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What’s on at The Exchange September-December 2019 @ExchangeTwick @exchangetwickenham @exchangetwickenham www.exchangetwickenham.co.uk 020 8240 2399 Welcome In October 2019 The Exchange will have been open for two years, managed by St Mary’s University. As of July this year we have hosted just over 200 public events. Around 50 of these have been showcases of young people’s performing arts in partnership with local stage schools, state schools or colleges. Around 50 of the events have been sold out and have included top comedians and personalities coming to Twickenham for the first time. 60 of the events have been films, giving the local public a cinema option it didn’t have previously. In our studio rooms and conservatory we have a steady stream of community groups having training, meetings, wellbeing classes and young people practicing performing arts. St Mary’s University utilises The Exchange for several degree classes, particularly acting and drama, so that in term time the building becomes a hub of young people developing in one way or another. I like to think we are well on our way to fulfilling our vision for the building, that “The Exchange will provide space and opportunity for creativity, expression, learning and enjoyment”. Inside this brochure you will find a varied and diverse array of events. There is a strong Shakespearean theme with Shakespeare Schools’ Festival with us for a week, and the more comic production of Sh*t- Faced Shakespeare for three nights. We also bring Panto to Twickenham in December for two weeks over Christmas. Apart from those initiatives there is theatre, film and live music, all of which need an audience. Please come along, and please tell your friends, so that The Exchange continues to grow and provide a great arts service for Twickenham. Stuart Hobday Creative Director, The Exchange Box Office Opening Hours Accessibility Monday-Friday 12-5pm The Exchange is committed to making the venue Telephone: 020 8240 2399 accessible to everyone so they can enjoy the Weekends/Bank Holidays – Closed whole programme. For accessible seating advice, please call our box office on 020 8240 2399 prior The venue and box office opens one hour before to your visit so we can accommodate your needs. the scheduled start time for evening events. Wheelchair users and visually impaired customers are entitled to one complimentary ticket for a Online companion. Online bookings can be made through our website. For online bookings the ticketing How to Find Us company charge 7% of the ticket price 75 London Road, Twickenham TW1 1BE with a 50p minimum charge. We are located directly opposite Twickenham train station. Unfortunately, The Exchange cannot Concessions accommodate parking for audience members Concessions are indicated where available. and there is no public parking on the Brewery We offer concessions to children under the age Wharf estate at all. of 16, adults aged 60 or over, students in full-time There are limited parking spaces near the venue education. Proof of status must be shown when for Blue Badge holders. There are public car booking or collecting tickets. parks in Twickenham within walking distance of the venue. We encourage The Exchange audience members to travel by public transport Refunds where possible. Trains to Twickenham run The Exchange regrets it is unable to refund regularly from Waterloo, Vauxhall and Clapham tickets unless the performance is postponed Junction. Bus routes 110, 267 and 281 pass or cancelled. outside the venue. 2 | Film Twickenham Cinema Club Presents: All About Eve (1950) 4th September, 7.30pm | £6/£7 (on the door) In one of Bette Davis’ finest performances, ‘All About Eve’ is a classic Hollywood portrayal of ambition, ego, truth and lies, with a razor-sharp script to match. Compare the recent Gillian Anderson stage version with this black-and-white original; a film that deserves to be seen on the big screen. Film September 2019 events Richmond Film Society Presents: Cold War 10th September, 8pm |£5/£3 (full-time students) Paweł Pawlikowski’s acclaimed and visually stunning drama is a passionate love story between two people from different backgrounds who are fatefully drawn to each other. Set during the Cold War in the 1950s, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times. Talk The Ideas Exchange 11th September, 1pm | £5 St Mary’s University is delighted to launch the first of three ‘Ideas Exchange’ events this academic year. The Ideas Exchange is a series of quick-fire lectures from a range of top academics. Each thought-provoking talk is only eight minutes long (or short) and will usually cover a wealth of topics from media, politics and history, to sport, emotions and science. This event is a special football takeover, with a line-up that includes a diverse panel of guest speakers from different coaching and sport science backgrounds within the football industry. Comedy Sajeela Kershi and Guests – Immigrant Diaries 14th September, 8pm | £10/£8 (concs) Sajeela’s award-winning show, Immigrant Diaries, returns to the tour circuit post Brexit/Trump and the anti-immigration/refugee rhetoric blamed for the rise in hate crimes. Irrespective of which side of the debate you sit on, this show is for all. A chance to hear some sublime true stories from a cast of performers from somewhere else. All with one thing in common; statistics don’t tell the story, people do. What’s on at The Exchange September-December 2019 | 3 September 2019 events Music Paul Jones and Dave Kelly 17th September, 8pm | £25 Founder members of The Blues Band, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly’s tangled and colourful roots go way back into the true undergrowth of the tradition. As well as their own original material, they not only know and perform the work of the greats – ranging from Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker through to Sonny Boy Williamson – they actually played alongside them, and enjoyed their friendship. A live acoustic set by this dynamic duo is an occasion you’ll remember. If you’re a true Blues fan, everything you need is here. Comedy Token Man Comedy 18th September, 8pm | £10/£8 (concs) Token Man Comedy is a new comedy night coming to The Exchange that will always seek to feature women comedians as well as including a ‘Token Man’ in the line-up. We present the best in female comedy and female comedians but, because we think it’s important to be inclusive, we always have a chap on the bill, and he’s always one of the good ones, so fear not! Reversing the zeitgeist of the traditional, box-ticking girl on most traditional comedy nights or game show panels, we thought it would be fun to see how it works the other way around. Film Richmond Film Society Presents: Shoplifters 24th September, 8pm | £5/£3 (full-time students) Hirokazu Koreeda’s Palme d’Or winning drama… After a spell of shoplifting, Osamu and his son run into a homeless girl shivering with cold. Osamu’s wife is not keen to take her in but she eventually feels sorry for her. Then, an incident unveils a secret that tests their bond. Winner of 43 awards and shortlisted for the 2019 Foreign Language Film Oscar. 4 | Exhbition Secret Art Sale 28th & 29th September, 11am-6pm Sat/11am-5pm Sun | £3 (children under 12 FREE) Members only entry, Sat 10.30-11am Now in its fourth year, the art sale with a twist is back! Royal Academicians, local artists and art students all kindly donate work, but you don’t find out the artist until the art is bought. All art just £40. Proceeds go to the Environment Trust. October 2019 events Talk Angela Saini – Superior 1st October, 7.30pm | £7/£5 (concs) As ethnic nationalism rises around the world, race science is experiencing a revival, fuelled by the abuse of data and facts by politically motivated groups. The story of who humans are and how we evolved is being rewritten to suit their agendas. Even well-intentioned scientists, through their unconscious use of old-fashioned categories, betray their suspicion that race has some basis in biology. In truth, it is no more real than it was hundreds of years ago, when racial categories were invented and hardened by those in power. In Superior, award-winning author Angela Saini explores the concept of race, from its origins to the present day. Film Twickenham Cinema Club Presents: Dazed and Confused 2nd October, 7.30pm |£6/£7 (on the door) Richard Linklater’s ’90s account of a group of 1976 high school teens seems like a superficial laid-back comedy, but is also an accomplished film that gradually draws you into the awkwardness of youth. With clever character development and a deftness of scriptwriting, it reveals a more complicated set of stories that sum up ‘coming of age’ with natural direction and confidence that made this film a cult favourite. Ben Affleck, Matthew McConnaughey and Parker Posey are just some of the actors making their early career highs. What’s on at The Exchange September-December 2019 | 5 October 2019 events Comedy Manford’s Comedy Club 4th October, 8pm | £12.50/£10 (concs) Manford’s Comedy Club was launched by comedian Jason Manford and his brother Colin just over two years ago. The idea was to bring comedians from the UK circuit to small towns and cities across the country for a night of live comedy. The show features up-and-coming performers as well as more well-known names and are all personally chosen by Jason himself. Line up: Chris McCausland, Mo Omar, Paul Pirie and Roger Monkhouse Film Richmond Film Society Presents: Birds of Passage 8th October, 8pm | £5/£3 (full-time students) A tale of power and greed, ‘Birds of Passage’ tells of the rise and fall of a revered Wayuu family deep in the Colombian countryside.