stage & screen
Beck Theatre
Grange Road, Hayes, UB8 2UE. Box office: 020 8561 8371. www.becktheatre.org.uk
Wednesday September 14
Psychic Sally – Call Me Psychic: Funny, entertaining, sometimes heart breaking, the show is investigational and for the purpose of entertainment. £26.50, 7.30pm.
Saturday and Sunday September 17 and 18
Peppa Pig’s Surprise: It’s a lovely day and Peppa is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have got a surprise for her and George – they can’t guess what it is, can you?
Enjoy fun, loads of songs and of course, surprises in this charming, colourful new show. Peppa Pig’s Surprise promises to be the perfect theatre show for all preschoolers. £16.50 or £18.50, family tickets £66. 10am, 1pm and 4pm.
Monday September 19
Film - The Man Who Knew Infinity (12A): Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons star in the amazing true story of a self-taught and brilliant mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his unlikely champion, a curmudgeonly Cambridge professor. £7 or set meal deal £12.50, 7.30pm.
Tuesday and Wednesday 20 and 21 September
Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief: A sparkling whodunit based on the thrilling classics by E W Hornung. Harry ‘Bunny’ Manders is convinced that his erstwhile partner in crime, the gentleman cracksman A J Raffles, drowned while escaping a daring theft aboard a transatlantic liner. But a chance reply to a newspaper advertisement reveals a different scenario, and at once Bunny is embroiled again in his old life of burglary, mayhem, adventure and murder!
Bunny is played by Ian Sharrock, known for roles in Emmerdale and as superfan Jed Maxwell in I’m Alan Partridge. £20.50 or £23.50, 7.30pm.
Winston Churchill Hall
Pinn Way, Manor Farm, Ruislip, HA4 7QL. Box Office: 01895 678 800 hillingdontheatres.uk
Monday September 19
Hillingdon Libraries: Culture Bite presents The History of Shakespeare’s Globe. The Globe’s Education Team, who will deliver a fascinating talk about the theatre’s history, as part of their Shakespeare 400 celebrations. £5, 7.30pm.
Theatre Royal Windsor
Thames Street, Windsor, SL4 1PS. Box Office: 01753 853 888 www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk
now until Saturday September 17
Home at Seven: From the writer of the classic play Journey’s End comes this well-crafted thriller. David Preston returns home from work at 7pm, as usual, only to find that 24 hours have elapsed and it is now a day later than he thought. Suffering from apparent amnesia he and his already upset wife get another shock when evidence incriminates him in a murder committed during the time he cannot account for. £15 to £31, Mon-Sat 8pm Thu 2.30pm, Sat 4.45pm.
Sunday September 18
Psychic Sally – Call me Psychic: See first diary entry. £13 to £35, 7.30pm.
Monday September 19
Henry Blofield – an Evening With ‘Blowers’: Henry Blofeld is an English sports journalist whose rich, plummy tones are known and loved worldwide thanks to his cricket commentary career on both television and radio. ‘Blowers’ has been a regular member of Test Match Special since 1972, and in 2003 was awarded an OBE for his services to broadcasting.
Henry will be telling some of his favourite anecdotes from his extensive career. He has some of the finest stories from cricket on and off the pitch, as well as anecdotes from the world of journalism and through-the-keyhole tales of the glitz of celebrity life. £10 to £25, 8pm.
Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King St, London W6 0QL. Box office: 020 8741 6850 www.lyric.co.uk
to Saturday October 1
Things I Know to Be True: Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia present this new play by Andrew Bovell with a cast led by Imogen Stubbs.
As beautifully touching as it is funny and bold, Things I Know To Be True tells the story of a family and marriage through the eyes of four grown siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents’ love and expectations.
Featuring Frantic Assembly’s celebrated physicality, Things I Know To Be True is a complex and intense study of the mechanics of a family that is both poetic and brutally frank. £15 to £35, Mon to Sat 7.30pm, Wednesdays 1.30pm, Sat 24 Sep & 01 Oct 2.30pm.
Saturday September 17
The Girl and The Giraffe: One day whilst Girl is playing in her garden, she spots something peculiar on the other side of the fence. Climbing up as high as she can, she is surprised when she comes face to face with... Giraffe! Follow their friendship in this uplifting show, told from a child’s perspective. A Half Moon and Floods of Ink Production, suitable for ages 3 to 6. £8, 11am and 1pm.
Paul Robeson Theatre
Paul Robeson Theatre, Centre Space, Treaty Centre, High Street, Hounslow, TW3 1ES. Box office: 0845 456 2796 www.hounslowartscentre.co.uk
Saturday September 17
Purple Zeppelin: The Ultimate Rock Tribute Show! Purple Zeppelin pay tribute to the two greatest Rock Bands of all time, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, in one mesmerising performance. £17 or £15, 7.30pm.