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Deal Festival would like to thank the following for their generous support: Arts Council England, James and Jenny Bird, The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation, The Cleary Foundation, Deal Town Council, DFDS, Dover Town Council, George Hammond PLC, Godinton Trust, KCC Members Grant, Community Foundation, John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation, Orchestras Live, Saints and Sinners, S5eary Charitable Trust, St And6rew’s Church and The Deal Festi7val Patrons and Friends. 8 TJUHLUY RSDAY FJURLIYDAY SJUALTY URDAY SJUULNY DAY © C l i

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e 7.30pm B a r d a Miriam Margolyes: Dickens’ Women Devised and written by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser. Directed by Sonia Fraser. Original music and arrangements by Michael Haslam St George’s Church, Deal

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the raucous humour of his D Britain’, New York Times characterisations to the darker, more International pianist Freddy Kempf will Schumann and In the stunning setting of Northbourne sinister aspects of his life and work. direct from the keyboard the Deal Festival Park, Opera Project – now entering its Johannes Brahms A BAFTA, LA Critics Circle, SONY Radio Orchestra in the rarely heard string PyramiDeal nineteenth season – brings one of the The Sacconi Quartet & Viv McLean and What’s On Stage award winner, chamber version of Beethoven’s Piano Deal Festival Outreach Programme 2012 greatest masterpieces of comic opera to (piano) described as Britain’s most compelling Concerto No.1. The rest of the the Deal Festival. A tale of disguise, After last year’s successful pilot programme, PyramiDeal launches for real this St George’s Church, Deal character actress, Miriam’s credits include programme includes Beethoven’s deception, love and shaving (it’s his job, year – thanks to the fantastic work of our Education Team and a substantial With a lunch interval in between, two Professor Sprout in Harry Potter ; Martin visionary Grosse Fuge , Purcell/Britten’s after all!), the Barber of Seville and grant from Arts Council England. PyramiDeal is ambitious, reaching more than musical feasts of music by the Scorsese’s ; Baz Chaconne and Britten’s extraordinarily Northbourne Park are a perfect 1,500 children throughout the Deal, Dover and Sandwich area. This valuable Schumanns and Brahms with a newly Luhrmann’s , Little beautiful and visceral Variations on a combination for a blissful summer’s work is carried out by a combination of professional educationalists, teachers commissioned script that illuminates and Dorrit, , Being Julia , the theme by Frank Bridge . There will also be afternoon. and musicians as well as our amazing outreach volunteers. Please visit the binds the music perfectly. The BBC comedy , as well as a guest appearance by Deal’s premiere programme includes Schumann's and recently on stage in Complicite’s Bring your own champagne and picnic folk group, Cocos Lovers, performing Deal website or see the PyramiDeal programme for further information and Brahms' mighty Piano Quintets, , and . (wine and refreshments will also be with the Orchestra in faithfully re- full details. available). The gardens will be open from Romances by Clara and intimate solo Funny, moving and affectionate, Dickens’ imagined and newly-minted arrangements piano music by all three. 4.30pm and there will be a supper interval of British folk songs by both Beethoven Women is a show for young and old alike. d l

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Street theatre e The Power of Words £3

9.30pm e N Arcadia (Opening Night Party) £20 £18

Late night @ The Astor PuppIT & DigIT: U Kate Dimbleby Polymathematics J 30 Darren Abrahams and Jack Ross £5 Beware of Young High Street, Deal Young Performers’ Platform £5 £4 Girls Two banraku-style puppets with amazing Kent County Youth Orchestra £15 £13 touchscreen faces and chests allow the ZRI £10 £8 Songs by Dory Previn, Sophie Tucker, audience to make video, sound and Bessie Smith, Kirsty Macoll & the 1 photographs AND upload them to a Y Kerry Andrews & Sound Collective £15

Rolling Stones. L special website. The PANeK/Applause LAU £20 £18 With Naadia Sheriff (piano/vocals) & commission for Applause Outdoors 2012 U J 2 Jonty Fisher (bass/ukulele) has been awarded to the innovative Little Book of Monsters 4.00pm £4 Astor Community Theatre, Deal Nottingham-based company, 11.00am-5.00pm Little Book of Monsters 6.00pm £4 Selling out the Festival Hall, a national Polymathematics. Amazing puppetry, Dr Jon Banks £6 radio regular and with several albums – amazing interactive fun. Festival For including this years hit Songs of Dory In partnership with Fuse Festival “Everything is Illuminated” £6 Previn – Kate weaves her shimmering jazz Families Entry into both events £10 vocals around some dangerously In partnership with the Deal Memorial irresistible songs. Bandstand Trust 3 Anneke Hodnett £8 £6 The Bandstand, Walmer Green Little Book of Monsters – Thanet £4 1.00pm 7.00pm A host of young and even younger local Aurora Orchestra £15 £13 The Big Deal musicians filling The Bandstand and two 4 As You Like It, by marquees. Join the fun for free and even Sospiro Saxophones £18 £16 William Question make your own music if you feel inspired. Death’s Cabaret - a love story £10 £8 Panelists: Charlie Elphicke,MP, Robin 5 Sacconi Quartet – 11.00am £8

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7 t outdoors since 2001. Commissioning a Deal people are proud and 9.00pm The Barber of Seville £22.50 £20 o a l new score for each production, the t passionate about our town. Family £50 (2 adults,2 children) e Late night @ The Astor - r company combines new music with o This is your chance to put 8 r Festival Finale Freddy Kempf and c buoyant direction and razor-sharp acting a your questions – housing, n c to wow audiences of every age. Deal Festival Orchestra £20 £18 e l

youth unemployment – The Last Tango a n Gardens open from 5.30pm. Bring a even the arts – to a Late Night Tango £8 £7 y e

Party All v picnic. No alcohol please, wine is panel who are sure to e Dates Festival Season Ticket * £200 £180 n available to purchase. Chairs for hire or Sol Trio/Tango Teachers t provide some pithy, *Does not include As You Like It bring your own. Tickets can also be informed and thought- Astor Community Theatre, Deal TOTAL DUE purchased from The Salutation Gardens provoking responses. If For those still standing, the Sol Trio, All tickets available from: 01304 619919. you care about Deal, tango teachers and some of their students The Festival Box Office, The Astor Community Theatre, Stanhope Road, Deal CT14 6AB A partnership between the Deal Festival make sure you are part will close this year’s Festival in Tel: 01304 370220 www.theastor.org and The Salutation Gardens of the big debate. flamboyant, latin style. and Visitor Information Centre, Old Town Gaol, Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DL. Tel: 01304 240477 Please make cheques payable to Deal Festival of Music and the Arts and send postal bookings to: Willie Cooper 49 Barton Mill Road, Canterbury CTl lBP FESTIVAL 2012 …scintillating music, unforgettable world premieres, FESTIVAL Kent's most entertaining street theatre, open air opera in stunning parkland, Shakespeare, touching movies BOX OFFICE and the best of Dickens’ bicentenary celebrations… ww0w13.t0h4e3a7s0t2o2r.0 org WHAT LARKS, PIP! OPENS 22 MAY www.dealfestival.co.uk REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1100003 29 ZRI 1 2 3 4 FJURNIDE AY SJUULNY DAY MJUOLYNDAY TJUULEY SDAY WJUELYDNESDAY 9.30pm 4.00pm & 6.00pm Late night @ The Astor PyramiDeal ZRI Little Book of Astor Community Theatre Faithfully re-imagined, ZRI present one of Monsters Brahms’ best-loved chamber music works Nye Hall, Duke of Yorks’ School, Dover – the Clarinet Quintet – in the form of a One thousand East Kent children give the tavern ensemble of its time. Re-scored here English premiere of Stephen Deazley and 8.00pm with santouri and accordion for the rich Matt Harvey's uproarious and ever-so- folk band sounds that inspired the original 7.30pm slightly terrifying song cycle. Arcadia - Fabulous piece itself, ZRI weave gypsy and klezmer, St Georges’ Church, Deal Accompanied by a professional ensemble Festival Opening to present a heavenly, foot-stompin’ night of leading UK musicians, Little Book of of music from a time when classical and Monsters will tingle your spine, churn Night folk came from the same place. your tummy and reveal what's REALLY Astor Community Theatre hiding under the bed! ‘Quite frankly, the best band in the world Due to popular demand, there will be two With Mercury Prize winning musician 1.00pm right now,’ Channel 4 and Magic Circle magician Tim Sutton, performances. BBC Folk Award winners in 2008, 2009 The Aurora Orchestra star of opera and musical stages Darren Darren Abrahams Funded by PRSF Beyond Borders and 2010, LAU consistently discover new Abrahams, accordion wizard Milos Co-commissioned with WNO, SCO, St musical boundaries with their unique take Milivojevic, baroque dance sorceress & Jack Ross Magnus Festival, Sage Gateshead and 7.30pm 7.30pm on folk. The Scots trio, described by Nicola Gaines Armitage, Lord Gawain North Deal Community Centre, Golf Road, Down Arts, In Association with Orchestras Live Robin Denselow in as Douglas, Gentlemen of Few and many Deal Sospiro ‘remarkable musicians’, has issued three World Premiere of more… The rising sap of spring, steamy nights of 6.30pm Saxophones summer, stormy autumn skies and the highly acclaimed albums in as many Step into a decadent, bohemian dream years. Julian Philips’ John Harle, Tim Garland, Rob Buckland world. Be bewitched by a baroque blue chill of winter, guitarist Jack Ross Dr Jon Banks: and Simon Haram with Steve Lodder Churchyard open from 6.30pm for drinks sorceress dancing to Bach, spellbound by and opera and musical star Darren (piano) Abrahams take you through a year in the and refreshments Klezmer, classical the passion of the tango, crooning St George’s Church, Deal life of a love affair, escorted by the music cabaret and close-up magic. Everywhere © and the music of The UK’s golden generation of of Rodgers and Hart, Lerner and Loewe, K you turn there’ll be great music, food, A Kerry Andrew S Arlen and Mercer, with a little Rossini H Everything is saxophonists combine under the wine and surprises. International stars C r

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