Listing of all current events:
September 2019
GSC SATURDAYS DRAMA CLUB
Every Saturday we ignite the imagination of young actors in small friendly groups. Working with professional actors and stage combat instructors, they play fun games, rehearse plays, strengthen their confidence and learn more about the exciting world of theatre.
Find out more »October 2019
GSC YOUNG COMPANY
Following in the footsteps of our professionals, the GSC Young Company is a weekly course for 12-18 yr olds. Members devise and rehearse a brand new play inspired by our professional season, to be performed as part of Will's Birthday Bash in April.
Find out more »November 2019
William Orpen
Celebrated for his career as an official war artist and commercially successful portraitist, Irish-born painter, Sir William Orpen KBE RA (1878 – 1931), is known for his rapid and expressive painting style.
Find out more »January 2020
UCA Farnham MFA Photography Show
The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking welcomes back the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham for an exhibition showcasing the very best artwork from MFA photography students.
Find out more »Great Minds by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
Celebrating the achievements of women in creative professions, this exhibition of portrait photographs depicts influential women working across both science and the arts, who inspire others through their work and their contributions to society.
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The Lightbox at Woking Station
Research by the Arts Council has found that making and experiencing arts and culture transforms quality of life for individuals and communities. This new poster campaign promotes this positive effect on wellbeing and encourages people to think about what positively impacts their state of mind whilst travelling.
Find out more »Little Women (PG)
Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on her own terms - is both timeless and timely.
Find out more »Knives Out (12A)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.
Find out more »Singin’ in the Rain (U)
It’s 1927 in Hollywood and the stuntman-turned-matinee-idol star of Monumental Pictures, Don Lockwood, is caught in the bumpy transition from silent films to talkies.
Find out more »Cats (PG)
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event.
Find out more »The Good Liar (15)
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her.
Find out more »Madame Ovary
It's January and Rosa is writing her resolutions. This is her year. She is going to stop going out with plonkers, start doing yoga and write some really good art. But before she's had time to delete her dating apps and get into downward dog, she's diagnosed. With ovarian cancer. And it's spread.
Find out more »David Hockney: Ways of Working
Spanning six decades of creative output, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at David Hockney's ingenious exploration of a diverse range of media, from painting techniques, draughtsmanship and printmaking skills, to photography, designs for the stage and the embrace of digital technologies such as the iPad, Photoshop and inkjet processes.
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Grayshott Folk Club presents: Alden, Patteron & Dashwood with The Shackleton Trio
Tonight we feature six of East Anglia's finest young Folk musicians. First, they play as trios, then they come together as a six-piece supergroup!
Find out more »The Day Shall Come (15)
Based on 100 true stories, the explosive new film from Chris Morris (Four Lions, Brass Eye) is an emotionally gripping, laugh out loud thriller that exposes the dark farce at the heart of the homeland security project.
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February 2020
Surrey Mozart Players with Laura van der Heijden
Join the Surrey Mozart Players & 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Laura van der Heijden, playing Haydn’s Cello Concerto, at The Electric Theatre on 1st Feb.
Find out more »Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
From conventional upbringing to global notoriety via The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp the most memorable figures of the twentieth century. Openly gay as early as the 1930s, Quentin was beaten up on London’s streets, but ultimately triumphed in the art of being one's true self. Naked Hope celebrates this extraordinary life in glorious style, sharing the secret of real happiness!
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Alice Leggett Quartet
She will be playing a combination of original compositions, and arrangements of well-known jazz standards, combining a fresh new approach with a fondness for tradition.
Find out more »The Door
Two men, and a broken door that neither will close. As the door bangs, we hear accusation and excuse, and the story of a dead hero.
Find out more »Coming to Light: Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Roy Ralph
Roy Ralph - A hidden hero of twentieth century art, this exhibition features landscapes and figures with strong linear design and bold colour.
Find out more »Macbeth
This February Shakespeare’s supernatural thriller opens the award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) 14th year of locally made, locally played professional theatre.
Find out more »Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi, (1593 -1656), the Italian Baroque artist, is now considered to be one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio. In an era when female painters were not easily accepted find out how she became the first woman member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence.
Find out more »Pete Long & Simon Spillett Salute The Jazz Couriers!
An exciting and heartfelt homage by two of the top UK jazz authorities to the legendary British two-tenor quintet of the 1950 co-led by Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes.
Find out more »The Laramie Project (Act One)
And someone got up there and said...c'mon guys, let's show the world that Laramie is not this kind of town. But it is that kind of town...that's a lie. Because it happened here. And we have to mourn this and we have to be sad...I mean, these are people trying to distance themselves from this crime. And we need to own this crime. Everyone needs to own it. We are like this. We ARE like this. WE are LIKE this.'
Find out more »The Laramie Project
'And someone got up there and said...c'mon guys, let's show the world that Laramie is not this kind of town. But it is that kind of town...that's a lie. Because it happened here. And we have to mourn this and we have to be sad...I mean, these are people trying to distance themselves from this crime. And we need to own this crime. Everyone needs to own it. We are like this. We ARE like this. WE are LIKE this.'
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Surrey Art Box Exhibition at Denbies 17 – 23 February 2020
Surrey Art Box presents a fresh new collaborative exhibition from eight Surrey-based professional artists, offering colourful and contemporary original artworks, prints and unique gifts.
Find out more »Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan – performed by Godalming Operatic Society
From 18-22nd at Godalming Borough Hall and 27-29th February 2020 at Leatherhead Theatre, Godalming Operatic Society is thrilled to present their production of Gilbert & Sullvan's opera 'Ruddigore’.
Find out more »Cancelled: The Testament of Mary
Please note that this production has regretably been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances for the Producer.
Find out more »The Occam Singers Spring Concert
Spring is coming! Come and join the Occam Singers as we look forward to brighter days, with a programme of music by JS Bach and Roxanna Panufnik. Alongside a performance of Bach’s incredibly popular aria for soprano ‘Sheep May Safely Graze’, the choir will perform Bach’s joyous Missa Brevis in A, a redeployment of some of his most exquisite cantata material set to the Latin text of the Kyrie and Gloria. The orchestra will also play Bach’s Orchestral Suite no…
Find out more »The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson
It was the dinner that changed history: the night in February 2016 when Boris Johnson decided to vote ‘leave’. Guests included fellow MP Michael Gove, the journalist Sarah Vine and, for Boris at least, the spirits of Prime Ministers past – Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill and Tony Blair.
Find out more »Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan performed by Godalming Operatic Society
From 27-29th February 2020 at The Leatherhead Theatre, Godalming Operatic Society is thrilled to present their production of 'Ruddigore’ by Gilbert & Sullivan. Accompanied by their superb 23 piece professional orchestra.
Find out more »Grayshott Folk Club presents: Coig + Copper Viper
Wonderful Celtic music and song from a top Canadian band with a cracking new Folk/Americana duo making a return visit.
Find out more »March 2020
Family Classics
@southernpromus will return to @GLive with #FamilyClassics on Sun 1 Mar. There’ll be free hands-on workshops & an exciting family orchestral concert to follow.
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Cloudbusting: The Music of Kate Bush
At the Electric Theatre on Sunday 8th March 2020 @ 7.30pm. Cloudbusting have been championed by BBC ONE as one of the most authentic tributes in the world. Their passion for Kate’s music has won over sceptical fans everywhere, challenging perceptions of what a tribute band can be and resulting in sell-out performances across the UK. ‘There can only be one Kate Bush’ says vocalist Mandy Watson, who never attempts to mimic Kate on stage. ‘When you sing her music…
Find out more »Packing Up the Nation
This is the gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how heroic curators and eccentric custodians saved Britain’s national heritage during our Darkest Hour. As Hitler’s forces gathered on the other side of the Channel, men and women from London’s museums, galleries and archives forged extraordinary plans to evacuate their collections.
Find out more »Still Crazy live at the Guildford Cricket Club
Eight-piece party-band Still Crazy will be performing at Guildford Cricket Club on Friday 13th March 2020. Playing songs from 70s to the present day, you'll be sure to be on your feet dancing! https://www.trybooking.co.uk/OVT
Find out more »Guildford Jazzfest 20
Guildford JazzFest will run from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March at the Electric Theatre in Guildford. The Festival will feature leading UK jazz artists including Iain Ballamy, Dennis Rollins , Nicolas Meier, Alan Barnes, Dave Newton, Mark Nightingale, Steve Waterman, Gareth Williams. It will include a wide spectrum of jazz, funk and Latin grooves alongside free and community events including a concert celebrating Surrey Young Jazz Musicians of the Year and a jazz vocal workshop and performance
Find out more »Elgar: The Apostles
A feast of sumptuous music written by England's most noble composer at the height of his creative powers; this is a choral night that is not to be missed.
Find out more »JS Bach – Mass in B minor
The Waverley Singers and Brandenburg Baroque Soloists under the direction of Richard Pearce present JS Bach's great Mass in B minor
Find out more »Beethoven in poetry and music
Celebrating Beethoven's 250th! Poet Ruth Padel reads from her new collection inspired by the life of Beethoven and Wu Qian performs on a 1790s piano once played by the great composer himself!
Find out more »April 2020
Celebrating 25 years of Art Exhibitions
For Grayswood couple Evelyn and Gwyn Phillips (AppArt) this year will be their 25th year of curating and arranging art exhibitions and sculpture trails in Surrey.
Find out more »Tapestry: The Ultimate Wall Decoration
Tapestries were once the most expensive of all wall decorations. Often taking years to produce, they graced some of the most significant courts of Europe. This lecture will explore the making of some of the landmark sets by the weavers of Flanders and the Gobelin factory.
Find out more »Festival Insight Evening with Sandy Burnett
Discover the music and artists appearing in the 2020 Investec International Music Festival in a relaxed and convivial evening of musical conversation with musician, author and broadcaster Sandy Burnett!
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