, Whittaker 7RS Avenue, Richmond TW9 1TP 12noon 11:00am £8, not including admission into the £3 house 020 8894 3678 020 8940 1950

Saturday 18 July Inclusion of an organisation and Summer Evening Walk in its activities in What’s On does not Richmond Park constitute a recommendation or Events published in this leaflet are also Meet at Sheen Gate car park agreement with its objectives. Every displayed and updated regularly on Friends of Richmond Park effort is made to ensure the accuracy Richmond upon Thames Council’s Richmond Park TW10 5HS of the information provided but the website: www.visitrichmond.co.uk 8:30pm Council does not accept liability for Free Entry that organisation or its activities. The WHAT’S ON is printed on FSC 020 8392 9888 accredited paper. Entries for WHAT’S ON – August Saturday 25 July 2009 must reach us by 5 July. Circular Walk by River and We cannot guarantee inclusion, as Richmond Park – 6 miles entries are subject to space available. Meet at Richmond Station Please contact us for inclusion Richmond TW9 2NA requirements, our contact details are 11:00am on the back cover.

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