arts richmond Newsletter of Richmond upon Thames Arts Council November 2011

A great RuT LitFest – plus new young people’s events and Young Writers’ competition

th hat a month! The 20 Young People’s Festival can explore the house and develop Richmond Literary ideas for the development of a Festival, organised by and arts richmond Young ‘Penny Dreadful’. The next day W the LBRuT arts team Writers’ Competition there’s Gothic Comics, another in association with opportunity for developing the big arts richmond, goes from strength to A host of events , including idea. Both need to be booked at strength, with an enormous range of broadcaster Amy Redmond on www.strawberryhill house.org.uk/ author events through the month, podcasting , Ian Beck on his haunting events too numerous to list even the new book, illustrator Hannah Shaw Then there’ll be other writing events highlights here. Best get on to the on drawing, Charlie Dark on cool at SHH between 1 and 30 November website: poetry and Dr Octopus, Marcus – watch the Strawberry Hill website. www.richmondliterature.com Sedgwick on gothics , and Axel to check availability and book your Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo There are all sorts of other events to chosen events. and Zog. interest everyone at Strawberry Hill during the month – see Historic And this year the Young Writers’ This year there are lots of new Houses below. developments in addition to the Competition, leading to the main programme: appointment of the RuT Young The Landmark Arts Centre in Laureate and Junior Laureate, takes also has events for young Young People’s Festival: see next on a new shape. Once again, writers as part of its half-term column for Young Writers’ generous prizes have been donated programme Animal Magic : on Competition and more. in memory of Malcolm Richards, late Tuesday 25 October at 2.00 pm, a Fringe Festival , in partnership with editor of the Richmond and workshop Creatures and Drama for Apples and Snakes, including a 20 th Times, who did so much Young Poets - hunt for animals at the birthday party on board the to encourage participation in the arts Landmark and learn how to write Richmond Royale , and featuring by young people. The closing date your own poem. weekend events at with for the competition is 28 November 020 8977 7558. (schools 20 December), so things get closing celebration on Sunday 27 Local writers will also be interested moving fast. See the arts richmond November with John Hegley, El Crisis in the Richmond Writers’ Circle. It website for the competition rules and The Bonfire Band (see Historic meets most Wednesdays. Houses below). , writer Horace www.richmondwriterscircle.org Richmond Literary Salon in Walpole’s beautifully renovated Twickenham High Street – a place to gothic mansion in Strawberry Hill, arts richmond at the drop in for a cup of tea and biscuit has its own Young Writers Literary Festival and chat with literary folk. Competition, and is organising some fun workshops, which should Food and drink events at Ham House produce some good entries for the Books for Our Time on Saturday and Sunday 26 and 27 Laureates. The Secret State November, with Salon du The on Sunday. On 25 October from 12 noon to 2.00 Peter Hennessy (who recently pm, there’s The Strawberry Hill became a People’s Peer and a Penny Dreadful (8+), when children crossbencher in the House of Lords), word. Plus a welcoming drink. J.B.Priestley’s An Inspector Calls , the the leading expert and writer on the 0845 838 7529 National Theatre production directed workings of Government, and whose by Stephen Daldry, from 15 to 19 At the Mary Wallace Theatre on most recent work is The Secret State: November, The End of the Rainbow Twickenham Riverside the Richmond Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010 , with Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland Shakespeare Society is performing in conversation with James Naughtie. from 21 to 26 November, and Little Gem by Elaine Murphy from 30 A witty and penetrating evening. Calendar Girls from 28 November to October to 4 November (020 8744 Wednesday 9 November at 7.30 pm . 3 December. Cinderella opens on 0547). And at Kitson Hall in Barnes, Duke Street Church. (Tickets Friday 9 December. One night Barnes Charity Players, celebrating www.richmondliterature.com) stands include The Vagina their 21 st anniversary, are performing Monologues on Sunday 13 Guys and Dolls from 29 November to But limited capacity and SOLD November, and The Drifters on 3 December (0800 612 5227). OUT: Sunday 27 November. Q2 Players present The Wind in the 16 November Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time Willows by on 1 and 2 is on ‘live tour’ at the theatre on That Woman: The Life of December in the Alexandra Room at Sunday 6 November at 7.30 pm. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of St Luke’s in The Avenue, . (020 Windsor 8876 6551). www.ambassadorstickets.com/richm ond and 0844 871 7651. with Anne Sebba St Mary’s Drama Group is presenting J B Priestley’s When We are Married At the Rose Theatre , Kingston, and at Playhouse from 26 Actors of Dionysus are performing 20 November to 29 October (020 8941 1267) Aristophanes’ comedy Lysistrata from 7 to 11 November, We are Book Buffet with in Teddington, Three Sisters (a tale of the Bronte at the Downs Syndrome Claire Tomalin on Dickens sisters) is from 15 to 19 November, Association’s HQ, has a return visit there’s a Comedy Store on Sunday 6 (but if you’ve got a ticket, join us for by Gordon Peters and David Clark, November, Sakoba Dance on the great Book Buffet at Thai Square who had a great success previously Saturday 5 November, Stan Tracey near the Orange Tree – book at with A Celebration of Flanders and From 2 to 8 on Saturday 12 Orange Tree box office) Swann , this time with The Humour of November, the National Symphony Noel Coward (who of course was Orchestra in Love & War at the Rose arts richmond born in Teddington). That’s on on Sunday 13 November, and the Autumn Art Celebration Saturday 19 November (0845 230 Tiffin Oratorio Choir performing 0372) Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October at Handel’s Saul on Sunday 20 the Duke Street Church, Richmond. At the in November, all at 7.30 pm. Richmond there’s just time to catch The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Great paintings and sculpture by the final performances of How to be Andersen opens on Friday 2 amazing local artists, professional Happy , a new play by David Lewis, December. Zoe Wanamaker is on and amateur. which finishes on 5 November. It’s Time to Talk on Wednesday 16 And while we’re on talented local followed by James Saunders’s Next November at 5.30 pm. artists, don’t forget the Richmond Time I’ll Sing to You from 9 Art Society’s Autumn Exhibition at November to 10 December, and the www.rosetheatrekingston.org and the Vestry House, Richmond, from Christmas production, St John 08444 821 556. 26 November to 4 December at the Hankin’s The Charity that Began at Vestry House, Richmond, the Kew Home , directed by Auriol Smith, Film Art Studio’s Christmas Exhibition on opens on 14 December to 4 Richmond Film Society, which 26 and 27 November, and the great February. screens many distinguished foreign exhibitions at the Fountain Gallery in The theatre is hosting many of the productions, has its usual strong list East Molesey – details below big events for the RuT Literary over the autumn and winter. In Festival, and on Sunday 27 November there are three Tuesday Drama November has a joint session with evening showings: 1 November Days At Hampton Hill Playhouse, the Wimbledon Music Festival: John of Glory, co-produced by Algeria, Teddington Theatre Club is Sessions in a one-man show as W S France, Morocco and Belgium; 15 performing Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilbert. That’s at 2.30 pm. November Please Give from the USA, and 29 November The Sea Inside Gilman from 13 to 19 November (‘a www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk and from Spain. Richmond Adult and smart, snappy thriller that ratchets box office 020 8940 3633. up the tension with every scene’). Community College at 7.30 pm TTC has a Variety Gala Night on has The Very [email protected] Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Sunday 30 October at 7.45 pm with The Musical Museum, Brentford, is Favourites from 3 to 5 November, music, song, dance and the spoken showing Gigi on Sunday 6 November then Nigel Havers in Basket Case at 3.00 pm, and on Saturday 19 from 7 to 12 November, November Nosferatu – A Symphony December at 7.30 pm at St Andrew’s Danielle Salamon, a former winner of of Horror , the 1922 classic. both at Church, Surbiton. See website for the Mozart Memorial Prize and 3.00 pm. details of the Rose Theatre’s Cultural accomplished pianist, is in concert 020 8560 8108 Café events during the festival. with soprano Raphaela Papadakis at www.musicalmuseum.co.uk 3.00 pm, and on Saturday 19 International pianist James Lisney is November another movie, Nosferatu The in back at the Riverhouse Barn in – A Symphony of Horror , the 1922 Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, is Walton on Thames with a series of classic, at 7.30 pm. Then on Sunday showing the film The Man in Grey in concerts, the next ones on Friday 4 27 November and Saturday 3 its Georgian Film Season on November and Saturday 3 December Christmas Concert with Wednesday 30 November at 6.00 December, with the centrepieces Len Rawle at the Mighty Wurlitzer pm. (020 8332 1141) Schubertreise – the last Sonatas . and Richard Cole on the Pianola and 01932 253354 Theremin at 3.00 pm.. Music www.riverhouse.co.uk. 020 8560 8108 Richmond Orchestra gives its At the Wathen Hall at St Paul’s www.musicalmuseum.co.uk School, Barnes, the Aurora Orchestra autumn concert on Saturday 26 The Eel Pie Club meets at The Patch, is playing a ‘thriller concert’ with November at St John the Divine, 67 London Road, Twickenham (close American horror author Peter Straub Richmond, at 7.30 pm with to the station), with the Larry Miller on Wednesday 2 November at 7.30 Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Band on Wednesday 2 November, pm (020 8746 5424). Strauss’s Four Last Songs, and Leaf Hound on Wednesday 16 Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 (020 At Richmond Concert Society on November, and the Blue Bishops on 8547 2695). Tuesday 15 November at 7.45 pm at Wednesday 30 November. Doors As part of the Kingston Festival of St Margaret’s Catholic Church, East open at 8.30 for 9.15 pm. Twickenham, Ashley Wass (piano) is Voice, Thames Philharmonic Choir is The Eel Pie Club also organises the playing Beethoven, Mendelssohn singing Britten’s St Nicolas , Vaughan Big Band Blitz in support of the (Songs without Words ), Bach-Busoni, Williams’s From the Unknown Museum of Richmond. This year it’s Liszt and Barber Region, Quilter’s Non Nobis Domine a very special event commemorating (www.richmondconcerts.co.uk and and Kevin Jones’s Send thy Peace, O the 70 th anniversary of Japan’s attack 020 8892 1456). Lord at All Saints’ Parish Church, on Pearl Harbour, recreating a 1940s Kingston on Saturday 19 November The Barnes Music Society is at the Glenn Miller night of entertainment at 7.30 pm. The themes echo those Methodist Church, Station Road, with the Jon Bennett Big Band and of the Cultural Olympiad; heroism Barnes, on Wednesday 9 November celeb guests. Saturday 12 November and young people (07522 524 081). at 8.00 pm with Jane Ng (violin) at 7.30 in the Clarendon Hall, York Kingston Choral Society is playing Mozart, Walton, Poulenc, House, Twickenham. Kreisler and The Pagoda of Dreams , performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah as 08444 771 000 and her own composition part of the festival: Saturday 26 www.eelpieclub.com November at 7.30 pm at All Saints’ (www.barnesmusicsociety.org.uk). Parish Church (020 8339 0816) Every Wednesday at 8.00 pm, Way ShowCoach Out West is at the Orange Tree pub, For other Festival of the Voice Richmond, in the Cellar Bar. Monday 14 November, One Man, events, see www.kingstonarts.co.uk. 07802 430 859 and Two Guvnors at the Adelphi Theatre. The Festival has commissioned two www.wowjazz.org. new works by local composers which Monday 28 May to 2 June 2012: Richmond and Twickenham Jazz will be premiered at the festival: Holiday to the decennial Floriade Club is a weekly jazz club which Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres , by World Horticultural Expo in Holland meets at the Crown Bar and Kitchen William Morris, being performed at (wonderful displays of flowers, in St Margaret’s every Thursday at the Festival Choral Evensong on plants, fruit and vegetables with 8.00 pm. Sunday 20 November in the Chapel great cultural programme) and to the www.rtjazzclub.com Royal, Hampton Court, at 3.30 pm, many attractions of the Belgian and 020 8286 3242. and Internal Harmony by Kevin Jones Ardennes. on Wednesday 23 November at St Tide Tables café in Richmond has For how to book for ShowCoach, see Andrew’s Church, Surbiton, with Jam Jar sessions on the last Saturday the yellow flyers in the mailing or the Robin Blaze (countertenor) and of each month. website. Holiday bookings to Edie Benjamin Costello (piano and 020 8948 8285 Purdue at 4 Perryn Court, Grimwood harpsichord) at 7.30 pm. www.tidetablescafe.com Road, Twickenham TW1 1BA The Opening Festival Concert is on The in Petersham’s Saturday 19 November at 7.30 pm at At the Musical Museum at Brentford classical concerts in November are All Saints’ Parish Church, Tiffin on Saturday 5 November at 2.30 pm Veronika Shoot (piano) on Sunday 6 Oratorio Choir is at The Rose Theatre there’s Waltzing to the Wurlitzer at November, the Noname Trio on on Sunday 20 November singing 2.30 pm, on Sunday 6 November Sunday 13 November and the Handel’s Saul at 7.30 pm, and the they’re showing the film Gigi at 3.00 closing concert is on Saturday 3 pm, on Sunday 13 November RuT Literature Festival over the Richmond on Tuesday 1 November Join arts richmond weekend of 26 and 27 November. On at 8.00 pm for (change in the Saturday 26 November, three advertised programme): Timothy I would like to be a Friend of the ‘foodie’ events: at 3.00 pm Penelope Shroder on Collectors and Arts and Libraries and an Vogler on Penguin Great Food Benefactors – Silver in the Individual Member of Classics – recipes through the ages; Ashmolean Museum. arts richmond . at 5.00 pm, Nicki Segnit on The www.richmonddfas.com Flavour Thesaurus , and at 8.00 pm Name: On Thursday 10 November at 7.30 Mark Lloyd, ex-Head Chef at River pm: Cercle Français de Richmond Address: Cottage Canteen, on Eat Real Food. has Elizabeth le Doze on A l’assaut de On Sunday 27 November, an Mont Blanc at the Vestry Hall, Telephone: interactive children’s workshop with Paradise Road, Richmond. Giles Andreae and Janet Cronin: www.richmondfrenchcircle.org.uk E-mail: World of Happy , based on the books The Friends of have a  I enclose my cheque for £18.00 and CBBC TV series Purple Ronnie talk on Thursday 24 November on and , at 10.30 Giraffes Can’t Dance The National Physical Laboratory  I would like to pay by standing am. At 2.00 pm and 4.30 pm, Salon Past and Present by Fiona Auty – St order du The , interactive Edwardian tea John Ambulance Hall, Park Lane, party with theatre company Gideon Gift Aid: please reclaim tax on Teddington at 8.00 pm. 020 8287 Reeling, and at 7.30 pm the Festival 2748 and www.fbhp.org.uk. my subscription. Final Party : John Hegley, El crisis and Stravinsky Duo on Sunday 20 the Bonfire Band help the festival go Barnes Literary Society meets on November, all at 7.30 pm. out with a bang. Wednesday 23 November for Victoria Clark on From Empire to 07967 481 625 The Ham House autumn and winter Impotence: Britain in Yemen Old www.thedysartarms.co.uk/music. programme includes Ghost Tours on Sorting Office Arts Centre on Barnes Barnes Concert Band has a ‘concert Tuesdays 8, 15 and 22 November at Green at 8.00 pm. band spectacular’ on Saturday 29 7.30 pm, Tea Fit for a Duchess on 3 www.barnesliterarysociety.org.uk October at 7.30 pm at All Saints’ and 17 November at 1.30 pm – a Church, Avenue, with the gourmet tea-tasting workshop, and Richmond Local History Society has overture to The Magic Flute , The then on Saturday 26 November the Valerie Bott of the Brentford and Nutcracker and other favourites. The Reluctant Dragon , the magical Chiswick Local History Society on A programme features Concerto for adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s little country box – the story of Piano and Winds in which composer comedy brought to Ham by the Hogarth’s House and its residents. Edward Gregson pays tribute to 20 th Wizard Theatre. 11.00 a.m. to 12 Might this indicate that the long century composers he admires, with noon. restoration of the House may indeed soloist Emma Hutton (No charge but www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hamhouse be completed this month? Monday retiring collection). 14 November at 8.00 pm (coffee www.barnesconcertband.org.uk Talks from 7.30 pm) at the Duke Street Church, Richmond. Richmond Association for the www.richmondhistory.org.uk Historic houses National Trust has a visit to the Borough of Twickenham Local Strawberry Hill House has its own Magic Circle HQ on Monday 21 History Society has land use Young Writers Competition, with November and a lecture the next day consultant Richard Flenley on The workshops which should lead to at Duke Street Church, Richmond, at Tale of the and the some good entries for the 2.30 pm: Southwark Past and Present Restoration of the Water Gardens. arts richmond Laureate awards. See by Muriel Jones 020 8979 3089. Monday 7 November at St Mary’s page 1. Entries for both competitions U3A’s Tuesday afternoon meeting is Church Hall, Church Street, must be in by 28 November. in the Clarendon Hall, York House, Twickenham at 7.30 for 8.00 pm. There’s also a full programme of Twickenham at 2.30 pm on Tuesday www.botlhs.co.uk other events in November. There are 29 November: Dr Mark Curthoys, The Richmond and Twickenham Moonlight Tours on Monday 7 and Research Editor at the Oxford Branch of the Historical Association 21 November at 7.00pm, and a Dictionary of National Biography, on meets on Thursday 27 October at Friends’ Quiz Night on Saturday 12 prominent people in the Richmond 8.00 pm for Dr John Darwin, Beit November at 8.00 pm – register your area in the DNB. And there’s a visit Reader in the History of the British team early. The Gothic Book Club to the Canal Museum, King’s Cross, Commonwealth, University of meets on Wednesday 23 November on Tuesday 8 November Oxford, on Three Rebellions Against at 7.00 pm to discuss The Infernal ([email protected]) Empire: Canada 1837, India 1857, Machines of Dr Hoffman www.u3a-richmond.org.uk. Zululand 1906. Vestry Hall, Paradise www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk. The Richmond and District Road Richmond. 020 8581 2171. While Ham House is the venue for a Decorative and Fine Arts Society series of concluding events for the meets at the Duke Street Church, Richmond Scientific Society meets The Man in Grey as part of its House, 270 Sandycombe Road, Kew. on Wednesday 16 November for Dr Georgian Film Season accompanying [email protected] Caroline Cartwright of the British the Leigh’s Panorama exhibition, There’s a British Crafts exhibition of Museum on Science and Archeology. (020 8332 1141). British Contemporary Glass at 8.00 pm, Vestry Hall, Richmond. www.museumofrichmond.com and 01372 742 921 Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield 020 8332 1141 Terrace, W4 from 25 to 27 The Richmond Society has invited By popular demand, the Old Sorting November. William Curley, the Pave Court Office Arts Centre on Barnes Green chocolatier, to describe how he The Whitehouse Tuesday Art Circle has invited back Frank Grimes for the creates chocolate masterpieces. has its annual exhibition at the he and the she of it: A Portrait of Vestry Hall, Richmond, Thursday 17 Whitehouse Community Centre, James Joyce . Thursday 3 to Saturday November at 7.30 pm. Tangley Park, Hampton, on 29 and 5 November www.richmondsociety.co.uk. 30 October from 11.00 am to 4.30 [email protected]. pm ([email protected]). Libraries The Landmark Arts Centre in The Fountain Gallery at East Teddington has the Lady Eleanor Molesey has regular exhibitions by The Autumn Local History Season at Holles School’s art exhibition from 10 its contributing artists: Twickenham Library has David to 12 November, part of the 25 October to 6 November: Jennie Blomfield, chair of the Richmond celebrations for the 300 th Ing, Ruth Green and Dana Leigh ¸ The Local History Society, on Boatmen of anniversary of the school; and a Makers, Linocut prints in colour and the Upper Tidal Thames, at grand concert with the Thames black and white influenced by the Twickenham Library on Saturday 12 Philharmonia and soloist viola player urban environment. November at 3.00 pm. Eniko Magyar on Saturday 26 8-20 November, Frances Jordan, November at 7.30 pm: Berlioz’s At Hampton Library on Thursday 24 Inspirations Harold in Italy and Elgar’s Froissart November, local resident John Sheaf 22 November-4 December, Andrew Overture , with the Tiffin Girls’ School presents Signposts from the Past: A Blyth, The River’s Tale. Choir and the Choir of the London talk round Hampton. 7.00 pm 020 8941 5865 Full Gospel Church, Raynes Park, in www.fountaingallery.co.uk Booking essential for library talks: the rarely performed The Black Night www.richmond.gov.uk/libraries. by Elgar. The Bowman Gallery in Worple Way, 020 8977 7558 and The Alberts, Richmond, has an Museums www.landmarkartscentre.org. exhibition Period in Print – prints of and arts centres all kinds from the 18 th century to the Visual arts present day - from 29 October to 26 The current exhibition at the November. Museum of Richmond in Whittaker Richmond Art Society’s autumn art www.bowmangallery.co.uk. Avenue, Richmond, is based on exhibition, always well worth a visit Leigh’s Panorama – the 60-foot long for the talent on display, is at the The Environment Trust for aquatint panorama of the Thames Vestry House, Paradise Road, Richmond upon Thames’s art picnic encompassing the 30 miles of Richmond, from Saturday 26 is on Sunday 20 November, a riverside from Westminster to November to Sunday 4 December, Christmas card, gift and decoration Richmond published by Samuel Leigh with ‘opening’ on Sunday 27 workshop at the Art & Architecture in 1829. November at 12 noon. shop, Kew Road, Richmond. Essential to book. Associated talks at the Museum On Tuesday 8 November Xavier Bray include Norman Radley on Royal talks about El Greco – A Proto- The Trust has an art auction on Mistresses in the Georgian Period on Modern Painter, and on Tuesday 22 Thursday 10 November at York Thurday 3 November at 2.00 pm, and November Jo Walton on Travellers’ House at 8.00 pm – viewing from Richard Holmes, archivist of the Tales – Italian Art through the Eyes 6.30 pm. Richmond Local Studies Collection, of Victorian Visitors. Vestry House, 020 8891 5455 on The Pubs of Richmond on Richmond, at 8.00 pm. Then on www.environmenttrust.co.uk. Wednesday 23 November at 7.00 Wednesday 30 November at 3.00 pm Richmond and Twickenham pm. Jim Woodman leads a tour of the Photographic Society meetings in Fine Rooms at the Royal Academy. Once again, the Big Band Blitz in November include George Bareham www.richmondartsociety.com. support of the Museum, organised on Untamed Travels on Thursday 3 by the Eel Pie Club, is at Clarendon The Kew Art Studio, which has 50 November, the review of Closed Hall, York House, on Saturday 12 members and 12 resident artists, Challenge entries by Ron and Maggie November at 7.30 pm, this year plus other users, with expert tutors, Tear ARPS on Thursday 10 commemorating the 70 th anniversary has its first Christmas Exhibition over November; the award of the Concord of Pearl Harbour. See Music above. the weekend of 26 and 27 Trophy by Ken Scott ARPS on November, 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Thursday 17 November; and On Wednesday 30 November at 6.00 both days. Kew Studio, St Luke’s Print/PDI Analysis by Gerald pm the Museum is showing the film Kitiyakara LRPS on Thursday 24 November. All at Kew Community November by Jem Panufnik, Centre at 8.00 pm. Twickenham-born pioneering film- November mailing maker and record producer, with an For full groups programme, see ‘explosive exhibition’ of sleeve art, dates www.rtps.org.uk.At , animation and sculpture. Riverside, Twickenham, Flux, Flow, Flyers for events in December Flight: Art in Motion – the art of Orleans House is running a series of should be delivered to the dynamic movement - continues until expressive arts workshops to support arts richmond office on Eel Pie 22 January. In the Stables Gallery , family well-being through creative Island by Monday 7 November. Twickenham Art Circle’s The Colour activity: the next ones are on of Life opens on 27 October until 8 Sundays 13, 20 and 27 November 500 copies; £25.00; £35.00 for January. At the Riverside Gallery , from 2.00 to 4.00 pm at Orleans unaffiliated organisations. Brave New Worlds: Utopias/ House Dystopias continues until 5 020 8831 6000 Items for Newsletter and November, and is followed from 12 www.richmond.gov.uk/arts website: Monday 31 October.

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arts richmond Swan Award Winners 2010-2011 t the invitation of the RFU, the ‘Swans’ gala awards evening on 24 September was held at an exciting new venue in the Live Room at the RFU Stadium. The awards evening is the culmination of the 2020-2011 season for amateur A productions in drama and musicals across the borough. Entertainment was provided by the Guildford School of Acting and the awards were presented by the Mayor of Richmond upon Thames, Cllr Clare Head, and arts richmond joint Presidents for 2011, MBE and Auriol Smith of the Orange Tree Theatre. The winners were: Best Design Best Actress Annie Collenette (overall design) and Pennie Bayliss Jane Marcus as Susan in Woman in Mind (OHADS) & as (Wardrobe) for Alice in Wonderland (BCP) Leeanne Carter in Are you Lonesome Tonight? (OHADS) Best Young Actress aged 19 and under Best Actor Eleanor Kirk as Alice in Sammy’s Magic Garden Daniel Wain as DS John Johnson in This Story of Yours (Edmundian Players) (RSS) Best Young Actor aged 19 & under Best Musical Production Daniel Chapman as Percy in Flare Path (BCP) Crazy for You directed by Andy Locke, choreographer & Best Child Actor/Actress aged 14 & under co-director Melanie Edwards, Catrin Ody as Moose in Cinderella (RSS Youth ) Musical Director Carl Smith (BROS) Best Supporting Actress Best Play Lynne Harrison as Maria in Twelfth Night (RSS) The Elephant Man (TTC) directed by Scott O’Brien Best Supporting Actor This Story of Yours (RSS) directed by Fiona Smith Stephen King as Alfred Doolittle in Pygmalion (RSS) The Wild Swan Best Supporting Female Performer in a Musical Gary Stevenson for graphics which created the Flight of Rachel White as Little Buttercup in HMS Pinafore (HLOC) the Great Sok in The Diamond Princess (TTC) Best supporting Male Performer in a Musical The Adjudicators’ Award Bryan Cardus as Bela Zangler in Crazy for You (BROS) Steven Peters as The Man in Chair in The Drowsy Best Female Performer in a Musical Chaperone (TTC) Chloe Bond as Janet in The Drowsy Chaperone (TTC) The Accolade (for outstanding service to the arts in the Best Male Performer in a Musical borough) Nick Moorhead as Bobby Child in Crazy for You (BROS) Fergus O’Kelly coupled with the name of the Barnes Charity Players in their 21 st year.