At the cornerHOUSE this Friday
| April social plus the cornerHOUSE AGM |
| 7.00 Friday 27 April 2012 |
| The April bar social will incorporate the AGM of the cornerHOUSE. This is a great opportunity to find out how the community arts centre clicks. Key points on the agenda include the Chairman’s review of 2011, the Treasurer’s report on the state of the finances, the state of play on maintaining and improving the premises, how things are with the regular hirers and the programme of public events upcoming.
Then join the trustees for a free drink at the bar, and the chance to put the world to rights informally. Book, CD, DVD exchange available. Doors open at 7.00 |
| more info, should you need it from info@thecornerhouse.org |
New traffic problem Upper Brighton Road
Please note the following traffic information received from RBK Highways:-
Location Outside 23 Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton
Start Immediate.
Work Emergency repair to apparatus to stop gas escape.
Promoter Southern Gas Networks.
Comments Temporary traffic lights in operation for 5 days.
cornerHOUSE Festival
It is festival week at the cornerHOUSE. Nine brand new plays get three performances each. The plays were chosen from 50 scripts submitted for consideration, and cover a vast range of subjects and styles. Each is between 20 to 30 minutes long, each has its own director and cast. Do come and enjoy this festival of community creativity.
April 16th, 18th & 20th
- Tina Soprano
- One Small Step
- Schemers
- Name Dropping
- Book Day
April 17th, 19th & 21th
- The Programme
- I Am The Way
- The Road Less Travelled
- Circus Acts
020 8296 9012
The Cornerhouse
116 Douglas Rd
Surbiton KT6 7SB
16th-21st April 7.45pm £8/6
Fuller details of all cornerHOUSE events on our website :
Please use public transport to come to the cornerHOUSE.
If you have to use a car, there is no dedicated parking; allow time to find a parking space that is safe and considerate for our neighbours.
Oakhill chaos
Happened to visit Oakhill Road this morning. The Health Centre car park is closed off by a chain and the traffic was horrendous as people were trying to get into and away from the surgeries and others, including vans, trying to get through parked vehicles on both sides. One driver of a Land Rover had to park briefly in the middle of the road to allow and elderly and disabled person to get into it. Some people going the other way were less than sympathetic and I was concerned at oe point that frayed tempers might lead to a major row.
This may all be a consequence of the current building works and a purely temporary phenomenon. I hope it is but I worry that it might be a precursor of the delivery and collection of children from the large new primary school. This is what local residents feared all along and what their councillors since 2010 turned a deaf ear to.
Stormed at by shot and shell……..
Some parts of the ward are in the wars at the moment.
- There’s the Star and Garter building at the junction of Upper Brighton Road and Langley Avenue. I did once notice some mud in the road on Langley Avenue, but that was in the days when it used to rain and the impression now is that the construction is being done as sensitively as possible. If I’m wrong, please let me know.
- Lower down Upper Brighton Road there are the works to the railway bridge. These are probably long overdue but they are causing problems for pedestrians as well as motorists and increasing traffic in Oakhill and Ditton Road and Ewell Road. It seems St. Mark’s Lib Dems are claiming credit for the bridge works, but I’m not going to suggest either that they are responsible for them or that you should blame them for any inconvenience caused!
- Speaking of Oakhill there’s the ongoing works on the hospital site, with attendant heavy lorries. The impression I have formed is that materials are coming in and spoil is being taken out via Ewell Road exclusively – certainly this is the impression gained by sitting in traffic jams on the road while lorries manoeuvre in and out. Again, if I’m wrong, please let me know.
- The Red Lion site and the police pound site on Ellerton Road are still very quiet, it seems, and likely to stay that way for some time.
We don’t as yet have precise information on when all these works will come to an end. I’m sure Star and Garter will be a good neighbour to Southborough and I hope the bridge will not need further repairs for some years. Pedestrians will benefit from it becoming less attractive to roosting pigeons! The new health facility will be a boon to residents, not having been sold off for housing as some of our correspondents wanted! I hope residents’ fears about the impact of the new school on Oakhill are not realised – time will tell!
Coming up at the cornerHOUSE
Monday April 16th to Saturday April 21st – oneACTS 2012 – a festival of new playwriting
The antics of a troupe of clowns, skulduggery at an interview, and a young man’s fatal decision are just some of the subjects which feature in nine plays in this year’s festival. The plays, which have never been staged before, are between 15 to 30 minutes long. Four will be performed on one night and five on another, on alternate evenings throughout the run. “There’s some great plays in the festival this year,” said oneACTS chairman Jon Constant. “There’s a real mix of high quality, entertaining drama and comedy – something for everyone to enjoy. The oneACTS is a great way for talented local playwrights to get their voice heard, but it’s not all just about the playwriting, we’ve got a lot of talented actors who auditioned for around 40 roles which were available and we are looking forward to seeing them bring these plays to life for the first time on stage.It should be a cracking week.” The festival is in its eighth year and has become a well established and highly respected part of the local arts scene.
The plays in this year’s festival include:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Tina Soprano by Tim Harrison; One Small Step by Sam South; Schemers by Eoin Carney; Name Dropping by Susan Cooke, and Book Day by Mary Petley.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: The Programme by Ian Davies; I Am The Way by Colin Irwin; The Road Less Travelled by Sean Lang, and Circus Acts by Katie Davison.
Tickets for each night are £8 (£6 concessions). Box office on 020 8296 9012 or email boxoffice@thecornerhouse.org to book your tickets.
Tuesday April 24th – Gala for the Wild Intelligence exhibition -Come and meet Sarah Tucker and Thomas Edward Benjamin, the artists whose exciting new exhibition is gracing the wall of the cornerHOUSE during April. Sarah works in acrylics on canvas, and says of her work: “It is inspired by the fields around my home in France. The paintings convey the continual movement in nature, and that the landscape is never ‘still’ or ‘serene’ just giving an illusion of it.”Colours, textures vibrate and looking closely at the work, you should feel the vibration. I call the exhibition Wild Intelligence because it’s a combination of imagination, lateral thinking, spontaneity and instinct that go into the creation of each work.”
The artists will be pleased to discuss their work at the gala and share with you a glass of bubbly!
Friday April 27th – cornerHOUSE AGM and social – The April bar social will incorporate the AGM of the cornerHOUSE. This is a great opportunity to find out how the community arts centre clicks. Key points on the agenda include the Chairman’s review of 2011, the Treasurer’s report on the state of the finances, the state of play on maintaining and improving the premises, how things are with the regular hirers and the programme of public events upcoming. Then join the trustees for a free drink at the bar, and the chance to put the world to rights informally. Book, CD, DVD exchange available.
Key dates for May :
3rd – Polling station
4th – quiz night
8th – exhibition gala
18th-19th – ROYAD performances
25th – monthly social
31st – first night of Hound of the Baskervilles
More information at www.thecornerhouse.org
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