Stuck for something to do during lockdown? Then why not write a short radio play? All you need to record it on is a phone or computer. It can just be a monologue or involve the whole household if you want to. Just keep it to between five and 10 minutes long.
Following the decision to cancel this year’s Summer Salons, the Surbiton Summer Salons team will be streaming short concerts and workshops on their new YouTube Channel from 22nd – 26th July 2020.
As we all adapt ourselves to new, and sometimes challenging situations, we also increase our potential to be creative, collaborative and community focussed. Have you ever seen so many zoom calls and webinars, facetime chats and live digital feeds? As we grapple with new technologies, we also recognise an abundance of new opportunities. We are […]
Curious House of Stories invites you to a fortnightly evening of spoken word in the side room of The Royal Oak, Surbiton, 261 Ewell Road KT6 7AA every other Tuesday starting 29th October 2019.
Thames Philharmonic has appointed rising star Harry Bradford as its new Music Director, with effect from September. Harry follows in the footsteps of founding Conductor John Bate, who retires after 55 years in the role.
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings.
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings.
Anyone who has been to our Meetups or Arts Salons will have heard the wonderful poetry of Della Reynolds (the poet in pyjamas). She has got her first poetry book out on Amazon and is now working on her second book while she can still remember what to do!
Kingston Junior Drama Company is an independent theatre group for young actors offering high quality drama training and regular performances. The focus of all our work is on the creative development of our young artists, and on the fostering of a life-long passion for drama. The Wednesday group is now full and has a waiting […]
Kingston’s magical treasure hunt – a mysterious rhyming riddle on your mobile starts your on-foot adventure around old Kingston Town. As you solve each clue, another appears… Where will it take you next? Play at www.gameofstonestreasurehunt.com
Exciting times at Court Farm Garden Centre. The cafe has been freshly decorated and walls are ready for our next art exhibition. The new menus are beyond delicious. New chef hails from Fortnum and Mason, plus so many wonderful home made cakes, scones and much more, inspired by Gill, the Cafe Manager. There’s nothing else […]
Court Farm Gallery opens from 9am – 4:30pm on Saturday & 10am – 3:30pm on Sunday.
Such a lovely space to bring your friends for fabulous arts / crafts, great food and drinks.
Kingston Council is retaining the funding for an annual programme of community grants consisting of New Initiatives and Your Kingston grants. Applications for money from the schemes need to be in by Friday 18 March 2016.
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings.
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings.
Visit artists in their studios and buy affordable art direct. More than 70 artists, designers and makers in 13 venues in Kingston. 11-12th and 18th-19th June 2016, 11am – 5pm.
Kingston Arts invites you to a United in Faith Arts Exhibition, the Gala night is on Friday 24 July 2015 from7:30 – 10pm at Surrey House, 34 Eden St, Kingston Upon Thames.
Collis Choral Singers present a Summer Serenade, a concert of Part-songs and Madrigals by Bennet, Elgar, Finzi, Morley & Stanford and “Songs from the Bavarian Highlands” by Elgar.
Sunday 5th July 2015 at 6:30pm, Collis Primary school, Fairfax Road, Teddington.
Have you ever written a short play that deserves to be performed – or have you always wanted to? If so, the cornerHOUSE one act plays festival needs you. The arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton, is asking people to create a play for the oneACTS 2016, its week-long showcase of original writing which will […]
Visit the Court Farm Gallery arts and crafts exhibition. Original paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, pottery and ceramics are all for sale with prices starting from £25 for original unframed art
IN FOCUS is a joint art and photography exhibition by Meta Rocard, Alistair Lark and Gale Davies at The cornerHOUSE. By popular demand a second Special Gala Night has been added on Thursday July 9, 7pm – 9pm
Matt Ward a highly passionate and driven NLP coach – and creative rebel expert! He will unlock your creativity to reinvigorate your creative genius!
From 10am – 12 noon at Surrey House on Saturday August 1st 2015
Featuring BalletBoyz and New English Ballet Theatre, Ignition Dance Festival opens on Wednesday 3 June, 7.30pm, at the Rose Theatre with a showcase of outstanding new work from six choreographers working in the UK and internationally.
“A new year. A new start. Set in the 2000 millennium, a young English teacher faces allegations from one of his students, causing him to suffer a breakdown.
Luckily, he has his wife and best friend as his confidants, helping him through his ordeal. Or so he believes…”
Click below to read the April 2015 version of Omnilocal - on page 21 you will find information about one of the Borough's best drama companies for young people, Kingston Junior Drama Company.
This week we lost our beautiful and inspirational friend, Fran O’Brien. No-one will ever take Fran’s place. She was a VERY special lady. Kingston Arts will be supporting Fran’s family in celebrating Fran’s life and we will let you all know more about this in due course.
As well as being a triumphant element of the Thames Philharmonic Choir’s Golden Jubilee season, it also marked Kingston Arts’ opening concert of its Festival of the Voice.
Kingston Arts is launching its FIRST ‘Meet the Artists’ event to celebrate the Court Farm exhibitors, on Sunday 22nd February from 5pm – 7pm. Free entry, welcome drink and light refreshments supplied by Court Farm Cafe. Come and have a chat with the artists about their work. Open to all.
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. Currently exhibiting are Emma Bryan, Catherine McVean, ERS Gallery, Bali Edwards, Hugh Griffiths and Joe Palermo
Pictured above is Kingston Junior Drama Company rehearsing for our mini Festival of the Voice in March 2015 which is a prelude to the main festival in November. Click the link below to view the full listing.
The Italian British Association invites you to meet the artists and enjoy some refreshments at a special Gala night on Tuesday 20th January 2015 at the cornerHOUSE, Surbiton.
This Sunday Court Farm is hosting a special festive day on Sunday 21st December with chestnuts, mulled wine, Christmas dinners, a choir and a children’s party in the afternoon. Also there will be lots of great gift ideas and stocking fillers in the Kingston Arts Gallery at Court Farm Café. The Café opens at 10am […]
Tartuffe, an hilarious comedy about religious hypocrisy, comes to the cornerHOUSE in November.
The 17th century play by Moliere relaunches the Surbiton arts centre’s inHOUSE productions.
Returning to Kingston mid UK Tour…for ONE NIGHT ONLY! The critics say “Definitely worth catching!” Schizothemia Theatre Company presents
Friday 19th September 2014, 6pm
Followed by Q&A with the cast.
Thames Valley Arts Society Autumn Exhibition including a section on Palaces and Parks at Kingston Museum Arts Gallery. All works are for sale, including unframed paintings and cards.
For its autumn concert, KCS performs music from England, France and Germany. Holst’s Ode – his finest choral work – and Ravel’s beautiful orchestral suite Le Tombeau de Couperin were both written during the conflict in memory of lost friends.
Thames Concerts Ltd (founded in 1960) is a charitable foundation which exists to promote and present an annual series of high-quality classical music concerts in Kingston upon Thames. Through its connections, Thames Concerts is able to bring world-class musicians to Kingston, and also provide an opportunity for local youth orchestras and choirs to perform.
Art exhibition featuring Aquaphotos by Terence Arpino, and life drawings by Sara May. Meet the artists and enjoy some light refreshments at a special Gala night September 16th, 7-9pm.
A Welsh minister (Geraint) and an Irish guard (Pádraig) become trapped in a dug-out after a German night raid, leaving the rest of their regiment outside. They must find a common language in order to communicate, but quickly realise their predicament is far greater than they had envisaged. Written by Henry Collie and Tom Russell-Jones. […]
Join us for an amazing evening of dance with imaginative new short dance pieces from seven talented choreographers: Justin Reeve, Botis Seva, Lee Griffiths, Amy Louise Cartwright, Henry Curtis, Shaun Dillon, and Rachael Nanyonjo.
The Kingston Orpheus Choir is now in its seventieth year and have a small display at Kingston Museum (until the end of July) in their Community Showcase, exhibiting programmes and posters dating back as far as 1944 as well as portraits of their musical directors and photos of the choir in years gone by. The […]
It is July 1915. England has been at war for almost a year and patriotism is at its height.
Men are off fighting for King and Country leaving women and children to keep life going on the home front – even the recently established Girl Guides are doing their bit!
A free event in which Kingston Music Service’s Glee Choir will be performing for the public. Come and join an open rehearsal at the Rose Theatre with four choir leaders and learn two popular songs – no need to read music or be in a choir. Take part in a flash mob in the Bentall’s Store and join a massed sing at 3.30pm in the Market Place. Lots of fun and all free. Let’s get this town singing!
For its summer concert, KCS brings together vividly contrasted works written for chorus and piano duet. Brahms’ gloriously melodious Liebeslieder waltzes, inspired by the music of Schubert, are full of freshness and charm. Rather less well-known is Richard Rodney Bennett’s Nonsense, a delicious and often hilarious setting of nonsense verse by Mervyn Peake.
Haydn’s wonderfully productive later years saw the creation of the London Symphonies, his oratorios and several fine Masses, including the Nelson Mass performed in 1800 in the presence of Nelson during his triumphant tour through Austria following his defeat of Napoleon’s forces at Aboukir Bay. A small orchestra of strings and organ is augmented by three trumpets and timpani.
An evening of Baroque choral and orchestral works including anthems composed by Handel for the coronation of George II.
Hampton Court Chapel Royal Choir
City of London Chamber Players
Carl Jackson, conductor
Rufus Frowde, organist
Mon May 12 to Sat May 17 at 7:45pm MON - WED - FRI Aunt Julie's Funeral by Tim Harrison Director Denise Rocard Morning by Jane James Director Graham Large Stalkers by Madeleine Mason Director Nick Tamila When You're a Boy by Imelda Topping Director Colin Goodger Sir Gwaine Colombelles by Tim Harrison Director Tina [...]
THE ARTS SALON will be promoting well-being through the arts, in partnership with Health Works. Come and enjoy our new space and meet fellow arts practitioners and organisations, as well as experts in holistic therapies, fitness and nutrition. You are encouraged to promote your own artistic and professional services, so please bring along any flyers [...]
Kingston Arts invites you to enjoy: FREE Holistic Therapies & FREE Introduction to Ballet for Children. Thursday 10th April: 11am – 2pm (Surrey House, 3rd Floor, 34 Eden Street, Kingston, KT1 1ER) Join Kingston Arts in its new home at Surrey House, Kingston where we are THRILLED to be sharing creative and therapeutic experiences to […]
4th January 2013 – 1st March 2014 Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings. […]
London based vocal coach, Joshua Alamu, has set you a challenge: Listen to Joshua's song: 'A Kiss' (Valentina Monetta and Joshua de Caden). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqKGTH2_W88 Record your version of the chorus: Baby if you don't know, know what you mean to me. Baby if you don't know the beauty I see in you. You're the happiest [...]
competition - Spring 2014 The competition brief: Materials and construction must be durable in outside garden conditions Artwork must be original and by the artist entering the competition Entries are invited for any scale from the intimate suitable for a cozy courtyard to the monumental Monumental projects may be represented by maquettes supported by project [...]
The Italian-British Association, in collaboration with Kingston Arts, has organized a whole month of exhibitions in February, at the cornerHOUSE, dedicated to Italian artists. This is the first of a rich program of events that will take place in the Kingston area during the next few months, with the objective of promoting the Italian culture. […]
Within the café we are currently exhibiting ceramics, original paintings, prints and pottery by local artists all of which are for sale. The collection includes cards with original designs with prices ranging from £2 for cards, £25 for original unframed art up to £350 for large framed paintings. Ceramics and pottery are priced from £10 [...]
Arts Salon May 25th 2012 at the cornerHOUSE Arts Centre, Surbiton The Arts Salons are now a well-established forum for the creatives of Kingston to network and platform their talents, skills, initiatives & collaborations and Friday 25th May at the cornerHOUSE was no exception. As guests arrived, they were treated to the sublime tones of [...]
