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Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy John will present change as a central topic within metaphysics and sketch the history of leading views (including some paradoxes) from the ancients through to today. This speaks to his own speciality (the nature of change) and will allow him to address the bringing about of change – now largely addressed under the banner of causation – and hence touch briefly on why our account of change really matters, making brief reference to my own work on applied causation (especially that jointly with Nancy Cartwright).Event begins 7.30pmDoors open 7pm
Following their previous acclaimed narrative recitals Never Such Innocence (2018) and Odyssey (2019), actor Christopher Kent and classical pianist Gamal Khamis return to OSO with a rare opportunity to hear a hidden gem of the romantic repertoire. Enoch Arden is a searingly dramatic epic poem written by Tennyson in 1864 and set to music by Richard Strauss in 1897. Said to be based on true events, it tells the story of three childhood friends who grow up in a remote fishing village. Enoch marries his sweetheart Annie and sets off on a long voyage from which he never returns. Years later Annie reluctantly marries the third friend, Philip. But then Odysseus-like, Enoch does return to find his former life irrevocably changed. What happens next is agonisingly moving, with words and music of haunting beauty. Christopher Kent performs the work in its entirety from memory with the virtuosic piano part played by the brilliant Gamal Khamis.
This is British-style improvised comedy at its absolute best, and it ought to be: established in 1985, the Comedy Store players have been selling out their shows ever since. Performers at previous OSO Comedy Store nights include Paul Sinha, Zoe Lyons, Paul Thorne, Laura Lexx and Emmanuel Sonubi.Be prepared for an evening of stand-up featuring gags, music and quizzes! The Comedy Store is always one of the most popular events at the OSO - we strongly advise booking early!
Since 2005 the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits! It’s just like a normal comedy club, but it’s on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is an abnormally high chance of the entire audience claiming to be called Bob.
Sarah Jane Eveleigh and Melbury Music Jazz Vocals Night Saturday 25 May 2024 Sarah Jane Eveleigh is a highly experienced vocalist who delights audiences with her mellifluous voice and engaging style. Her singing is rhythmically assured yet relaxed and she tells a story with each song she performs. For this very special evening she is also inviting some solo guest singers to perform a couple of other songs each, creating a wonderfully diverse, enjoyable programme. The songs will be easy-going and up-tempo jazz numbers along with some pop/other songs. They will be supported by Melbury Music trio Martin Bazley on piano, Lloyd Jonas on bass and Steve Butcher on drums. Melbury Music create a relaxed, feel-good experience at each event, with the emphasis on enjoyment – we are looking forward to a wonderful evening’s entertainment.
A hectic night and morning of frenetic running up and down staircases, across three floors, six characters are immersed in their own individual problems. Roland, a self-made bucket magnate, is buying a dilapidated Victorian house, once a brothel, and trying to complete the deal. Meanwhile his wife is trying to leave him, and her brother is trying to patch things up with his ex-fiancée. Into this situation come a rookie solicitor and a wily builder. A series of farcical misunderstandings ensue amidst Ayckbourn’s sharp social observation. Returning to OSO after successful runs of Absent Friends, Codpieces and Handbagged, Claire Evans presents Alan Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps, his rarely seen laugh-out-loud farce. The company will again comprise professional actors providing stand-out performances.
The White Mouse tells the story of one of the greatest heroines of World War II, the unparalleled British-Australian soldier, Nancy Wake. The inspiration for Sebastian Faulks’s Charlotte Grey, Nancy was the allies’ most decorated servicewoman in WWII.Hard-drinking, rough-talking, fearless, gritty, and tough, Nancy became the Gestapo’s no. 1 most wanted spy for the whole duration of the war, with a 5-million-franc bounty on her head.Nicknamed “The White Mouse” for her uncanny ability to evade capture and outsmart her enemies, Nancy was gifted with a fearlessness few people possess, attacking Nazi convoys, infiltrating Gestapo headquarters, and personally leading 2000 men, women, and children out of Nazi-occupied France – even killing an enemy soldier with her bare hands!And woe betide anyone who expressed sympathy with the Nazi cause!Able to out-drink the boys, out-swear her comrades, and out-think the enemy, Nancy Wake was a soldier unlike any other.
After last year’s sell-out ‘Queen on the Green’ tribute, the OSO and BCA’s annual outdoor festival returns to Barnes Pond. Celebrate the start of summer with a day and evening of entertainment for the whole family! Kicking off the outdoor entertainment will be 'Songs from the Musicals' - an afternoon of the nation’s favourite musical theatre songs, performed by a company of West End performers and a live band. Featuring Mamma Mia, Les Miserables, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, Hamilton and many more.Singing along encouraged!
site will be open from 12.30pm. With the exception of the VIP pre-booked tables, you will need to supply your own picnic rug or chairs: spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a BBQ and Bar on-site which will open at 12.30pm and remain open throughout the event. All alcohol on-site must be purchased at the Bar; you will not be permitted to bring your own. Accessibility: if you require additional support to attend this event, please email info@osoarts.org.uk dogs will not be admitted. All events will go ahead, whatever the weather, with the exception of Met Office weather warnings. If this is the case you will have the option to request a refund or - as this is a fund-raising event for the OSO and the BCA - consider donating the ticket price to cover the cost of running the event.
After last year’s sell-out ‘Queen on the Green’ tribute, the OSO and BCA’s annual outdoor festival returns to Barnes Pond. Celebrate the start of summer with a day and evening of entertainment for the whole family!Join The Elton John Experience for an electrifying night of live performance, complete with a full band, a baby grand and giant feathers! Elite Elton is the Official No1 Elton John Tribute. He has performed in prestigious venues across the UK, Europe and rest of the world, including at the London Palladium, National Entertainment Awards and National Music Tribute Awards.
The site will be open from 6.30pm. With the exception of the VIP pre-booked tables, you will need to supply your own picnic rug or chairs: spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a BBQ and Bar on-site which will open at 6.30pm and remain open throughout the event. All alcohol on-site must be purchased at the Bar; you will not be permitted to bring your own. Accessibility: if you require additional support to attend this event, please email info@osoarts.org.uk so we can fast-track you onto the site and provide you with a table and chair if required. dogs will not be admitted. All events will go ahead, whatever the weather, with the exception of Met Office weather warnings. If this is the case you will have the option to request a refund or - as this is a fund-raising event for the OSO and the BCA - consider donating the ticket price to cover the cost of running the event.
Oso ArtscoverRun time 2hrsPiano Lounge: Sofia Kirwan-BaezShare this showDates8 May 2024 until —12 Jun 2024Venues:OSO Arts CentreCategories:Piano LoungeProduction by:Sofia Kirwan-Baez…and she’s back! The mad, all-playing, all-singing Sofia Kirwan-Baez (vocals, keys) is returning to the OSO for her raucous piano lounges. But this time we’re going ol’ school. It’s a full on request night, folks. There’s a whole new list of songs that you can choose from, ranging from jazz to fun arrangements of classic rock/pop. She may even throw in some new compositions!Furthermore in honour of how long it has been, Sofia would like you to have the option of PRE-SELECTING a song (and she means any song). Fill in this form.
AFGHANISTAN IS NOT FUNNY BY HENRY NAYLORWORLD’S BEST FRINGE THEATRE WINNER 22/23, IFES NEW YORKA close-shave with a landmine, menaced by a warlord & abducted by the Mujahideen: this is the extraordinary, true story of a British comedian & photographer in war-torn Afghanistan... Performed by Naylor & featuring Sam Maynard’s photography, this docu-play takes us to the start of a modern tragedy. Directed by Martha Lott & Darren Lee Cole, the show comes to OSO after smash-hit runs Off-Broadway and Off West-End. One of the most decorated shows on the International Fringe circuit 2022/3, the show won leading awards at the Hollywood, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringes - before claiming the prestigious ‘Outstanding Production’ title at the International Fringe Encore Series in New York. A recipient of 36 five- & four-star professional reviews, it’s one of the critically-acclaimed fringe shows in recent times… So book early!
London Revue CompanyA Sparkling Musical EntertainmentWritten and Performed by Nicola Keen & Malcolm McKeeIn this delightfully funny musical revue, Nicola transports us back to Britain in the 40s and 50s with her recreation of national treasure, Joyce Grenfell. The evening features the best of Joyce’s comedy songs and monologues - from ‘Stately as a Galleon’ to ‘School Nativity Play’. Add to the mix comic numbers by Flanders & Swann and Noël Coward, and you have all the ingredients for a delicious encounter with one of Britain’s best-loved comediennes.‘An amazing show . . . a fantastic evening’ BBC
Award winning theatre company The Shakespeare Edit presents MACBETH (solo) a distilled version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth for one actor. This thrilling monodrama has played to sold out venues in Italy, Latvia, London and at United Solo Theatre Festival in NYC where it won Best International Show. Performed by Artistic Director Paul Goodwin, and created in collaboration with Ukrainian composer Dmitriy Saratsky, this 50 minute dramatic monologue is storytelling at its best; with psychological depth, superb verse speaking, dynamic physicality and a brilliant soundscape bringing Shakespeare’s tale of ambition, murder and madness fully alive for contemporary audiences.Our previous show, “Lucrece” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic poem, was co-produced with the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai – where it played in the Experimental Theatre in 2017 and again in 2018. Lucrece was also performed by a UK company at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2020.
Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy Lucy recently provided an overdue philosophical model of flirting, in The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality: “Flirting, I argue, is a conversational game involving two moves; push moves, which involve presupposing an intimacy that does not yet exist, and pull moves, which involve playfully pretending to block those presuppositions. As flirters perform rallies of these moves, they gradually increase the intimacy between them through a process known by philosophers of language as accommodation. This model illuminates a common social ritual and it can be marshaled against abuses of the notion of flirting by perpetrators of harassment and assault.” Lucy is Lecturer in philosophy at King’s College London. She works in ethics, philosophy of language, and feminist philosophy. Before that she was a Research Fellow in philosophy at St John’s College, University of Cambridge.
Described as a “Renaissance Man in a Jazz World”, Sam Jewison casts his acclaimed interpretation over the Great American Songbook in a kaleidoscopic evening of music. Fresh from his sold-out 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival show, the singer and pianist tours the swinging standards and timeless ballads of legendary songwriters – including Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, and more. Expect fresh treatments of songs originally made famous by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Oscar Peterson, drawing on music from the classic Broadway stage, Hollywood screen, and golden age of American popular song. Piano fireworks will be on display in the form of “Rhapsody in Blue”, one-hundred years after its 1924 premiere in New York. Jewison’s vocal prowess and pianistic virtuosity has seen him tour internationally. He headlined 2020 ReGeneration Festival in Florence, the BBC Radio 3 Christmas Special in 2021, and played the award-winning Nevill Holt Opera House in 2022.
The OSO does Bollywood! Join us for an evening of epic curry and dynamic dancing as we transport you to the world of colourful and highly theatrical dance characteristic of Indian films. The evening will kick off with a performance by some Indian dancers, to music provided by a DJ, to whet your appetite. After a fragrant curry* prepared by our very own Spice Queen, Yanete, you’ll have the opportunity to work it off with a Bollywood dance workshop. *Vegan options available
Anna Shevchenko, a British-Ukrainian writer, talks to journalist and live interview specialist, Duncan Steer, about her book Around the War in Twenty Stories. The book is a collection of war stories based on, or inspired by, real events during the current war in the Ukraine. The tales, which range from the profoundly moving to the darkly funny and downright surreal, provide a unique insight into the everyday lives of those living in a war zone. Whilst very personal, the stories are deeply inspiring illustrating the resilience, kindness and laughter that people can display in the most difficult of circumstances.
A play about six wildly different people, coping and connecting during one year on the Common, telling their unexpected tales of love, life, death, and downright dottiness, while a seventh character lurks mysteriously. Directed by Gareth Armstrong, with music by composer Simon Slater (Constellations) and lighting design by Mark Dymock (Once). Written during Lockdown and partly inspired by glimpses of people Skilbeck saw on her daily allotted walk on Clapham Common, it is a response to the feeling of isolation during COVID, and the search for connectedness. It reflects on the human need for the solace of nature, for healing laughter and silliness, and for love in all its forms surviving.Alison Skilbeck is an Associate Teacher at RADA, specialising in directing Shakespeare, and serving on the Admissions Panel. Television credits include Sherlock Holmes, The Beiderbecke Affair, Soldier Soldier, New Tricks, Doctor Who, Lovejoy, Midsomer Murders, and Call The Midwife.
Treasure, treachery, mutiny and mayhem all await young Jim Hawkins, as he leaves the Admiral Benbow inn behind and embarks on a thrilling and dangerous voyage to recover Captain Flint’s hidden gold. Pirates, parrots, and plots abound, and Jim must risk everything to save his friends lives – if he can...Popular local company Shadow Road’s exciting and emotional new adaptation brings Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic to life in a 50-minute masterpiece which includes their usual stirring sword fights and riveting stage violence. A timeless tale of adventure, courage, friendship, and the endless lure of the distant horizon.A small, independent theatre company, based in Barnes, Shadow Road Productions specialise in bringing thrilling theatre for all ages and occasions to unusual venues and spaces in creative new ways.
All is not well in the Humble Hive. Following his father’s death, Felix Humble, returns to the family home from Cambridge to find his mother, Flora, contemplating re-marriage to George, the father of his ex-girlfriend, Rosie. As an Astro-physicist in search of a unified field theory, Felix realises that his search for unity must include his own chaotic family life.First performed at the Royal National Theatre, Humble Boy has become a popular modern classic. With its echoes of Stoppard and Hamlet, its author describes it as, “a comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of beekeeping.”
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Here at OSO Arts Centre we understand how difficult it can be to make those all important theatre connections. Whether you’ve just started out, or are in the midst of your career, meeting new collaborators is always the key to thriving in the theatre industry.In the next in a series of OSO networking events, you’ll be provided with the opportunity to come together and share your experiences. Talks from industry professionals will be combined with opportunities to mingle and network with attendees. And the best part? It’s accessible to everyone, under our ‘pay what you can’ scheme! You’ll even receive a complimentary glass of wine on arrival to help ease you into the evening’s events. It’s an absolute must for industry professionals!
Welcome to the OSO's new series of scratch nights! We're providing up and coming artists and local creatives with the opportunity to test out new material on our stage. Applicants have been selected by our Artistic Director, Lydia Sax and Comedian, Tom Draper in a curated evening of the finest that new writing has to offer.Apply to Perform HERE: www.osoarts.org.uk/oso-despatches
How is it possible to attend, here in OSO, the world's largest festival, with over 500,000 all together on a Northern NY State farm? How is it possible to be on the beach opposite the Kennedy Space Centre watching the launch of Apollo 11; be part of an anti-Vietnam war riot; be a chopper pilot ferrying the world's most famous musicians upstate; be the captain of a Russian nuclear submarine off Cuba's coast; be a musician stepping out onto the stage at Woodstock? The politics, the conflicts, the music, the protests, the moon landings, the civil-rights movement, the adverts, the drugs, the music, the musicians and the personalities, all imbued with the soundscape of this incredible era. A theatrical romp through the 60s, a whistle-stop tour of your memories and modern history. The iconic junctures that shaped our world. Inspired by the ethos of the hippie, counterculture, and free-festival movements, Something Underground brings you its tribute to Woodstock ’69 and the 60s
After winning 51 awards in the past decade, Henry Naylor is one of the most decorated playwrights on the English-speaking Fringe circuit. He is one of only a handful of writers to have won the Fringe First three times and has taken the top prizes at many of the world’s most prestigious Fringes including Edinburgh, Adelaide, Prague, Hollywood and the IFES, New York. His play Borders won the Best of Edinburgh (which named it as the best of 3,700+ shows) whereas Angel was both named as one of The Times’ Ten Best Plays of 2016, and nominated for France's equivalent of the Golden Globes (the Globes de Cristal). His most recent show, Afghanistan Is Not Funny, was British Theatre Guide’s Pick Of 2022 and won the Outstanding Production Award at the Best of All Fringes: the International Fringe Encore Series in New York.
Actors & Writers London (AWL) present six short plays. Each play has been an AWL competition winner or runner-up. Book your tickets for an evening of comedy and drama. Actors & Writers London (AWL) is London’s longest-running professional play-reading forum for actors and writers. It meets on alternate Monday evenings in Hammersmith for rehearsed readings and chaired discussions of new plays. Under-30s have free entry. For more details, please visit www.actorsandwriters.london
The OSO Arts Centre is right by the Pond on Barnes Green, with its entrance on the Green itself, behind Côte Brasserie.Getting to the OSO is easy:They are a short walk from Barnes and Barnes Bridge railway stations, with regular trains from Clapham Junction, Waterloo and Richmond.Frequent buses run from Putney and the south side of Hammersmith Bridge. Please note that Hammersmith Bridge is temporarily closed. For more details please check the Transport For London websiteIf you prefer to drive, there are parking spaces near Barnes Green and parking is free in many spots after 12pm.
For detailed access information please visit the theatre's access page: www.osoarts.org.uk/accessibility
The OSO Arts centre is a professional fringe Theatre and Cafe/Bar, located in the heart of Barnes Village (20 minute direct train from Waterloo), overlooking beautiful Barnes Green. Their 130 seat venue offers an eclectic and ever-changing programme of comedy, new writing, music, cabaret, family shows and much much more besides.
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