Category: Events

VE Day 80th Anniversary in Words, Images and Music

An event hosted by Project Purley and other local organisations and individuals.
Monday 5th May
2:00 – 4.30 pm – doors open 1.45 pm
The Barn, Goosecroft, Purley on Thames, RG8 8DR
Tickets £5 per person from Marjorie Butler on 0118 941 8856 or at a Project Purley meeting

Pre-booking required

Doors open at 1.45 pm and our event begins at 2:00 pm.  Discover Purley during the Second World War.  Find out where Spitfire parts were made in the village, how we welcomed children, families and businesses evacuated from London, how Purley Park River Estate expanded into a village within a village and read about the eventful bops in their community hall.  Discover the stories of those who served in the armed forces and on the home front and our connections to the “Great Escape” and the infamous Thai-Burma Railway.  Maybe you’ll find a former resident of your home served in the war?

There will be an exhibition, Pathe Film news clips, music, images and a talk in two halves, by historian Mike Cooper on “The Collapse of Germany in 1945”.

The ticket price also includes tea/coffee and cake.

The afternoon will end about 4.30 pm. Pre-booking is required as numbers are limited.

 

Rain or Shine: The Rivals

The Rain or Shine Theatre Company is coming back to the Barn on Friday 20th June 2025, with a performance of Sheridan’s The Rivals.

The performance will start at 7:00 pm, doors open 6:15 pm, bar open from 6:30 pm, serving wine and soft drinks, card or cash.

 

The Rivals,  a 17th Century comedy adventure by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

When fashionable 18th century London society comes to take the waters in the spa-town of Bath, comic confusion, daring duels and romantic entanglements abound.

At the centre of it all is heiress Lydia Languish, who is determined to elope with the penniless Ensign Beverly rather than marry the eligible Jack Absolute.

Come and sample the sparkling wit and whirlwind plot of The Rivals, a Restoration Comedy which has delighted audiences for over 250 years with its collection of comic characters, including the formidable Mrs Malaprop, a creation so famous for the way she mangles the English language that her name is now immortalised in the dictionary.

This brand new adaptation combines Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s masterpiece with Rain or Shine’s fast and furious comic flair.

Tickets available online (card only) – click link below:

 

 

Or point your phone camera at the QR code below:

Or via the Rain or Shine telephone ticket line: 03306 600541.

Or from David Downs (cash only) at the April and May meetings in the Barn, or call him on 0118 942 4167.