THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! WHAT’S ON IN SURREY THIS OCTOBER
Find out what’s on in Surrey this October with our latest guide to experiences and events taking place over the next few weeks.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT / SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 10 / ROSE THEATRE, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Jerome, George and Harris are lifelong pals. Whenever one is in a spot of bother, the others will always jump in to help him out. So what could possibly go wrong as they set out on a carefree boat trip up the Thames – from leafy Kingston to Oxford’s dreaming spires? A celebration of abiding friendship and calamitous adventure, this is Jeeves and Wooster meets Apocalypse Now.
For more information, visit rosetheatre.org
GUILDFORD FESTIVAL OF ARTS / OCTOBER 1 – 4 / VARIOUS VENUES, GUILDFORD
A four-day celebration of the visual arts, designed to showcase the talent of local artists and engage the community in creative experiences. Taking place at various venues throughout Guildford, experience the local art scene by visiting the range independent shops, arts venues, and creative spaces. Expect workshops, trails, exhibitions, and more.
For more information, visit guildfordfestivalofthearts.co.uk
PLUMP DJS – 25 YEARS OF A PLUMP NIGHT OUT / OCTOBER 3 / THE BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD
Make your soul vibrate and head out for a very plump night out at The Boileroom in Guildford with the Finer Lickin’ breakbeats of Plump DJs. Celebrating 25 years of their seminal release – expect to dance.
For more information, visit theboileroom.net
NUMB & NUMBER / OCTOBER 3 / THE HORTON, EPSOM
Following the huge success of his Catch Your Breath tour, comedian and NHS anaesthetist Ed Patrick returns with his brand-new hit show, Numb and Number. Combining sharp stand-up, fascinating medical insights and laugh-out-loud stories from life on the frontline, Ed offers a unique and hilarious look at the world of medicine and modern healthcare. Get your appointment while you can.
For more information, visit thehortonepsom.org
TIM PEAKE: ASTRONAUTS – THE QUEST TO EXPLORE SPACE / OCTOBER 4 / ROSE THEATRE, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
With fewer than 650 people having reached Earth’s orbit, nobody is more qualified than Tim to celebrate the historic achievements and human endeavours of space exploration. Up until now, Tim has brought his own incredible journey to life through unparalleled storytelling and extraordinary archive footage. In this new show, Tim will share the remarkable stories of some of his fellow astronauts and explore the spectacular evolution of space travel.
For more information, visit rosetheatre.org
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story / October 5 – 6 / Farnham Maltings
Join Princess Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life in this multi-award-winning hit show from Edinburgh Fringe. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, puppetry and a lot of queer joy, this loving celebration of the People’s Princess is as hilarious as it is ridiculous.
For more information, visit farnhammaltings.com 
TRISTAN & YSEULT / OCTOBER 6 – 10 / YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD
Experience the original, critically-acclaimed Emma Rice/Kneehigh production of Tristan & Yseult, one of the most influential theatre productions of the 21st century. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice, this iconic show returns to the UK for the first time in ten years, offering a rare chance to encounter a modern masterpiece fresh and live on stage. Based on an epic ancient tale from Cornwall, Tristan & Yseult revels in forbidden desires, broken hearts, grand passions, and tender truths.
For more information, visit yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY / OCTOBER 6 – 10 / WOKING THEATRE
James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are… Inspired by the iconic, terrifying film series, Paranormal Activity is a new story live on stage. Feel the frights at Woking Theatre this month
For more information, visit atgtickets.com
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE / OCTOBER 6 – 10 / RICHMOND THEATRE
Hill House is waiting for you… From best-selling novel to major hit Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House now takes to the stage in this gripping new production that blurs the line between heart-thumping suspense and the supernatural.
For more information, visit atgtickets.com
BLOSSOMS / OCTOBER 8 / CIRCUIT, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
To celebrate the release of the new album, Blossoms visits Kingston to play at Circuit. Blossoms return with their 6th studio album, ‘Songs From The Wedding Cake’. Featuring singles ‘Meet Me In Love’ and ‘Joke About Divorce’, the Wedding Cake, nickname for Stockport’s Town Hall where band member Tom Ogden got married, spans 10 tracks and follows up the 2024 number 1 album ‘Gary’. Get a ticket if you can.
For more information, visit banquetrecords.com
SWING STUDIO / OCTOBER 8 / WEST HORSLEY PLACE
Classic swing steps, vintage vibes, and dancing that never goes out of style. Join professional dance Maxine of SWINGDYHOP for a joyous evening of swing dance and community at the iconic West Horsley Place. Just as we would have done in the 1940s, for one night we take to the dance floor for some rollicking revelry.
For more information, visit westhorsleyplace.org
RACHEL FAIRBURN: VEXY BEASTS / OCTOBER 8 / G LIVE, GUILDFORD
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2025 show Side Eye, Rachel Fairburn is back with new personalities and some old favourites for you to love and hate. Expect biting commentary and lots of big laughs.
For more information, visit glive.co.uk
UNPEOPLE / OCTOBER 9 / THE FIGHTING COCKS, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
To celebrate the release of the new album, unpeople visits Kingston to play at The Fighting Cocks. unpeople are a band all about inclusivity, and the belief that there are far more things that unite rather than divide us. With their debut album ‘we are unpeople’ the band offers twelve songs that will define the star t of their career and that aim to bring us all together with their unmistakably unique blend of sound and compositions. We are unpeople. You are unpeople. We are all unpeople.
For more information, visit banquetrecords.com
festival of crafts / October 10 -11 / Farnham Maltings
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, festival of crafts is a vibrant showcase of the UK’s best contemporary craft and design. Discover a curated selection of handcrafted jewellery, ceramics and more in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere where visitors can browse the stands and meet the makers. Each day features a programme of bookable workshops and free demonstrations from craft experts, offering plenty of inspiration and creativity for all ages.
For more information, visit farnhammaltings.com
SHADOW CRAFT / OCTOBER 10 / WEST HORSLEY PLACE
Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this friendly, hands-on session is perfect for everyone. You’ll learn how to craft intricate paper designs and, using pressed flowers, create a stunning cyanotype print, using light to create rich, blue-toned images. It’s a perfect way to unwind, tap into your creativity, and leave with beautiful, unique artwork you’ve made yourself. No prior experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and enjoy the process!
For more information, visit westhorsleyplace.org
RICK BUCKLER: MUSIC, MEMORIES AND THE JAM / OCTOBER 12 / WOKING THEATRE
Rick Buckler: Music, Memories & The Jam is a special night of live music, memories, and celebration honouring the life and legacy of Rick Buckler, legendary drummer of The Jam. Featuring live music from A Band Called Malice, Steve Brookes (founding member of The Jam), The Highliners and Pretty Green, plus stories, memories and much much more.
For more information, visit atgtickets.com
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL / OCTOBER 13, 15 + 18 / EVERYMAN CINEMA, ESHER
Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL is the genre-defying musical blending modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale of two intertwining love stories: that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and King Hades and his wife Persephone. Filmed live on stage in London’s West End and featuring the original Broadway stars, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
For more information, visit everymancinema.com
JANE EYRE / OCTOBER 13 – 24 / ROSE THEATRE, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
One woman’s fight for a life that is worthy of her courage and a love that is worthy of her heart. Orphaned as a young girl, the passionate and sensitive Jane longs to escape the clutches of her cruel aunt. Freedom beckons when she is offered the job of a governess in the house of the brooding and secretive Mr Rochester. As intrigue turns to attraction, Jane finds herself drawn in by Rochester’s mercurial charm. The Charlotte Brontë classic comes to Rose Theatre this month bringing the drama.
For more information, visit rosetheatre.org
SCUMMY MUMMIES: HOT MESS / OCTOBER 15 / YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD
MUMS’ NIGHT OUT! Helen and Ellie are back with a brand-new comedy show that will have you laughing till you wee. From menopause to mansplaining, teenagers to Tinder, no subject is safe. Featuring brand new songs, sketches, stand-up, and of course, sparkly new catsuits. Bring your mates, bring your mum, bring your partner if they’re feeling brave enough… It’s a big Scummy party!
For more information, visit yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
CALLY BEATON: NAMASTE MOTHERF*CKERS / OCTOBER 17 / CRANLEIGH ARTS
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) – a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Combining Cally’s comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts from her provocative, stereotype-busting book of the same name, the show has at its heart her own story of radical reinvention – taking her from meetings in boardrooms to treading the boards, thanks to a chance conversation with the late, great Joan Rivers. A funny show about a deadly serious subject,Namaste Motherf*ckers is a celebration of and for the female of the species. Invisible no more.
For more information, visit cranleigharts.org
ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW & THE LOW RIDERS / OCTOBER 17 / GODALMING BOROUGH HALL
Get ready for the mercurial musical talents of Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders as they bring the groove to Godalming this month. Coming to prominence as the lead singer in Amen Corner, the 60s saw the band clock up hit after pop hit. Songs such as ‘Bend Me Shape Me’, ‘Hello Suzy’, ‘( If Paradise is ) Half As Nice’ are internationally remembered to this day.
For more information, visit eclecticlivemusic.com
PRINTMAKING / OCTOBER 17 / THE LIGHTBOX, WOKING
It’s often said that printmaking is where craft meets art. Come and explore the craft of carving lino to create an original artwork at The Lightbox in Woking this month. Under the guidance of local printmaker Jo Boddy you not only experience the thrill of peeling your own print back from a plate you have cut, but will take the next steps in linocut printmaking and add a second colour.
For more information, visit thelightbox.org.uk
WALTON FOLK: HANNAH SANDERS & BEN SAVAGE / OCTOBER 19 / RIVERHOUSE BARN ARTS CENTRE, WALTON-ON-THAMES
Critically acclaimed folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage join forces with virtuoso double bassist Jon Thorne come to Walton-on-Thames this month. With their vintage guitars and heartfelt harmony vocals sharing just a single microphone forpickup, Hannah & Ben’s live shows have always been magical, intimate experiences. This special collaboration with Thorne’s unmistakably rich tone and musical intuition promises to be a balm for the soul.
For more information, visit riverhousebarn.co.uk
THE BEAT / OCTOBER 19 / G LIVE, GUILDFORD
Legendary 2-Tone group The bEAT, led by vocalist Dave Wakeling are joined by special guests The Selekter at G Live this month. Formed in 1979, The bEAT made an instant impact with their debut single, an infectious cover of the Smokey Robinson classic Tears of a Clown, released on 2-Tone Records and entering the UK charts at No. 6. Alongside contemporaries The Specials, Madness and The Selecter, The bEAT became an overnight sensation. Expect skanking.
For more information, visit glive.co.uk
Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs / October 21 / Farnham Maltings
Alasdair Beckett-King is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs! As seen on Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
For more information, visit farnhammaltings.com
MOCK TUDOR COMEDY CLUB / OCTOBER 23 / RIVERHOUSE BARN, WALTON-ON-THAMES
For your fill of the silly stuff this month, mooch on over to Walton’s Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre and get ready for a giggle or two at the monthly Mock Tudor Comedy Club. Sit back and enjoy jokes and japes from headliner Paul Tonkinson as he’s joined by a cast of merry makers.
For more information, visit riverhousebarn.co.uk
SAXON SAGA / OCTOBER 24 – 25 / WEST HORSLEY PLACE
Travel back in time 1000 years to discover our Saxon stories at West Horsley Place’s autumn festival of Saxon craft, food, storytelling and fire. Discover weaving, smithing, spinning and dyeing with reenactors Herigeas Hundas, and Saxon flavours from Jane’s Historical Kitchen. Enjoy Beowulf performed in three parts throughout the day, culminating at dusk as a handcrafted Saxon ship is set alight against the darkening sky. Herigeas Hundas make themselves at home across West Horsley Place, with weavers, smiths, spinners and dyers working as they would have a thousand years ago. Watch combat and archery displays, sample authentic Saxon tasters from Jane’s Historical Kitchen, and, for those wanting to delve deeper, enjoy a programme of talks in the barn throughout the afternoon.
For more information, visit westhorsleyplace.org
CRANLEIGH COMEDY CLUB / OCTOBER 24 / CRANLEIGH ARTS
Welcome to Cranleigh’s funniest spot – a comedy club that will leave you in stitches! Have a cackle and make your way to England’s largest village for a night of the funny stuff. Enjoy japes by stand-up comics Nick Helm, Joey Page, Pierre Hollins and Ryan Mold.
For more information, visit cranleigharts.org
GENERAL LEVY / OCTOBER 24 / THE BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD
Wicked. The don of the jungle, one General Levy comes to The Boileroom in Guildford for a night of vibes. Responsible for bringing the bass and beats of jungle music to the UK masses in the 90s, did you know that the General was once left in exile from the Junglist Massive for making the music popular with the kids? Get some tickets quick for a nighty on dutty bass.
For more information, visit theboileroom.net
WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE / OCTOBER 25 / ORANGE TREE THEATRE, RICHMOND
Written in the revolutionary decade of the 1790s, Elizabeth Inchbald’s comedy places women at the centre of a changing society. Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are exposes the tension between female autonomy and the idealism, nostalgia, and expectations imposed by the men determined to shape their futures. Revived for today by Creation Theatre and the Orange Tree Theatre, this script-in-hand performance reminds us that debates around gender, power, and choice are anything but historical. Bold, playful and incisive, this is a comedy with teeth…and a past that speaks directly to the present.
For more information, visit orangetreetheatre.co.uk
GUILDFORD JAZZ JAM / OCTOBER 27 / THE BRITANNIA, GUILDFORD
Fancy a jazz jam? Part of this year’s Jazz and Soul Festival, pop along to The Britannia in Guildford for a session of smooth grooves. All instrumentalists and singers are very welcome – bring your instrument and sit in with the band or just come along for a drink and the music! Free entry, all welcome.
For more information, visit guildfordjazz.org.uk
ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC EXPLAINED – LIVE! / OCTOBER 27 / YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD
Fancy a night of musical misinformation? Appearing at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this October, Rainer Hersch is half German, half English, which means he’d like to take over the world but he’s too polite… Why is organ music so boring? What did Mozart steal from ABBA? and What do conductors actually do? Whether you are a music professor or can’t tell string quartets from a string vest, relax: All Classical Music Explained will teach you nothing but it will make you laugh. Really laugh.
For more information, visit yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
GRAYSHOTT FOLK CLUB: JOHN BLEK / OCTOBER 27 / GRAYSHOTT VILLAGE HALL
Hailing from Cork in Ireland, John Blek returns to Grayshott Folk Club for a night of enchanting folk music. Snap up some tickets and expect to be spellbound.
For more information, visit grayshottfolkclub.co.uk
A NEW PARADISE / UNTIL NOVEMBER 15 / WATTS GALLERY ARTISTS’ VILLAGE, COMPTON
Inspired by the natural world, Victorian designer and poet William Morris first found fame with The Earthly Paradise (1868 to 70), an epic poem drawing on Classical and Norse mythology. His interest in beauty went further than storytelling. It shaped his politics, his writing, and his belief in the handmade, a philosophy that would define his celebrated fabrics and wallpapers. For Morris, beauty was never a luxury. It was essential to life itself. A century and a half later, his ideas feel newly relevant. A New Paradise brings together new work by five contemporary artists who share that vision, each reinterpreting Morris’s Paradise for the 21st century.
For more information, visit wattsgallery.org.uk
PHILIP COLBERT: THE LOST GARDENS OF LOBSTEROPOLIS / UNTIL NOVEMBER 1 / THE LIGHTBOX GALLERY, WOKING
The Lost Gardens of Lobsteropolis welcomes visitors into Philip Colbert’s bold and exuberant visual universe. Best known for his iconic lobster character, the exhibition presents large scale paintings and immersive environments that combine art history, popular culture, and the imagery of contemporary digital life. Colbert’s work is energetic, humorous, and visually saturated, offering a playful but sharply observed reflection on how images circulate and accumulate meaning today.
For more information, visit thelightbox.org.uk
