CANTERBURY FESTIVAL 2019 KENT’S INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Celebrating 10 Years As Partner and Principal Sponsor 19 OCT - 2 NOV
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CANTERBURY FESTIVAL 2019 KENT’S INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Celebrating 10 years as Partner and Principal Sponsor 19 OCT - 2 NOV canterburyfestival.co.uk WELCOME FESTIVAL DIRECTOR PARTNER & PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Every year I encourage you to enjoy the Festival. And so, we proudly present the line-up for But – apart from those of you whom I know 2019 – our first without core funding. The Celebrating 10 years as personally – my team and I have little idea of who new Box Office, the efforts of our donors, Partner and Principal Sponsor you are. We would like to know you better! This our sponsors – particularly Canterbury year - to offer you a more personalised service, and Christ Church in their 10th year – and to tailor future Festivals to your likes (and dislikes!) yourselves as customers all contribute to - we will be operating our own Box Office. Please the financial sustainability of our charity. register at canterburyfestival.co.uk as soon as As you may know, any surplus we make you read this, so that booking your tickets on-line is invested in free community activities, SPONSORS will be smooth and straightforward. I promise we developing the talents of young people, will not bombard you with hard-selling emails or and enhancing masses of leaflets through the post. We will simply Canterbury’s become more aware of the shows you attend cultural and be able to contact you directly in the event reputation. of any changes to the programme. It’s simple to Please come Venue Sponsor book on-line but we crave your patience if you – come often – are telephoning us or visiting the office… we are and enjoy! learning on the job! Tickets for all Festival shows at The Marlowe will continue to be sold only at The See you there! Marlowe – and we thank the theatre for the many years of excellent service they’ve given us. Full Rosie Turner Technical Sponsor details of Box Office arrangements are on Page 57. Festival Director PARTNER AND PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Celebrating 10 years as Partner and Principal Sponsor year’s Festival promises a rich, varied and inclusive programme for everyone to enjoy. The University is passionate about, Canterbury Christ and contributes significantly to, the Church University is region’s creative industries. We work delighted to work with closely with a range of local and national Canterbury Festival in organisations to offer an artistically 2019, particularly as vibrant, academically inspiring and socially we celebrate 10 years engaging arts and culture programme of collaboration. As Partner and Principal Sponsor within the community, and recently we are pleased to be associated with such a opened the new Daphne Oram building prestigious and popular event. for the creative arts. We offer a range of TRUSTS AND SUPPORTERS campus events throughout the Festival Canterbury Festival plays an important role in the and we look forward to welcoming you The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust city’s excellent cultural programme and the UK this year. Peter Stevens festival calendar. It brings together the people of Canterbury Festival Foundation Canterbury, visitors, and international artists in Professor Rama Thirunamachandran Kent Community Foundation an annual celebration of arts and culture, which Vice-Chancellor and Principal Lady Swire contributes to a prosperous and vibrant city. This Canterbury Christ Church University Todd's The Wine Company Angela Duignan Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk The Hale Trust CONTENTS & SPONSORS HEADLINE SPONSORS FUNDERS Contents Paul Roberts Board_25% 15/2/11 14:05 Page 1 Spiegeltent Spectacular 1 Music 2-21 Performance 23-28 Talks 30-33 Science 34-35 SPONSORS Opening Day 36 Family Friendly 37-38 Visual Arts 39-40 Artist Open Houses 40 Foundation Events 41 Walks 43-45 Umbrella 46-48 Transport Partner Made In Kent 49 Big Eat Out & Big Day Out 51 Big Sleepover 52 Thanks 54 Support Your Festival 55 Map 56 Charles How to Book 57 Canterbury, Forest of Blean Bainbridge Estate Agents Venue Access Guide 58 Events Diary 59-60 The official newspaper of Genre Key 2019 Canterbury Festival Media Partner Performance Science Family CORPORATE MEMBERS Abbott Construction Coombs (Canterbury) Ltd Holiday Inn Express Canterbury Sennet Insurance Airhedz.co.uk Crowthers of Canterbury Jackson-Stops & Staff Tim Stubbings Bang & Olufsen of Canterbury Darwin Escapes Kent Recruitment Bureau Photography Canterbury Festival is proud to be a member BO Concept Furley Page Lenleys Whitehead Monckton of the British Arts Burgess Hodgson Handelsbanken PG Lemon LLP YMS Group Festivals Association. Canterbury Christ Church University Hearbase Red Key Concepts artsfestivals.co.uk Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk 1 | SPECTACULAR Spiegeltent Festival Box Office Spectacular Friday 18 October, 7.45pm new for Spiegeltent 2019! Tickets £36.50 Roll up, roll up for a sparkling This year we are very excited to evening of Spiegeltent fun - launch our own Box Office and brand Canterbury Festival’s fundraising new website! Tickets for the majority Spiegeltent Spectacular! of events will now be bookable directly through the Festival, so Brought to you on Festival Eve to please do sign up and join our celebrate the start of Canterbury mailing list to keep up to date – just Festival 2019, the evening also serves visit canterburyfestival.co.uk. You can to help raise much needed funds to also book tickets over the phone on enable us to bring the beautiful Salon 01227 457568 or in person at Festival Perdu back to Canterbury. House, 8 Orange Street, Canterbury. For full details including Box Office The evening starts with a welcome opening hours please turn to p.57. drinks reception in the hospitality tent, followed by an hour of the best To book tickets for Festival events cabaret, comedy and circus with a taking place at The Marlowe, please mystery finale not to be missed. With contact The Marlowe Box Office an auction of promises and dancing on 01227 787787. to the KD Jazz and Soul Orchestra, this will surely be the social event of the year. Booths of 8 to 10 are available to Keep up to date by reserve at the time of booking. We liking and following look forward to seeing you there! @canterburyfest Sponsored by Paul Roberts Board_25% 15/2/11 14:05 Page 1 Headline Sponsor Supported by Todd's The Wine Company Image © Scott Chambers MUSIC | 2 The Sixteen: Monteverdi A stunning opening to the Festival by the fabulous ensemble, The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra ‘I was hooked, performing one of the most magnificent pieces in the Vespers of 1610 classical repertoire, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. flipped upside down, Expect thrilling rhythms, grand choruses and beautiful dazzled’ Saturday 19 October, 7.30pm solo movements ideally suited to the acoustics of the Cathedral Nave Cathedral Nave. (The Arts Desk) Tickets £32.50, £28, £23, £18 Conductor Harry Christophers says: ‘The Vespers is one of the most significant collections Harry Christophers Conductor of sacred music ever written. We will follow Katy Hill, Charlotte Mobbs Soprano Monteverdi’s dictum recitar cantando – speak through Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell Tenor singing – to maximum effect, bringing this glorious Ben Davies, Robert Davies Bass work to life.’ ‘…these musicians achieved a magical balance Celebrating 10 years as Partner and Principal Sponsor between the extroversion of performance and the introspection of prayer’ (Financial Times) BoxBox Office: Office: 01227 01227 457568 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk Image © Scott Chambers 3 | MUSIC FB Pocket Orchestra Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm Spiegeltent Tickets £15.50 Working backwards from the 1930s, the FB Pocket Orchestra explores repertoire that gave birth to what is now known as popular music. With elements 'Atmospheric, yet vibrant, this of blues, ragtime, hot jazz charming collection of songs and more, the FB Pocket Orchestra’s cool, atmospheric will make you wish you had been and vibrant sound brings to born some 100 years ago. The life music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with a Los Pacaminos style, glamour and ‘fabulousness’ confident, contemporary slant. of this era is captured beautifully Sponsored by Featuring Paul Young on the album.' (Jazz FM review) Saturday 19 October, 8.30pm Spiegeltent Tickets £22.50 Rock Choir Festival Los Pacaminos features Paul Young, Drew Barfield, Mark Pinder, Steve Greetham, Jamie Moses and Melvin Duffy (UK's premier pedal steel player). Evensong Sunday 20 October, 11am One of the UK’s most popular live touring bands, Los Pacaminos play the very Spiegeltent Sunday 20 October, 3.15pm best in Tex Mex Border music from The Texas Tornadoes and Ry Cooder to Los Tickets £11.50 Cathedral Quire Lobos and even Roy Orbsion. Rock Choir is the UK's leading amateur A special Evensong service This is a Tequila-fuelled Tex Mex party night, as the Spiegeltent becomes the contemporary choir with 30,000 members free to attend in which the perfect cantina setting for a great night's rocking with the cactus sharp, stetson and over 300 choirs across the UK and is Cathedral community blesses wearing, magnificent 6, Los Pacaminos! for anyone who loves to sing. No previous and celebrates the work of the experience is necessary and there are Canterbury Festival. Sponsored by no auditions. Rock Choir members from Canterbury will be performing a lively and diverse repertoire; from Queen to The Greatest Showman! Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk MUSIC | 4 ‘Of Finghin Collins as soloist, little needs to be said that has not been said before: he is exceptionally fluent, exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally sensitive, responding to every possible nuance…’ Piers Burton-Page, (International Record Review) “One of the must-see events Finghin Collins (Piano) of the musical calendar” (BBC Music Magazine) Tuesday 22 October, 7.30pm Shirley Hall, The King’s School I, Clara Tickets £21.50, Students £13.50 Clara Schumann – A Life in Music Mozart Sonata in A major K.