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HEADLINE SPONSORS For better or worse, we have taken the decision that “The Show Must Go On”!

As I write this, restrictions are gradually easing, and events are beginning to take place. We have been busy working with our venues – Canterbury Cathedral and Lodge, Kent College Great Hall, Kings School’s Shirley Hall and The Malthouse, and Westgate Hall, to establish operating policies that comply with Government guidance – whilst impacting as little as possible on your enjoyment.

We are so grateful to the Sponsors, Friends and Donors who have been able to continue their support during such a challenging year, and to Canterbury City Council for their award of a Discretionary Grant. Restrictions on capacities will result in a financial loss; however, we feel it is important not to let our audience and supporters down. We hope that this Festival will be part of Canterbury’s recovery from Covid-19 - and not another casualty. FUNDERS

Safety comes first, and I expect it will feel strange to be sitting at distance. I hope you will help us by taking your own precautions – wear a mask if you wish – and please note that hospitality at some venues may be limited. For those not up to venturing out, there will be a few events online – but, as I always say, “I hope I’ll see you there!”

Rosie Turner Festival Director

TICKET INFORMATION TRUSTS AND SUPPORTERS

Priority booking for Festival Friends General booking The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust Peter Stevens Opens Opens Canterbury Festival Foundation Thursday 3 September, Monday 14 September, Henry Oldfield Trust 11am 11am RG Hills Charitable Trust The Auston Trust Fund See pg.32 for more details. Kent Community Foundation The Beerling Foundation Pargiter Trust The Mackintosh Foundation

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SPONSORS Contents

Guidance & Appeal 2

Music 3-8

Venue Sponsor Performance 10-12

Talks 14-16

Science 18-19

Family Friendly 20

Lunchtime Concerts & 21 Festival Foundation

Digital Events 22

Participation 23

Visual Arts 24

Walks 26-27

Big Eat Out & Big Day Out 28 The official Big Sleepover 29 newspaper of 2020 Canterbury Festival Thanks 30 How to Book & Access Guide 32

Events Diary 33

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Guidance

So that you enjoy the Festival safely we will be monitoring the situation and working closely with venues over the coming weeks to ensure that our seating plans, customer interactions, one-way systems and facilities meet Government regulations.

Whilst the situation is constantly changing, please be aware that the following measures are likely to be in place for this year’s Festival: • All events will be operating on a substantially reduced capacity – please book early to avoid disappointment. • Designated seating for all events with fixed seating for specific group sizes. • Staggered arrival times and one-way systems to allow audiences to arrive safely. COVID-19 APPEAL • Bring a mask – we anticipate that this will be a mandatory requirement for indoor events and will be required for admittance. Since 1984, the Festival has been bringing wonderful performances to Canterbury for • Please ensure that you provide an email address or phone over 35 years. Its year-round programme of Ways you can number when booking, so that we can provide you with participation engages over 3000 people of information for your event. all ages in creative projects, workshops and support us: • Our Box Office will be processing online and phone bookings work experience opportunities. only. An in-person service is available by appointment only. Please donate using the Due to the pandemic this year the Festival Donate button on • You should not attend any events if you have symptoms of has lost 60% of its turnover – having fewer the website COVID-19, or have been advised to self-isolate following seats to sell, losing sponsorship, and canterburyfestival.co.uk contact with someone with symptoms of COVID-19. competing for funding with so many other • If required, your contact details may be forwarded to Public charities and good causes. Send a cheque to Canterbury Health England for track and trace purposes. If you would like Festival, 8 Orange Street, to opt out of your details being passed on, please contact the By taking the decision to bring you this Canterbury Festival office at [email protected] slightly smaller Festival in October, we will CT1 2JA or by calling 01227 457568. struggle financially. Add a donation at “check • If an event is cancelled you will automatically be entitled to But we couldn’t imagine Canterbury without out” when you buy your a refund. its annual arts celebration. tickets

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Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk MUSIC | 3 Tenebrae: Sounds of Leading us from darkness towards the light, award-winning choir Tenebrae opens the Festival with a dramatic programme centring on the winter and summer solstices. The coldest winter is the Solstice captured in Maxwell Davies’ O Magnum Mysterium and Poulenc’s chilling Un soir de neige, set alongside a new commission for male voices from acclaimed British composer Joanna Marsh.

Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm Ešenvalds’ ethereal Stars (performed by Tenebrae at last year’s BBC Proms) sets a new tone Canterbury Cathedral before the choir is joined by harpist Camilla Pay in Holst’s mysterious Hymns from the Rig Tickets £28 Veda, which hail the coming of spring. The programme culminates with John Rutter’s heartfelt thanks to God, Hymn to the Creator of Light. Sponsored by

The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust

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Joanna MacGregor plays Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas

Thursday 22 October - Sunday 25 October Shirley Hall, King's School Tickets £20 per concert Any 3 concerts £50 Complete series £120 Introductory Talk £10

Joanna MacGregor CBE is one of the world's most innovative musicians. As a solo pianist she has appeared with the world's leading orchestras, performing in over eighty countries, with eminent conductors Pierre Boulez, Colin Davis, Valery Gergiev, Simon Rattle and Michael Tilson Thomas. Joanna has premiered many landmark works - from Harrison Birtwistle to John Adams and James MacMillan – and is a regular broadcaster, making numerous appearances at the BBC Proms.

Joanna is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and runs two annual piano festivals for young musicians. She has been the Artistic Director of Dartington Summer School, of Bath International Festival, and Deloitte Ignite at the Royal Opera House. Her many recordings, on her own record label SoundCircus, range from Chopin and Piazzolla to Bach and John Cage. She chairs the Paul Hamlyn Composers Awards and was a 2019 Booker Prize Judge.

Joanna has just been appointed Principal Conductor and Music Director of Brighton Philharmonic, as it approaches its centenary.

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‘He had the audience in stitches’ (Daily Record)

‘The funniest he’s ever been’ (The Times)

Hal Cruttenden Slightly Fat Features

Thursday 29 October, 8pm Friday 30 October, 8pm Fasten your seatbelts, the multi-award- Westgate Hall Westgate Hall winning, smash hit comedy troupe Slightly Tickets £20 Tickets £20 Fat Features are back in Canterbury due to popular demand for one night of riotous comedy cabaret. Hal Cruttenden is one of the top stand-up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor. We are thrilled to ‘Their inspired A show for all ages, shapes and welcome him to Canterbury to deliver some much-needed laughs this autumn. sizes, unashamedly stuffed with wondrous silliness is a antics, circus tricksters, original live music, He has made several appearances on Live at the Apollo (BBC1 and 2), Have I special guest acts and, most importantly, Got News For You (BBC1) and The Royal Variety Performance (ITV) as well as perfect pick lots and lots of laughs. his regular appearances on shows such as Mock the Week, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and The Apprentice: You’re Fired. me up’ Guaranteed to leave you with your belly In the past year he appeared on Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1), Tipping Point aching and demanding seconds. An edge (ITV1) and House of Games (BBC2). (The Times) of your seat - live theatrical experience like no other. Cirque De Soleil meets Monty Packed with razor-sharp wit, hilarious observations and a sprinkling of Python. Comedy. Cabaret. Chaos. Sponsored by self-deprecation, this is a must for comedy fans. Headline Sponsor Sponsored by

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Festival Talks will take place at multiple venues this year - please check the location before booking. Talks will last approximately one hour followed by a Q&A.

Gemma Hollman: David Berry: David Reekie: Joan of Navarre – Canterbury A People’s History of Tennis Canterbury and the Bayeux TALKS Cathedral’s Royal ‘Witch’ Tapestry - How Kent made Tuesday 20 October, 5.45pm the last Anglo-Saxon Monday 19 October, 5.45pm Cathedral Lodge | Tickets £12 Masterpiece Cathedral Lodge | Tickets £12 Talks series sponsored by

Headline Sponsor Pristine lawns, tennis whites, How do you stop a powerful woman? strawberries and cream, tennis is Wednesday 21 October, 5.45pm Call her a Witch. synonymous with the upper echelons Cathedral Lodge | Tickets £12 of society, but scratch beneath the Joan of Navarre was the richest woman surface and you’ll quickly discover in the land, at a time when war-torn a different history, one of untold The Bayeux Tapestry is surely the most England was penniless. Queen consort struggles on and off the courts. important artefact to survive from the of England as the wife of Henry IV and Middle Ages. Most scholars now think a loving stepmother to his six children, In this Talk writer, journalist and this astonishing textile was made in Joan would later find herself accused filmmaker, David Berry takes us on Canterbury at, or near, St Augustine’s of attempting to murder her stepson, a journey from the birth of modern Abbey. But who made it and why? Henry V, using witchcraft. Upon tennis in Victorian Britain to the Was Bishop Odo its patron? Who was her death in 1437, however, she was present day. He will reveal the the genius who designed it? Was it buried with full honours in Canterbury struggles around sexuality, gender, embroidered by Canterbury women? Cathedral. race and class that have transformed the nature of tennis and sport itself. This Talk by David Reekie will reveal the Historian Gemma Hollman, author of Kentish background of the Tapestry’s Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre Going beyond centre court, David creation. It will look at the evidence for to Elizabeth Woodville, reveals the Berry reveals the hidden history of the its Canterbury origin and attempt to shocking story of Joan’s brush with game, providing a rich account of the solve some of its many mysteries. witchcraft and how such accusations challenges faced and victories won. could be used to bring medieval See also Walks p.26 England’s powerful women to their knees.

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Loyd Grossman: Kadie Kanneh-Mason: Oliver Letwin: An Elephant in Rome In Conversation with Dr David Lamper Apocalypse How

Thursday 22 October, 5.45pm Monday 26 October, 7.30pm Monday 26 October, 5.45pm Cathedral Lodge | Tickets £12 Great Hall, Kent College | Tickets £12 Shirley Hall, King's School | Tickets £12

In 1655, a new Pope, Alexander VII, fired with Seven brothers and sisters. All of them classically As the world becomes better connected and we religious zeal, political guile and a mania for trained musicians. One was Young Musician of grow ever more dependent on technology, the risks building, determined to restore the prestige of his the Year and performed for the Royal Family. The to our infrastructure are multiplying. Whether it's a church by making Rome the must-visit destination eldest has released her first album, showcasing hostile state striking the national grid (like Russia for Europe’s elite. To help him do so, he enlisted the the works of Clara Schumann. These siblings did with Ukraine in 2016) or a freak solar storm, our talents of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, already celebrated don’t come from the rarefied environment of elite systems have become so interlinked that if one part as the most important artist of the age. music schools, but from a state comprehensive in goes down the rest topple like dominoes. Nottingham. How did they do it? Drawing on his new book An Elephant in Rome: Former government minister and National Security Bernini, The Pope and The Making of the Eternal In this Talk, their mother, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Council member, Sir Oliver Letwin, looks ten City, author and broadcaster Loyd Grossman opens up about what it takes to raise a musical years into the future and imagines a UK in which explores the work of one of the greatest artistic family in a Britain divided by class and race. She the national grid has collapsed. Taking us from double acts in history, who not only created will be in conversation with Dr David Lamper, high-level government meetings to elderly citizens Baroque Rome but invented the concept of soft Executive Head of Kent College. waiting in vain for their carers, Letwin uses his power and a bucket list destination along the way. vast experience in government to outline how Headline Sponsor businesses and government should respond to catastrophic black swan events that seem distant and implausible - until they occur.

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Bettany Hughes: Andy McConnell: Andy McConnell: A.N Wilson: Venus & Aphrodite Bottoms Up! The Good, Bad & The... The Mystery of err... Ugly? Charles Dickens Wednesday 28 October, 5.45pm Thursday 29 October, 5.45pm Shirley Hall, King's School | Tickets £15 Shirley Hall, King's School | Tickets £12 Thursday 29 October, 8pm Friday 30 October, 5.45pm Shirley Hall, King's School | Tickets £12 Shirley Hall, King's School | Tickets £12 £20 for both Andy McConnell Talks Through ancient art, evocative myth, This light-hearted talk examines the exciting archaeological revelations history of wine, an elixir that has Charles Dickens was a superb public and philosophical explorations, sustained much of humanity for Join Andy McConnell for a cheeky, performer, a great orator and one Bettany Hughes shows why this almost 10,000 years. irreverent conversation, showing off of the most famous of the Eminent immortal goddess endures through to about his life and times, provoked by Victorians. Experiencing the worst the twenty-first century, and what her Bottom’s Up! traces the story of Dave Parker. and best of life during the Victorian journey through time reveals about wine: from its humble beginnings in Age, Dickens was not merely the what matters to us as humans. rotting grapes before the Bronze Age, Andy trained as a journalist, working conduit through whom some of the to the present when single bottles as a West Coast rock correspondent most beloved characters in literature Charting Venus's origins in powerful can change hands for thousands of in the 1970s, rubbing shoulders with came into the world. He was one of ancient deities Bettany decodes pounds. It examines the extraordinary the best bands of the era. From there them. Venus's relationship to the Greek diversity of paintings and artefacts, he moved on to producing music goddess Aphrodite. including drinking vessels, that have videos for Island Records, managing Filled with twists, pathos and been created by history’s greatest Channel 4’s Rockers Roadshow and unusual characters, The Mystery of On a voyage of discovery to reveal artists and craftsmen to enhance upon hitting 30, upping sticks and Charles Dickens looks back from the the truth behind Venus, Hughes the pleasure of wine, and to moving to rural France. It was there legendary writer's death to recall the reveals how this mythological impress guests. he began selling antique glass, and key events in his life. In doing so, figure is so much more than nudity, on returning to his hometown of Rye, A. N. Wilson seeks to understand romance and sex. It is the remarkable Andy McConnell is one of Britain’s took a more academic approach Dickens' creative genius and story of one of antiquity's most leading authorities on glassware and wrote three major books – enduring popularity. potent forces, and the story of human and has recorded 15 series of BBC's leading to a career on one of BBC’s desire - how it transforms who we Antiques Roadshow. most popular programmes. are and how we behave.

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‘Had us crying Sum Tyms Bytin with laughter’ Sum Tyms Bit (BBC Focus Magazine) ‘All the wit and passion of the A programme of talks, creative responses and interventions inspired by Russell best comics’ Hoban’s cult novel Riddley Walker, on the 40th anniversary of publication. (Chortle) Riddley Walker, first published in 1980, is the Festival Read for 2020. Set in post- apocalyptic East Kent, written in a futuristic Kentish dialect, and with Canterbury at its heart, where better to host a celebration of Riddley Walker’s legacy?

Sum Poasyum! Dr Emily Writing Guerry: Competition Saturday 24 October, 11am – 5pm The Legend of Awards Watch at St Eustace Evening blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/ sumtymsbit/ Saturday 24 October Visit website for start Saturday 24 October, A day of screenings, talks, time 6.30pm panel discussions, creative Watch at Tickets £4 responses and interventions. blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/ Featuring special guest, sumtymsbit/ This year’s Save As Simon Watt: Frogs and Friends writer and editor Dominic Writers International Power, whose radio An online talk on Writing Competition adaptation of Riddley Walker the legend of the invited new creative Sunday 18 October, 7pm brought a new audience to saint featured in the responses to the themes Great Hall, Kent College the novel. Also featuring Canterbury Cathedral and world of Riddley Tickets £12 the Kent Animal Humanities mural that first inspired Walker. Join them for Ages 16+ Network, new creative Russell Hoban to write their online awards event commissions from Feral Riddley Walker. Dr to hear the shortlisted Practice and Sonia Overall, Emily Guerry is a Senior entries, see the winners and the Festival Read Lecturer in Medieval and find out how Hoban’s The Ugly Animal Preservation Society’s professor of comedy, Book Club. European History at the work continues to inspire Simon Watt (Inside Nature’s Giants, The Infinite Monkey University of Kent. new writing. Cage) returns with his new adults-only stand up lecture. Simon Get your copy of Riddley explores why frogs are better than most people he knows and Walker at the special Festival For more details, Email saveaswriters@ how studying them has changed the world! price of £8 (RRP £10.99) booking and a full hotmail.com to book from the Canterbury Christ programme of events, www.saveaswriters.co.uk Church University Bookshop, visit blogs.canterbury. situated on the North ac.uk/sumtymsbit/ Holmes Road campus.

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Working closely with the professors and students of the School of Biosciences at the University of Kent, under the guidance of Prof Dan Lloyd, this year’s programme provides inspiring events for all ages.

The Kent College Lecture Dr Patricia Fara: Dr Kathryn Harkup: Jim Al-Khalili: Arise, Sir Isaac! Making the Monster: The SCIENCE The World According to Newton’s London career Science of Mary Shelley’s Physics Frankenstein Monday 26 October, 8pm Tuesday 20 October, 7.30pm Shirley Hall, King's School Saturday 31 October, 3pm Great Hall, Kent College Tickets £12 Westgate Hall Tickets £12 Ticket £12 For the last thirty years of his life, Shining a light on the most profound Isaac Newton lived in London and ran This Talk explores the scientific insights revealed by modern the Royal Mint as well as the Royal background behind Shelley’s book. physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all Society. Formerly a reclusive scholar Is there any science fact behind the to understand what this crucially at Cambridge, he now moved in science fiction? And how might a important science tells us about the aristocratic circles, exerted political real-life Victor Frankenstein have gone universe and the nature of reality itself. influence and became very rich. about creating his monster? Through exploring a painting by Drawing on the themes of his new William Hogarth that is packed with From tales of lightning bolts and book, The World According to Physics, Newtonian references, Dr Patricia Fara chemical revolutions, to experimental Jim will introduce the fundamental reveals aspects of Newton’s life and surgery and electrical experiments on concepts of space, time, energy, fame that usually receive little attention human cadavers, chemist and author and matter, and then describe the three - reintegrating him into a metropolitan of A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of pillars of modern physics—quantum world where men and women benefited Agatha Christie, Dr Kathryn Harkup, theory, relativity, and thermodynamics— from global trading based on slavery. examines the science and scientists showing how all three must come that influenced Shelley, and inspired her together if we are ever to have a full most famous creation. understanding of reality.

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all-family show’ Ugly Animals: (The Stage) Weird Life Under Water Shakespearience Sunday 18 October, 3pm Great Hall, Kent College Wednesday 28 October, 2pm Tickets £9 Westgate Hall | Tickets £9 Ages 6+ Ages 5+ From hagfish that see off predators using sickening slime to sea cucumbers that fight with their bum, our seas are full of some of the strangest animals The five-star smash-hit Shakespearience in the world. But this environment is one that needs a good clean up if Festival! Join Shakespeare's Men as they isfly comingthrough to Canterbury these creatures, and maybe the planet as a whole, is to survive. Juliet and Twelfth Night Macbeth, Romeo & With tons of audience interactionin a whirlwind and morehour ofthan mischievous a dash of mayhem storytelling. it's Join biologist and presenter Simon Watt for a tour of the tremendous the perfect treat for all the family. wildlife we can find on the shore and in the depths.

Image Ryan Buchanan Squashbox Theatre presents Shivers and Shadows The Professor

Tuesday 27 October, 2pm Palmermoff Magic Westgate Hall | Tickets £9 Ages 6+ Show

Get ready to shiver, shake, shudder and Thursday 29 October, 2pm scream as Squashbox Theatre presents Westgate Hall | Tickets £9 its first ever show for Halloween! Professor Palmermoff (aka Simon Craig, your friendly host, has just inherited Palmer) has performed his magic show WARNING: like all Squashbox a creepy mansion from his Great Uncle over 1000 times at parties, schools, performances, this show will be full Vladimir. Join him as he explores the cabaret, weddings, fayres, festivals and of laughter, excitement and fun… but mansion’s secrets and meets some of its events of all kinds for 22 years, dazzling it will be SCARY too! Expect loud strange and spooky inhabitants. What and amazing all along the way. noises, creepy characters and a spooky ghouls and spectres haunt the gloomy His career in magic was inspired by entertaining his own children and atmosphere – plus a few surprises that corridors of this old house? their friends - it grew and grew by popular demand – and before he might make you jump! knew it Magic began to take over! Expect an overflowing cauldron of a Recommended for brave children aged show, brimming with delightful frights Inspired by magic’s greats, Professor Palmermoff’s comic style, 6+ (accompanied by their scaredy-cat and hilarious horrors, bubbling with stunning tricks and awesome illusions guarantee fun for all the family. grown-ups) ingenious puppetry and comedy, seasoned with scary stories and tall ‘An absolute celebration of all that is tales, flavoured with live music and good about theatre for children.’ songs, and topped with a sprinkling of (What’s on Stage) slapstick and silliness. LUNCHTIME CONCERTS & | 21 FESTIVAL FOUNDATION ‘Utterly hilarious… a wildly successful all-family show’ (The Stage) Lunchtime Concerts at Canterbury Christ Church University

CCCU is planning its lunchtime concerts and investigating the possibilities of sharing them online, and if possible, live. The Canterbury Performers will include the Kentish Piano Trio; Trio Manor Manouche; and the talented staff of the Commercial Music Festival Foundation course. Students will perform in ensembles including the Chamber Choir, Broadway Choir, and the Big Band, along Securing the Future of Canterbury Festival with smaller, student-directed chamber ensembles. With government funding for the Arts disappearing, the Foundation has undertaken to For more info visit canterbury.ac.uk/arts-and-culture contribute to the Festival’s annual running costs to help redress the gap between what the Festival actually costs, and the amount that can be raised through ticket sales.

Image Ryan Buchanan Together with the Festival Friends, the Foundation organises fundraising events throughout the year. These are open to anyone to enjoy and are a great way to become part of the ‘Festival Family’.

As well as supporting the Festival, the Foundation is also dedicated to developing musical talent through the Young Musicians’ Bursary Award. Each year the Foundation provides a prize of £2000 to be used for artistic development. How can you help? Join the Friends Become a Vice President Become a Friend of the Festival Join a group of philanthropic supporters who are for as little as £25 and benefit very close to the Festival’s heart. They lend their from priority booking, special advice, connections, ideas and loyal friendship to discounts and more. the charity. To learn more contact Amanda McKean at [email protected] Make a Gift Any donation – large or small Leave a Legacy – will go towards events in the If you would like to support the Festival’s future, annual Festival or our work in consider leaving a legacy gift of cash, property or the community. shares to the Festival Foundation. Charitable gifts are free from Inheritance Tax and may also reduce other taxes.

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Digital events will be available at canterburyfestival.co.uk/ whats-on from Saturday 17 October until the end of the Festival This Evil Thing Gladius: Canterbury and Krakow Tales The Devil's Violin

DIGITAL Experience a lockdown Concept originated, visuals prepared UK’s top storytelling trio launch rendering of Michael Mears’ and document implementation by: Adam Nyk a new podcast inspired by the compelling drama about WW1 Artistic direction: Karol Kusz public response to lockdown conscientious objectors. Music Performers: Cracow Singers alchemy. The Devil’s Violin was Documentary director Katarzyna Freiwald formed in 2006 by storyteller Drawn from historical Daniel Morden, composer / documentation and verbatim cellist Sarah Moody and co- testimonies of the time, Mears Gladius commemorates landmark anniversaries of European composer / violinist Oliver plays a host of characters from significance: the 900th anniversary of St Thomas Becket's Wilson-Dickson. Henry Asquith to soldiers, birth and the 850th anniversary of his death, and the 940th Bertrand Russell to objectors, anniversary of the death of St Stanislaus of Szczepanów. In Spring this year, the group with locations ranging from a was poised to begin rehearsals prison cell in Kent to a firing The project owes its inspiration to the spiritual, cultural for what would have been their squad in France. and musical legacies of both these saints. The musical sixth major touring show - Seen at Canterbury component draws on Polish and European compositions The Beast in Me. Instead, Festival 2017. venerating them dating back to the Middle Ages. The working remotely from their soundtrack corresponds with the visual, and the visual various lockdown locations, dimension feeds off the hagiographic accounts surviving in they began to develop a series ‘Astonishingly fine-arts renditions. of traditional stories with musical accompaniment. These good, superbly Originally planned for a live concert at this year’s Festival, six tales, each a response to here is an on-line taster performed by Cracow Singers. We the unfolding crisis, were and painstakingly very much hope that we will be able to present this concert released every Sunday evening, in full during next year’s Festival. and are now available as the crafted… podcast: Storytelling from unforgettable.’ The Devil's Violin.

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Abstract Canterbury – Young Musicians’ Bursary Under 18s Poetry The King’s Mile Competition Competition Community Photo Monday 19 - Friday 23 October, Every year we run a poetry We work on projects year- Competition 6.30pm competition for creative round with schools, colleges, Enter your inspirational and creative young writers aged 18 and universities, charities and photos depicting abstract images of Watch: under - encouraging both text community groups in the Canterbury; abstract in its traditional canterburyfestival.co.uk/ and visual entries on a given East Kent area – engaging sense or images of Canterbury that whats-on theme. This year’s theme people of all ages in creative go against the norm, showing us encouraged budding poets activities. 2020 has been a unfamiliar or unusual places. This year we mark 10 years of the to respond to ‘Earth Tribe’ – challenge but we have never Shortlisted photos will be displayed Musicians’ Bursary Competition, an exploring subjects such as the been more determined to in shop windows along the King’s initiative supported by the Canterbury environment, community and champion the arts, and work Mile during the Festival and one lucky Festival Foundation. It enables climate change. From 1,600 with Canterbury’s vibrant winner will receive a £150 voucher brilliant young musicians to pursue submissions shortlisted poems community. for the Canterbury Camera Centre and develop their talent – providing will be selected. Poetry will be and a commission from the King’s financial support, guidance and heard on The Dominic King Mile. Visitors to the exhibition will opportunities. Show, on BBC Radio Kent. have a chance to vote for their PARTICIPATION favourite photo. This year’s final - showcasing five Arts Trail outstanding young musicians - Lockdown enabled many of will take place on-line and will be All images must be sent to the community groups that we streamed over five consecutive nights. [email protected] by work with to reimagine how Each evening we will introduce our Monday 28 September. they deliver creative workshops finalists, share their performances Don’t forget to tag at a distance. This year we will and on the final night announce this #canterburyfestcomp when sharing be highlighting some of the year’s winner, as well as the Festival’s your photos on Facebook, Twitter amazing artwork that these ‘one-to-watch’ in the junior category. and Instagram. communities have created over All performances will be filmed at Kent the last 6 months, as part of College’s stunning Great Hall. Photography Walk with our Arts Trail. David King This year’s judges include: Artwork will be exhibited in Monday 21 September, 4-5pm David Flood, shop and window spaces Wednesday 23 September, 11am-12pm Chair of Judges and Director of Music, around the City, showcasing Students & Adults £5, Children £3 Canterbury Cathedral work by Catching Lives, To run alongside our King’s Mile Emily Renshaw Kidd, Folkestone Museum, Future Community Photo Competition, we Director of Music at the Langton Foundry, Canterbury College, have limited spaces available on David Burridge Ceramic Arts Dover, The our photography walk with local Education Director, The Big Reveal Umbrella Centre and the King’s Photographer David King. David Alistair Hume Mile Photo Competition. will work with you to enable you to Founder Member of The King’s Singers get the best photos of the city on Dr Chris Price Pick up the Arts Trail map from your camera or mobile phone, Director of Music at outside the Festival Office using simple and effective Canterbury Christ Church University during the Festival or download techniques. Spaces are limited the map and a children's so book yours soon at activity pack from our website. canterburyfestival.co.uk. Image: Siena Barr - Bursary Award Winner 2019

Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk 24 | VISUAL ARTS Canterbury School of Visual Unlocked Arts: Student Exhibition Oaten Hill Gallery presents an exhibition As part of their ethos, CSVA at Canterbury featuring works by Linda Clarke, Patrick Crouch, All exhibitions are free College believe in student work being Germaine Dolan, Nik Glancy, Bryan Hawkins, and open throughout exhibited in the community and this Ben Kidger, Clive Soord and Danny Whitcher. the Festival unless Autumn they will showcase artworks in the Saturday 17 – Saturday 31 October otherwise stated. heart of Canterbury. Mon-Fri, 10am - 5pm / Sat 11am - 5pm Responsibility lies Oaten Hill Gallery, 25 Oaten Hill, Image: Dan Stroud with the organisers They will form an exhibition that can be seen Canterbury, CT1 3HZ of each exhibition on the many windows that wrap around www.oatenhillgallery.co.uk and more information the former Cotswolds Outdoor building, can be found at helping to brighten up our shopping Paintings by Ingrid Bax canterburyfestival.co.uk centre, celebrate young people’s creative & Poetry by Professor endeavours and the visual arts in our city. At a time when young people have been Carolyn Oulton of locked down, having work shown in such a The Royal Saxon Way public place will help boost their confidence Paintings and Poems following footsteps of VISUAL and give them a platform to be seen. Anglo Saxon queens and princesses from Saturday 17 – Saturday 31 October St. Eanswythe Church Folkestone through the ARTS 15 - 16 Guildhall Street, Canterbury Elham Valley to St Mildred’s Priory Minster. ekcgroup.ac.uk/canterbury-college/ Saturday 17 – Sunday 25 October art-design 10am – 4pm St. John the Baptist Church, Church Lane, Barham, Canterbury, CT4 6PB East Kent Artists’ ingridbax.com.tots.ac.uk Image: Jo Oakley Open Houses Now in its 20th year, EKOH has gone from A Creative Pilgrimage strength to strength with more participating An exhibition of art exploring the Augustine artists than ever. This year they present Camino pilgrimage route by Alexandra le over 200 artists across 70 houses and Rossignol, Liz Garnett, Sonia McNally, studios. Locations include Canterbury, Deal, Fiona Taylor, Bay Lees, Marion Lynn and Faversham, Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, Caroline Hymers. Broadstairs and Whitstable. 10, 17, 24, 31 October 10.30am – 5pm The artists’ trail gives the public a personal The Vineyard Gallery at Chartham Vineyard, Image: Angela Rumble insight into how an artist works within their Burnt House Farm, Station Rd, Chartham, specialised field. The trail is your chance CT4 7HU to visit artists in their homes, to speak to liz0960.wixsite.com/acreativepilgrimage Image: Susan Beresford them in person about their work and to find out what is happening in your local Crows Camp Studio Autumn area. Brochures are available from multiple Art Exhibition locations in each area - for up-to-date An exciting and eclectic mix of paintings, information and full trail listings, please sculpture, glass, ceramics, silk wearable art, visit the EKOH website. mixed media, Raku, prints and gifts by local 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 October well-known artists. 11am – 5pm 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 October ekoh.org.uk 11am – 5pm Facebook: East-Kent-Open-Houses Crows Camp Studio, Crows Camp Road, Twitter: @ArtistsOpenHous Bishopsbourne CT45JH Image: Canterbury College crowscamp.co.uk Image: Zak & Friends Box Office: 01227 457568 | canterburyfestival.co.uk

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Walk durations and distances are approximate

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Saturday 17 October Sunday 18 October

Dogs on leads welcome The Canterbury Rings – an introduction Canterbury and the Bayeux Tapestry to the Middle Ring. An exploration of Anglo-Saxon Canterbury and the Possibly the most interesting section of the amazing story of how the last masterpiece of the Middle Ring, through and around the fringes Anglo-Saxons came to be made right here in Kent of the City, with plenty to discover and Meet: 10am, The Abbots Mill, opposite The Millers Arms, May be muddy. splendid views. St Radigunds St, Canterbury CT1 2AW Suitable footwear & clothing required Meet: 10am, Outside Marlowe Theatre, Leader: David Reekie beside the Dave Lee statue. Duration: 1.5 hours (2.1 miles) Leader: Alan Roberton Duration: 3 hours (6 miles, circular) See also Talks p.14 Canterbury Ramblers Some hills on route Monday 19 October

South East Entry to the City Kitchener’s Broome Park Some stiles on route A walk to look at the buildings and history Enjoy the paths around Broome Park with Kitchener of the Oaten Hill Area. history and a cream tea at the end. Meet: 2pm, Dover Street, North West end, Meet: 10am, Broome Park Hotel car park CT4 6QX outside The Corner House Restaurant. (grid ref. TR223497) Leader: Nick Blake Leader: Penny Stevens Some steps on route Duration: 1.5-2 hours (about 2.5 miles) Duration: 2.5 hours (5 miles, circular) Canterbury Heritage and Design Forum Canterbury Ramblers

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Tuesday 20 October Sunday 25 October Wednesday 28 October

Blitzed Bits Bird Watching in Seasalter The River Bridges, Mills and Waterways A tour focusing on Canterbury's areas affected by the A slow walk observing waders and marshland of Canterbury Second World War and the resulting changes of building birds as we follow the sea wall towards the west. There are at least 36 bridges in Canterbury. and landscape. Meet: 8.30am, Faversham Road, close to the Try to visit them all and the sites of ancient Meet: 10am, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Sportsman Public House mills following the branches of the Stour. 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2BD. Leader: Glynn Crocker Meet: 10am, The Bandstand, Dane John Duration: 1.5 hours (1.5 miles) Duration: 2-3 hours (1.2 miles) Gardens, Canterbury, CT1 2RN Leader: Bob Collins Canterbury RSPB (grid ref. TR148574) Blue Badge Tourist Guide Leader: Cliff Huggett Duration: 3 hours (5 miles circular) (city wall) Canterbury Ramblers St. Mildred’s: An Alternative History Wednesday 21 October of Canterbury Friday 30 October Hear about architecture, saints, a burial St Martin’s and Beyond mound, public hygiene, a tannery, gardens and Finding Thomas Becket in Canterbury 2020 Visit St Martin’s before walking to Fordwich and back almshouses. Dogs are welcome. Discover the locations associated with Becket through historical, varied landscape with a pause at Meet: 2.30pm, Outside Canterbury East Station in Canterbury, 850 years after his notorious the pub. Leader: Jenny Watson-Bore murder. Hear how this singular event changed Meet: 9.45am St Martin’s Church, CT1 1PW Duration: 2 hours approx. (1-1.5 miles) the city and its people. (grid ref. TR158577) Canterbury Tourist Guides Meet: 11am, The Beaney, Best Lane entrance, Leader: Rob Veltman CT1 2BD Duration: 3 hours (5 miles, circular) Leader: Colin Alderman Canterbury Ramblers Duration: 2 hours (1.5 miles) Monday 26 October Canterbury Tourist Guides

Little Stour, Big Skies Friday 23 October Enjoy wide vistas from the banks of the little Stour. Return via the open-air locomotive Saturday 31 October Finding Thomas Becket in Canterbury 2020 museum and Preston Court and church. Discover the locations associated with Becket in Meet: 10am, The Garden Centre, The Street, Gruesome Canterbury Tales Canterbury, 850 years after his notorious murder. Hear Preston, CT3 1ED (grid ref. TR251612) Hear stories and gruesome details from the how this singular event changed the city and its people. Leader: Rob Veltman darker side of Canterbury’s ancient history. Not for the faint-hearted! Meet: 11am, The Beaney, Best Lane entrance, CT1 2BD Duration: 2 hours 30mins (5 miles, circular) 2.30pm, Westgate Towers (river-side) Leader: Colin Alderman Canterbury Ramblers Meet: Lenny Clark Duration: 2 hours (1.5 miles) Leader: Duration: 1.5-2 hours (Under 2 miles) Canterbury Tourist Guides Canterbury Tourist Guides Tuesday 27 October

Saturday 24 October 1620 - ‘The Mayflower’ Sails for The New World - A Commemorative Walk Watermills around Wingham Explore Canterbury’s links with ‘The Mayflower’, A circular walk along river banks, through Chilham Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty woodlands and picturesque villages, pausing From this designated AONB, experience views of the with Robert Cushman and others who were brave enough to undertake such a voyage. at Wickhambreaux and passing two ancient Stour Valley from the North Downs Way, passing through watermills. Godmersham Park, returning via lovely old Chilham Mill. No dogs allowed. Meet: 11am, In the Buttermarket by the Meet: 10am, Wingham car park, CT3 1AA Meet: 10am, Chilham car park off the A252. CT4 8DD (grid ref. TR244576) (grid ref. TR066536) War Memorial Leader: Cliff Huggett Andrew Brooks Leader: Jenny Watson-Bore Leader: Duration: 2.5 hours (5.2 miles, circular) Duration: 3 hours (6 miles, circular) Duration: 2 hours approx. (1-2 miles) Canterbury Ramblers Canterbury Ramblers Canterbury Tourist Guides

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Take the opportunity to discover the hidden spaces and untold stories of this historic city, arrange a group trip or plan an adventure with friends. We can guarantee that these highlights will complement your cultural itinerary this October.

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Chartham Vineyard Burnt House Farm Chartham CT47HU Tel.07905911186 charthamvineyard.co.uk [email protected]

Open Saturdays 10.30am-5.30pm. Wine shop, free tastings, gallery, demonstration vineyard, bookable vineyard tours. Unique visitor experience in historic farmyard by Chartham Station, just off A28, 3 miles SW of Canterbury. Big Eat Out Canterbury Tourist Guides Whether you are looking for a long lunch or a quick pre-show bite, Christ Church Gate this is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the city’s delicious The Precincts cuisine. For more information including bookings and opening times, Canterbury, CT1 2EE please contact the restaurants directly. Tel: 01227 459779 canterburyguidedtours.co.uk Posillipo Kathton House [email protected] 15-16 The Borough Restaurant Canterbury, CT1 2DR 6 High Street, Sturry The heart of Canterbury can only be explored on Tel: 01227 761471 Canterbury, CT2 OBD foot. Canterbury Guided Tours provide entertaining posillipo.squarespace.com Tel: 01227 719999 90-minute walking tours for visitors to the historic kathtonhouse.com city. Join the daily tour to experience its charming [email protected] Wagamama character and stories behind the famous city. Prices 7-9 Longmarket and group discounts can be found on their website. Canterbury, CT1 2JS Tel: 01227 454307 Wagamama.com/ restaurants/canterbury [email protected]

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With a 24-hour front desk, this hotel offers free Award-winning 15th Century B&B with 16 beautiful breakfasts Brand new rooms and a modern en-suite rooms, cosy lounges, bar and large, restaurant. Holiday Inn Express Canterbury is located peaceful garden. Based in the City Centre with free in Upper Harbledown, just outside historic Canterbury. parking and WIFI.

Holiday Cottages Canterbury Cathedral Lodge Travel Chapter House Gammaton Road The Precincts Bideford, Devon, EX39 4DF Canterbury, CT1 2EH Tel: 01237 459888 Tel: 01227 865350 holidaycottages.co.uk/kent canterburycathedrallodge.org [email protected] [email protected] Big Sleepover Holidaycottages.co.uk offers a beautiful selection Set in beautiful, private grounds, guests benefit of properties across Kent, perfect for families, large from stunning Cathedral views from their bedroom The Garden of England’s idyllic views groups and couples. Dog-friendly cottages available. windows as well as free entrance to Canterbury’s are a welcome bonus for those visiting most famous landmark. Canterbury Festival. The Big Sleepover lists some of the best hotels, guest houses and holiday lets – check in and enjoy some Kent and Sussex excellent Kentish hospitality. Cottages ABode For more info visit canterburyfestival.co.uk 76 Castle Street ABode Canterbury Canterbury, CT1 2QD 30-33 High Street Tel: 01227 809182 Canterbury, CT1 2RX kentandsussexcottages.co.uk Tel: 01227 766266 [email protected] abodehotels.co.uk [email protected] With a choice of over 350 gorgeous properties across The ABode Canterbury is a 4 star hotel with 72 Kent and Sussex, we have something to suit every bedrooms, situated along the High Street. Visit taste and budget. Save £50 on 2020 stays when the ABode Canterbury and let us spoil you. using the code bigsleepover2020 online and over the phone.

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Acknowledgements

Patron Trustees The Very Revd Dr Robert Willis, Chairman Prof Keith Mander Dean of Canterbury Company Secretary Dr Kate Neales Treasurer Hugh Summerfield President Mr Hugo Barton Peter Williams MBE Prof Alastair Borthwick Mr Colin Carmichael Vice Presidents Mrs Celia Glynn-Williams Image © Tim Stubbings Anonymous Mr Peter Hermitage QPM Mrs Maurice Atherton Mr Andrew Ironside Professor Stephen Bann CBE Prof Dan Lloyd Mr and Mrs Mike and Sandy Baxter Air Mshl Chris Nickols CB CBE DL Mrs James Bird Mr Anthony Pratt Mr Timothy Brett Ms Hilary Riva OBE Mr and Mrs Graham & Maggie Brown Mrs Camilla Swire Mr and Mrs Martin & Virginia Conybeare Mr Tony Walder Dr Kate Neales and Mr Peter Cox Cllr and Mrs Nick and Monica Eden-Green Mrs Jane Edred Wright Festival Administration Become a Friend today and help make Mr and Mrs Alan and Diana Forrest Festival Director Rosie Turner David and Cilla Freud Deputy Director Amanda McKean Canterbury Festival happen! Mr and Mrs Charles and Diane Gaskain Marketing Manager Rob Smith Mr and Mrs John and Maggie Harris Participation Manager Charlotte Chapman By becoming a Festival Friend, you will be able to skip Mr and Mrs Philip and Patti Havers Administrator Tina Austen the queue! Friends receive their brochure in advance Mr and Mrs Peter and Sally Hawkes Business Manager Alison Mannering and benefit from a priority booking period, allowing Mr Andrew Ironside Programme Coordinator Lauren Woodrow them to plan and book their Festival experience before Mr and Mrs George and Christine Kennedy Festival Associate Alan Payne the masses. Not only that, Friends also receive last- Mr and Mrs Roddy and Production Mark Stampe minute deals, special offers, invitations to exclusive Caroline Loder-Symonds events and help support the Festival’s learning and Mr and Mrs James and Jane Loudon participation programme. Mr and Mrs David and Mimi Macfarlane Brochure Design nebulodesign.com Prof Keith Mander Membership costs just £25 for single, £35 for a couple Mr and Mrs Ian and Juliet Odgers and £40 for a family. There are also special Silver Mr Richard Oldfield and Gold Memberships to support us a little more Mr and Mrs David and Alicia Pentin and receive extra benefits. Join the Friends on-line at Jane Plumptre canterburyfestival.co.uk or by contacting Tina at Mr and Mrs John and Julia Plumptre [email protected] Mr and Mrs David and Anne Spencer David Starkey CBE, FSA, FRHistS Canterbury Festival (Trading name of Canterbury Mr Peter Stevens Theatre and Festival Trust) Volunteers Mr Richard Sturt OBE Registered in England No. 1480595 Mrs Fiona Sunley Registered Charity No. 279714 We are incredibly grateful to our wonderful and dedicated Lady Swire team of volunteers who work as stewards, programme Mrs Camilla Swire sellers and bar staff during the Festival period. Without Lady Juliet Tadgell them, it would be impossible for us to produce the Mrs Jo Taylor Williams annual Festival. If you would like to join the volunteering Mrs Loba Van der Bilj Please consider team, contact Tina at [email protected] the environment Mr and Mrs Charles and Sally Villiers and recycle your Sir Robert and Lady Worcester KBE brochure after use.

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Priority booking Due to social Canterbury Festival Box Office for Festival Friends distancing regulations and Opens the compact size ONLINE PAYMENT METHODS Ticket Information Thursday 3 September, of the Festival canterburyfestival.co.uk Card payments can 11am Office, we have Secure online booking for be made online and CONCESSIONS Canterbury Festival events General booking made the decision by phone. Cheques Concessions, where applicable, to limit our Box 24 hours a day. payable to Canterbury are detailed in the ticket price Opens Office service to Festival. sections of each listing. Proof of Monday 14 September, online and phone BY PHONE status may be required. 11am bookings only. If Bookings can be made over TICKET COLLECTION you are unable the phone by calling the Box AND POSTAGE REFUND POLICY to book using Office on 01227 457568. We encourage In unavoidable circumstances, HOW TO either of these customers to utilise our Canterbury Festival reserves methods, please The Box Office phone e-ticket / print at home the right to alter artists or BOOK TICKETS contact us on line opens option where possible. programme content. We regret 01227 457568 and Alternatively, tickets that tickets cannot be exchanged we will arrange Thu 3 Sept – Fri 16 Oct, can be posted for a or money refunded unless an an appointment Mon – Fri, 11am - 4pm charge of £1. Please event is cancelled. To view the for you to visit in check your tickets on full terms and conditions visit Keep up to date by liking and person. Sat 17 Oct – Sat 31 Oct, receipt. canterburyfestival.co.uk. following @canterburyfest Mon - Sun, 11am - 4pm

Access & Venue Information The Festival aims to provide excellent access for our A full access guide can be downloaded from canterburyfestival.co.uk. visitors. We are however, restricted by the design of A paper copy can be requested from the Box Office on 01227 457568. The Festival some of the older buildings meaning that our venues cannot accept responsiblity for accessibility of Exhibitions, Artists' Open Houses Trails have varying levels of access. and Umbrella events.

VENUE NOTES

Canterbury Cathedral No Blue Badge parking available, closest drop off point The Buttermarket. The Precincts, CT1 2EH Wheelchair seating available - please call the Box Office to book.

Canterbury Cathedral Lodge No Blue Badge parking available, closest drop off point The Buttermarket. The Precincts, CT1 2EH Wheelchair seating available - please call the Box Office to book.

The Great Hall Parking available on site. Wheelchair Seating available - please call the Box Kent College, Whitstable Road, CT2 9DT Office to book.

Shirley Hall, The King's School Limited parking for blue badge holders only. Communal wheelchair Through Mint Yard, The Borough, CT1 2EZ available. Wheelchair seating available - please call the Box Office to book.

Westgate Hall Pay and display parking adjacent with spaces for disabled users. Westgate Hall Road, CT1 2BT Wheelchair seating available - please call the Box Office to book. Infra-red audio headsets available from the venue Box Office. Wheelchair The Malthouse Theatre seating available - please call the Box Office to book. Allocated Blue Badge St Stephens Rd, CT2 7JA parking available.

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WEEK 1 Sat 17 Oct Sun 18 Oct Mon 19 Oct Tue 20 Oct Wed 21 Oct Thu 22 Oct Fri 23 Oct Sat 24 Oct The Great Ugly Animals: Shakespeare’s Jim Al-Khalili: Musical Eduardo Niebla Hall Weird Life Botanicals The World Magnificence in Concert Under Water 7.30pm - p.10 According 7:30pm - p.6 7.30pm - p.6 3pm - p.20 to Physics Simon Watt: 7.30pm - p.19 Frogs and Friends 7pm - p.18 Cathedral Gemma David Berry: A David Reekie: Loyd Grossman: Lodge Hollman: Joan People's History Canterbury and the An Elephant of Navarre of Tennis Bayeux Tapestry in Rome 5.45pm - p.14 5.45pm - p.14 5.45pm - p.14 5.45pm - p.15 Other Canterbury Cathedral Malthouse Malthouse Theatre Shirley Hall venues (Nave) Theatre Barely Methodical Joanna Tenebrae: Sounds Barely Methodical Troupe: Bromance McGregor of Solstice Troupe: 7.30pm - p.11 plays 7.30pm - p.3 Bromance Shirley Hall Beethoven’s 7.30pm - p.11 Joanna MacGregor 32 Sonatas Shirley Hall plays Beethoven’s 11am, 2pm Talk: Beethoven's 32 Sonatas and 7pm - p.4 Sonatas 4pm and 7.30pm 7.30pm - p.5 - p.4 Walks The Canterbury Rings Canterbury Kitchener’s Blitzed Bits St Martin’s and Finding Thomas Chilham 10am - p.26 and the Bayeux Broome Park 10am - p.27 Beyond Becket in Area of South East Entry to Tapestry 10am - p.26 9.45 - p.27 Canterbury 2020 Outstanding the City 1am - p. 26 11am - p.27 Natural 2pm - p.26 Beauty 10am - p.27

WEEK 2 Sun 25 Oct Mon 26 Oct Tue 27 Oct Wed 28 Oct Thu 29 Oct Fri 30 Oct Sat 31 Oct The Great Kadie Kanneh-Mason: Bumper Blyton Graffiti Classics Hall In Conversation 7.30pm - p.10 7.30pm - p.8 7.30pm - p.15 Shirley Shirley Hall Joanna Oliver Letwin: Ivo Neame Bettany Hughes: Andy McConnell: A.N Wilson: Hall MacGregor plays Apocalypse How Quartet Venus & Aphrodite Bottoms Up! The Mystery of Beethoven’s 5.45pm - p.15 7.30pm - p.7 5.45pm - p.16 5.45pm - p.16 Charles Dickens 32 Sonatas Patricia Fara: Andy McConnell 5.45pm - p.16 12pm, 3pm and 7pm Arise Sir Isaac! in Conversation - p.4 8pm - p.19 8pm - p.16 Other Westgate Hall Westgate Hall Westgate Hall Westgate Hall Westgate Hall venues Sqashbox Shakespearience The Professor The Slightly Fat Dr Kathryn Harkup: Theatre 2pm - p.20 Palmermoff Magic Show Show Making the Monster Shivers and Canterbury Cathedral 2pm - p.20 8pm - p.12 3pm - p.19 Shadows (Nave) Westgate Hall Westgate Hall 2pm- p.20 Joglaresa Hal Cruttenden Gentlemen of Few 7.30pm - p.7 8pm - p.12 8pm - p.8 Walks Birdwatching Little Stour, Big Skies 1620 - The The River Bridges, Finding Thomas Watermills around at Seasalter 10am - p.27 Mayflower Mills and Waterways Becket in Wingham 8.30am - p. 27 Sails for the of Canterbury Canterbury 2020 10am - p.27 St Mildred's: An New World 10am - p.27 11am - p.27 Gruesome Alternative History 11am - p.27 Canterbury Tales of Canterbury 2.30pm - p.27 2.30pm - p.27 Key Music Performance Family Friendly Talks Science Walks

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