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Autumn Festival, Painshill Park Cobham Sunday 21 October, 10am–6pm ‘Fall’ in love with Painshill Park and celebrate a host of autumn-themed activities for all the family. Follow the tree trail to see a beautiful display of autumn colour and try balancing on the stepping stone log challenge and tree swing with wooden medals to be won. There’ll be displays of horse-powered timber extraction and a traditional heavy horse wagon ride. Browse the wide range of stalls with handcrafted items made from wood, metal, leather and honey. In addition, learn how to keep trees         
 be on offer, including chillies, cakes and sparkling wine. So breathe in the autumn air and view the majestic colours of Painshill’s magical landscape.

Information: painshill.co.uk

New Wimbledon Theatre Theatre Wimbledon Wimbledon Richmond Theatre Tickets: atgtickets.com/wimbledon Richmond Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 October Tickets: atgtickets.com/richmond An Inspector Calls Wednesday 3 to Sunday 7 October J B Priestley’s classic thriller. Horrible Histories Monday 29 October to Performances of Terrible Tudors Saturday 3 November and Awful Egyptians. Blood Brothers Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October Legendary Willy Russell musical. Guess How Much I Love You Based on the books by Dorking Halls Sam McBratney. Dorking Wimbledon Monday 15 to Saturday 20 October Tickets: dorkinghalls.co.uk The Habit of Art Monday 22 to Tuesday 23 October Revival of Alan Bennett play. The Tiger Who Came to Tea Monday 22 to Saturday 27 October Fabulous family show. Vulcan 7 Play written by and starring Adrian Epsom Playhouse Edmondson and Nigel Planer. Epsom Tickets: epsomplayhouse.co.uk New Victoria Theatre Saturday 13 October Woking Emerald Storm Tickets: atgtickets.com/woking Irish dance brought into the Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 October 21st century. Dinosaur World Live Monday 29 October Interactive new show. A Life in the Realm of Madness... Monday 8 to Tuesday 9 October Suggs – What a King Cnut Private Peaceful A new show from the Madness Adapted from the book by front man. Michael Morpurgo. Wednesday 31 October Tuesday 16 to Saturday 27 October Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot Jersey Boys Silly new jokes from this Smash hit musical on tour. entertaining comedian. Ruined abbey and autumn trees at Painshill Park, Cobham

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G Live Guildford Music Tickets: glive.co.uk Monday 8 October Cranleigh Arts Centre Neil Oliver: The Story of Cranleigh Spotlight on... The British Isles in 100 Places Tickets: cranleighartscentre.org Historian Neil on tour: see the Friday 12 October 2018 Guildford Book Festival essence interview on page 6. Kelly Oliver plus support EMMAY Various locations, Guildford Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October Wednesday 17 to Radio 2 favourite performs. A fabulous line-up of speakers is expected for this year’s Guildford Book Festival. Saturday 20 October From household names such as comedienne Jo Brand (pictured left) and dancer Awful Auntie Dorking Halls Anton Du Beke to authors such as Matt Haig and Gill Sims, currently top of the Based on the David Walliams book. Dorking Wimbledon          
    also a Leonard Bernstein Centenary Gala Concert and Talk at Holy Trinity Church. Tickets: dorkinghalls.co.uk For 2018, the Festival welcomes Guildford Shakespeare Company’s Matt Pinches who will discuss Lewis Carroll’s unique relationship with Guildford and the return Guildford Shakespeare Thursday 11 October of GSC’s Alice in Wonderland, a multi-venue production. In addition, there’s an Company From The Jam: All Mod Cons, evening with journalist Martin Bell and Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray presents her book A History of the World in 21 Women. Ben Macintyre talks Various locations 40th Anniversary Tour Cold War espionage via the true story The Spy and the Traitor and Max Hastings Tickets: Legendary ‘The Jam’ bassist returns with Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975. Karen Maitland and Laura guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk Bruce Foxton fronts the acclaimed Purcell discuss Ghosts, Ghouls and the Gothic: Writing to Thrill at the University of Surrey, and don’t miss Kate Mosse in conversation with Stephanie Merritt. From The Jam, Dorking Halls PHOTO COPYRIGHT: DEREK D SOUZA Saturday 13 October to From The Jam. With lots of workshops and events, this Festival is really not to be missed. Saturday 3 November Alice in Wonderland G Live Tickets: guildfordbookfestival.co.uk JO BRAND PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAL HANSEN Multi-venue restaging marking Guildford the 150th anniversary of Lewis Tickets: glive.co.uk Carroll’s relationship with Guildford. Tuesday 9 October Level 42: Eternity McAllister Thomas The Lightbox Gallery Harlequin Theatre Popular band on tour with support Festivals Exhibitions High Street, Godalming and Museum Redhill The Blow Monkeys. Information: Woking Tickets: harlequintheatre.co.uk Monday 15 October Epsom Playhouse Fields of Flowers      
Information: thelightbox.org.uk Friday 19 October Joan Armatrading Epsom The Guildford Institute Saturday 6 to Tuesday 23 October To Sunday 7 October Kathy Lette’s Girls’ Night Out Wonderful singer/songwriter Tickets: epsomplayhouse.co.uk Information: becart.co.uk Lyric Pieces by Hugo Grenville Sidney Francis: Photographs of Australian-born author on tour. celebrates 46 years in music. Wednesday 24 to To Saturday 13 October The Gallery’s first solo exhibition Woking in the 1920s and 1930s Tuesday 23 October Saturday 27 October Becca Clegg returns to the Institute by Hugo, one of the country’s View glimpses of what Woking was Rose Theatre Kingston Soul II Soul Thirty Years Tour     
 with her colourful, impressionistic leading colourist painters. like nearly 100 years ago. Kingston-upon-Thames Hugely influential and successful Film Festival landscape paintings. To Sunday 13 January Tickets: rosetheatrekingston.org band pay tribute to their debut Epsom & Ewell’s first international Museum of Farnham Impressionism: The Art of Life Tuesday 23 to Sunday 28 October album Club Classics Vol. One. film festival has the theme of Guildford Art Society West Street, Farnham A rare combination of French The Gruffalo’s Child Women Heroes. Guildford House Gallery, Information: Impressionist paintings and sculpture. Based on the Julia Donaldson and Guildford Symphony High Street, Guildford farnhammaltings.com/museum Axel Scheffler popular book. Orchestra Farnham Maltings Information: guildfordartsociety.co.uk To Saturday 22 December Watts Gallery Tuesday 30 October St Catherine’s School, Bramley Farnham Saturday 13 October to Behind Closed Doors: Compton, Guildford Awful Auntie by Birmingham Stage Company, G Live PHOTO COPYRIGHT: MARK DOUET Ballet Black: Double Bill Tickets: g-s-o.org.uk Information: Saturday 3 November 300 years of Willmer House Information: wattsgallery.org.uk Celebrating dancers of black and Sunday 7 October, 3.30pm craft.farnhammaltings.com Art and Craft Show Celebrating the anniversary. To Sunday 28 October Asian descent. Animal Magic Family Concert Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 October With all art for sale and a free James Henry Pullen: Bringing a zoo full of animals to The Maltings’ longest-running raffle to win an original painting. New Ashgate Gallery Inmate – Inventor – Genius Yvonne Arnaud Theatre life through music. craft event with over 80 emerging Free entry. Farnham Gallery show emphasising Pullen’s Guildford talents and established makers Information: newashgate.org.uk status not as a mechanical copyist, Tickets: yvonne-arnaud.co.uk Southern Pro Musica from Surrey, Hampshire and Haslemere Museum To Saturday 3 November but as an innovative artist. Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 October Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford across the UK. High Street, Haslemere Autumn Craft Collection Tuesday 23 to Sunday 28 October Still Alice Information: southernpromusica.org Information: haslemeremuseum.co.uk A collection of ceramics, glass, October half term Sharon Small stars as a woman Sunday 21 October Guildford Book Festival and surreycontemporaries.co.uk jewellery and textiles. Inspired by the above exhibition, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Orchestral Concert: Various locations To Saturday 6 October To Saturday 3 November create your own invention. Monday 22 to Saturday 27 October Mozart and Beethoven Information: Surrey Contemporaries art Surrey Artist of the Year 2018 Saturday 27 October Rain Man Including Mozart’s Overture guildfordbookfestival.co.uk exhibition and sale A partnership between New Watts Late: Imaginarium Mathew Horne stars in this play ‘Così fan tutte’ and Beethoven’s Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October Affordable, original art, prints Ashgate and Surrey Artists Open Events and performance as part of based on the popular film. Symphony No. 7 in A. See Spotlight above. and cards. Studios to celebrate creative talent. Museums at Night.

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Go Wild Golf Day 2018 Cinemas Out and Slinfold Golf and Country Club, Cranleigh Arts Centre 01483 278000 or cranleighartscentre.org West Sussex Farnham Maltings 02152 745444 or farnhammaltings.com about Registration: bornfree.org.uk Odeon Esher 0871 2244007 or Friday 5 October ! !!   Alice Holt Forest The sixth annual Go Wild Golf Odeon Epsom 0871 2244007 or '&%$#"! "$"  Day allows golfers of all levels ! !!  ! Information: brutalrun.co.uk to challenge the Born Free team. Odeon Guildford 0871 2244007 or Saturday 20 October, 6pm Tickets are £55. ! !!    ! Halloween BRUTAL run 2018 The Screen Walton     !   ! Online entry for this run is now Firework displays The Ambassadors Cinema, Woking 
!  open with 3.3k, 6.6k or a 10k lap Throughout Surrey ambassadortickets.com/cinema of the spookiest ever BRUTAL. Various dates Wear a spooky costume. See fireworks at the following Leith Hill Place local venues: Beginnings by Jonathan Hateley, Surrey Sculpture Society, The Savill Garden PHOTO COPYRIGHT: JONATHAN HATELEY National near Dorking   
  Bramley: 3 November Information: 01306 711685 Hastings Brockham: 4 November Thursday 11 October Elena Interior II, oil on canvas, Lyric Pieces by Hugo Grenville, McAllister Thomas Information: english-heritage.org.uk Chiddingfold: 4 November RHS Wisley Surrey Sculpture Society Trust PHOTO COPYRIGHT: HUGO GRENVILLE Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 October Cranleigh: 4 November Woking The Savill Garden, National Trust properties birthday concert 1066 The Battle of Hastings Epsom: 4 November Tickets: rhs.org.uk/wisley Windsor Great Park offer perfect venues to explore A one hour concert and tea party. Out of Surrey, relive the atmosphere Farnham: 4 November Wednesday 17 to Sunday 21 October Information: surreysculpture.org.uk at any time of the year. Prebooking on 0344 249 1895. and tension as over 600 soldiers Godalming: 3 November Taste of Autumn To Monday 5 November We list a few here, but visit To Sunday 21 October clash in this award-winning Battle Haslemere: 4 November The best of the season at Wisley’s Impressive sculptures nestled nationaltrust.org.uk for more. Exhibition: Gwen Raverat of Hastings re-enactment. Horley: 3 November harvest celebration. within the Garden’s beautiful Works by this wood engraver. Horsham: 28 October Saturday 20 October to blooms and woodland. Clandon Park Wednesday 24 October, Birdworld Guildford: 4 November Sunday 4 November near Guildford 10am–12 noon and 1.30–3.30pm Farnham Mytchett: 5 November Room on the Broom half term Surrey Wildlife Trust Information: 01483 222482 Creepy crafts and Information: birdworld.co.uk Norbiton: 3 November family fun Various locations Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 October spooktacular baking Monday 22 to Friday 26 October Ripley: 28 October Spooky trails around the garden, Information: October half term bulb planting For ages four to ten. Halloween activity week Sunbury-on-Thames: 3 November creepy crafts and lots more. surreywildlifetrust.org/events Join the gardens team planting A unique Halloween grotto, themed Weybridge: 5 November Tuesday 16 October, 10am–3pm bulbs in the parterre garden. Polesden Lacey arts and crafts, activity trail and Woking: 4 November Surrey Hills Wood Fair 2018 Create animal homes Until Sunday 28 October Great Bookham, near Dorking train ride, plus lots more. Fish Pond Copse, Cranleigh for the garden Salvaged collection Information: 01372 452048 Haslemere Museum Information: surreyhills.org Visit Nower Wood as tutor Paul View previously unseen items in the To Thursday 29 November Bocketts Farm Park Haslemere Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October Ritchie offers a guide to different basement exhibition. Polesden Hospital Fetcham Information: haslemeremuseum.co.uk A celebration of the Surrey Hills animal home structures. From June 1915 to late 1916 Information: bockettsfarm.co.uk Friday 26 October and all that is ‘Good about Wood’ Wednesday 24 October, 10–11.30am Claremont Landscape Margaret Greville opened Polesden Saturday 20 to Sunday 28 October Haunted Halloween with demonstrations, coppice Potter around Puttenham Common Garden as a convalescent hospital for Wizards and witches week Dress up in a spooky costume and crafts and wood products, horse A beautiful autumn wander among near Esher officers. To mark 100 years since Autumn colour at Winkworth Arboretum, National Trust PHOTO COPYRIGHT: JOHN MILLER Spooky trail, reptile roadshow and enjoy creepy crafts. Don’t miss and wagon rides, children’s lowland heath, woodland, water and Information: 01372 467806 the end of the Great War, Polesden wizard magician shows alongside the Halloween procession through activities, bug hunts, local produce, rolling hills. Look out for fungi and Tuesday 16 October Hospital offers a rare glimpse into fun farm activities. Haslemere at 4.30pm. a beer tent and much more. winter migrants. Fruit, nuts and cones walk the lives of people who lived and Saturday 27 October Join guide Hilary for a walk worked at Polesden during that time. Brooklands Museum Magical museum at night through Claremont this autumn. Weybridge Follow the special trail and explore Farmers’ markets Tickets: brooklandsmuseum.com Saturday 20 to Sunday 28 October Winkworth Arboretum the museum galleries by torchlight. Camberley & ""%  "  Half term Hansel and Gretel trail Godalming Sunday 14 October Cranleigh  " "  Follow in the footsteps of Hansel Information: 01483 208936 Autumn Motorsport Day Ramster Hall Epsom &""%  """  "    and Gretel and help them escape Tuesday 16 and 23 October See competition cars from all ages Chiddingfold Farnham &""%  "   from the wicked witch. Autumn colour walk on the adjacent Mercedes-Benz Information: ramster.com Guildford &#""%  ""
"  "     Monday 22 to Discover what makes Winkworth World circuit and later on Test Hill. Tuesday 9 and Haslemere &""%  """  "   Milford &""%  "   Wednesday 24 October so special in the autumn. Monday 22 to Friday 26 October Wednesday 10 October Ripley & " "%  """  "  Fairytale crafts Saturday 20 to Sunday 28 October Half term family activities Autumn Fair 2018 Walton-on-Thames & "
"%  "" "  "   Get creative this half term with Happy Halloween trail On weekdays, don’t miss car rides, Charity fair in association with Woking & #""%  """  "  Claremont’s craft sessions. A spooky trail around Winkworth. tours on Concorde and lots more. Meath Epilepsy Charity.

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