May/June 2018
HEALTH FOCUS
How's your health? Local Open Gardens Inspiration from Chelsea Flower Show
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t last - some beautiful weather! As I write, the sun is shining and the sky is blue after what seems to have been weeks of greyness. And, of course, with the sun comes the urge to get back into the garden and see what's popping up through the earth. In our gardening article, writer and chartered horticulturist, Valerie McBride-Munro, talks about what to expect at this year's Chelsea Flower Show and what ideas you can steal. My tickets are booked and it really is one of the highlights of my year. Read her article on pg 15. If you love gardens but don't have green fingers yourself, don't miss out seeing all the wonderful Open Gardens in the local area, coming up in the next few weeks. You can see which ones to visit on pg 17. We also have a focus on Health this issue. It's always around this time of year that, as we peel off the layers, we realise what's underneath and decide to get our bodies in shape. Find out what help you can get on pg 26. Also opening their doors to the public are many local artists with the Open Studios weekends in June and the beginning of the July. It's a great way to buy a wonderful piece of art, without paying gallery prices. Find out more on pg 22. Pippa, Editor Connecting local people to local life
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Homes & Interiors: The board walk Gardening: Chelsea Flower Show Local Talk Open Gardens Art House Open Studios Great Mortlake Bake Off Restaurant review: Hatchetts
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Health focus: Small changes for a healthier you Love Mortlake: Brewery plans Kew Fete - come along! Barnes Children's Literature Festival What's On
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'The rule of thumb is that pine is cheaper than oak, and narrower boards are cheaper than wider ones...' that, when fixing the floor down, you’ll need to avoid any pipes and wires that may run beneath the existing floor. Types of timber The main choice you’ll be faced with is between solid wood, engineered wood and laminate. Solid wood is just that – whatever type of wood it is goes all the way through, so it looks entirely natural and can be sanded again and again. It’s available in the form of boards, strips, blocks and parquet. Engineered wood (sometimes called multilayer or, confusingly, laminated) is made from layers of solid timber or a veneer of solid timber on top of MDF, plywood, chipboard or softwood, with a balancing veneer beneath. Most are made up of either three or five layers, cross-bonded for greater stability. A top layer of at least 5mm allows for limited sanding. Laminates generally comprise a resinimpregnated decorative paper surface layer bonded to a thin MDF or chipboard core. With cheap versions it’s easy to spot the pattern repeat, but more expensive versions are incredibly tough.
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What's new at
Chelsea Flower Show This year's show is about a longer life for gardens once the crowds have gone, as well as looking at how plants can enhance our own wellbeing, so that we live longer lives, too
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or as far back as I can remember, the majority of Chelsea show gardens have been dismantled on the last day and sold, bit by bit, to visitors who will brave the journey home on public transport with their spoils. This year, there’s a definite emphasis on gardens having a life after Chelsea, so that all that time, money and effort will not end up in a skip at the end of the week but enjoyed again for years to come in a community project. Also new for this year are the eight ‘Space to Grow Gardens’, set up as typical town gardens. Instead of being some fantastical hard-to-recreate design, they should be a collection of great ideas that would work in your own garden. How many times have I overheard a Chelsea visitor saying something like ‘hmm, all very nice - but can you honestly see that outside our kitchen window?’ Another change for 2018 is an extension to the opening hours on Friday 25 May, with music, food market, entertainment, demonstrations and the opportunity to see the gardens lit up. In previous years the showground closed at 8pm, but now, on this one Friday, you’ll be able to mingle and schmooze until closing time at ten. The stories behind this year’s major gardens along Main Avenue range from a romanticised 18th century tea garden to a timeless recreation of a Mediterranean landscape; a blueprint for city living in an apartment block (complete with futuristic building) to the resilience and determination of situations of forced migration and displacement. So, as a visitor you’ll be set to be transported to locations around the world. A random fact - in previous years, there have been very few female designers strutting their stuff – this year, out of the 26 designers, 13 of them are women.
2018 Show: Pearlfisher Space to Grow Garden (top) and The Silent Pool Gin Garden And, although we gardeners already know that plants can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, this year the RHS has invited designers to demonstrate how green spaces can improve lives and help mitigate against major environmental challenges. While I approve, secretly I rather mourn the absence of Diarmuid Gavin’s bonkers twirling box balls with a potting shed full of Heath Robinson gadgets, or his Irish Sky Garden, difficult to describe without using the word ‘Teletubbies’. There is a definite place for whimsy at Chelsea, methinks… Valerie McBride-Munro is a chartered horticulturist offering a plant problemsolving service. Tel: 020 8892 9243
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local talk... barnes • OSO Midsummer Ball – 23 June The OSO Arts Centre is at the heart of the Barnes community and every year holds a Midsummer Ball to help raise funds to keep going. It receives no core funding and yet it provides a theatre venue, exhibition space for local artists, rooms for daytime classes such as painting or dancing and for organisations to hold meetings, such as the Barnes Literary Society. This year is full of glamour with the theme being Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Tickets are £75 and include a four-course meal and welcome cocktail. To book tickets: info@osoarts.org.uk
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during the Second World War, in 1940, in case an enemy parachutist could pinpoint where he was, so it was renamed the Empire. It was renamed again in 1945 as the Odeon. Sadly, it closed its doors in 1961 with the last movie being Very Important Person with James Robertson Justice.
mortlake • Here comes the train… For those who already spend too much time sitting at the level crossings at Mortlake or North Sheen, it seems that the wait times are only going to get worse. South Western Railway (SWR) is changing its timetable so that many of the additional scheduled fast trains won’t stop at Richmond or Twickenham. There was no consultation on the impact this would have on level crossing wait times (and possibly increased pollution levels) or the adverse effect of having fewer trains stopping at major local stations.
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• Get plugged in Putney is to have 149 charging plugs in lampposts as part of a pilot scheme. Wandsworth Council is gauging interest in the scheme and wants to encourage more people to go electric. The EV charging plugs are fitted to lampposts so that electric car owners can easily charge up overnight near their house. The Council is keen to hear from those who would like a charger near their home – more details at wandsworth.gov.uk (Electric car charging points).
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come into my garden... Discover the delights of other people's gardens this summer
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very year, locals open their stunning gardens to the public, either as part of the National Gardens Scheme or indepedently. Sadly, East Sheen Open Gardens are taking a break this year. 27 May: 2-5pm / 3 June: 6-8pm Kew Green Gardens Behind a row of 18th century houses on the Green are five beautiful but very different gardens – some formal, some with traditional borders or wild areas. Tea in the afternoon, wine in the evening. 65, 67, 69, 71, 73 Kew Green TW9 3AH. £6 entry for all 3 June: 11am-5pm Petersham Open Gardens Independently run, 12 of Petersham’s most beautiful and private gardens (centre) will open to visitors for one day – from the grand to the quirky, ornate to minimalist. Tickets £12 in advance or £15 on the day, last ticket 4pm, teas. petershamopengardens.org 10 June: 11am-4pm Hospital for Neuro-disability As part of Open Garden Squares, the Hospital is opening its garden for visitors. Capability Brown helped to create the landscape, as did renowned landscape gardener, Humphry Repton. Tickets £15 for all Open Garden Squares. West Hill, Putney SW15 3SW. For other OGS visit: opensquares.org 10 June: 11am-3pm Grove House Estate & Devonshire House (University of Roehampton) Large gardens within the university grounds and beautiful buildings not normally seen by the public. Grove House is pictured, centre. Tickets £15 for all Open Garden Squares. Roehampton Lane, SW15 5PJ
10 June: 2-5pm Trumpeters House & Sarah’s Garden A two-acre garden on the original site of Richmond Palace, with lawns stretching down to the Thames. Clipped yews, box parterre and rose garden with Tudor walls covered in climbers. Tickets £5, teas. Richmond TW9 1PD 17 June: 1-6pm Barnes Open Gardens A variety of wonderful gardens around Barnes, ranging from the wild to the more formal. Also offering Pimms and teas. Tickets £10 for combined entry: from the FiSH office - Barnes Green Centre, Church Rd, Barnes SW13 9HE from 17 April - or online at fishopengardens2018.eventbrite. co.uk from 15 May. 8 July: 5-7pm 20 Beechwood Avenue Minimalist layout with topiary, sculpture and writing shed (pictured top). Tickets £5.50, wine. Kew TW9 4DE
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CLASSIC DISTRACTION 19 May is a ‘historic’ day in more ways than one, with a major classic car auction at nearby Brooklands sure to appeal
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hile the royal wedding will be a magnet for many on 19 May, those with a more esoteric following will be drawn to Brooklands Museum near Weybridge, where classic car auction specialist, Historics, is hosting a sale of over 140 fine classic motorcars. The immensely varied classic car entries at Historics span nine decades and more than 40 different marques from the UK, Europe and the USA. Echoing the stately occasion nearby, they will have a fine selection of regal classics from Rolls Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and Aston Martin - but look out, too, for fine examples of classic Ferraris and Porsches and more affordable MG, Triumph, Austin and Morris models. There’s even a Ghostbuster’s replica. Values range from highly affordable to serious investment and everything in between. Sale day is preceded by two useful viewing days on the Thursday and Friday.
A pristine 1969 Porsche 911/930 Turbo with just 29,500 miles (Estimate: £135,000-£155,000) If you can’t be there… Historics welcomes commission bids in advance, whilst telephone bidding and live online bidding is provided with prior registration. See www.historics.co.uk for full details and all entries or call 01753 639170; e-mail: auctions@historics.co.uk
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an ARTful summer
The Art House Open Studios: 22 - 24 June & 29 June - 1 July
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rt House offers a unique opportunity to visit artists' creative spaces, chat to the artists themselves and hear how their work evolves. And, by buying direct, you are not paying gallery prices. Hundreds of local artists will open their doors over the two weekends in June and July, exhibiting a wide range of work including paintings, sketches, photography, stained glass, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery. Venues are spread across Barnes, East Sheen and Richmond with exhibitions in homes, studios, schools, cafes, church halls, boathouses and in heritage buildings. Entry to all venues is free. You can find out where to go at arthouseopenstudios.co.uk or the free brochure is available from local libraries, arts venues and Orleans House Gallery.
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The Great Mortlake Bake Off! 12 May
Inspired by GBBO and fancy your skills in the kitchen? Get baking!
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ast year’s hugely successful Great Mortlake Bake Off is back by popular demand. Locals will enjoy another opportunity to showcase their impressive talent at the event. Amateur bakers of all ages are encouraged to buy competition tickets in advance (tickets also available on the door), complete the entry form and bring their bake entries on the day at the venue from 10am until entry deadline 1pm. Any profits will be donated to locally based charities - Missing Persons and Mortlake Community Association - and there will be a sale of donated cakes after the event. Local schoolchildren are being encouraged to participate and the winner will be congratulated by local MP, Zac Goldsmith. There are two junior age groups categories: 4-11 and 12-18 and judges are looking for creativity and great presentation. The baking
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categories are Chocolate, Sponge and Showstopper. For locals who love to bake this is a chance to shine – put the date in your diaries and get practising! 1pm-5pm, St Mary the Virgin Church, Mortlake, SW14 8JA mortlakebakeoff.co.uk
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restaurant review
HATCHETTS Hatchetts – with great views of the river – has just opened in Barnes, with a keen emphasis on quality ingredients
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here’s nothing like starting off an evening out with a cocktail – and Hatchetts, the new restaurant overlooking the river in Barnes, didn’t disappoint. Probably not surprising as they have also opened a cocktail bar upstairs. We visited when they were still at the soft launch stage – in a baptism of fire they opened on the day of the Boat Race – so Saša, the charming general manager, talked us through their upcoming plans, including a project showing black & white movies and a regular piano player. The menu, which has a choice of six starters and mains, will be changed every couple of weeks and they’re keen to support the high street – the cheese, meat and wine are all sourced from local shops. This is the second Hatchetts, the original is at Shepherd Market in Mayfair and was mentioned in Dickens’s The Pickwick Papers, and its cellar bar used to be a regular haunt in the 1960s and 70s for Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones and the cast of Hair. For starters, I chose their own home-smoked (out on the back terrace) salmon with soda bread (£9). Instead of thin slivers, the Hatchetts version is thick cut with a heavier texture and so beautifully tender that it just melts creamily in the mouth. While there was plenty of malty soda bread (and tiny edible flowers), I
didn’t want to taste any other flavours, so happily ate the salmon on its own. Alex, my husband, went for the roast and pickled cauliflower, caper, raisin and mint dressing with crispy kale (£8). The 'The menus will be presentation changed every was lovely and couple of weeks...' while the mint didn’t really come through, it wasn’t missed, thanks to the other flavours. For our mains, Alex chose the Jeffersons ale and beef pie with broccoli (£16). As good pies should, this one came with a crispy pastry top, stuffed underneath with generous chunks of slow cooked beef and plenty of juice. I opted for the roasted lamb rump with shallot purée, chantenay carrots and a celeriac fondant. The lamb was pink and delicious, but the shallot purée and celeriac fondant were rather too mild to stand out. We shared a wonderfully crunchy apple and vanilla poached pear crumble with crème anglaise (£6) for dessert and finished off the evening with a couple more of those wonderful cocktails. Well, why not? Pippa Duncan 375 Lonsdale Road, Barnes SW13 9PY 020 8876 8877 hatchetts.london/barnes
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How can you enjoy a healthier lifestyle without making too much effort or giving up the things you love?
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ost people say they want to lead a more healthy lifestyle but, when it comes to actually doing something about it, the thought of massive change puts them off before they’ve really started. So how can you make small changes to a healthier life? Eat well Studies show that breakfast really does help you work better through the morning. A boiled or scrambled egg is a great way to start, or fruit and yoghurt. Increasing in popularity is eating five small meals a day, rather than three. This keeps your energy levels and metabolism at a constant level, so you’re less likely to dip and grab a chocolate bar. If you find you tend to snack a lot, make sure you have healthy nibbles to hand, such as batons of carrot, sliced apple or nuts, rather than reaching for the biscuit tin. Eating lots 26
of vegetables, especially highly coloured vegetables, such as peppers, broccoli and carrots is associated with a reduced risk to breast, lung and colon cancers. Cut down your meat intake. It has become the norm to eat meat with every meal, but it is not necessary and eating too much red meat has been linked to high cholesterol, heart disease and some cancers. Start by cutting out meat at lunch - opt for a cheese sandwich or veggie salad. In the evenings, choose chicken over beef or pork. While some suggest that drinking two litres a day isn’t strictly necessary as your body adapts to whatever intake it has, there is no doubt that drinking more water is beneficial. It helps to remove toxins that naturally build up, is good for your skin and helps to keep you feeing energised. Swap cups of coffee for a glass of water at least once a day, building up. Add a splash of
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HEALTH FOCUS lemon or lime cordial if it helps you to drink more throughout the day. Fit in more exercise Fitting a little exercise into your day is good for you mentally as well as physically. It will help you to lose weight and even if you don’t need to lose a few pounds, it will help prevent conditions such as heart disease and osteoporosis and aid better sleep – all important for good health. There are easy ways to build in exercise. It’s better to start slowly and regularly – you don’t want to do too much and decide it’s not for you. Get off a stop early and walk the rest of the way, walk round the block, walk up the stairs instead of taking the lift. Find a friend to exercise with, so you can encourage each other to keep going. If gyms aren’t your thing, we have Richmond Park right on our doorstop. Borrow a dog to keep you going. If you give yourself a goal you are more likely to keep going, so enter a race such as the Cancer Research 5k Race for Life – you can walk it if you feel you can’t run. Local council-run gyms offer great facilities for around £50 per month membership, including attending as many classes as you want – see box for more details. The importance of wellbeing Mental and emotional balance is just as important as your physical health. Getting a good night’s sleep lays the foundation for feeling better throughout the day. A good night time routine – no late night snacks, no devices in the bedroom and a darkened room - will all help. If you have things worrying you, write them down before you go to bed, to help clear your mind. Meditation, yoga and pilates will all help you to relax, as will exercise. Pippa Duncan
'There are easy ways to build exercise into your day. It’s better to start slowly and regularly...' WHERE TO GO LOCALLY We are surrounded by beautiful green spaces and places to walk – Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common, the Thames towpath and Richmond Park, so there’s lots of choice if you want to go for a walk, run or ride a bike. If you prefer gyms, Putney Leisure Centre is run by People for Places Leisure and has a great gym and large swimming pool. Shene Fitness Centre in East Sheen and Pools on the Park in Richmond both have great facilities, including a pool at Richmond. Membership is only around £35-52 per month, including as many classes as you like and allowing you to visit all centres. To encourage locals to exercise, there are also a number of free outdoor gyms - at Palewell Common in East Sheen and Castelnau Rec in Barnes. Just turn up and enjoy! placesforpeopleleisure.org richmond.gov.uk/sports
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esidents of Mortlake, Sheen and Barnes finally get their chance to comment on the plans for the Stag Brewery Site now that they have been published by the council: see richmond.gov.uk/localplanning. The plans are also available at East Sheen Library. This beautiful stretch of river will look very different in future. Gone will be the ugly and abandoned brewery and that is good. Yet in its place will be a residential and dense development. Local people have concerns. Luxury apartments are likely to be given precedence over affordable housing; the brewery sports field will be cut in half and replaced with a floodlit artificial pitch and trees and open spaces will be removed to widen roads. There are no public transport improvements and no new NHS services being offered, even though the Mortlake population could
increase by 40%. Sheen Lane level crossing is said by Network Rail to be one of the riskiest to pedestrians in London and the people and car movement from the development will add to the existing serious pressure on this busy crossing. While we all want to see the brewery site improved, this has to be done in a way that does not seriously damage the quality of life of the people who already live here. Please let the Council have your views. The deadline is Sunday 13 May. Go to www.lovemortlake.org.uk for info on how to respond.
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Barnes Children’s Literature Festival
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ondon’s largest book fair for children returns to Barnes for a fourth year. As usual, there is a page-turning number of events and great children’s book authors. Among those ready to help open up the world of literature to children is Cressida Cowell (pictured top), author/illustrator of the multi-million book series (and now film) How To Train Your Dragon. Polly Dunbar (bottom right), another multi-awardwinning author/illustrator of the best-selling Penguin will be telling stories and doing live drawings, aimed at children aged over three. And Costa Award winner, Frances Hardinge (bottom left), discusses her new novel, A Skinful of Shadows. In its four years, the Festival has become hugely popular, mainly down to the hard work of founder and organiser Amanda Brettargh, who has lived in Barnes for more than 10 years and whose vision is to inspire the next generation of readers and writers by giving children a chance to engage with their favourite authors and illustrators. As well as the weekend of events, the Festival offers a free education programmes to London’s state schools. Tickets are selling out fast – more than 7,000 were sold last year for the 60 or so events. Box office: 020 8876 9885 barneskidslitfest.org
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Barnes/Mortlake Barnes Primary 020 8876 7358 Lowther Primary 020 8748 3984 St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic 020 8876 6679 St Osmund’s Catholic 020 8748 3582 East Sheen East Sheen Primary 020 8876 7484 Sheen Mount 020 8876 8394 Putney All Saints C of E 020 87885196 Hotham Primary 020 87886468 Oasis Academy 020 7884 6000 Our Ladies of Victories Catholic Primary 020 87885196 St Mary's C of E 020 87889591
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clubs, groups & societies Barnes Community Association 020 8878 2359 Barnes Literary Society 020 8876 3817 Barnes & Mortlake History Society 020 8878 3756 Barnes Music Society 020 8876 1563 Barnes WI barneswi.co.uk FiSH Neighbourhood Care Scheme (For help and to volunteer) 020 8876 3414 Friends of Barnes Common 020 8392 2566 Friends of Palewell Common 07771 970017 Friends of Richmond Park 020 8549 8975 Mortlake with East Sheen Society 020 8876 7744 Mortlake Community Association 020 8487 5500 Neighbourhood Watch 020 8247 5807 OSO Community Arts Centre 020 8876 9885 Putney Music putneymusic.org.uk Putney Bridge Club 020 8892 9429 Putney Scouts 5thputneyseascouts.btik.com Putney Society putneysociety.org.uk Putney Theatre Company 07900 216 197 Richmond Orchestra 020 8876 4728
sports clubs & activities 144 (Richmond) Squadron Air Cadets Barn Elms Sports Centre Barnes Sports Club Barnes Runners Pools on the Park Putney Leisure Centre Rocks Lane Tennis & Football Ctr Sheen Common Bowling Club Shene Sports & Fitness Centre Sheen Shufflers
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Secondary Schools ARK Putney Academy Christ’s Grey Court Richmond Park Academy
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libraries Castelnau Mon, Tues, Fri 9.30am-6pm, Weds 10am7pm; Thurs & Sun closed. Tel: 020 8734 3350 East Sheen Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9.30am-6pm; Weds 10am-7pm; Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun 1-5pm. Tel: 020 8734 3337 Putney Mon, Weds, Thurs 9am-8pm, Tues closed, Fri 9am-2pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm. Tel: 020 8871 7090
recycling Richmond Borough (Townmead Rd) Opening Times Mon 10am - 6pm; Tues-Sat 8am - 6pm; Sun & Bank Hols: 9am - 4pm. Closed: 25, 26 Dec, 1 Jan. Richmond residents only. Last admission 15m before closing time. Wandsworth Borough (Smugglers Way) Mon-Fri 9am - 4pm; Sat 8am - 6pm; Sun 8am - 5pm If you have a club, society or association that you would like listed here please email me the details at: pippa@livinginmagazines.co.uk
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what's on LOCALLY Trio Manouche 11 May
The Tempest
26 - 30 June A ship founders in a violent storm and the terrified passengers are cast onto the shores of a strange island. The wizard, Prospero, who they once betrayed, has it in his power to seek revenge or reconciliation. Shakespeare’s masterpiece explores love and treachery, folly and forgiveness with magic, monsters and music – and a humorous twist. Tickets £14. Putney Arts Theatre. Box office: 020 8788 6943. putneytheatrecompany.org.uk
The UK’s leading Gypsy Swing ensemble are performing inspired re-worked classics of Django Reinhardt in addition to their own highly acclaimed material, penned by their band leader, Simon Harris. They bring a unique and highly contemporary twist to this ever more popular genre. Expect exciting foottapping arrangements of trad swing greats such as Nat King Cole and more. Sting has said of the band: ‘Excellent, I was hooked after just eight bars. Your band swings beautifully.’ Tickets £12 adv, £14 on the door. The Bull’s Head, Barnes. thebullsheadbarnes.com
Fatherland 25 May – 23 June
Modern fatherhood is a mass of contradictions and complexities, highlighted in this ambitious show at the Lyric in Hammersmith, co-created by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). A 13-strong cast and a chorus of voices performs a collage of words, movement and music. Inspired by conversations with fathers and sons, looking at the past, present and future, the performers explore masculinity and identity and what it means to be weighed down the by expectations of others. Tender, tough and honest. Tickets £10. Box office: 020 8741 6850. lyric.co.uk 38
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