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P a g e |1 What’s On Arts & Culture in and around the borough of Richmond upon Thames July 2020 Orsi Cowell-Lehoczky from 9 to 21 June Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm. fountaingallery.co.uk Landmark Arts Centre landmarkartscentre.org Molesey Art Society We are in strange times and moleseyartsociety.co.uk cannot engage with the world as we used to. However, Visual Arts WATCH AN ARTIST CREATE technology is allowing us to A PAINTING interact in an unprecedented way. We can use video links to BBC4 is featuring an talk to friends, family or American artist, Bob Ross, who demonstrates how to colleagues, sing with a virtual paint a dramatic landscape choir, watch performances by in 30 minutes. The series is world-famous companies called “The Joy of Painting” online and send emails to keep and it is available to view in touch. Throughout the Richmond Art Society Their for over a year. newsletter there are Summer Exhibition goes online. Launching on the Even if you are not a suggestions for using links on Richmond Art Society website painter, it is fascinating to the Internet to engage with see how he develops the the outside world. on 4 July 2020, the online image – it looks so easy but exhibition will be available to it probably isn’t! We also have time at home to browse throughout July. There try out new things, such as a will also be a PDF catalogue of Go to BBC iPlayer and new craft, or have a good all the works available to search for Bob Ross. clear-out of unwanted items. download. Visit the website and follow the links to the Saturday Watercolour And maybe it gives us time to show. Workshop Email reflect on modern life and richmondartsociety.com patkayharvey@talktalk.net or allow us to plan for a different call 020 3643 6227. and more fulfilling existence Fountain Gallery are excited to patharvey.co.uk after lockdown. Let’s go into announce the re-opening of the future with a more positive the Fountain Gallery with an The People Hive Gallery outlook. Exhibition by resident artist rhlt.org.uk/the-people-hive
P a g e |2 Orange Tree Theatre Film The Bowman Gallery orangetreetheatre.co.uk bowmangallery.co.uk OSO Arts Centre Roland Goslett Gallery osoarts.org.uk rolandgoslettgallery.co.uk Richmond Shakespeare One Paved Court Gallery: Society onepavedcourt.co.uk richmondshakespeare.org.uk ART CHALLENGE Teddington Theatre Club teddingtontheatreclub.org.uk Richmond Film Society Every week, we are issuing an recommends the following Art Challenge to stimulate Films: your creative juices. Rise to A Royal Affair Directed by the challenge and send us your Nikolaj Arcel; The Hunt artwork - use anything you Directed by Thomas have to hand. Encourage Copy / Flyer Vinterberg; Salt Of The Earth children to have a go also and Deadlines Directed by Wim Wenders & email the work in to Arts Juliano Ribeiro Salgado; The Richmond. Angels’ Share Directed by Ken Loach; IDA Directed by Pawel NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Pawlikowski. They are At the moment we are STREAMING unable to send the available via streaming services and also for purchase What’s On newsletter The National Theatre is as DVD/Blu-Ray discs. streaming one production by post, therefore we Richmond Film Society For per week on YouTube. The will not be accepting information email programme changes every any fliers. We will be admin@richmondfilmsoc.org.uk Thursday at 7pm. See sending out the richmondfilmsoc.org.uk world class theatre from the newsletter by email. comfort of your own home RIVERSIDE STUDIOS – but you will have to The deadline for items VIRTUAL CINEMA provide the ice cream and to be included in the the drinks yourself! newsletter is It is sad that the newly opened https://www.nationaltheatr Riverside Studios has had to e.org.uk/nt-at-home Wednesday 1 July 2020 close its doors. A great shame as it is now an impressive space with modern facilities Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to and a pleasant bar area for Drama ensure the accuracy of tasty food and drink. Let’s the information in this hope we can visit it in the not newsletter, we urge you too distant future. However, it to check details with the is offering people a chance to venues before attending view for free some classic an event. If you need help with films, which are: contact details, please Some Like it Hot Billy contact our office info@artsrichmond.org.uk Wilder’s iconic comedy Charade by Stanley Donen Hampton Hill Theatre The Lunchbox starring Irrfan hamptonhilltheatre.org.uk Khan
P a g e |3 Water Lilies by French The Middlesex Yeomanry director Celine Sciamma Hammond Theatre Concert Band Aimless Bullet a social realist thehammondtheatre.co.uk mycb.org.uk drama set in South Korea Scarlet Street directed by Landmark Arts Centre In Flagrante choir For further Fritz Lang landmarkartscentre.org details contact Cathy Jago on All That Heaven Allows by Catherine@cjenenergy.co.uk Douglas Sirk Langdon Down Museum of inflagrantechoir.com I Wish by Hirokazu Kore-eda Learning Disability The Lady Vanishes by Alfred langdondownmuseum.org.uk Hitchcock. Follow Us Click on the following link: Whitton Choral Society What’s On whittonchoralsociety.net in the thriving local arts riversidestudios.co.uk/commu nity/virtual-riverside scene. Follow us on Facebook LONDON SYMPHONY Dance ORCHESTRA STREAMING @artsrichmonduk Instagram artsrichmonduk Each Sunday and Thursday and Twitter they are streaming a artsrichmond_uk concert from their archive on their YouTube channel. To become a regular Follow this link to see the programme of events: recipient of this Newsletter, why not become a member? Swing Patrol swingpatrol.co.uk They provide digital programme notes and they Rambert School of Ballet and hope that you will be able Contemporary Dance to sit down and watch at To Contact Us or rambertschool.org.uk the same time as friends Join Us and family, wherever they Hammond Theatre are. ETNA Community Centre thehammondtheatre.co.uk lso.co.uk Room 21, 13 Rosslyn Road Music Richmond Concert Twickenham, TW1 2AR richmondconcerts.co.uk 020 8892 9446 info@artsrichmond.org.uk singersandsongs.com singersandsongs.com Thameside Harmony Chorus Email Barnes Music Society thamesideharmony@gmail.com. barnesmusicsociety.org.uk thamesideharmony.co.uk The Choral Foundation Twickenham Chamber Choir Richmond Orchestra choral.foundation@hrp.org.uk Enquiries: richmondorchestra.org.uk helenastrid@gmail.com or call Richmond Opera 07710 245 904. OSO Arts Centre richmondopera.org.uk osoarts.org.uk
P a g e |4 Magna Carta Chorus Contact: Rock, Jazz & Folk Historic Houses Dennis Counsel, Chorus Secretary on 01344 843522 email dennis@stillriver.plus.com magnacartachorus@gmail.com Chase Bridge Community For Turner’s House TwickFolk turnershouse.org more information contact chasebridgecommunitychoir@ twickfolk.co.uk gmail.com Walks, talks and Mark's Jazz Sessions phone courses 07799 582337 for information Eel Pie Club SCRUB HUBS eelpieclub.com Landmark Arts Centre Many voluntary groups landmarkartscentre.org have formed to provide the NHS and care workers with Richmond Jewish OSO Arts Centre scrubs (the standard Community Hub osoarts.org.uk uniform when on duty). rjch.org.uk Across the country, volunteers are making JKL-Jazz See scrubs, laundry bags (to put Borough of Twickenham Facebook.com/JKL-Jazz to contaminated clothing in Local History Society confirm dates and also for and then put all into the botlhs.co.uk other appearances in the area. The Arts Society Richmond washing machine), masks, headbands etc and theartssocietyrichmond.org Mood Indigo Events distributing them to those moodindigoevents.co.uk who can use them. Richmond Scientific Society www.rss.btck.co.uk I have been making laundry Museums bags and sending them to Richmond Local History my local distribution hub. It Society has been very satisfying to richmondhistory.org.uk be creative but, at the same time, be helping in the national crisis. I encourage Richmond and Twickenham you to join in with this Historical Association admirable initiative. If you history.org.uk can’t sew you can still help by helping with distribution Kingston and District Branch or just by donating money of the Embroiderers' Guild The Twickenham Museum to buy fabric. Check out the kingstonanddistrictbranch.co.uk website below for details. twickenham-museum.org.uk Linda White Volunteer editor Musical Museum Richmond Society musicalmuseum.co.uk richmondsociety.org.uk ScrubHub.org.uk Richmond & Twickenham The Museum of Richmond museumofrichmond.com Photographic Society rtps.org.uk
P a g e |5 Richmond U3A Poetry Performance have read it. It is a long read u3asites.org.uk/richmond-on- For information email: over some 750 plus pages but thames/home warringa@blueyonder.co.uk each time one wanted to read the footnotes at the foot of Richmond Association for the Richmond WEA: contact Carol most pages. National Trust For information Veitch on 020 8979 5929. contact the Programme wealondon.org/Richmond WATCH INTERESTING Manager on tel: 020 8979 DOCUMENTARIES ON 3834, email: RHACC (Richmond and CATCH-UP wendyasim@btinternet.com Hillcroft Adult and nationaltrust.org.uk/features/rich Community College): provides We cannot go travelling at mond-association a wide range of Further the moment. However, we Education courses can visit faraway places on rhacc.ac.uk the TV using the “catch-up” A POEM A DAY KEEPS THE BLUES AT BAY services on the various channels. Here are just a few programmes available THE HOWARD GREENWOOD for some months: Each day, a new poem is Rick Stein’s cookery uploaded to the Arts MUSICAL CORNER. travelogues Richmond website. Each is It has been said that the music • Rick Stein’s Far East insightful and engaging so of the Polish composer Odyssey well worth a read. Log • Rick Stein’s Seafood onto: Fryderyk Chopin is either Odyssey www.artsrichmond.org.uk played or listened to every ------------------------------------- and then click on “Reviews” hour of every day throughout • Storyville. Hard-hitting and you will find the poems the world. His music takes us documentaries on listed, along with other into another world of beautiful serious topics reviews. sound, a world where our ------------------------------------- hearts and minds are Simon Reeve’s travelogues The BBC has an initiative • Australia with Simon called BBC Upload. They cherished. So in this short Reeve say “Whatever you create – article I would like to guide comedy, fiction, blogs, • Indian Ocean with you into this world and Simon Reeve vlogs, podcasts, videos, poetry, reviews, diaries, recommend certain items that • Greece with Simon anything – we’d love you to will enhance your enjoyment Reeve upload it.” Go to of his music. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07 Go to iPlayer, All Four or xtgyr So I would like to start by My5 and browse what is and upload your creative available suggesting a book which has items. recently been published by A recent criticism concludes by Faber and Faber called saying “It is unusual to feel Fryderyk Chopin, a Life and bereft on finishing a book and Times by Alan Walker. It is an Barnes Literary Society one would wish it could be barnesliterarysociety.org.uk. amazing book, which has twice as long. It is the most attracted a lot of praise all important biography of Chopin Richmond Heritage Guides over the musical world and richmondwalks.co.uk in many years and will be rightly so. Rarely have I read a treasured by musicians and book which I found difficult to Richmond Art music lovers as the definitive richmondartsociety.com put down and this has been life for many years”. the experience of friends who
P a g e |6 fact, over 16 CDs, embrace the Council to purchase the house Readers of 'ArtsRichmond' are complete works, including for conversion to a town hall. able to get hold of this brilliant everything Chopin wrote Since then we have been involved in many local issues, book by contacting a Patron of including the rarely heard including developing Orleans Arts Richmond, Helena Caletta songs, the small amount of House Gallery, the Mary at the Open Book in Richmond. chamber music and the piano Wallace Theatre, the tennis Now we are living at a time and orchestra works. courts beside the house and when there are so many Twickenham Riverside. brilliant pianists who were AIR POLLUTION IN LONDON In normal times we meet performing before the regularly throughout the year Air pollution in London has for a programme of talks, and lockdown but we do have their fallen so dramatically since we have a special dinner in CD's to listen to the way they the capital's Covid-19 January and a summer view the music of this great lockdown, monitors used to reception in June. We take composer. In my opinion some measure toxicity are part in London Open Days in of their Chopin interpretations alerting the data collectors September. We have regular are first rate, others less so but to possible faults with the garden walks, and we work that is the way, as they say, readings. It is down by with the council on matters about 60%. relating to the house and the the cookie crumbles. As a result of the grounds. We are also Of the older recordings the coronavirus restrictions on concerned with local planning. way Artur Rubinstein plays movement, average air We welcome new members most of the solo piano music is pollution levels have fallen and guests to the meetings, for wonderful and I can fully to their lowest since a small charge. For recommend any of his recordings began in 2000, membership information, according to the London Air contact Andrew Stanley, the recordings, making possible Quality Network. The Hon Treasurer, at allowances for the quality of andrew.stanley1@outlook.com or monitors record levels of recordings all those years ago. nitrogen dioxide, sulphur 29 Schoolhouse Lane, Of more recent performances dioxide, particulates and Teddington, TW11 on CD I have been impressed ozone levels. 9DP. Website: with the Chopin performances theyorkhousesociety.org.uk on the Warner Classics label of YORK HOUSE SOCIETY York House in Richmond Road, THE LANDMARK ARTS CENTRE the young Eric Liu especially Twickenham, is owned by The Landmark Arts Centre in his reading of the Second Richmond Council. The house Teddington is a vibrant hub for Chopin Sonata which I found dates back to Tudor times, and a whole range of vibrant spellbinding. it has a fascinating history with cultural activities. They put on Emanuel Ax is also another many colourful owners. The a wide range of music rather special Chopin player. formal rooms – the Salon, the performances from classical to Then there are a number of Terrace Room, the Mayor’s Parlour and the Council jazz and folk, run art classes pianists who have committed chamber – are beautiful. and host exhibitions of to disc the complete “Chopin” The house stands in nearly 10 photography, art and craft. It is but beware as this is not acres of grounds beside the a wonderful space always the case!! For a River Thames, with a sunken architecturally with its soaring complete set of Chopin a garden, a beautiful stone church roof and stained glass recording which has received bridge, a walkway along the windows. rave notices in the USA is that river, and the Naked Ladies statues. Due to lockdown, they are by the English pianist Ian The York House Society was unable to open their doors to Hobson, who won the Leeds formed in 1924, from the us but are doing fund-raising Piano Competition years ago. group who gathered to events to keep themselves Hobson’s recording does in persuade the Urban District afloat. They recently hosted a
P a g e |7 virtual live music event, with exhibition/. Sally’s portrait of Gillian Thorpe many local performers her mother is featured on Anne Warrington appearing. They are page 7. You can see latest Linda White celebrating their 25th updates on her work on anniversary and are asking us instagram (@sallywardart) and CO-OPTED MEMBERS to support them by doing the more information on her Heather Morgan (Showcoach) #Landmark25Challenge. Here website www.sallyward- Sue Ribbans (Visual Arts) are some ways you can art.com. Clive Bradley (Literature) participate: Laurie Coombs (Drama) MANY THANKS TO ALL OUR Choose any arts challenge – it TREMENDOUS SUPPORTERS PRESIDENTS 2019-2020 could be singing, dancing, Mr John Stapleton and the late Arts Richmond is blessed to playing an instrument, Ms Lynn Faulds Wood have some wonderful people comedy, yoga, Pilates, crafting, who work very hard to put on wellbeing, painting, drawing. many cultural events, PATRONS Whether you’re an expert or encourage self-expression and Ms Diana Armfield want to learn a new skill, it creativity in Richmond Ms Marcia Ashton doesn’t matter, just have a go! borough and beyond. Sir David Attenborough OM, Challenge yourself to do an Foremost of these are the CH,KBE activity over 25 days or for 25 Committee and the Patrons, Ms Claire Ireland minutes or 2.5 minutes, amongst others. We thank Mr Gyles Brandreth perhaps create 25 of them for such valued support. Mrs Sara Burn Edwards something and ask friends and Here is the current list of the The Right Honourable Sir Vince family to sponsor you, or make Committee and the Patrons. Cable and Lady Rachel Cable a donation yourself. Do please Ms Liz Crowther help this marvellous arts EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Mr Clive Francis centre to survive by donating VICE PRESIDENTS Mr Michael Frayn & Ms Claire or raising money for their John Coombs Tomalin appeal. For further Pam Frazer Mr Bamber Gascoigne information go to their Sandra Green Mr Julian Glover & Ms Isla Blair website: Edie Purdue Mr Howard Greenwood www.landmarkartscentre.org Sir Jeremy Hanley KCMG CHAIR Ms Lee Langley SALLY WARD Hilary Dodman His Honour Bernard Marder Work by local artist and KAOS Sir Trevor McDonald member, Sally Ward, has been TREASURER Mr Roger McGough CBE selected from almost 2,500 Simon Bartlett Mr James Naughtie entries to appear alongside Jean Wit (Assistant Treasurer) Lady Camilla Panufnik paintings by some of Britain’s Mr Alan Price leading portrait artists. The COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ms Helena Richardson Royal Society of Portrait Cllr Geoff Acton Ms Anne M. Sebba Painters annual exhibition is Lesley Alabaf Mr Colin Squire held in central London each Sue Bell Mr John Stapleton year. Due to the pandemic this Peter Cregeen Mr Colin Starkey wonderful exhibition is now Benedict Dias Mr Sam Walters MBE & Ms online and can be viewed at Pam Frazer Auriol Smith https://therp.co.uk/portrait- Janet Langhorne Mrs Kay Williams exhibitions/annual-portrait- Heather Montford
P a g e |8 ‘Bohème on a budget!’ – A year in the life of Instant Opera Have you ever wondered what it is like to stage an opera? Every October we present a fully-staged opera at Teddington’s historic Normansfield Theatre - most recently, in 2019, with Puccini’s La bohème which sold out its run weeks in advance. A ‘fully-staged’ opera demands a large orchestra, chorus, costumes, lighting and scenery as one would expect to see at a major opera house like The Royal Opera House. The challenges are many - even for the ROH with its sizable budget. In our case, it involves a huge planning and team effort managing 77 skilled artists of 18 different nationalities - but with a vastly reduced budget... Here’s how we did it! December 2018 Recruiting a large orchestra and chorus, including kids, is quite a challenge. By Christmas invitations are sent to regular members and others who may be interested. Fortunately, with such a popular piece, ‘take-up’ is strong. We are lucky Richmond and its environs are well served by orchestras and choirs of incredible quality. January/February 2019 The start of the year signals a period of intense planning and decision making. The production concept is finalized and ‘storyboarded’ similar to a film in pre-production. Our production of La bohème is set in 1970’s Amsterdam, not 1830’s Paris - this requires considerable research and leaps of imagination. We discuss scenery and costume design. For scenery we work with Kew artist Lyn Keay, who paints in an obliging neighbour’s conservatory, usually working from back-of-envelope sketches and photos. An incredible task in its own right, producing stunning results. For costumes, we make numerous visits to costume hire departments until we find the right look for everyone on-stage. We source an orchestral arrangement and hire the band parts and chorus music - our preferred arrangement came from a festival in France. We place audition notices for the principal singers and reply to over one hundred responses. Time to book the audition venue! Lighting, technical and stage crew are recruited – we simply could not make it happen without these brilliant people. March The month of auditions and casting. We were astounded by the quantity and quality of the applicants that auditioned – everyone, it seems, wants to be in La bohème! The result was two dream casts of principals representing UK, Germany, India, USA, Brazil, Italy and Turkey – music truly brings people together. Having completed casting, things now move rapidly and simultaneously. Firstly costume fittings for our casts and chorus. Then delivering orchestra and chorus music in advance of the rehearsals. Last but not least, we develop a detailed rehearsal schedule based around the availability of 77 people over six months – a complex task – 30 iterative versions of this document are not unusual! April In April we rehearse and host our fund-raising Spring Opera Gala at The Exchange, Twickenham. A major event planned in parallel to La bohème. Galas are essential and help us cover costs for fully staging opera in a small theatre, where the ticket sales alone are insufficient. The evening was a resounding success, but afterwards it’s straight ‘back to Bohème’ with tickets going on sale, marketing and writing the programme, etc.
P a g e |9 May/June/July The first rehearsal phase. Our multi-national cast have made extensive arrangements to stay in and around Richmond every weekend – some billeted with family or friends, some staying at budget hotels. Others with shorter journeys will hop back and forth on budget airlines – it’s all part of the logistical matrix of rehearsing opera over the months ahead. It takes 150 hours to rehearse a two-hour opera. Every scene is taken apart and rehearsed. First musically and linguistically with coaching in Italian provided. Then we move to a rehearsal stage and simulate the dimensions of Normansfield to block out all the stage movements. Act 2 is challenging with its Café Momus scene during which chorus and principals mingle and interact. Contrary to the popular showbiz maxim of “never work with children..” our kids were wonderfully behaved and have the time of their lives! August Summer holidays – time off ‘for good behaviour’ for our hard working casts! Well not quite for all, for this is the time when dozens of props are either found or built from scratch including; working fireplaces, enough tables and stools to seat a crowd and a full-sized football World Cup. September/October Second phase of rehearsals commence in earnest now meeting several times a week. This is when we introduce the orchestra to rehearsals – a thrilling moment for everyone to hear and watch Puccini’s masterpiece finally come together! Show week finally arrives. Lighting, technical and stage teams are now at full pace with their own complicated rehearsals. English surtitles are added. Two full dress rehearsals later we are ready to roll, with three sold-out houses to perform to. All we can do now is pray that no-one loses their voice.. Which of course happens. It’s opening night, autumn has struck! One of our Mimis can barely speak, let alone sing - a bitter blow for all. Luckily for us the Mimi from the other cast proves up to singing three memorable performances back-to-back and three delighted audiences leave Teddington - until next year! Support us Our productions would not be possible without the unstinting time and generosity of many talented people. We think the results are worth it. 2020 was to be our most ambitious year to date with a Spring Gala, revival of La bohème and a sensational new production for October. All three events are now postponed because of this cruel Coronavirus epidemic. Please check our website for updates: www.instantopera.co.uk If you would like to get involved please do contact us via our website. We would love to hear from chorus singers, orchestral musicians, technicians, potential financial sponsors, performance venues and people with accommodation for visiting artists. In fact anyone who is interested to support us in any way! At the time of writing Instant Opera plan to re-schedule their La bohème revival for 18th, 19th & 20th December 2020 – please check their website for updates. All photographs courtesy of jonlophotography.co.uk
P a g e | 10 Arts Richmond (est. 1966) is an independent charity Join Us (251359) supporting 100+ Arts and Cultural Organisations in and around the borough of Richmond upon Thames Complete and return for Arts Richmond is an independent charity with 100+ Individual Membership affiliated societies based in and around the borough Fee £20 of Richmond upon Thames. As well as representing Name: the voluntary arts sector on the Richmond upon Thames Borough Council’s Arts Advisory Forum, we Address: provide a wide variety of services and events aimed at promoting local arts and cultural activity including: Phone: Regular Information about What’s On and How to Get involved in the thriving local arts & cultural Email: scene through our website, and monthly What’s On Newsletter. Showcoach: Excursions to plays, musicals, operas, Date: concerts and places of interest – some with coaches from pick-up points across the borough. We know N.B. To ensure privacy under the new General Data how important safe transport and companionship is Protection Regulations (GDPR) which came into for our members and we make every effort to force in May 2018 we are required to gain your ensure ease of access for all. consent to hold your personal details on our Literature: We run literary events throughout the database. In order to continue to receive our year including our annual Book Picnic on Richmond newsletter please tick the box ͏ Green, and Young Writers’ Festival, as well as events in the Richmond upon Thames Literature Festival. A lack of response will NOT be accepted as your Drama: We promote the performances of local agreement. professional and amateur theatre companies and I am paying £20 electronically for my membership. run the Swan Drama Awards – our local version of Bank details: Arts Richmond Co-operative Bank, Sort the Oscars – rewarding amateur talent in the Code 08-92-99 Account No. 65130096. Please include borough – as well as a New Plays Festival. ‘mmship’ in reference Music: We promote the extensive programme of concerts organised by concert societies, choral and In the future I would like to pay £20 by standing order other music groups throughout the borough and run for a yearly subscription an annual Choral Workshop with eminent local conductors. Gift Aid. I would like my payments to be treated as Visual Arts and Photography: We promote the work being Gift Aid donations of local artists and run exhibitions and competitions offering the opportunity to buy paintings, prints and Please return this form to: photographs at affordable prices. Room 21, ETNA 13 Rosslyn Rd, Twickenham TW1 2AR Heritage and Museums: We promote the events and exhibitions taking place at the large number of historic places in the local area. www.artsrichmond.org.uk @artsrichmonduk artsrichmonduk @ArtsRichmond_UK
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