LOVE COMES TO WATERMANS theatre with three different manifestations of love: Beginning with Bollywood Love, then Divine Love and finally Romantic Love -- love is all around at Watermans..... read on

BOLLYWOOD LOVE

Matribhoomi Theatre Company presents: Obviously, You are Pregnant, and You Look Fat! -a Bollywood love-story for all the family
Written by Gurdip Kaur Chaudhary & Jitender Singh
Directed by Jitender Singh
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 September @7.45pm
Tickets: Thurs 16 & Sun 19 September Full £10 (£8 conc.) Fri 17 & Sat 18 Sept Full £12 (£10 conc.)
Box Office: 020 8232 1010
www.watermans.org.uk

'Obviously, You are Pregnant and You look Fat!,' is the immortal line uttered by Jeet on the Channel 4 reality TV series, The Family, when his wife Kaki asks him if she looks fat.

The Channel 4's series may have propelled the couple into the limelight, but this play, tells the real love story of Jeet and Kaki, which begins when an emerging Bollywood actor meets Desk Top Publishing project leader in Mumbai and both of them fall in love at first sight.

What follows is marriage, the couple starting a new life in UK, setting up a successful theatre company and the birth of their two adorable children, Bhavika and Jaskaranjeet, and as this musical love story unfolds there is lots of love, sacrifice, singing, snake dancing and laughter!

Starring Jeet, Kaki (who makes her debut on stage), and a few puppets, the show will feature and exclusive sound track sung by Jeet as he sets out to win his true love and impress his fans! A great night out with members of The Family, who have found a place in our hearts as their bared their souls on the reality television show with candour and compassion.

Watermans Presents: Arctic Adventures Family Fun Day on Sunday 12 September as we launch our packed Autumn Season of Children's theatre and workshops events.
Come and share in the fun with a very special day packed full of activities for all the family. Doors open at 12:30pm and the fun begins at 1pm continuing until 5pm. Audiences will be entranced with Penguin, a fabulous musical and puppet performance, adapted by Long Nose Puppets (a Watermans favourite), from the award winning author, Polly Dunbar.
Ben is delighted when he rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin!" says Ben. Penguin says nothing. What can Ben do to make Penguin speak? Follow the twists and turns of this charming tale of friendship and unspoken loyalty in which a silent Penguin turns marvellously eloquent and a little boy finally gets his heart's desire.
The Times described this show as 'a visual delight', and if this is not enough of a treat, then children can also enjoy Cartoon shorts in the Cinema; arctic movement workshops, face painting, and Arctic Adventures murals and much more....
SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER, FAMILY FUN DAY
ARCTIC ADVENTURES
1pm - 5pm (Doors Open 12.30)
Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50)
For children aged three years & their families.

Children's Theatre continues on a weekly basis with shows every Sunday afternoon and special events over October Half Term (October 24 - 31) while the Watermans Christmas treat for 2010 will be The Little Red Hen from Fri 10 - Thurs 23 December, presented by Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse. Keep watching the website for regular information or join our mailing list.

Are you interested in the history of Brentford's waterways?

If so then the Hounslow Heritage Guides walk could be for you.

Chiswick is the 8th most burgled area in the UK according to a survey of home insurance claims.

Around one in 12 W4 residents claimed for theft in 2009, according to Moneysupermarket.com.
The only other London districts that came higher than Chiswick in the survey were Blackheath, Hammersmith and Finsbury Park.

Rumours of a real life jaws lurking in Brentford's canal are spreading.

Sightings of a shark fin in London's canal system are causing a bit of a stir however British Waterways have confirmed it is nothing more than a hoax.

A man has been killed and two others injured following a serious car crash by Gunnersbury Park in the early hours of this morning.

The accident happened at around 2am on Gunnersbury Avenue, between Popes Lane and Chiswick roundabout.

WATERMANS OPEN WEEKEND EVENT
Saturday 24 July /12 noon - 4pm
LIVE ACTION PAINTING in Hounslow High Street (Staines Road End)
FREE EVENT
www.watermans.org.uk

The talented and cool painter, Elizabeth Hepworth arrives in Hounslow High Street for a public live-art performance that combines street-art, figurative painting and drawing and audience participation.
This highly commended contemporary artist, who hails from West London will be painting and reworking her canvas to the inspiration of her surroundings, music and general public. The public will be encouraged to 'sit' for the artist and have their bodies and faces worked into the image.
"I am not a billboard," jokes the artist, who describes her work as a "rhythm fuelled live painting experience."
The abstract, imaginative performance painting will be continuous throughout the piece, although the artist at her discretion may encourage some of the members of the public to mark the image.
"I want to make people happy, even if it is momentarily. And I am going to make a difference. I think life is amazing!"
Hepworth is young talented artist, who has been highly recommended by Aesthetica Magazine in the field of 'Artwork and Photography'.
This free public event is part of the Watermans involvement i the Open Weekend celebrations of events around the UK.

For more information visit www.elizabethhepworth.com

IN a last ditch attempt to raise the remaining funds for the Tropical Zoo a councillor is riding from Bristol to Brentford.

Last year Syon Councillor Jon Hardy scuba-dived in the Syon Park based Zoo's piranna tank to raise awareness of their plight, but says the cycle ride he started on Saturday is "the most stupid thing" he has ever attempted.

A BRENTFORD houseboat owner has failed in a high court battle to block plans for visitor moorings on the River Brent.

Nigel Moore, a Community Councillor and waterways advisor, hoped to persuade Judge Mr Justice Wyn Williams, to quash a Government planning inspector's decision to grant permission for the moorings at Ferry Quay, on the north bank of the river where it meets the Thames.

Mr Moore fears the development will jeopardise Government plans to promote use of the waterways for transport of freight and waste.

A SPORTS journalist gave an inspiring speech to graduating students at a Chiswick School.

BBC sports frontman, John Inverdale, spoke to a packed hall of year eights and their parents at Chiswick Community School's graduation event to mark the end of Key Stage three.