Arts Richmond Presents
Festival of Phenomenal Females
A Celebration of Female Composers.
FLAGSHIP FESTIVAL CONCERT
8TH MARCH 2026 5:00PM
Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN
Arts Richmond Celebrates its 60th Year with A Festival of Phenomenal Woman in recognition of International Woman’s Day, we are starting with an amazing evening in the company of two phenomenal women composers Debbie Wiseman OBE composer of the Wolf Hall music and our very own patron Roxanna Panufik who is one of the most versatile and beloved British composers working today.
Featuring
A panel discussion with : Debbie Wiseman, Roxanna Panufnik, Leah Broad, Lottie Walker (facilitator)
Followed by a Repertoire of
Debbie Wiseman: Wolf Hall Suite (premiere, string quartet and piano)
Roxanna Panufnik; Wild Musick (choral setting of verse by Alexander Pope)
Solarek Piano Trio with friends & Twickenham Choral
Piano Trio 1st movement
Cécile Chaminade, Piano Trio No 2 in A minor op 34 1st movement: Allegro moderato.
Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights (arr for string quartet)

Join us for an afternoon of celebrating the work of our Young Writers finalists.
We received over 790 entries into this year's competition. We have now compiled a presentation of the finalists' written pieces that have made it through.
We had two themes this year: 'Something Extraordinary' and 'My World'. Join us to see our young actors bring to life the extraordinary work submitted by the borough's children.
This annual event is supported by a well-known author and our valued patron, Anthony Horowitz.
The date is Sunday, 15th March at 4.00 pm (Doors Open at 3.30 pm ) at The Exchange, Twickenham
We have also published an anthology of all the children's work, which will be available for pre-order or on sale on the day.
Young Writers 2025/26 Finalists
A World of Hope by Uthman Mallik Year 2
Life with Benji by Benji Hodges Year 3
Josh's Dream by Nathan Simpson Year 4
The Infinite Black Hole by Mikhail Larkov Year 4
Save our Park by Mila Storey Year 3
My World is a Magical Place by Grayson Ford Year 4
The Adventure by Maia Jade Dufton year 3
How Rosie the Giraffe Made Friends by Beatrix Salter Year 2
Sky World Lost by Scott Cohen Year 4
My Extraordinary Sunday by Tahaan Roy Year 3
River Round Up by Penelope Jamie Ghioules Year 3
The voice of 'my world' by Aduraiyah Duyile-Knight Year 2
My Special Place by Amber Gennings Year 5
A UTOPIA by Karim Shah Year 6
The Story of Bunny World Domination by Evie Gane Year 5
A CAT'S WORLD [Oh boy...] by Lillian Wrenn Year 5
My World-confuzzling is my lot! by Olivia Darcy Josephine Brown Year 6
Ember Parade by Sophia Charlotte Goudarzi Year 6 6
The Magic Tongue: Flavor Wizard Extraordinaire! By Aveer Sanghvi Year 6
From My Planet to Yours by Daisy Newman Year 6
The Orangutan by Mabel Langstaff Year 6
The Ballerina Box by Solveig Alpkvist Year 5
My Life as a Tennis Ball by Lewis Grayson Miller Year 6
The World I Call Home by Kate Chiu Year 8
The Library of Stars by Khudeeja Begum Year 7
Beyond the Price Tags by Sukey Fox Year 8
The Creature Scribbled in Black by Stella Margaret Storey Year 7
Breath of the Frog by Felix George Nicolas Carr –Hill Year 9
I’m a girl from Afghanistan by Ottilie Slade Year 8
When two orbits briefly shared a sun by Mikail Zaman Year 7
Just a Day by Simon Bennett Year 7
My World of Lego by Alec Knights Year 8
New World, A New Future by Tshering Dorji Penjor Year 7
COLLAPSING GALAXIES by Bobby Pomroy Year 7
Listening by Sudeshna Navashanker Year 12

We're delighted to present a celebration of local young talent in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and playwriting - watch the video below to find out more!
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