The Riverside Journals - Festivals Issue 38 - FULL | Page 76

The Railway Children
Playing until 3 January 2016
Kings Cross Theatre London
A great chance for the family to catch this sell-out show as it’s
now running for an extra four months. E Nesbit’s much-loved
Edwardian children’s classic is brought to life in a production
that won the Olivier Award for best entertainment. The stage is
purpose-built around a real train track, and a beautiful vintage
locomotive steams into the theatre to delight all ages.
So join Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis whose lives change dramatically
when their father is mysteriously taken away. They move from
London to rural Yorkshire where there’s a railway at the end of
their garden – the first step to many adventures.
Kings Cross Station, Goods Way, Kings Cross, London,
0844 871 7604; railwaychildrenlondon.com

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Brook Green
Market and
Kitchen
Every Saturday 10am
to 3pm
Addison Primary
School West
Kensington
Pep up your weekend
– and your weekly shop
– with a visit to this
welcome addition to
London’s food scene.
Featuring 26 regular
traders, the market also
runs a free master class
throughout the day:
from national classics like scotch eggs to how to make perfect ravioli.
There’s a real community feel, including a children’s play area
and music from the Kings X Hot Jazz Club. You can just pop in
for a loaf of bread or relax with a coffee or craft beer, enjoy some
hot food or play board games, then go home with a basket full of
locally sourced seasonal produce.
Addison Primary School. (Bolingbroke Road entrance),
London W14 0DT; brookgreenmarket.co.uk

Before the Party
Wednesday 2-Saturday 12 September
Theatre Royal Windsor
Opening in Windsor before a national tour, this new play stars
Tom Conti in a bitingly funny adaptation of a Somerset Maugham
short story. The Skinner family are trying to return to normal after
the war. If only the blasted government weren’t such a nuisance
about rations, and Cook could get some more of those delicious
delicacies. With
daughter Laura back
from Africa widowed
but not alone, they
prepare for the latest
social gathering.
Amidst a whirl
of hats, dresses
and below stairs
skirmishes, Laura
reveals a shocking
secret that threatens
to ruin more than one
party on the climb to
social success.
Thames Street,
Windsor, Berkshire
SL4 1PS, 01753 853888;
theatreroyalwindsor.
co.uk