CANTERBURY FESTIVAL KENT’S INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 20 OCT - 3 NOV 2018

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Festival Highlights 01

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Performance 20

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Festival Visual Arts 38 Friends Walks 42

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Music Performance Talks

Friday 26 October 7.30pm Tuesday 23 October 7.30pm Friday 26 October 5.45pm Sir Bryn Terfel Släpstick John Suchet Full details on p.7 Full details on p.20 Full details on p.33

Circus Science Family Friendly

Thurs 1 - Sat 3 Nov 7pm, 7pm, 6pm Saturday 27 October 2pm Saturday 27 October 2pm Barely Methodical Troupe Agar Art Children are Stinky Full details on p.25 Full details on p.37 Full details on p.30 Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Music 02

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Saturday 20 October 1pm Saturday 20 October 7.30pm

Ave Dunstane European Union Chamber Orchestra

Canterbury Gregorian Music Society Hans-Peter Hofmann Director Michael Collins Clarinet Helen Nattrass Director Adrian Bawtree Organ Ian Williams Principal Cantor Mark Bateson & Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins Christopher Smith Assistant Cantor Philippa Jevons Readers Mozart Clarinet Concerto Barber Adagio for Strings The Canterbury Gregorian Music Society’s concerts are among the Festival’s most Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings popular events. This chant from the 13th-century Worcester Antiphonal in honour of St Dunstan has been newly transcribed from the original and is unlikely to have been ‘As near to perfection as it’s possible to get’ Cambridge Evening News heard in Canterbury since the Reformation. St Dunstan (909-988) was famously gifted in the arts and music, became Archbishop of Canterbury and ended his life The European Union Chamber Orchestra consistently gives fresh, dynamic teaching in the school of Theodore and Hadrian in Canterbury. Here, music and performances which benefit from the physical freedom of their playing standing readings tell his story from contemporaneous sources. The organ offers alternating up. For the Festival’s Opening Concert they are joined by one of Britain’s most verses to the psalm settings and punctuates the concert with some solos. distinguished clarinettists, Michael Collins, in a programme centred on Mozart’s masterpiece – the autumnal, evocative Clarinet Concerto. St. Dunstan’s Church, Canterbury A sprightly opening with Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins, and the graceful Tickets £9.50 romance of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings complete an evening of ‘virtually unalloyed delight’ International Record Review.

Every year the Festival works closely Cathedral Nave Sunday 21 October Tickets £26.25, £21.25, £19.25, £16.25 3.15pm with the Cathedral throughout the two Partner & Principal Sponsor week period. The Cathedral offers this Festival Evensong special Evensong as part of the the Festival’s city-wide celebrations. All ticket prices include a Marlowe per-ticket booking fee of £1.25 03 Music Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Saturday 20 October 8.30pm Sunday 21 October 11am

The Christians Festival Chamber Orchestra

On the back of a hugely successful tour last year and a new album Sings & Strings Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D Minor. (out now) The Christians are back on the road and opening the Spiegeltent with a Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro) show-stopping gig. They took the British pop charts by storm in the late 1980s and Rutter Dashing Away early 1990s when they had seven hit singles from their multi-platinum selling debut Purcell Rondeau album, The Christians. One of the great musical assets of the area, the Festival Chamber Orchestra earns Ideal World, Born Again and Hooverville were shortly followed by number one selling consistently glowing reviews for its innovative programming and quality playing. album Colour. Their version of Harvest for the World raised millions for Unicef. Principal Oboist Ian Crowther draws from his vast experience and starry address BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans described The Christians’ set on air in December as book of top professional musicians, to create concerts to surprise and delight. ‘The best gig I've ever been to.' See if he's right. A sparkling way to spend a Sunday morning… coffee anyone?

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Sunday 21 October 7.30pm Sunday 21 October 8pm

The Feeling The Sammy Rimington International Band Twelve years after the release of their celebrated million-selling album Twelve Stops and Home, The Feeling are touring for the first time in over two years. Of all the ‘honorary’ New Orleans citizens who come from England, multi- Twelve Stops and Home was originally released in 2006 and its fiercely infectious, instrumentalist Sammy Rimington is surely among the most lyrically musical. Expect life-affirming brand of pop, pitched somewhere between Queen, the Scissor Sisters, to hear his graceful and highly creative brand of New Orleans trad jazz, honed after ELO and Supertramp, helped earn the band the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriters 50 years playing with Ken Colyer´s Jazzmen in the 1960s and many of the jazz of the Year. legends in Britain, Europe and America. Sit back and enjoy the master at work.

Expect to hear the big-hearted songs that became hit singles: Sewn, Fill My Little ‘Sammy Rimington's playing demonstrates the clarinet's matchless range of funky World, Never Be Lonely, Rose and Love It When You Call. virtuosity, which makes jazz's past as real as its future' The New York Times

‘Within my lifetime, people will refer to the first album by The Feeling as a Spiegeltent masterpiece’ Caitlin Moran Tickets £19.25

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Monday 22 October 7.30pm Tuesday 23 October 8.30pm Wednesday 24 October 7.30pm

Bursary Competition Final Tom Robinson Elégie

Book early for the Festival’s annual classical music Marking 40 years since his debut album Power In The Rachmaninoff - A Heart in Exile competition, now in its eighth year. The competition Darkness, expect Tom Robinson and his band to be at final has launched some of Kent’s finest young their incendiary best. Lucy Parham Piano musicians, supporting them in their performance Henry Goodman Narrator development with a significant bursary. It is fiercely Known today as a broadcaster - hosting three shows competitive and each year the standards seem higher a week on BBC 6 Music - Tom first made a name with Pianist Lucy Parham returns to the Festival with a new than ever. his punk era hits 2-4-6-8 Motorway and Up Against programme chronicling the life of composer and pianist The Wall. A staunch advocate for Rock Against Racism Sergei Rachmaninoff. The talent, technical brilliance and poise of the young and LGBT rights, his anthem Glad To Be Gay became players is tested as the judges have the privilege of a Top 20 hit (despite a ban by Radio 1). He's co-written The composer became an exile in 1917, and his deciding who wins the prize and the role of Festival songs with Elton John, Peter Gabriel and released 12 longing for his homeland imbues his music. The Ambassador for the year. solo albums. With support from Lee Forsyth-Griffiths, narrative, scripted from letters and diaries, follows hear his classic songs performed by a veteran artist at Rachmaninoff from his youth in Russia, through his St Gregory’s Centre for Music the top of his game. self-imposed exile in 1917 and finally to California USA, Tickets £15.25, students £8.25 where he died in 1943. Spiegeltent Supported by Tickets £26.25 The programme includes many of his best-loved works for solo piano, including a selection of Preludes, Sponsored by Etudes-Tableaux, Moments Musicaux and the haunting Elégie, as well as works by Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.

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Thursday 25 October 7.30pm

The Shires

The UK’s most successful country music act The Shires are guaranteed to be among the hottest tickets of the Festival. The British country duo – singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes – got together in 2013 and released their debut album Brave in 2015, becoming the first UK country act to chart in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. The group's second album, My Universe, became the fastest- selling UK country album in history when it was released in October 2016.

After playing a handful of shows together, The Shires were signed in the UK by Decca Records; they also secured a contract with American record label Universal Music Group Nashville, thus becoming the first- ever English country act to be signed to a major Nashville label. They were also the first UK country act to have a top ten album and the first to receive an award from the American Country Music Association. Expect an evening of ballads, up-tempo beats and a mix of pop elements running through their own brand of country.

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Friday 26 October 7.30pm Saturday 27 October 7.30pm

Sir Bryn Terfel Rachel Podger (Violin) and VOCES8

One of the greatest musicians of his generation, Sir Bryn Terfel’s charismatic presence A Guardian Angel draws thousands to hear him sing and he is in huge demand by the world’s leading opera houses. He is equally compelling in recital, communicating with audiences in ‘Queen of the Baroque violin’ (Sunday Times) Rachel Podger’s serene and beguiling the most direct and intimate way. We are delighted to present this special solo recital virtuosity is the angelic guiding voice amidst choral masterpieces sung by star vocal which is sure to be one of the standout performances of the Festival’s musical history. ensemble VOCES8. Designed to explore the acoustics of the Cathedral, the music alternates between the artists with VOCES8 calling to Rachel’s central ‘Angel’ from Accompanied on the piano by Annabel Thwaite, the programme mixes works by around the space. Schumann and Schubert with Sir Bryn’s personal selection of folk and traditional songs from the four corners of the United Kingdom. A giant in reputation and voice, The programme includes beautiful solo Bach and Biber from Rachel, The Three Kings Sir Bryn’s ability to mine drama and character even from smaller works is a rare treat (a commission by Jonathan Dove), works by MacMillan, Tomkins and Gibbons and for Canterbury and not to be missed. culminates in a final prayer – a new work by Owain Park – Antiphon for the Angels.

There are a limited number of VIP tickets where the price includes a post-concert ‘The slickest of the lot…fans of a cappella ought to hear this’ CD Review BBC Radio 3 reception with Sir Bryn Terfel. Cathedral Nave Sponsored by Marlowe Theatre Tickets £26.25, £21.25, £19.25, £16.25 Tickets £101.25 (VIP), £71.25, £56.25, £46.25, £31.25

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Thursday 25 October 9.30pm Friday 26 October 9.30pm Saturday 27 October 9.30pm

Mampama Mamas Gun Club Click

Kent and London-based Mampama formed in 2015 Brit soul band Mamas Gun have sparked millions of Club Click – Brighton’s legendary disco, soul and through a love of two of the great West African popular streams worldwide while their first three albums, Routes funk night brings Studio 54 to the Canterbury music styles: ‘palm wine’ music from Sierra Leone, to Riches (2009), The Life and Soul (2011), and Cheap Spiegeltent. Booty queens and hip hustlers, don based around a distinctive two-finger guitar picking Hotel (2014), spawned Top 10 hits on four continents. your funky threads, gorgeous gowns and let your style, and ‘highlife’, the great Ghanaian fusion of freak flag fly at our dazzling evening of sumptuous traditional rhythms and jazz. For this gig the core four- This summer saw the release of Golden Days (2018), glamour, glittering divas, hot stepping fellas and dirty piece band will be richly expanded with percussion, billed as their defining masterpiece, which chronicles disco dancing. a brass section and some veteran guest players. the band's decade-long journey to date. With shades of Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates and a dash of Prince, Club Click presents Cuttin’ Luce, Local Honey and Infectious grooves, great musicianship and even a little get up and boogie to the Guns’ smooth, funky sound. Desert Ivan Discs, with special guest The Dance Floor of the history behind the songs... expect to dance! Activist. Enter the Soul Train Boogiedown with prizes ‘A blend of funk and deep soul that really gets you for Best Dressed and Best Dancers. Spiegeltent moving' Earmilk Tickets £16.25 Spiegeltent Spiegeltent Tickets £13.25 Sponsored by Tickets £16.25 (see package deals p.17) (see package deals p.17)

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Saturday 27 October 7.30pm

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

The Brit Award nominated singer, onwards include Young Blood, Take Me songwriter, model and Strictly star, Home and Murder on the Dancefloor rose to fame as a vocalist on universal – Europe’s most-played song of 2002. number 1 Groovejet (If this Ain’t Love) This spring Sophie released orchestrated – thought to be the first song ever to be versions of all her hits and past single played on an iPod – before embarking releases – we’re loving the transformation on a solo career. from glitter-ball queen to deluxe songster.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ice-cool, cut-glass Accompanied by a full band and string vocals lent a sophisticated edge to section, see Ellis-Bextor perform your her work. Hits from the early noughties favourite hits with added oomph.

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Sunday 28 October 7.30pm Sunday 28 October 8pm Tuesday 30 October 8pm

Journey through Conflict: The Good Gnus Embraceable Ella From Then until Now Enjoy some novel zoology with Flanders and Swann’s In this celebration of her vocal heroine, Joanna Eden tales of warthogs and gnus, muse on horticulture with and the Chris Ingham Trio explore Ella Fitzgerald’s Nicholas McCarthy Piano a sad story of the honeysuckle and the bindweed, or repertoire, from the throw-away A Tisket A Tasket to ponder transport on a slow train or a London bus. Add timeless classics by Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and Commemorating the Centenary of the end of WW1, to this clever and droll songs by Noël Coward, Skellern many more. Major General Andy Salmon (rtd) CMG OBE, leads us and Stilgoe and the wonderfully sharp Tom Lehrer and through a unique event, charting the experiences of you have a perfect evening’s entertainment. Joanna grew up with Ella on the record player thanks to servicemen & women in conflict from WW1 through to her jazz bass-playing father. She describes Ella’s voice WW2, the Troubles and to recent campaigns, including Spiegeltent as ‘a warm, familiar hug from my childhood… it’s like Iraq and Afghanistan. This artistic performance Tickets £17.25 Ella was one of the family’. features renowned one-handed concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy, whose performance of Left-Hand Sponsored by Joanna Eden’s ability to combine jazz vocal dexterity Alone repertoire arranged for injured service personnel with heartfelt emotion and great storytelling gives her following WW1, is fused with the artwork, voices, poetry the skills to pay a fitting tribute to the legendary artist. and stories of our veterans’ personal journey through conflict, injury and rehabilitation. Told with unflinching ‘The UK’s answer to Diana Krall and Norah Jones’ honesty, grit and humour, their courage and bravery is Time Out both uplifting and inspiring. Spiegeltent Shirley Hall, The King's School Tickets £18.25 Tickets £21.25, students £13.25 Sponsored by

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Sunday 28 October 11am Monday 29 October 7.30pm

Fourtouna Melvyn Tan (Piano)

Brought together by their love for the music of their homelands and a fascination Schubert Sonata in G major D894 Op78 with world music, two instrumentalists combine the gypsy musical traditions of Beethoven Sonata No.31 in A♭ major Op110 Europe and world music, including Greek Rebetiko, Argentinian tango and Jazz. Beethoven Sonata No.32 in C minor Op111

Another great start to a Sunday morning with lively original compositions and Exploration, insight and imagination are vital ingredients in Melvyn Tan’s blend traditional music from all corners of the Earth. of artistic attributes. He established his international reputation in the 1980s with pioneering performances on the fortepiano and he applies lessons learned from Spiegeltent pianos of the past to conjure subtle new colours and details of articulation from the Tickets £12.25 modern concert instrument.

Singapore-born, he marked his 60th birthday in 2016 with a UK tour with the Bruckner Orchester Linz, a Wigmore birthday broadcast on BBC Radio 3, tours to Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia and the release of a CD of Beethoven, Czerny and Liszt – Master and Pupil. This evening’s programme – comprising Beethoven’s farewell to the piano sonata – raises daunting technical and interpretive challenges that Tan is fully equipped to embrace.

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Tuesday 30 October 7.30pm Wednesday 31 October 8.30pm

The King’s Singers: Gold Jamie Smith’s MABON (Wales)

In 1968 six choral scholars from Cambridge founded a singing group and Singular music that’s toe-tappingly good – Jamie Smith’s MABON is a blend of accidentally started a phenomenon. Two counter tenors, a tenor, two baritones world music and Celtic roots that combines traditional instruments with a modern and a bass – the line-up remains while the faces have been refreshed. Fifty years rhythm section. The band performs outstanding original compositions – both on, it’s hard to think of a group whose music-making has aged so well – with joy and instrumental and vocal – mostly written and composed by this five piece band of eclecticism defining their material, and vocal sheen and glorious harmonies setting dazzling musicians. new benchmarks in a cappella singing. This evening’s programme, Gold, spans music from the Renaissance to the Beatles proving that first-class musicianship Expect the driving rhythms of jigs, groove-fuelled reels, sing-along epics, haunting never goes out of fashion. Welsh-language love-songs – all are given the same passionate treatment.

‘The Golden Anniversary (50th!) of the a cappella group, the King’s Singers, ‘A fearsome reputation as a live band… stratospheric’ Financial Times was marked by a concert at Carnegie Hall this weekend, and it would have been momentous if it had simply marked that milestone; it was, however much more ‘If music could fuel engines, MABON could solve the energy crisis’ Songlines than a milestone, and it re-affirmed this ensemble’s continued stature among the preeminent ensembles of the world.' NY Concert Review Inc, USA April 2018 Spiegeltent Tickets £16.25 ‘The superlative vocal sextet’ The Times

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Thursday 1 November 7.30pm Inspired by Frank Sinatra’s legendary collaboration director Matt Skelton to perform some of the best-known with the Hollywood String Quartet, Close to You features popular songs of the 20th Century. Savour a finely- a unique group of handpicked musicians chosen for their balanced evening of lush ballad settings and elegant Close to You sound and empathy for this extraordinary music. swinging arrangements in celebration of the art of song.

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Friday 2 November 7.30pm

Trio HLK & Evelyn Glennie

‘One of the most exciting young ensembles to have emerged in the last year’ BBC Jazz

Legendary Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie has been profoundly deaf since the age of 12 and taught herself to hear with parts of her body other than her ears. She describes her recent collaboration with Trio HLK as ‘a venture out of my comfort zone’ and it may be that this concert is unlike anything you’ve heard before.

With Rich Harrold on piano, Ant Law on guitar and Richard Kass on drums, Trio HLK recorded its first album last year with Dame Evelyn on vibraphone and marimba, and Steve Lehman on sax.

Their music subtly develops from jazz standards into rhythmically intricate compositions and complex frameworks for improvisations, leading the listener into unknown territory by a familiar thread. At times challenging, at others mesmeric, described as ‘elegant, dizzying, serene’ (London Jazz Review) – this will be the concert that everyone will be talking about. Book early.

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Saturday 3 November 7.30pm Saturday 3 November 8.30pm

Hymn of Praise YolanDa Brown

Canterbury Choral Society and London Mozart Players Award winning YolanDa Brown is the premier female saxophonist in the UK. Her music is a delicious fusion of Reggae, Jazz and Soul. YolanDa has toured with Rebecca Lea Soprano The Temptations, Diana Krall, Billy Ocean and as part of Jools Holland’s Rhythm Madeleine Shaw Mezzo soprano & Blues Orchestra. Peter Auty Tenor Richard Cooke Conductor A broadcaster, YolanDa is a presenter on BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends with Clive Anderson and for BBC 4 at the Proms. Saturday’s concert in the Cathedral closes the Festival with a romantic flourish. Brahms' choral writing was centred on his German Requiem, but there are shorter A real renaissance woman, set to reach new heights. works of similar quality, two of which – The Alto Rhapsody for alto solo, men’s choir and orchestra, and the Song of Destiny, will be performed by the choir and Spiegeltent orchestra in the first half of the concert. Tickets £21.25 Sponsored by

Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, Lobgesang, better known as Hymn of Praise, follows. A favourite of the choral repertoire ever since it was written in 1840, it has a similar structure to Beethoven’s 9th with three orchestral movements preceding the Technical Sponsor grand, extended choral finale. Hymn of Praise ends with a burst of uplifting energy and fiery choruses, offset by enchantingly lyrical orchestral writing and solos arias. Followed by Closing Party!

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Daytime Concerts in the Spiegeltent

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Schools Concert Series Sponsored by Salon Perdu is back! With the help of Canterbury City Council, we have found Come and support the musicians of the future as they make their a new site for the Salon Perdu in the Coach Park at debut on the Spiegeltent stage. All school concerts are FREE. St John's. See our map on p.58 for the new location Headline Sponsor and the nearest car parks. Please note: there is no parking on the Spiegeltent site.

Tuesday 30 October 1pm Friday 2 November 1pm The Ballroom team will be on hand to serve you at both Kent College Canterbury College bars and there will be food stalls, including That's Amore Ensemble and solo items performed by Kent Music and Performing Arts students from Pizza. Why not enjoy a bite to eat and a drink on the College’s musicians, including the Lower School Canterbury College will be playing, singing, Spiegeltent forecourt pre or post show? Choir, ‘Cantabile’. dancing and acting a selection of popular repertoire and extracts. Or make a night of it with our Spiegeltent packages – Wednesday 31 October 1pm see two shows for a special discounted rate: Simon Langton Saturday 3 November 10.30am Friday 26 October Current sixth-form students perform a range of Play Music Primary Showcase! music including popular songs, hits from the Are you ready to Rock! Talented children from Le Gateau Chocolat (p.22) & Mamas Gun (p.08) - £31.25 musicals, jazz and classical music. primary schools across Kent come together Saturday 27 October to perform Classic rock hits as well as a few Thursday 1 November 1pm more recent pop favourites. Expect guitar Etienne and Friends (p.23) & Club Click (p.08) - £26.25 Canterbury Academy solos, powerful vocals and crashing cymbals. Thursday 1 & Friday 2 November Students of all ages will perform a range of Featuring children from Herne Bay Junior School, classical, popular and musical theatre songs and Phoenix Community Primary School, Bridge and Lady Luck Cabaret (p.26) & Shift (p.25) - £33.25 pieces, led by their elite sixth form programmes. Patrixbourne C of E Primary among others. See you there! Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Music 18

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Monday 22 October Wednesday 24 October Friday 26 October Wednesday 31 October Automatronic: New Music David Knotts (piano) CONTACT (Dir. Matt Wright) University String Orchestra for Organ and Electronics Sam Corkin (saxophone) As our Creative Music Technology, Commercial (Dir. Martin Outram) An immersive concert of music for C. Debussy, Rhapsodie Music and Music Production students begin a Top Voices (Dir. Chris Price) organ and electronics, performed E. Schulhoff, Hot-Sonate new era of study in an impressive new building A selection-box of truffles from two by members of the collective J. Carmichael, Latin on the Canterbury campus, we present new of the University’s finest ensembles. Automatronic (Huw Morgan, American Dances music, sound and visuals by staff and students All-female choir Top Voices will Michael Bonaventure, Lauren Get your dancing shoes on! From in this first concert by the newly-formed time-travel from Hildegard of Redhead and Alistair Zaldua). Debussy’s sultry and languorous ensemble that unites classical, contemporary Bingen to Billy Joel, while the String Please note this will take place in Rhapsodie – inspired by Spanish and electronic musical traditions. Orchestra is set to perform a Baroque University Chapel, Anselm Building. and Arabic dances – to Schulhoff’s Please note this will take place in Anselm Studio 1. masterpiece. The concert will dazzling Jazz-inspired Hot Sonata, culminate with all forces combined Tuesday 23 October Monday 29 October this superb duo returns with a in a choral work. The Lunaire Quartet delightful programme guaranteed to Canterbury Festival Maxwell Davies Thursday 1 November Stelios Chatziiosifidis (violin) get your toes tapping. Memorial Prize Julian Latham (viola) Martin Outram (viola) | Heledd Wright (flute) Christ Church University Thursday 25 October Mackenzie Richards (violin) Sam Corkin (sax) | David Knotts (piano) Big Band Steve Collisson (cello) Kentish Piano Trio A showcase of student competitions, (Dir. Steve Waterman) M. Ravel, String Quartet in F major Helen Crayford (piano) performed by professional instrumentalists, that The University’s accomplished Big D. Shostakovich String Quartet No.3 Kathy Shave (violin) will culminate in the awarding of the Canterbury Band raises the roof with classic in F major, Op.73 Julia Vohralik (cello) Festival Composers’ Competition prize, named jazz repertoire from Oliver Nelson, The superb string quartet plays with guest performer in honour of the University’s long creative Benny Golson, Henry Mancini, music by two iconic 20th century Stelios Chatziiosifidis (viola) association with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Dizzy Gillespie and many more. composers. Ravel’s dreamlike G. Mahler, Piano Quartet in A minor who died in 2016. Friday 2 November atmosphere contrasts with G. Fauré, Piano Quartet no 1 in Tuesday 30 October Shostakovich’s much darker tone, C minor, Op.15 Dance@Canterbury: RE-MIX coloured by the cataclysmic events of An intriguing programme, juxtaposing Trio ‘Manor Manouche’ Students studying Dance at World War Two and the rise of Stalin. two romantic masterpieces. Mahler’s Nevil Willis & Thomas Abrahams (guitars) Canterbury Christ Church University youthful work, his only piano quartet, Jarrod Coombes (double bass) perform a selection of their Children aged five and over are bears the hallmarks of the great Spend a laid-back lunch hour in the electrifying choreography, including sequences welcome to attend the performances, future symphonist. The Fauré is also company of the acoustic trio that plays that combine digital media and film. when accompanied by a an early piece, but just as passionate gypsy swing in the style of the great Django Please note this will take place in responsible adult. and exciting as his later works. Reinhardt. Not to be missed! Anselm Studio 1. Brewers Decorator Centres bringing colour to Canterbury for over 50 years We’re proud to support the Canterbury Festival 2018 All the paint and wallpaper brands under one roof

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Sunday 21 October 3pm Tuesday 23 October 7.30pm

Goldfield Productions presents Wereldband presents Hansel & Gretel Släpstick

We are delighted to present Hansel & Gretel – a 60-minute work for five musicians, Flying violins! Speed-skating ballet dancers! Släpstick tips a nostalgic wink to a narrator and two puppeteers. Chamber music, shadow-play and animation comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers and Spike Jones through a combine in a grown-up version of an old tale. Against a dark, witty and twisted spectacular collection of musical comedy turns. Rooted in music hall tradition but fairy-tale landscape, contemporary themes of greed and home-coming are explored with a modern twist, this Dutch five-piece band are multi-talented musicians and during a helter-skelter journey and feasts of sugar. riotous knock-about clowns. Släpstick won Spirit of the Fringe Award at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe and it’s impossible to imagine anyone leaving the theatre without The words of poet Simon Armitage’s extended lyrical poem entwine with chamber a smile on their face. music by composer Matthew Kaner, one of the most original voices of his generation. With shadowplay and puppetry by Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Hansel & Gretel presents an Suitable for kids, big kids and those in need of cheering up… Släpstick promises evocative collection of art-forms, drawing audiences into a mysterious yet curiously laughs, gasps or your money back. familiar landscape. ‘Music hall style at a ridiculously high level’ **** NRC [Suitable 12 +] Marlowe Theatre Colyer-Fergusson Hall Tickets £23.25, children £13.25 Tickets £15.50, students £7

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Saturday 20 October 7.30pm Sunday 21 October 2.30pm Wednesday 24 October 7.30pm

Brother Wolf presents Festival Ceilidh The Slightly Fat Show Magic Circle The ultimate fun event for all ages, let your hair down Thrill suppliers Slightly Fat Features return to the In a room in Calme Manor, blooded by an appalling at the Festival Ceilidh, which this year features Reel Festival stuffed to the seams with the best of their ritual, a protective chalk circle has been drawn. Inside Jam – a collective of Kent musicians led by caller staggering stunts, lots of laughs and orchestrated sits Professor Harry Cutley, seemingly intent on Sue Hudson. mayhem to dazzle and delight. undoing a spell cast by a former pupil. Outside stands Inspector Nicholas Gammell, Nicker of the Yard, a You will be guided through a range of barn dances – Direct from Sunday Night at the London Palladium, rational detective with an unsolved case on his books so definitely no experience required – set to the foot- Just for Laughs, The Edinburgh Fringe and the West and a suspect in his sights. Tonight, both men will seek stomping fiddles of Graham Knibbs and Krista Bubble, End, they have riotous comedy, live music, circus tricks, answers to mysteries vast and colossal... with Sue Hudson on concertina, the driving rhythms incredible illusions and plenty of surprises in store. of guitarist Jim Bryden and bass-player Mike Peters. This sinister two-handed mystery drama is guaranteed A night of variety suitable for the whole family, it is best to have you on the edge of your seats. Songs between dances feature powerful voices and described as ‘Cirque du Soleil meets Monty Python’. excellent harmonies and give you a chance to get your ‘Some of the best acting I've seen on stage... truly epic’ breath back. Bring your comfy shoes – you won’t want Variety is back and it's Slightly Fat. UK Theatre Network to sit down! ‘Inspired silliness… a perfect pick me up' [Suitable 12+] Spiegeltent **** The Times Tickets £11.25 (Group of 4 £36.25) St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Spiegeltent Tickets £16.25 Sponsored by Tickets £19.25, children £11.25

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Wednesday 24 Oct 8pm Thursday 25 October 7pm Thursday 25 October 8pm Friday 26 October 7pm

Scottish Falsetto Sock Le Gateau Chocolat Nick Coleman in Puppet Theatre Adam Kay: This is Raw Cacao conversation Superheroes Going to Hurt How a great singer can change The opera-occasional, black-bearded, your life Sock! Pow! Wham! The award-winning Ninety-seven-hour weeks, life and death drag-diva Le Gateau Chocolat returns Socks are back with their 10th new show decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily to the Spiegeltent with his newest treat, Join Nick Coleman, one of Britain’s of songs, sketches, socks and violence. fluids – and the hospital parking meter Raw Cacao. foremost music critics (Time Out, earns more than you. Welcome to the Independent), as he examines how the In Superheroes, the Scottish Falsetto life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret A specially curated cycle of songs sees human voice affects our emotions. This Socks tackle all the comic book greats after endless days, sleepless nights and the six-inch heeled, six-and-a-half foot tall, evening, in conversation with writer and from Superman to Spider-Man, The missed weekends, Adam Kay’s diaries wig-clad wonder at his best. Le Gateau journalist Fiona Sturges, he explores Avengers to The Fantastic Four. provide a no-holds-barred account of Chocolat swings from disco to opera, what singing means and how it works. This time they're real live Superheroes! his time on the NHS front line. musicals to pop, barely pausing for breath Why is the singing of others so essential You think you've seen heroes in tights as he lets rip in his bewitching baritone. to human life? Why do we love it so? before? This pair will run and run. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this is everything you wanted to know This once petit pain-au-choc turned Along the way he asks why Jagger ‘Had every single audience member... – and more than a few things you didn’t – international cabaret superstar promises and Lennon sing like that (and not laughing until they cried’ about life on and off the hospital ward. to drag audiences kicking and clapping like this), who Joni Mitchell thinks she ***** Edinburgh Evening News through the songs that have shaped him. is, and what did Aretha Franklin do ‘Painfully funny.' Stephen Fry to deserve the title ‘Queen of Soul’? [Suitable 12+] Spiegeltent Prepare to be entertained with plenty Cathedral Lodge Tickets £17.25 of examples of some of the finest pop, Spiegeltent Tickets £11.50 (see package deals p.17) rock and soul voices. Tickets £13.25 Sponsored by Sponsored by Cathedral Lodge Science Tickets £11.50 Event 23 Performance Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

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Friday 26 October 7.30pm Saturday 27 October 7pm Sunday 28 October 2.30pm

Dyad Productions presents The Ragroof Players The Time Machine Etienne and Friends South American Way

If civilisation falls today, what will become of us? In He has tricked everyone from The Queen and Channel the spirit of Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche producer Rebecca Vaughan and writer/director Elton Prince Charles to David Cameron, Johnny Depp and dancing away the afternoon to vintage Latin classics. Townend Jones’ new and radical interpretation of the Sir Bruce Forsyth – so be prepared to be amazed by Join the legendary Ragroof Players in rumba, mambo, HG Wells classic, a Victorian time-traveller crosses the the Festival’s favourite magician and super-charming samba and more. Featuring a DJ for discerning ages from 1900 to our own far future – from the fall of Frenchman, Etienne Pradier, who can find a card dancers, fabulous dance displays, and their trademark man to the end of the world – discovering the fate of faster than you can say Harry Houdini. Etienne will Instant Dance Classes, everyone gets the chance our endeavours and uncovering our darkest fears. perform his classic magic show with his great friend to trip the light fantastic. All welcome, experienced Can we change the future? Or has the end already and colleague Nicolas Clement plus a special dancers and absolute beginners alike. begun? A philosophical journey, a nightmare adventure, mystery guest. No dance partner needed! a cautionary tale – this is the story of us all. Charismatic, creative and immensely entertaining, Spiegeltent ‘Terrific… grips the imagination… ideas spit off the Etienne and Friends are not only very funny, but are Tickets £16.25 narrative like sparks from a welder’s torch’ also among the slickest magicians around. Quentin Letts, Daily Mail Sponsored by Spiegeltent ‘Brilliant… captivates and amazes’ Tickets £15.25 British Theatre Guide (see package deals p.17)

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Monday 29 October 7.30pm Monday 29 October 8pm Wednesday 31 October 7.30pm

Flying Bridge Theatre Company presents Robin Ince Michael Pennington: A Regular Little Houdini Sweet William A comedian’s take on what makes us human A dockworker's son, smitten by escapologist Harry Houdini, dreams of a life of magic. His parents struggle As a connoisseur of comedy and co-presenter with Actor Michael Pennington guides his audience through with their son’s eccentricity, but he doggedly trains Professor Brian Cox of the BBC Radio 4 show The Shakespeare’s life and plays with a mix of his own himself to emulate his hero. His relentless ambition Infinite Monkey Cage, Robin Ince has spent decades opinions and performances of many well-known and finally brings him face-to-face with the world’s greatest mining our eccentricities. Here he asks some of the big less familiar speeches. The show has been applauded showman – and one of the most terrifying events in questions in life: Why do we make the choices we do in worldwide for its warmth, humour and deep knowledge British industrial history. life, where does anxiety come from, are we more than of its subject. Michael Pennington has played many our brains… promising an hilarious and often profound of the great classical roles, most recently King Lear Directed by Josh Richards and an Edinburgh sell- insight into the mind. in New York and on tour in the UK. Other theatre work out, this multi-award-winning modern fairy-tale set in includes the title roles in Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Edwardian South Wales is an enchanting story that ‘One of the UK’s most accomplished, versatile Coriolanus, Macbeth, Richard II, and Henry V. blends childhood imagination with the cynicism of comedians’ The Guardian adulthood in a tale of hope, determination and magic. ‘The incomparable Michael Pennington has done Cathedral Lodge Sweet William proud’ Daily Mail ‘A cracker!’ Western Mail Tickets £11.50 ‘In his brilliant one-man show Michael Pennington ‘Spellbinding’ San Diego Union Tribune Science combines his performance skills with textual Event scholarship to give us as well-rounded a portrait of St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Shakespeare as you could hope for’ The Guardian Tickets £16.25 St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Tickets £16.25 25 Performance Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 November 7pm, 7pm, 6pm

Barely Methodical Troupe Shift

Enter a shifting, gravity-defying space where acrobats push against the edges of reality, stretching, challenging and testing the limits of collective physical endeavour.

Watch them fly, tumble and spin in moments of breath-taking acrobatics and performance. When you leave you will ask yourself if what you’ve seen was possible…

The UK’s ground-breaking circus company Barely Methodical Troupe combine their trademark mix of exceptional physical prowess and punchy humour, with a brand new show that features artists from Spain, Switzerland and Sweden.

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Wednesday 31 October 7.30pm Thursday 1 – Friday 2 November 9.30pm

Off The Kerb Productions presents Lady Luck Cabaret Simon Evans: Genius For two nights only Las Vegas showgirl, Hollywood diva and Betty Ford alumna Ever since he was a boy, all Simon Evans really wanted was to be recognised by Peggy Sued will be transforming the Spiegeltent into the Lady Luck Casino, Bar & the world as a man of genius. He has, until now, remained thwarted. The world Grill, ably assisted by celebrity pianist to the stars, Gliberace. seems increasingly indifferent to true genius of any kind, let alone his. After last year’s sell out sensation, Abigail Collins returns with trusty sidekick Neil In turn, Evans seems blissfully indifferent to conformity – political or otherwise. Kelso and a brand new line up of music, circus, magic and comedy. Colombian Speaking in enhanced BBC Received Pronunciation and inhabiting the persona of aerial artist Felipe Reyes will leave you breathless, while international burlesque a man slightly out of touch, he magnificently skewers politicians, couch potatoes, sensation Ruby Deshabillé is sure to have a similar effect for quite different reasons. in fact everything that is wrong with society. They'll be joined by a special top flight mystery guest from Peggy’s Lucky Dip plus audience prizes if the roulette ball lands on YOU. A formidably funny show of fantastic intellect. But don’t worry this show is no crapshoot, everyone’s a winner in this all-thriller-no- ‘Super-sharp wit’ Time Out. filler extravaganza. So bring your best poker face, get ready to roll the dice and ask yourself, do you feel lucky? Well do ya?! ‘A masterclass in socio-political comedy… The show is called Genius. It comes very close’ ***** The Scotsman And remember, what happens in the Spiegeltent, stays in the Spiegeltent...

‘Reliably funny and refreshingly intelligent’ **** The Times Spiegeltent Sponsored by Tickets £17.25 Shirley Hall, The King's School (see package deals p.17) Tickets £17.25

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Friday 2 November 7.30pm Saturday 3 November 7.30pm

HiLow Productions partnered by Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock present Off The Kerb Productions presents Shackleton’s Carpenter Seann Walsh: Harry McNish, a brilliant carpenter and shipwright, was the only man ever to rebel After This One, I’m Going Home against Sir Ernest Shackleton when the Endurance was destroyed in Antarctica. Nevertheless, McNish skilfully modified the small boat, the James Caird, that Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King', Seann Walsh is allowed Shackleton and five men (including McNish) to make a voyage of hundreds ‘unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation' (The Guardian). of miles to fetch help for the rest of the crew – playing a vital role in ensuring all 28 were saved. Returning from his run in America, where he made his USA television debut appearance on Conan, Seann Walsh is back on tour in the UK. Now alone and destitute, he challenges Shackleton one last time. In his fevered mind he relives the Endurance expedition, pitting himself against Shackleton and plagued This disheveled, fiery, animated, fiercely idle millennial manchild is one of the best by the ghosts of his past. comedians to have come out of the UK.

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All events taking place at the Spiegeltent are Ticketed shows Family Family Friendly very relaxed with a well-lit auditorium, flexible last 1 hour, unless programme seating, buggy park area, and plenty of space otherwise specified. sponsored Events for smaller siblings to crawl and toddle. Under 1s go free. by

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Community Photo Exhibition

Take an inspiring photo that shows what Canterbury means to you, post your photo on Instagram and hashtag #canterburyfestcomp by Monday 17 September. Winner’s images will be displayed along The King’s Mile (thekingsmile.org.uk) during the 12pm-1pm Festival and receive a prize. See canterburyfestival.co.uk for Festival Parade more details. Bursting with colour and sound, the Opening Day Parade will be taking to the city centre. Join in, follow or watch the uplifting parade along the High Street and into Whitefriars led by the Dutch band, Helmonds Muziek Corps. Sponsored by

11am 1pm-4pm 2pm-4pm Arts Award:

Canterbury Airhedz Anifest Discovery Canterbury, Forest of Blean Throwdown Airhedz will be performing a selection Join staff and students Hub of eye watering aerial skills from their from Canterbury Christ Experienced potters are on hand to help rig in Whitefriars as well as running Church University to Arts Award is a national qualification you make a pot. Come along and have taster sessions. create a background offering children and young people a go and take your wonderful unfired and characters which the chance to experience the arts, creations home. Whitefriars will feature in a short develop as an artist or arts leader. See canterburyfestival.co.uk for details. stop motion animation. A selection of films made Children and young people aged 5+ 11am-4pm 1pm-5pm during the workshop will attending the Family Friendly shows be shown during can take part in free post-show Canterbury College Track Record Stage Canterbury Anifest, workshops with performers and our Arts Award advisor. Head over to Canterbury College’s Live music from Track Record which is back in Spring 2019. on-site Gallery and enjoy a selection of applicants past and present and other Please book your free workshop students' work from across the visual local acts. An eclectic mix guaranteed workshop space at the arts courses. to entertain. Hospitality Tent, same time as booking events that show this High Street The Spiegeltent Arts Award logo. workshop 29 Family Friendly Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

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Saturday 20 October 2pm Tuesday 23 October 2pm Wednesday 24 Oct 2pm Thursday 25 October 2pm

Actlab presents Baby Loves Disco Ensonglopedia Slightly Fat Features of Animals Sound Hunt Children’s Show We just can’t stop the party – the original family dance event is back! An animal song for each letter of the We are about to begin a very, very Baby Loves Disco is one of the alphabet! Get to grips with fascinating big adventure! The weird and wonderful Slightly Festival’s hottest tickets, so book early facts about extraordinary echinoderms, Fat Features take their silliness very to avoid disappointment. distressed damselflies, crazy corals, batty Join Bob on a quest to create music, seriously. While their One Night Only birds and amazing arachnids. Expect the discover and collect sounds during show for grown-ups and families (p.21) All family members are welcome, unexpected. And expect it to rhyme. this magical, interactive and is stuffed to the seams with staggering with guaranteed fun for babies, sensory journey. stunts and circus tricks – kids, you can toddlers, young children, parents and This is the brand-new show from John expect incredible illusions and side- grandparents alike. There will be face- Hinton, creator of the ‘Scientrilogy’ ActLab return to the Festival for a fourth splitting comedy taken to new heights. painting and dressing up for the tinies, of musical comedies about Darwin, year with an intimate experience for This specially commissioned show is with prizes for the best outfits and a Einstein and Curie. You’ll even get a children and young people with learning made just for you. licenced bar for the grown-ups. free pencil! difficulties* and their families. Boogie on down for two hours of ‘A pure blast from start to finish’ Festival fun. A free songwriting workshop follows An immersive show incorporating **** Chortle the performance, suited to children 7+, sensory pathways to connect with [Suitable for all ages] though younger siblings are welcome. participants. [Suitable for 8+] Booking required. Spiegeltent *Profound and Multiple Learning Spiegeltent Tickets £8 [Suitable for ages 5 to 105] workshop Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Tickets £8 Disorder Spiegeltent Tickets £8 Spiegeltent Tickets £8 All ticket prices include a Marlowe Science per-ticket booking fee of £1.25 Event Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Family Friendly 30

See also: Friday 26 October 2pm Saturday 27 October 2pm Saturday 3 November 2pm Släpstick Squashbox Theatre presents Full details, p.20 Children are Stinky Monsters that Performance Greek Myths Might Be Event Fresh from Edinburgh Fringe with Funny, surprising, informative (and a five stars and The Children’s Choice little bit mischievous), enjoy the Greek award, Children are Stinky is an exciting What might the future creatures of myths retold with traditional puppetry new comedy by Circus Trick Tease. A Earth look like? Zoologist, author and innovative (and did we say funny?) 90s soundtrack, incredible circus skills and presenter Jules Howard takes storytelling. Actor and puppeteer Craig and outstanding comedy will have you audiences on a whirlwind tour of the Johnson’s performance celebrates laughing until your sides hurt. creatures that might one day walk nature, science and the astoundingly the Earth, simply by applying Charles beautiful world around us. Expect dare devil stunts, incredible Darwin’s theory of evolution by acrobatics, lightning fast hula hoops, natural selection. ‘Craig Johnson is a consummate actor and loads of laughs and mischievous of rare skills. Totally at ease with his fun to leave adults and children with Monsters that Might Be includes a host audience – adult and child alike – he their jaws on the floor, hooting for more. of newly imagined creatures. At the end combines an innate understanding of the show, you can pitch your own and delight in storytelling with fantastic [Suitable for 4+] uniquely evolved animals, including comic and musical skill.’ snakes with eyelashes, tuskless Mike Shepherd, Kneehigh Theatre Free post-show workshop, elephants or bees that scream! booking required. workshop [Suitable for 5+] [Suitable for 7+] workshop workshop See also: Spiegeltent Spiegeltent Tickets £8 St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Tickets £8 Tickets £8 Agar Art Full details, p.37 Science Science Event Event 31 Made in Kent Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

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Thursday 4 Oct Sunday 28 Oct 3pm Mon 29 Oct 8pm Tuesday 30 Oct 7.30pm Thurs 1 Nov 7.30pm Made in Kent: Track Record Made in Kent: Made in Kent: Made in Kent: Poetry Showcase Comedy Dance Theatre

Aspiring poets, young and Track Record searches out the This summer the Festival In partnership with Kent Dance Everest Theatre Group old, gather to read their work best upcoming bands and solo has been on the hunt for Network, the Festival is hosting a presents and receive certificates and musicians aged 12-18 in Kent. Kent’s best comedic talent showcase of contemporary dance, T R A V E L E R prizes. through its annual comedy created by Kent-based dancers The lucky winners receive: competition. and choreographers. According to Chaos Theory, a Anthologies will be on sale rehearsal space, studio time butterfly flaps in the Amazonian and a selection of poems to record a demo CD, a live The shortlisted finalists Sidonie Carey-Green presents Jungle, and a storm ravages half will be displayed around slot on radio and mentoring will now be judged as (i)rational of Europe. Tommy Andrews’ death Whitefriars during from an industry expert. Visit they perform in front of A powerful and often amusing was the butterfly, what came next the Festival. canterburyfestival.co.uk to a live Festival audience. journey through a series of was more than just a storm. apply in 2019. Compered by Spiegeltent superstitions. A group of reckless teenagers Gulbenkian Theatre host Matt Barnard, this find a way to travel back in time, Tickets Free The Ballroom, Orange St, evening will have you in Motion Alpha Dance Company unfolding secrets that should CT1 2JA stitches. presents The Game have stayed in the shadows, 5.30pm Schools’ Poetry Tickets £6.25 Fast-paced dance theatre: build, fighting against Fate. 7.30pm Poet of the Year Lanfranc Theatre, connect, break apart and re-build. Changing destiny is a tall order. Sponsored by Canterbury College Tickets £6.25 St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Sponsored by Luke Birch presents Moth/Flame Explore the poetics of the body Tickets £6.25 through devised poetry and dynamic Supported by Sponsored by

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Monday 22 October 5.45pm Tuesday 23 October 5.45pm Wednesday 24 October 5.45pm

Luke Harding Patricia Davies: 95 years Mark Austin as a modern woman How Russia helped Trump win the And Thank You for Watching White House In conversation with Simon Robinson For over 30 years Mark Austin has covered the world’s Award-winning journalist Luke Harding reveals the true As a 95-year-old, the remarkable Pat Davies has lived biggest stories as a foreign correspondent and nature of Donald Trump’s decades-long relationship through some of the greatest upheavals in history. anchorman for ITN and Sky News. He has witnessed with Russia, drawing on sources from the intelligence Here, in conversation with Simon Robinson, she talks first-hand some of the most epic events of our times, community. He shows how Russia is reshaping the about women’s lives in the 20th century from the vote including the Iraq war and the historic transition in world order to its advantage with an astonishing story onwards, including her experiences as a woman in South Africa from apartheid to democracy. Here he of offshore money, sketchy real-estate deals, mobsters, wartime, serving as Special Duties (Linguist) in the lifts the lid on the world of television and reveals the money laundering, hacking and Kremlin espionage. WRNS for Bletchley Park. Pat will discuss her post-war extraordinary behind-the-scenes tales of a newsman's Spotlighting powerful Russians close to Vladimir university life and experience as a television producer life on the road: the problems encountered, disasters, Putin, Harding’s new book Collusion gets to the heart from the late 1950s into the 1960s. One of the most moments of high drama and raw emotion and, quite of the biggest political scandal of the modern era – talked-about guests last year, Pat returns in what often, the hilarious happenings the viewer never something that should trouble us all. promises to be another enthralling interview. imagines and only seldom sees.

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Thursday 25 October 5.45pm Friday 26 October 5.45pm Monday 29 October 5.45pm

Hilary Kay John Suchet Anthony Warner

My Favourite Things Tchaikovsky Revealed In conversation with Xanthe Clay

Hilary Kay is a consultant, lecturer, broadcaster Highly regarded Classic FM radio presenter, author It is when people lie about food that the anger bubbles and writer on antiques and collectables. In this and newsreader John Suchet explores the troubled over. Whether it is the latest celebrity diet guru, fitness presentation she draws on her personal experience genius of the great Romantic Russian composer blogger or self-appointed nutrition expert, Anthony over 40 years in the rarefied world of international Tchaikovsky. Perhaps surprisingly, the man behind Warner – aka the Angry Chef – asks: ‘What does this antiques; as an expert on Antiques Roadshow and as such joyous music as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, really mean?' a former auctioneer and senior director of Sotheby's. the 1812 Overture and many more of the best-loved classical pieces ever written was a deeply troubled Using insight from psychiatrists, behavioural Asked to imagine her perfect Roadshow find, Hilary individual unsure of his own talent and tortured by his economists, food scientists and dieticians, Warner dreams of discovering one of The Beatles’ satin military sexuality. Suchet uses his storytelling talents to bring unravels why sensible, intelligent people are so uniforms worn on the album cover photograph for this musical giant to life. easily taken in by the latest fads, giving us the tools Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This is your to spot pseudoscience for ourselves. Interviewed by opportunity to find out more about Hilary's Desert Cathedral Lodge Telegraph food columnist Xanthe Clay, this promises to Island antiques. Tickets £10.50 be an explosive event.

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Tuesday 30 Oct 5.45pm Wednesday 31 Oct 5.45pm Thursday 1 Nov 5.45pm Friday 2 November 5.45pm

David Starkey Pierre-Emmanuel John Tusa William Palin Taittinger Henry VIII: The First Brexiteer? Making a Noise The Fall and Rise of an Getting it Right, Getting it Wrong Architectural Giant: Historian and presenter David Starkey, In 2015, Champagne Taittinger acquired In Life, the Arts and Broadcasting Dockyard Church, Sheerness best known for his Channel 4 series, a slice of farmland in Chilham, Kent, The Six Wives of Henry VIII and and announced the launch of Domaine John Tusa, veteran journalist, Dockyard Church at Sheerness is among Monarchy, presents his witty insight into Evremond. Now Pierre-Emmanuel broadcaster and former Managing the most moving architectural sights in Britain’s most notorious king. Taittinger, President of Champagne Director of BBC World Service and the Kent. Built in 1828 to serve the Royal Taittinger, has made English Sparkling Barbican Centre, is an influential player Naval Dockyard, it has stood derelict Starkey argues that the Reformation Wine history by planting his first vines and observer of British cultural politics. since a fire in 2001. Now this great could be defined as the first Brexit. in the new Domaine Evremond vineyard In almost sixty years of professional life monument is set to rise from the ashes. He draws on his unique knowledge of – the first Grande Marque Champagne he has fought for and sometimes against Henry’s reign to examine his tumultuous House to plant vines in the UK. major British arts and political institutions. In this talk William Palin (architectural personal life, which pitted religion He has stood up for the independence of writer, historian and conservation against politics as brutally as in our He discusses the history of his family’s the BBC, public funding of the arts and director) will discuss his role in this own age of Isis, through to the Grand Champagne house, their affection for for the integrity of universities. He has unique project, as well as his work at the Tourists who bought European culture Kent, and why the combination of made enemies in the process. Painted Hall in Greenwich, one of the with British money – all offering so very chalk soil, climate and topography largest painting conservation projects many parallels with the Brexit situation here is ideal for producing quality John relates the challenges and in Europe. we find ourselves in today. sparkling wine. successes of this career with frankness and wit in equal measure. Cathedral Lodge Cathedral Lodge Cathedral Lodge Tickets £10.50 Tickets £10.50 Tickets £10.50 Cathedral Lodge Tickets £10.50 35 Talks Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Thursday 1 November 8pm Monday 22 October 8pm Saturday 27 October 7.30pm

The Kent College Lecture Alice Roberts Doug Allan Ptolemy Dean Tamed: the extraordinary story of how dogs Freeze Frame: a wildlife cameraman’s A Canterbury Tale: the story of the city’s became our allies adventures on ice post-war planning For hundreds of thousands of years our ancestors Doug Allan is best-known for his work in cold, remote In partnership with the Festival’s Headline Sponsor, Kent depended on wild plants and animals for survival. places on BBC wildlife and expedition series such as College, we are delighted to present award-winning Blue Planet, Planet Earth, and Frozen Planet. He’s also architect Ptolemy Dean, who grew up in Brabourne and Then a revolution occurred – our ancestors’ interaction the author of Freeze Frame, a collection of his images is an alumnus of the school. As works continue on Kent with other species changed. They began to tame them. and reflections from the Poles. College’s new Great Hall due for completion in 2019, The human population boomed; civilisation began. Ptolemy’s subject is particularly apt, touching Here he describes highlights from his 35-year career on the challenges and joys of contemporary Anthropologist, writer and broadcaster Alice Roberts filming wildlife: diving under the ice with Weddell seals, architecture in an historic context. Ptolemy was has presented the BBC series Origins of Us, Coast making friends with whales, and NOT being eaten responsible for the Triforum Galleries Project at and The Celts. Here she uncovers the deep history by polar bears. With a wealth of stories and pictures Westminster Abbey where he is Surveyor of the Fabric. of familiar species – with a focus on dogs – and how from behind the scenes, the cameraman examines the Other projects include work at Easton Neston, which becoming part of our world changed them, and they animals that live in the wildest places on earth. won regional and national RIBA awards in 2012. in turn became essential to the survival and success Ptolemy has appeared as the resident ‘ruin detective’ of our own species. ‘For me, wildlife cameramen don’t come much more on BBC2’s programme, Restoration. special than Doug. There’s just no one else who knows Enlightening, wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating, these frozen worlds as he does.’ Cathedral Lodge Sponsored by Roberts’ talk encompasses thousands of years of Sir David Attenborough Tickets £10.50 history and archaeology alongside cutting-edge genetics and anthropology. Shirley Hall, The King’s School Tickets £16.50, students £12.50 Shirley Hall, The King's School Science Tickets £16.50, students £12.50 Headline sponsor Event Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Science 36

Science Events Working closely with the professors and students Most are listed within their sections (Music, sponsored by of the School of Biosciences under the guidance Performance and Family Friendly, highlighted by of Dr. Dan Lloyd, this year’s programme provides a green flag), but here you will find the additional inspiring events for all ages. events that simply refuse to be labelled.

Tuesday 23 October 8pm Thursday 25 October 8pm Monday 29 October 8pm

The Denial of Death Adam Kay Robin Ince

How to overcome our fear of dying This is Going to Hurt A comedian’s take on what makes us human

Why do we fear death, where does this fear come from Ninety-seven-hour weeks, life and death decisions, As a connoisseur of comedy and co-presenter with and what exactly are our concerns? This event starts a constant tsunami of bodily fluids – and the hospital Professor Brian Cox of the BBC Radio 4 show The with a fascinating 30 minute presentation on the topic parking meter earns more than you. Welcome to the Infinite Monkey Cage, Robin Ince has spent decades of death anxiety (inspired by psychologist Sheldon life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless mining our eccentricities. Here he asks some of the big Solomon’s work on our fear of death), after which the days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam questions in life: Why do we make the choices we do in discussion will be opened up to the floor. Kay’s diaries provide a no-holds-barred account of life, where does anxiety come from, are we more than his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and our brains… promising an hilarious and often profound The panel is chaired by Wendy Hills, Pilgrims Hospices heartbreaking, this is everything you wanted to know insight into the mind. Director of Nursing and Care Services, and will include, – and more than a few things you didn’t – about life on among others, Andrew Thorns, Pilgrims Hospices and off the hospital ward. ‘One of the UK’s most accomplished, versatile Medical Director and Martyn Yates, Spiritual Care comedians’ The Guardian Lead Pilgrims Hospice Canterbury. ‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and Cathedral Lodge Cathedral Lodge entirely loveable' Stephen Fry Tickets £11.50 Tickets £6.25 Cathedral Lodge Supported by Pilgrims Hospices Tickets £11.50

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Tuesday 23 October 2pm Saturday 27 October 2pm Saturday 3 November 2pm

Ensonglopedia of Animals Agar Art Monsters that Might Be

Twenty-six animal songs, one for each letter of the Join scientists at the University of Kent for an art project What might the future creatures of Earth look like? And alphabet: get to grips with fascinating facts about with a difference. Colourful microbes and laboratory what creatures might humankind accidentally create extraordinary echinoderms, distressed damselflies, equipment replace paint and brushes as you create through its current actions? Zoologist, author and crazy corals, batty birds and amazing arachnids. your own masterpiece on a Petri dish. After two days science presenter Jules Howard takes audiences on a Expect the unexpected. And expect it to rhyme. of microbial growth your artwork will be photographed whirlwind tour of the creatures that might one day walk This is the brand-new show from John Hinton, multi- and sent in a personalised email. the Earth, simply by applying Charles Darwin’s theory award-winning creator of the ‘Scientrilogy’ of musical of evolution by natural selection. comedies about Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and [Suitable for 11+] Marie Curie. And you’ll even get a free pencil! Monsters that Might Be includes a host of newly Children under 16 should be accompanied by an adult. imagined creatures including rabbits that travel the ‘John Hinton is an absolute joy... This guy could get treetops in monkey-like troops. At the end of the show, anyone interested in science’ Adelaide Theatre Guide Stacey Building, you can pitch your own uniquely evolved animals, University of Kent Canterbury Campus including snakes with eyelashes, tuskless elephants A free songwriting workshop with the company follows Tickets £8 or bees that scream. after the performance, suited to children aged 7+, though younger siblings are welcome. Family [Suitable for 7+] workshop Booking required Event St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre [Suitable for ages 5 to 105] Tickets £8 workshop See also: Spiegeltent Family Tickets £8 Anthony Warner Event In conversation with Xanthe Clay. Family Full details, p.33 All ticket prices include a Marlowe per-ticket Event booking fee of £1.25 Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Visual Arts 38

All exhibitions are free and open throughout the Festival, unless otherwise stated. Responsibility lies with Visual Arts the organisers of each exhibition and more information can be found on canterburyfestival.co.uk

Cover by Gerard Caris Under an Equal Sky - yesterday. Ladder by Maryrose Sinn © Alex Ramsey Projecting The Canterbury Under an Equal From the Kitchen Pentagonism: War Horse Sky Table

The Aesthetic of Gerard Caris To commemorate the centenary A series of installations by drew gallery projects Projecting Pentagonism is the first of the end of the First World War, international artists Philip Baldwin archive 1984-90 UK exhibition of Dutch abstract artist students and staff from Canterbury and Monica Guggisberg reflecting Phyllida Barlow, Catherine Elwes, School of Visual Arts at Canterbury on themes of war and remembrance, Gerard Caris (b. 1925). Renowned Bonita Ely, Hamish Fulton, for his experimentations with College (CSVA), in partnership with migration and refugees. pentagons, a philosophy he refers to The Canterbury Journey, will create Rob Kessler, David Mach, as ‘Pentagonism’, the show will include a large-scale wooden horse for Commemorating the 100th anniversary Katharine Meynell, Maryrose Sinn works spanning over 50 years ranging Canterbury Cathedral Precincts. The of the end of the First World War, In 1984 for the first Canterbury Festival, from Caris’ earliest works made while Canterbury War Horse’s head is bowed Under an Equal Sky will take the curator Sandra Drew began a series of studying in California with Richard in respect, facing oncoming visitors to viewer on a journey that begins with Diebenkorn and David Hockney, the Cathedral. It aims to encapsulate 100 glass amphorae suspended in the ground-breaking exhibitions. Supporting through to drawings and unique relief symbols of resilience, struggle, peace shape of a ship in the Cathedral’s artists in the early stages of their sculptures, demonstrating a studio and solemnity. Nave and ends with a glass wall of careers, these site-responsive projects practice that continues to be innovative. multi-coloured vessels. put Canterbury on the map as a place The horse is sculpted from repurposed This exhibition is supported by the with a pioneering visual art scene. materials supplied by Jacksons Mondriaan Fund, the University of Kent Canterbury Cathedral & Fencing, the poppies at the horse’s and Canterbury Christ Church University. Chapter House CT1 2EH feet are made from discarded plastic This exhibition, curated by Judith Exhibition runs until December 1 Until 11 Nov 2018 bottles. See canterbury-cathedral.org Carlton, includes work from the 1980s Sidney Cooper Gallery for opening times exhibitions, archival material and Cathedral Precincts 22-23 St Peters St, Usual Precinct charges apply. reconstructions of original work. See canterbury-cathedral.org for Canterbury, CT1 2BQ opening times 6 Oct-2 Nov Tue-Fri 10.30am-5pm, Usual Precinct charges apply. Herbert Read Gallery UCA, Sat 11.30am-5pm New Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3AN canterbury.ac.uk/sidney-cooper Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm 39 Visual Arts Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Remember Me?! Canterbury Photographic Society The Butterfly Machine Exploring the act of Remembrance, Annual Exhibition Greg Stobbs Canterbury Cathedral’s Artist in Residence, Display of photographs by members. Audience becomes artist in this Dawn Cole, will be exhibiting her work in A wide selection of members' prints and unprecedented collaboration for the the Cathedral’s Chapter House and running projected images will be on view. Festival. With work bridging the fields a series of free artist’s talks and creative Refreshments will be available. of illustration, fine art, installation and workshops during the Festival. Dawn St.Peter's Methodist Church Hall, street art, artist Greg Stobbs teams has interpreted the Cathedral’s archival up with Richard Navarro and Cal Canterbury, CT1 2BE material held within its historic collections to Hewitt, musicians and inventors of create an installation to commemorate the 27 Oct, 10am-4pm The Butterfly Machine. This system Centenary of the Armistice. canterburyphotographicsociety.com uses movement to conjure sound 20 Oct-11 Nov, 10am-4pm Mon-Sat from artworks. Developed at Simon (exhibition closed 3 Nov & 6-8 Nov). Langton Grammar School for Boys Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral, DISCLOSURE and the Beaney House of Art and CT1 2EH Contemporary and traditional photographs Knowledge for the RNIB's ‘Sensing canterbury-cathedral.org revealing not only what is seen, but that Culture' programme, this is the first which the viewer brings to the image. installation in a private gallery of a Exhibition is free Somerset Maugham Gallery, pioneering system opening the Usual Precincts charges apply. The Horsebridge Arts Centre, visual arts to new audiences. Remember Me?! 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Launch event, Sunday 28 Oct, 6pm The Lilford Gallery Light Emerging CT5 1AF Thu 18-Tue 30 Oct, 10am-5pm 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ Kathryn Rennie Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, An exhibition of paintings by Kathryn Rennie, Sun 11am-4pm exploring beyond the body to developing lilfordgallery.com states of consciousness, transforming the Beyond the Barricade human form into a matrix of light. Unconfined to the gallery space, Beyond Conquest House Gallery, the Barricade explores how art becomes 17 Palace Street, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ an expression of social and political action. Canterbury Throwdown Tue-Sat, 8.30am-6pm Studio 3 Gallery, School of Arts, Potters Show artincanterbury.co.uk Jarman Building, University of Kent, A range of work from delicate Canterbury, CT2 7UG sculpture to dramatic, large scale Fri 28 Sep-Fri 30 Nov, vessels from more than 20 ceramicists Canterbury Portrait Sketches Mon-Fri 11am-5pm make up this exhibition showcasing blogs.kent.ac.uk/studio3gallery the varied processes used by the Kathryn Rennie talented Throwdown Potters. Be part of Kathryn's body of work by sitting 76 Castle Street for a portrait sketch. L-13 Jimmy Cauty Canterbury, CT1 2QD To book a time slot, call 01227 472953 Stelling Minnis Art Group Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm Conquest House Gallery, An exhibition of members' paintings, lilfordframing.com 17 Palace Street, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ sculptures and crafts, inspired by Rose Wylie. Tue-Sat, 8.30am-6pm Tea, lunch, coffee and cake available. artincanterbury.co.uk The Silhouette Cathedral Stelling Minnis Village Hall, CT^Lab Bossingham Road, Canterbury, CT4 6AG An interactive light installation and Sat 20-Sun 21 Oct, 10am-5pm scaled skeletal form of the famed Crows Camp Studio Canterbury Cathedral, designed by Autumn Exhibition CT^Lab. The design creates a light Paintings, sculpture, ceramics, silk wearable Painting the Pilgrims Way tunnel that allows the user to move art, glass, mixed media, Raku, through it with the framework lights gifts and cards by well-known local artists. Via Francigena reacting to the movement. Paintings in oils of people and landscapes Crows Camp Studio Solly's Orchard, CT1 2AP Crows Camp Road, Bishopsbourne encountered on Via Francigena from CT4 5JH Canterbury Cathedral to Dover Harbour. 20-21, 27-28 Oct, 3 Nov 11am-5pm St. John the Baptist Church, Church Road, crowscamp.co.uk Barham, Canterbury, CT4 6PB Sat 20 Oct-Sat 3 Nov, 10am-4pm 109 Shaftesbury Avenue by Greg Stobbs Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Visual Arts 40

East Kent Artists’ Open Houses Opening: East Kent is home to an abundance of creative talent. Throughout the Festival local artists will be 11am-5pm, Sat 20-Sun 21 October opening their houses and studios to the general public, free of charge. This is a great chance to see 11am-5pm, Sat 27-Sun 28 October unique artworks and meet the artists within their creative environment. 11am-5pm, Sat 3-Sun 4 November

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Canterbury Trail Margate and Maps and leaflets available from Clifftonville Trail Canterbury Visitor Information Centre Maps and leaflets available at The Beaney House of Art and from Margate Visitor Information Knowledge and the Canterbury Centre, The Droit House, Festival Office on Orange Street. Stone Pier, Margate and all Enquiries: Lindsay Soord participating venues. [email protected] Enquiries: Lucy Seijo [email protected] Faversham Trail Maps and leaflets available from the Ramsgate and Fleur de Lis Tourist Information Centre Broadstairs Trail on Preston Street and Creek Creative. Maps and leaflets available from Enquiries: Anne MacLaren 01795 Ramsgate Information Centre 535515 [email protected] in Ramsgate Harbour, Nice Clare Youngs Things, Harbour Street and York Lucy Rutter Whitstable Trail Street gallery, AiR, 18 Harbour Maps and leaflets available from the Street in Ramsgate, Broadstairs Horsebridge Arts and Community Information Kiosk in Viking Bay, Centre, The Library, Keams Yard New Kent Art Gallery on Gallery and Whitstable Trust. Albion Street, and all Enquiries: Sue Cavanagh participating venues. [email protected] Enquiries: Sarah Stokes [email protected] Herne Bay Trail Viv Yankah Christine Jeffryes Maps and leaflets available from Deal Trail Beach Creative on Beach Street, Maps and leaflets available from Responsibility Herne Bay Museum and Bay Art The Astor Theatre, Stanhope Gallery both on William Street, Road, Deal Library, off Queen lies with the Mackaris at The Bandstand on Street and The Landmark Cafe, individual Central Parade and Herne Bay bottom of Trinity Road. house Library on the High Street. Enquiries: Kate Baker organisers. Enquiries: Mandy Troughton [email protected] Mark Howland 07890 065046 [email protected] Tony Caroli Kent College - proud to sponsor Canterbury Festival Exceptional academic results at IB, A Level and GCSE Music, Art and Drama Scholarships available for Year 7, 9 and 12 Regular regional and international performance opportunities 600 seat state-of-the-art auditorium for the performing arts opening in 2019 6 choirs, numerous instrumental groups, including orchestras and chamber ensembles Students continue performance studies beyond school at leading conservatoires and drama schools Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Walks 42

Saturday 20 October The Materials and History Tuesday 23 October of Buildings Area of Outstanding Natural We will be looking at how Tales of Medieval Travellers Gateway to Canterbury Beauty buildings have been built and Throughout its history Canterbury One rail stop from Canterbury East, altered over time. has attracted visitors, traders and walk to the Mount in Perry Wood Meet: 11am, Wincheap front of pilgrims. Learn who came and why, past and with stunning views over the the Maidens Head Car Park where they lodged, what they did. North Downs. Leader: Nick Blake Meet: 10am, The West Gate, present Meet: 10am, Selling Railway Duration: 2 hours (2 miles, circular) Canterbury (North Lane car park Station, ME13 9PW Possible hazards: Narrow side), CT2 7EB (grid ref. TR 052 572) pavements. Leader: Meriel Connor Leader: Andrew Brooks Campaign to Protect Rural England Duration: Up to 2 hours Duration: 3 hours (6 miles, circular) (1 mile, linear) Canterbury Ramblers Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor Guided Tour of Chilham Castle The Geology of Herne Bay Pigs in the streets, sewage in the Gardens and House A look at the geology of the cliffs Stour, elegant shops and grandiose A guided tour of the ancient castle between Herne Bay and Reculver. banks: find out about life in gardens and the Jacobean Meet: 10am, Car Park at eastern Victorian Canterbury. mansion with Castle Archivist, end of Reculver Drive, Coastal Park, Meet: 2pm, Gas Street entrance Michael Peters. Bishopstone, CT6 6QF; to Canterbury Castle, CT1 2PR Meet: 11am, Chilham Castle Gate, OS reference: TR 205 686 Leader: Doreen Rosman Chilham Square, Chilham, CT4 8DB Leader: Geoff Downer Duration: Up to 2 hours Leader: Michael Peters Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, linear) Duration: 2 hours (>1 mile, circular) Friends of Canterbury (0.5 miles, circular) Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Chilham Tourism and Retail Group Archaeological Trust Monday 22 October

Frontline Folkestone Christ Church Priory’s Canterbury’s ‘Gruesome' Tales On the frontline of trade and of war, Water Supply Gruesome stories and other threatened by invasions, explore A walk within the Cathedral interesting aspects of medieval how over the centuries Folkestone Precincts tracing the historical Canterbury. reacted and survived. distribution of water to the Meet: 2.30pm, Westgate Towers, Meet: 10am, The Station House, monastic buildings. St Peter's Street, CT1 2BX Folkestone Harbour, CT20 1QH Meet: 2pm, The Buttermarket, Leader: Lenny Clark Leader: Liz Minter CT1 2HW Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes Duration: Up to 2 hours Leader: Geoff Downer Tickets for all Walks are £9.25 (1.5 miles, linear) (1.5 miles, linear) Duration: Up to 2 hours (Within (this includes a Marlowe per-ticket booking fee of £1.25) Canterbury Tourist Guides Ltd Friends of Canterbury the Cathedral Precincts, circular) Archaeological Trust Friends of Canterbury Numbers are limited so please book early Archaeological Trust Tickets are available from the Festival box Sunday 21 October Wednesday 24 October Canterbury’s Medieval Hospitals office at the Marlowe Theatre Birdwatching Walk Some ancient almshouses still fulfil St Martin's and Beyond A slow walk to identify bird the functions envisaged by their All durations are approximate Visit St Martin's before walking species using the seashore and medieval founders: an opportunity to Fordwich and back through coastal area. to visit and learn about them. historical, varied landscape with 8.30am, The Old Sportsman, Meet: 2pm, St John's Hospital, Dogs on leads Some stiles on Meet: a pause at the pub. Faversham Road, Seasalter, Northgate, CT1 1BG welcome route Meet: 9.45am, St Martin's Church, CT5 4BP Leader: Sheila Sweetinburgh CT1 1PW Glynn Crocker Duration: Up to 2 hours Leader: (grid ref. TR 158 577) May be muddy Some steps on Duration: 2.5 hours (1 mile, linear) Suitable footwear & Leader: Rob Veltman route (1-2 miles, linear) Friends of Canterbury clothing required Duration: 3 hours (5 miles, circular) Canterbury RSPB Archaeological Trust Canterbury Ramblers Some hills on route Uneven ground

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Canterbury’s Medieval Friaries A Walk in and about St Augustine’s College Sunday 28 October Canterbury was home to three orders of friars, A tour of the buildings of the former but little now remains. We will explore where St Augustine’s College, now part of the An Armchair Tour of they lived. King’s School. Hidden Canterbury Meet: 10am, Outside the Marlowe Theatre, Meet: 2pm, Lady Wootton’s Green A virtual excursion, enabling those The Friars, CT1 2AS (off Broad Street), CT1 1NG of limited mobility (and others) to see Leader: Sheila Sweetinburgh Leader: Peter Henderson images of places they can't reach. Duration: Up to 2 hours Duration: Up to 2 hours (in and around Wheelchair accessible. (>1 mile, linear) college site, linear) Meet: 2pm, Friends Meeting House, Friends of Canterbury Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust 6, The Friars, CT1 2AS Archaeological Trust Leader: David Birmingham Duration: 1.25 hours (within the building) Friday 26 October Friends of Canterbury The Village of Bridge Archaeological Trust Roman soldiers, Canterbury pilgrims, race- The Director’s Walk course visitors, stage-coach travellers – The Director of the Archaeological Trust can Monday 29 October the ancient Watling Street brought them all evoke the ancient city of Canterbury in a way through Bridge. that no-one else can. Exploring King’s School Meet: 2pm, Bridge Parish Church, CT4 5AR Meet: 10am, The Buttermarket, CT1 2HW Find out about the history and Leader: Pauline Pritchard Leader: Paul Bennett buildings of the King’s School on a Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, linear) Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, circular) walk around the Cathedral Precincts. Friends of Canterbury Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Meet: 10am, The Mint Yard Gate, Archaeological Trust The Borough, CT1 2EZ From Hollywood to Fascism (via Billy Bunter) St. Mildred's – Gardens, Saints and Leader: Peter Henderson Mostly flat easy coastal walk with lovely scenery. Duration: Up to 2 hours Industry Discover some unexpected history of Kingsgate. Pleasure gardens, industry, civil war and (within King’s School grounds, circular) Meet: 10am, Botany Bay Hotel, Kingsgate Friends of Canterbury saints – the alternative history of Canterbury. Avenue, Broadstairs, CT10 3LT Archaeological Trust Meet: 2.30pm, outside Canterbury East (grid ref. TR 394 708) Station, CT1 2RB Leader: Penny Stevens Tuesday 30 October Leader: Jenny Watson-Bore Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (5 miles, circular) Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (1.5 miles, linear) Canterbury Ramblers Canterbury Tourist Guides Ltd ‘Strangers’ in Canterbury Walloons, Flemings and Huguenots sought sanctuary in Tudor and Stuart Saturday 27 October Canterbury. Find out about them, their Thursday 25 October descendants, and their new home. Country Paths a Stone's Throw from the City Meet: 10am, Entrance to Faversham: The King’s Port Discover some of the myriad of footpaths easily St Augustine’s Abbey, Longport, Beer, bricks, gunpowder, an abbey, and a accessible from the City, passing through CT1 1PF famed medieval drama: take a saunter farmland, woodland and a nature reserve. Leader: Doreen Rosman around this historic town. Meet: 10am, UKC Giles' Lane car park, CT2 7NB Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, linear) Friends of Canterbury Meet: 10am, outside Faversham Library, (grid ref. TR 140 601) Archaeological Trust Newton Road, ME13 8DY Leader: Cliff Huggett Leader: Lis Hamlin Duration: 3 hours (5.5 miles, circular) The River Bridges, Waterways and Duration: Up to 2 hours (1 mile, linear) Canterbury Ramblers Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Mills of Canterbury Did you know there are at least 36 Herne – My Patch river bridges in Canterbury? Try to visit Undulating countryside walk via Herne Historic Charing and its Church them all and the sites of ancient mills. Windmill and Curtis Wood. May be muddy. Explore Charing with members of its historical Meet: 10am, Dane John Gardens, Please bring own refreshments. society. Learn of attempts to save Archbishop’s Canterbury CT1 1YW Meet: 10.30am, Junction Margate Rd/Hunters Palace and (optionally) climb church tower. (grid ref. TR 148 574) Forestall Rd Broomfield CT6 7BN Meet: 2pm, Charing Parish Church, TN27 0LP Leader: Cliff Huggett (grid ref. TR 192 668) Leaders: Kerstin Müller, Kevin Moon, Duration: 3 hours (5 miles, linear) Leader: Irene Harding Valerie Yeeles Canterbury Ramblers Duration: 2.5 hours (4.5 miles, circular) Duration: Up to 2 hours (1 mile, circular) Canterbury Ramblers Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Tickets for all walks are £9.25 (this includes a Marlowe per-ticket booking fee of £1.25) Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Walks 44

Canterbury Rings Walk: The Fordwich Dragon Blitzed Bits Discover the amazing prehistory of this ancient A tour focusing on Canterbury's areas affected by landscape including Paleolithic hunters, Bronze Age the Second World War and the resulting changes of barrows, Iron Age tracks and a dragon! building and landscape. Meet: 11am, Fordwich Town Hall, Meet: 10am, The Beaney House of Art & CT2 0BD Knowledge, 18 High Street, CT1 2BD Leader: David Reekie Leader: Bob Collins Duration: 2 hours (2 miles, circular) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (1.5 miles, linear) The Canterbury Rings Blue Badge Tourist Guide

Wednesday 31 October Friday 2 November

Introductory Tour of the Dover Western Heights The Roof Lines of Canterbury Explore some of the most interesting parts of Dover’s Canterbury’s medieval Cathedral rises above a Western fortifications, including short low passage jumble of chimney stacks, roof ridges and gables: ways, with an experienced archaeologist. come and see what’s above your head. Moderately strenuous. Meet: 10am, The Buttermarket, CT1 2HW Meet: 10am, Public car park adjacent to Leader: Hubert Pragnell St Martin’s Battery off South Military Road, Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, circular) Dover. (grid ref. TR 313 407) Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Leader: Keith Parfitt Duration: Up to 2 hours (1 mile, circular) Saturday 3 November Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust The Story of Canterbury From the Romans to the 18th century remodelling of the city. See and hear how life changed over the A Literary Tour of the King’s School centuries. An opportunity to see the Maugham Library and Meet: 10am, Lady Wootton’s Green Hugh Walpole’s outstanding collection of English (off Broad Street), CT1 1NG literary manuscripts. Leader: Doreen Rosmon Meet: 2pm, The Mint Yard Gate, The Borough, CT1 2EZ Duration: Up to 2 hours (>1 mile, linear) Leader: Peter Henderson Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Duration: Up to 2 hours Goodnestone and Chillenden Walk (within King’s School grounds, circular) Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Through woods and fields around Goodnestone and Chillenden. Includes the Serpentine Path, walked by Jane Austen on her visits there. Meet: 10am, by St. Bartholemew’s Church, Thursday 1 November The Street, Goodnestone CT3 1PL (grid ref. TR 255 546) Made in Canterbury Leader: Jenny Keaveney A walk tracing industries that used to flourish in Duration: 3 hours (6 miles, circular) Canterbury, from tile-making and brewing to Canterbury Ramblers weaving and an iron foundry. Meet: 10am, Canterbury West Station Leader: Peter Berg Guided Tour of Chilham Village and Duration: Up to 2 hours (about a mile, linear) St Mary’s Church Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust Guided tour around the main village roads and Little Stour, Big Skies Medieval square and the interior of the church. Meet: 11am, Taylor’s Hill car park, Chilham, CT4 8DB Enjoy wide vistas from the banks of the Little Stour, rich Leader: Andy MacLean in bird-life. Return via open-air locomotive museums Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (1.5 miles, linear) and historical Preston Court. Chilham Tourism and Retail Group Meet: 10am, The Garden Centre, The Street, Preston. CT3 1ED (grid ref. TR 251 612) Leader: Rob Veltman Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (5 miles, circular) Canterbury Ramblers Tickets for all walks are £9.25 (this includes a Marlowe per-ticket booking fee of £1.25) Be all you can be

St Ed’s is a school where every pupil is connected by a love of learning, the pursuit of possibility and the challenge of being the very best they can be. OpenOpen Morning Day 01227 475601 | www.stedmunds.org.uk SaturdaySaturday 30 September 6 October Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Umbrella 46

Saturday 20 October Tabby McTat Tabby McTat is the heart-warming tale of Silk Painting Taster workshop friendship and loyalty from the team behind Learn different techniques for silk painting and Stick Man. Suitable for children and families produce a unique scarf or sun catcher with of all ages. intense colours. Everything provided. 2pm & 4.30pm, Theatre Royal Margate, 11am-1pm, Crows Camp Studio, CT9 1PW Bishopsbourne, Kent CT4 5JH Tickets: £12.50, conc. available, bkg fees apply Tickets: £30 (4 max per class) Book: 01843 292795 Book: 07764 279103 theatreroyalmargate.com crowscamp.co.uk Canterbury Music Club Recital Mono Printing with Colin McGowan A song recital by 2017 Wigmore Competition Learn mono printing and produce a unique winner Julien Van Maellert (baritone) with individual print. Bring your ideas, photos and internationally acclaimed pianist Simon Lepper. an overall. Everything else provided. 3pm, St Gregory's Centre for Music, 11am-1pm, Crows Camp Studio, Canterbury, CT1 1ND Bishopsbourne, Kent CT4 5JH Tickets: £15 Tickets: £30 (4 max per class) Book: wegottickets.com/CanterburyMusicClub Book: 07714 074741 [email protected] The Wit and Songs of Noël Coward locusarts.co.uk with Peter Gill Pianist and entertainer, Peter Gill presents a Never Such Innocence tribute to the wit and song-writing skill of Noël The acclaimed narrative recital of words Coward, who said of himself ‘I am an enormously and music from the First World War talented man and there is no point in denying it'. with Christopher Kent and Gamal Khamis. 6pm, Sarah Thorne Theatre, 7.30pm, Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs, CT10 2BN Broadstairs, CT10 2BN Tickets: £13 adv. £15 on the door. Be all Tickets: £12 adv. £14 on the door Book: 01843 863701 Book: 01843 863701 sarahthornetheatre.co.uk sarahthornetheatre.co.uk Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 October Ventoux you can be Join 2Magpies as they re-stage the race See How They Run! between Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani By Philip King. using breath-taking video accompaniment and Described as arguably the funniest farce a pair of road bikes. ever written. 7.30pm, Theatre Royal Margate, CT9 1PW 7.45pm, Playhouse Theatre Whitstable Tickets: £12, concs £10, bkg fees apply Tickets: £10 Book: 01843 292795 Book: 01227 272042 The Umbrella showcases a theatreroyalmargate.com playhousewhitstable.co.uk wide range of additional events Sunday 21 October happening during the Festival. St Ed’s is a school where every pupil is connected by a love of learning, the pursuit Tuesdays 23rd and 30th Oct Local history of Charlton Estate, Yoga with Cass Xuxin Responsibility for events in the Umbrella lies of possibility and the challenge of being the very best they can be. Bishopsbourne: From Caesar to Pink Floyd Wellbeing & Fitness with the organisers of each event. The land, people and events. The Royalist escape 5:30pm-6:30pm Pilates & Restorative Yoga tunnel; George IV's drunken parties with Jane 7:00pm-8:30pm Astanga´ Vinyasa Information correct at time of printing. Open Morning Austen's circle; the Canadian conman. Viewing Gallery, Canterbury College Sport Please see canterburyfestival.co.uk for Open Day 3.30pm, Charlton Place, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5JA & Fitness Centre, New Dover Road up-to-date information. Tickets: £12, conc. available Tickets: £6 - £12 01227 475601 | www.stedmunds.org.uk Book: 01227 831355 Book: 07780 543848 SaturdaySaturday 30 September 6 October charlton-park.org [email protected] 47 Umbrella Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Wednesday 24 October Saturday 27 October Sunday 28 October

Bhakti Prabhava Swami Expand your creative writing with Kirtan Yoga: Meditation For The 21st Century The Ultimate Inner Fulfilment SaveAs Writers Experience the bliss of an interactive, musical meditation A travelling monk and senior Vedic scholar One-day creative writing workshop consisting workshop with a veggie feast to satisfy the stomach and will be giving a lecture on the path to inner of five separate seminars covering all aspects the soul. satisfaction and happiness. of the art. 2pm, Conquest House Gallery, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ 7pm, Conquest House Gallery, Canterbury, 9.30am, St Mary Bredin Church, Tickets: Free CT1 2DZ 59 Nunnery Fields CT1 3JN Book: 01227 472953 Tickets: Free Tickets: £9 per workshop, Book: 01227 472953 £40 for all 5. Monday 29 October artincanterbury.co.uk Book: [email protected] saveaswriters.co.uk Singing Workshop with Family History Library Cantiacorum Community Choir Open Day Mono Printing with Colin McGowan Enjoy singing ancient a cappella music with members of Tour our genealogical and heraldic Learn mono printing and produce a unique Cantiacorum Community Choir – for beginners as well as library and learn about our courses and individual print. Bring your ideas, photos and experienced singers! qualifications. Experts available offering an overall. Everything else provided. 7.30pm, St Peter's Anglican Church, CT1 2AT genealogical and heraldic advice. 11am-1pm, Crows Camp Studio, Tickets: Donation on the door. 10am-4pm, IHGS - The School of Family Bishopsbourne, Kent CT4 5JH History, 79-82 Northgate, Tickets: £30 (4 max per class) Thursday 1 November CT1 1BA Book: 07714 074741 [email protected] Tickets: Free An Introduction to Exploring Art Philosophically - ihgs.ac.uk locusarts.co.uk Mina Cullimore In Conversation With… Ayurvedic Workshop with Syama Kumari From Plato to de Beauvoir, we will be considering the purpose and nature of art and the artist in society. An intimate evening in conversation with Discover a powerful mind-body health system, 7pm-9pm, Conquest House Gallery, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg, holistic, natural – and delicious! – approach Tickets: £10 creators of Under an Equal Sky which is to good health. With a free lunch. 1pm, Conquest House Gallery, Book: 01227 472953 currently exhibiting in Canterbury Cathedral artincanterbury.co.uk (see p.38). Canterbury, CT1 2DZ 7.30pm. Eastern Crypt, Canterbury Tickets: Free Cathedral, CT1 2EH Book: 01227 472953 Marcus Brigstocke - Devil May Care Tickets £10 from artincanterbury.co.uk The multi-award winning comedian is back. ‘Rare is the canterburyticketshop.com stand-up show that makes you laugh, think and then Poetry Reading fight back the tears. This is it’ The Daily Telegraph Friday 26 – Sunday 28 October Ruth O'Callaghan and Nancy Charley will be 7.30pm, Theatre Royal Margate, reading from their new collections. Plus open mic. CT9 1PW Tickets: £16, bkg fees apply Hilderstone Players 6.45pm, St Mary Bredin Church, CT1 3JN Book: 01843 292795 Dangerous Corner by J. B. Priestley Tickets: £4 on the door saveaswriters.co.uk theatreroyalmargate.com presented by arrangement with Samuel French Friday 2 November During a dinner party an ill-considered The Fujita Piano Trio remark sparks off a relentless series of Piano Trios composed by Mendelssohn, Haydn & revelations and other more dangerous Clara Schuman and Three Miniatures Book 1 by Shivers - Stories from the secrets. A classic Priestley play. Frank Bridge Book of Darkness & Light 7.30pm (Fri, Sat), 2.30pm (Sun), 7.30pm (Doors 6.45pm) A trio of delightfully thrilling ghost stories, Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs, Tickets: £16 (£8 students) set to the haunting sounds of the violin. CT10 2BN Book: 01227 277227 7.30pm, Theatre Royal Margate, Tickets: £11 adv. £13 on the door. [email protected] CT9 1PW Book: 01843 863701 Tickets: £14, concs £12, bkg fees apply sarahthornetheatre.co.uk Book: 01843 292795 theatreroyalmargate.com Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Umbrella 48

Saturday 3 November Saveas Writers’ International Writing Competition 2018 Expand your Creative Writing Awards Evening with SaveAs Writers ‘Nightmare: Gothic Dreams'- awards One-day creative writing evening and readings of both poetry workshops consisting of five and prose. separate seminars covering all 6.45pm, St Mary Bredin Church, aspects of the art. CT1 3JN 9.30am, St Mary Bredin Church, Tickets: £4 on the door CT1 3JN saveaswriters.co.uk Tickets: £9 (£40 if you attend all 5) Book: [email protected] ‘The Devil's Bride' saveaswriters.co.uk Based on the chilling story by Victorian Gothic Horror author Drama Workshop with the Sheridan le Fanu Bhaktivedanta Players An aspiring 17th century painter They have been enchanting seeks an apprenticeship with a audiences across the globe with famous artist who he finds out modern renditions of the epics has made a pact with the Devil. of ancient India. Interactive The Devil returns to claim his drama workshop. wicked prize! 11am-12.30pm, 17 Palace Street, 7.30pm, Sarah Thorne Theatre, Canterbury, CT1 2DZ Broadstairs, CT10 2BN Tickets: Free Tickets: £15 adv, £17 on the door Book: 01227 472953 Book: 01843 863701 artincanterbury.co.uk sarahthornetheatre.co.uk

Silk Painting Taster Workshop This Turbulent Priest Learn different techniques for silk A gripping play that transports you painting and produce a unique back in time to witness the events scarf or sun catcher with intense that lead to Thomas Becket’s colours. Everything provided. brutal murder. 11am-1pm, Crows Camp Studio, 7.30pm, The Church of St. Peter Bishopsbourne, Kent CT4 5JH the Apostle, Canterbury, CT1 2AT Tickets: £30 (4 max per class) Tickets: £9, conc. available Book: 07764 279103 Book: 01227 472953 crowscamp.co.uk artincanterbury.co.uk

Cantiacorum Singing Hannah and Hanna in Workshop Dreamland Enjoy singing ancient a A story about friendship, migration cappella music with members and karaoke. of Cantiacorum Community Written and directed by Choir – for beginners as well as John Retallack. experienced singers 7.30pm, Theatre Royal Margate, 3-4.30pm, Conquest House CT9 1PW Gallery, CT1 2DZ Tickets: £12.50, concs available, Tickets: £5 bkg fees apply Book: 01227 472953 Book 01843 292795 artincanterbury.co.uk theatreroyalmargate.com

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Canterbury Festival 2018.indd 1 5/2/2018 4:17:19 PM 51 Events Diary Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday WEEK 1 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October The Marlowe 7.30pm - p.4 7.30pm - p.20 7.30pm - p.6 7.30pm - p.7 7.30pm - p.10 Theatre The Feeling Släpstick The Shires Sir Bryn Sophie Terfel Ellis-Bextor Canterbury 7.30pm - p.2 3.15pm - p.2 7.30pm - p.7 Cathedral European Festival Rachel Podger Union Chamber Evensong with VOCES8 Orchestra (Nave) (Nave) Festival 2pm - p.29 11am - p.3 2pm - p.29 2pm - p.29 2pm - p.29 2pm - p.30 2pm - p.30 Spiegeltent, Baby Loves Festival Ensonglopedia of Sound Hunt Slightly Fat Greek Myths Children are Canterbury Disco Chamber Animals 7.30pm - p.21 Features 7pm - p.22 Stinky 8.30pm - p.3 Orchestra 8.30pm - p.5 Slightly Fat Children's 7pm - p.23 Coach Park Show Le Gateau The Christians 2.30pm - p.21 Tom Robinson with Chocolat Etienne & Ceilidh support from Lee 7pm - p.22 Friends Forsyth-Griffiths Scottish 9.30pm - p.8 8pm - p.4 Mamas Gun 9.30pm - p.8 The Sammy Falsetto Sock Club Click Rimington Puppet Theatre International 9.30pm - p.8 Band Mampama Shirley Hall, 8pm - p.35 7.30pm - p.5 7.30pm - p.35 The King's Alice Roberts Elégie Doug Allan School (A Heart in Exile) St Mary's Hall 7.30 - p.21 7.30pm - p.23 Studio Theatre Magic Circle The Time Machine St Gregory's 7.30pm - p.5 1.10pm - p.18 1.10pm - p.18 1.10pm - p.18 Centre for The Bursary The Lunaire Quartet David Knotts and Kentish Piano Music Competition Sam Corkin Trio Cathedral 5.45pm - p.32 5.45pm - p.32 5.45pm - p.32 5.45pm - p.33 5.45pm - p.33 Lodge Luke Harding Pat Davies & Simon Mark Austin Hilary Kay John Suchet Robinson 8pm - p.22 8pm - p.22 8pm - p.36 Nick Coleman Adam Kay The Denial of Death Other venues City Centre from Colyer- Anselm Studio 1 Anselm Stacey Lab 11am onwards Fergusson 1.10pm - p.18 Chapel (University of - p.28 3pm - p.20 Automatronic: 1.10pm - Kent) Opening Day Hansel & New Music p.18 2pm - p.37 Celebration Gretel for Organ and Contact Agar Art St Dunstan's Electronics 1pm - p.2 Canterbury Gregorian Music Society Walks 10am - p.42 8.30am - p.42 10am - p.42 10am - p.42 9.45am - p.42 10am - p.43 10am - p.43 10am - p.43 Area of Birdwatching Frontline Tales of Medieval St Martin's and Faversham: The Country Paths Outstanding Walk Folkestone Travellers Beyond The King's Port Director's a Stone's Natural Beauty 11am - p.42 2pm - p.42 11am - p.42 10am - p.43 10.30am - p.43 Walk Throw from 10am - p.42 The Materials Canterbury's Guided Tour of Canterbury's Herne - My 10am - p.43 the City The Geology of and History of Medieval Chilham Castle Medieval Friaries Patch From 2pm - p.43 Herne Bay Buildings Hospitals Gardens and House 2pm - p.43 2pm - p.43 Hollywood Historic 2.30pm - p.42 2pm - p.42 2pm - p.42 The Village of Bridge A Walk in to Fascism Charing and its Church Canterbury's Victorian City: Christ Church 2.30pm - p.43 and about St Gruesome Tales Splendour Priory's Water St Mildred's - Gardens Augustine's and Squalor Supply Saints and Industry College Key Music Performance Family Friendly Talks Science Walks Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Events Diary 52

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday WEEK 2 28 October 29 October 30 October 31 October 1 November 2 November 3 November Canterbury 7.30pm - p.16 Cathedral Canterbury Choral Society: Hymn of Praise (Nave) Festival 11am - p.12 1pm - p.17 1pm - p.17 1pm - p.17 1pm - p.17 10.30am - p.17 Spiegeltent, Fourtouna Kent College Simon Langton Canterbury Canterbury Primary School Canterbury 2.30pm - p. 23 School Concert School Concert Academy School College School Showcase Coach Park South American 8pm - p.11 8.30pm - p.13 Concert Concert 6pm - p.25 Way Embraceable Ella Jamie Smith's 7pm - p.25 7pm - p.25 Shift, Barely 8pm - p.11 MABON (Wales) Shift, Barely Shift, Barely Methodical Troupe Good Gnus Methodical Troupe Methodical 8.30pm - p.16 9.30pm - p.26 Troupe YolanDa Brown Lady Luck Cabaret 9.30pm - p.26 Lady Luck Closing Party! Cabaret (p.16) Shirley Hall, 7.30pm - p.11 7.30pm - p.12 7.30pm - p.13 7.30pm - p.26 7.30pm - p.14 7.30pm - p.27 The King's Journey Through Melvyn Tan The King's Singers Simon Evans Close to You Seann Walsh School Conflict: From Then Until Now St Mary's Hall 7.30pm - p.24 7.30pm - p.31 7.30pm - p.24 7.30pm - p.31 7.30pm - p.27 2pm - p.37 Studio Theatre A Regular Little Made In Kent: Michael Made In Kent: Shackleton's Monsters That Houdini Dance Pennington: Theatre Carpenter Might Be Sweet William St Gregory's 1.10pm - p.18 1.10pm - p.18 1.10pm - p.18 1.10pm - p.18 Centre for Canterbury Festival Trio ‘Manor University String Christ Church Music Maxwell Davies Manouche' Orchestra and University Big Memorial Prize Top Voices Band

Cathedral 5.45pm - p.33 5.45pm - p.34 5.45pm - p.34 5.45pm - p.34 5.45pm - p.34 Lodge Anthony Warner in David Starkey Pierre-Emmanuel John Tusa William Palin conversation with Taittinger 8pm - p.35 Xanthe Clay Ptolemy Dean 8pm - p. 24 Robin Ince Other venues The Ballroom Lanfranc Theatre, 1.10pm - p.18 3pm - p.31 Canterbury College Anselm Studio 1 Track Record 8pm - p.31 Dance @ Made in Kent: Canterbury: Comedy Final Re-mix Colyer-Fergusson Hall 7.30pm - p.14 Trio HLK + Evelyn Glennie Walks 2pm - p.43 10am - p.43 10am - p.43 10am - p.44 10am - p.44 10am - p.44 10am - p.44 An Armchair Exploring King's Strangers in Introductory Made in The Roof Lines The Story of Tour of School Canterbury Tour of the Dover Canterbury of Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury 10am - p.43 Western Heights 10am - p.44 10am - p.44 The River Bridges, 2pm - p.44 Little Stour, Big Goodnestone and Waterways, and A Literary Tour of Skies Chillenden Walk Mills of Canterbury King's School 10am - p.44 11am - p.44 11am - p.44 Blitzed Bits Guided Tour of Canterbury Chilham Village and Rings Walk: The St Mary's Church Fordwich Dragon Key Music Performance Family Friendly Talks Science Walks 53 Access Advice Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

A full access guide can be downloaded from the Festival website that includes venue photos, seating descriptions and details of steps. A paper copy can be requested from the Festival Office by contacting Access Liz on 01227 452853 or [email protected]

Please note, due to building work, the Cathedral venues are unable to provide blue badge parking. Closest drop off will be The Buttermarket and closest blue badge parking will be on Orange Street.

Please note that there is no parking on the Spiegeltent site.

The Ballroom St Dunstan’s Church St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre 15 Orange Street St Dunstans St The Borough CT1 2JA CT2 8LS CT1 2EZ Not suitable for Free car park. No late admittance after wheelchair users. show has started. Bar on site.

Canterbury Cathedral St Gregory’s Centre for Music The Precincts North Holmes Road Shirley Hall, The King’s School CT1 2EH CT1 1QU Through Mint Yard, Free car park. The Borough CT1 2EZ Limited parking for Blue Badge Canterbury Cathedral Lodge holders only. The Precincts Lanfranc Theatre Communal wheelchair CT1 2EH Canterbury College available for use. Bar on site. Bar on site. New Dover Road CT1 3AJ Free car park. Bar on site. Stacey Building, University of Kent Cathedral Chapter House CT2 1NJ The Precincts Free parking after 5pm weekdays CT1 2EH and all weekend Access via the Great Cloister. Marlowe Theatre The Friars CT1 2AS Bar and restaurant on site. Spiegeltent Colyer-Fergusson Hall Canterbury Coach Park University of Kent Kingsmead Road CT1 7NB CT1 1BW Free parking after 5pm No parking on site. weekdays and all weekend. Bar and food stalls on site. Bar and restaurant on site. Food may be consumed in Hospitality Tent.

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Betteshanger Park Whether you’re visiting during the Festival, or any other time of Sandwich Road the year there is so much to do in and around Canterbury. Spend Deal an afternoon sampling wines at a local vineyard or view the CT14 0BF City from the River Stour on a boat tour. Feel the thrill of being Tel: 01304 619227 Big Day Out locked in a medieval tower or travel back in time to Chaucerian betteshanger-park.co.uk Canterbury. Here are a few highlights that could complement [email protected] your cultural itinerary this October. Betteshanger Park guarantees an energising and enjoyable day out. The Park offers miles of traffic-free For more information visit canterburyfestival.co.uk cycling plus a programme of lively outdoor events and activities, including a season of open air cinema.

Canterbury Historic River Tours Canterbury Tales Canterbury Tourist Guides Based on the King’s Bridge St. Margaret’s Street Christ Church Gate opposite Eastbridge Hospital Canterbury The Precincts, Canterbury Canterbury CT1 2TG CT1 2EE Tel: 07790 534744 Tel: 01227 696001 Tel: 01227 459779 canterburyrivertours.co.uk canterburytales.org.uk canterburyguidedtours.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Discover Canterbury’s fascinating history while Enjoy a charming journey through Chaucer’s famous The heart of Canterbury can be explored only on foot, enjoying views of the city’s finest architecture and Canterbury Tales. For full details of additional events so why not join our 90-minute daily tour to discover hidden areas of natural beauty. National Tourism Award and special offers, visit the venue’s website. more about its historic, cultural and artistic heritage. Finalists 2016 and European Tourism Winners 2017. Tours depart daily from The Buttermarket.

Chartham Vineyard Escape In The Towers Godinton House & Gardens Burnt House Farm The Pound & Westgate Towers Godinton Lane Station Road, Chartham Canterbury Ashford CT4 7EA CT1 2BZ TN23 3BP Tel: 01223 813709 Tel: 01227 458629 Tel: 01233 643854 charthamvineyard.co.uk escapeinthetowers.co.uk godintonhouse.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Open Saturdays 10.30-5.30. Wine shop, free tastings, Packed full of fun and adrenaline you and your cohorts Enjoy a tour of this delightful Jacobean house. Explore gallery, demonstration vineyard, bookable vineyard have just 60 minutes to escape Dr Wellington’s Crime the 12 acres of beautiful gardens and parkland tours. Unique visitor experience in historic farmyard by & Punishment Lab by solving clues and puzzles. complete with tearoom serving homemade cakes. Chartham Station, just off A28, 3 miles SW of Canterbury. Based in Canterbury’s former city gaol! Free parking. Events throughout the year.

Howletts Wild Animal Park The Kent Museum of Wildwood Discovery Park Bekesbourne Lane Freemasonry Canterbury Rd, Bekesbourne St Peter's Place, Canterbury Herne Common, Herne Bay Nr Canterbury CT4 5EL CT1 2DA CT6 7LQ Tel: 01227 721286 Tel: 01227 785625 Tel: 01227 712111 aspinallfoundation.org/howletts kentmuseumoffreemasonry.org.uk wildwoodtrust.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Howletts offers a wild day out like no other! Discover A rare, fascinating and educational collection of exhibits Set in 40 acres of ancient woodland, Wildwood holds some of the world’s most endangered animals, including of both national and international importance. One of a stunning collection of over 200 British animals in the largest herd of African elephants in the UK. the finest collections of Masonic material in the UK. natural enclosures including bears, wolves and otters. 55 Big Eat Out Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk

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The Parade Room County Restaurant Big Eat Out 1 Pound Lane 30-33 High Street CT1 2BZ CT1 2RX Whether you’re looking for a long lunch or Tel: 01227 458629 Tel: 01227 766266 a quick pre-show bite, this is the perfect onepoundlane.co.uk abodecanterbury.co.uk opportunity to celebrate the delicious cuisine that the City’s restaurants have on offer. 2 course set menu for £12.95 Please contact the restaurants directly for further information on booking conditions, A La Turka Chapter Canterbury opening hours and mention Canterbury Festival 15 St Dunstan’s Street 11-12 Burgate to enjoy one of the meal deals listed. CT2 8AF CT1 2HG Tel: 01227 639102 Tel: 01227 809198 ala-turka.co.uk chaptercanterbury.co.uk Il Posticino Deakins 61 Dover Street 1-2 Sun St, CT1 3HD Canterbury, CT1 2HX Tel: 01227 788022 Tel: 01227 479111 ilposticino.co.uk deakinscanterbury.co.uk

2 course set menu for £12 2 course set menu for £10 The Thomas Becket Pub Posillipo 21 Best Lane 16 The Borough CT1 2JB CT2 1DR Tel: 01227 464384 Tel: 01227 761471 thomasbecketcanterbury.co.uk posillipo.co.uk

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For more Holiday Inn Express House of Agnes information visit Upper Harbledown 71 St Dunstan’s Street canterburyfestival.co.uk Canterbury, CT2 9HX Canterbury, CT2 8BN Tel: 01227 865000 Tel: 01227 472185 hiexpresscanterbury.co.uk houseofagnes.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] Room rates include complimentary breakfast, free car parking Award-winning 15th Century B&B with 16 beautiful en-suite rooms, and Wi-Fi. Children under 18 stay FREE when sharing room with cosy lounges, bar and large peaceful garden. Based in the city parents. Evening dinner service is available. centre with free parking and Wi-Fi.

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The Festival is indebted to the Foundation Board and Friends Committee for their on-going dedication to fundraising.

The Canterbury Festival Foundation supports If you value the Arts in Kent and are thinking of making the long-term development of the Festival, and or amending your Will, please consider leaving a awards Bursaries to young musicians in Kent. Legacy to the Foundation (charity no. 1097824).

JOIN THE FRIENDS Patron Platinum Supporters AND FEEL THE The Very Revd Dr Robert Willis, Professor Keith Mander Simon Backhouse BENEFITS Dean of Canterbury President Trustees Did you know that the Friends Peter Williams MBE Chairman Prof Keith Mander of Canterbury Festival receive Treasurer Hugh Summerfield two weeks priority booking Vice Presidents Company Secretary Dr Kate Neales before the Festival tickets go Anonymous on general sale? Friends can Brigadier and Mrs Maurice Atherton Cdre Martin Atherton OBE Dr Dan Lloyd also buy discounted tickets for Professor Stephen Bann Hugo Barton Roddy Loder-Symonds selected shows and receive Mrs James Bird Colin Carmichael Anthony Pratt last minutes deals, all for a Mr Timothy Brett Celia Glynn-Williams Camilla Swire modest subscription. Mr and Mrs Graham and Maggie Brown Peter Harris Tony Walder Mr and Mrs Martin and Virginia Conybeare Peter Hermitage QPM Dr Gillian Youngs For £25 for a single, £35 for a Dr Kate Neales and Mr Peter Cox Andrew Ironside couple and £40 for a family you Cllr and Mrs Nick and Monica Eden-Green can buy priority tickets for your Mrs Jane Edred Wright Hon Solicitor favourite shows and receive Mr and Mrs Alan and Diana Forrest Tim Townsend, Gardner & Croft the special Friends discounts David and Cilla Freud Festival Administration and offers. Mr and Mrs Charles and Diane Gaskain Festival Director Rosie Turner Mrs Romy de Gelsey Development & To enjoy these benefits, and Mr and Mrs Peter and Sally Hawkes Spiegeltent Manager Amanda McKean much more throughout the Mr and Mrs Peter and Brenda Hermitage Marketing Manager Liz Moon year, you can join the Friends Mr Andrew Ironside Participation Manager Charlotte Chapman by contacting Tina on Mr and Mrs George and Christine Kennedy Programme Co-ordinator Kylie Sanderson [email protected], Mr and Mrs Roddy and Caroline Loder-Symonds Administrator Tina Austen 01227 452853 Mr and Mrs James and Jane Loudon Business Manager Alison Mannering Mr and Mrs David and Mimi Macfarlane Production Mark Stampe For more information see the Mr and Mrs Ian and Juliet Odgers Friends pages on the Festival Mr Richard Oldfield Cover & Brochure Design nebulodesign.com website or contact the Mr and Mrs David and Alicia Pentin Front cover lino print: edyandfig.co.uk Festival Office. Jane Plumptre Mr and Mrs John and Julia Plumptre VOLUNTEERS Mr and Mrs Paul and Patricia Smallwood Dr David Starkey CBE Canterbury Festival We are most grateful to our Mr and Mrs Michael and Sue Stanford-Tuck (Trading name of Canterbury Theatre and Festival Trust) wonderful team of volunteers Mr and Mrs Peter and Beryl Stevens Registered in England No. 1480595 who work as stewards, Mr Richard Sturt OBE Registered Charity No. 279714 programme sellers and bar Mrs Fiona Sunley staff during the Festival period. Lady Swire Without them, it would be Mrs Camilla Swire Please consider the environment and impossible for us to produce Lady Juliet Tadgell recycle your brochure after use. the annual Festival. Mrs Jo Taylor Williams Mrs Loba Van der Bijl If you would like to join the Mr and Mrs Charles and Sally Villiers volunteering team, Mr Stuart Wheeler contact Tina on Sir Robert and Lady Worcester KBE [email protected] Mr and Mrs Evelyn and Scilla Wright Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Map 58

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HOW TO BOOK TICKETS BOX OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS Festival Box Office Colyer-Fergusson Hall St Gregory’s Centre for Music PRIORITY BOOKING FOR FRIENDS The Marlowe Theatre events only and Augustine Hall events only OPENS MONDAY 16 JULY The Friars, Canterbury University of Kent Augustine House, Rhodaus Town Kent, CT1 2AS Canterbury Canterbury, CT1 2YA Tel: 01227 787787 Kent, CT2 7NE Tel: 01227 782994 GENERAL BOOKING Tel: 01227 769075 OPENS MONDAY 30 JULY Open: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm Open: Mon-Thurs Also open Sun 21 and 28 Oct Open: Mon-Sat from 10am 10am-12.30pm, 1.30-4pm By phone 11am-5pm Sun from 5.30pm July and August only: ONLINE* In person 5.30-8pm (2pm if a matinee) 10.30am-12.30pm, 2-4pm canterburyfestival.co.uk canterburyfestival.co.uk thegulbenkian.co.uk canterbury.ac.uk/arts-and-culture For secure online booking of all Festival events, available 24 hours a day, visit our website. BY PHONE* Festival Box Office 01227 787787 Concessions Refunds & Exchanges The Festival Box Office will accept telephone bookings Concessions, where applicable, are In unavoidable circumstances Canterbury Festival reserves Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, plus Sun 21 and 28 October detailed in the ticket price sections of the right to alter artists or programme content. Unfortunately, 11am-5pm. Reservations are provisional until payment each event listing. Proof of status may tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded. is received and are released after 4 working days, be required. please quote your booking reference when paying. Your Visit to the Festival: IN PERSON* Access Visitor Information Centre: The Festival Box Office, located in the Marlowe The Festival aims to provide excellent Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Theatre, is open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, plus Sun 21, 28 access for our visitors. We are, 18 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2BD October, 5.30-8pm however, restricted by the design of Tel: 01227 862162 some of the older buildings meaning canterbury.co.uk BY POST* that our venues have varying levels of All events can be booked on this form, which must be accessibility. An access overview can Venue Map: See p.58 for venue locations and transport links returned to the Festival Box Office at least one week be found on p.53 and a full access prior to the event. Tickets will be dispatched within guide including venue description and Train travel with Southeastern: southeasternrailway.co.uk one week of receipt. seating images can be downloaded at canterburyfestival.co.uk. Alternatively Bus travel with Stagecoach: stagecoachbus.com Festival Box Office, The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, contact Liz at the Festival Office to Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS discuss your access needs on The Big Day Out: Between Festival events, there’s plenty to 01227 452853 or keep you busy, see p.54 BOOKING FEES [email protected]. The Marlowe Theatre charge a booking fee of £1.25 The Big Eat Out: Take a moment to explore the Festival’s per ticket, which is included in all ticket prices The Festival cannot accept restaurant guide on p.55 listed within the brochure. This is an unavoidable responsibility for the accessibility of administration cost and no proceeds go to Exhibitions, Artists’ Open Houses The Big Sleepover: For Festival recommendations on places Canterbury Festival. trails and Umbrella events. to stay, visit p.56 Box Office: 01227 787787 canterburyfestival.co.uk Booking Form 60

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