HOTEL & THEATRE NEWS AND EVENTS INCLUDING CHRISTMAS APRIL – DECEMBER 2019 KILWORTH HOUSE HOTEL IN THIS ISSUE DINING EVENTS 2-3 Dining Events COME DINE WITH ME GIN WITH MAX FAULKNER DINNER 4 Weddings 5 The Staging Post 6-9 Theatre News and 2019 shows 10 Take A Pew TH 11-13 LIVE at Kilworth FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER Why not join us for a themed dinner in the 14-15 Theatre In The Orangery Wordsworth and Library restaurants? Sarah - Both images supplied are Arrive for a gin cocktail in the Library bar to start Afternoon Tea 16 too low in resolution for print your evening, before moving through to the restaurant to dine. 17 Gift Vouchers Three Course Dinner £45 per person, 18-27 Christmas at Kilworth to include a gin cocktail. and Walk Like A Man THURSDAY 16TH MAY Optional flight of a different gin specially selected to AND THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER Christmas Theatre In accompany each course £20 per person. Our popular Come Dine With Me evenings are an The Orangery SUPPORTING opportunity to get a close up insight of the culinary SPORTING techniques and tips used in the preparation DINNER 28 Booking Information of a three course dinner at Kilworth House. and Autumn Break Each evening has a seasonal theme and you will receive recipe cards for each of the three courses demonstrated as well as the chance to share with Max his passion for creative gastronomy. The demonstration will take place in the Wordsworth Restaurant and after the demonstration of each course you will move to the adjoining Library Restaurant to savour the dish that you have just seen prepared. There is a limited number of WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER places available for each evening so early booking is Once again we welcome the English rugby legend advised for these evenings. Martin Johnson who will join three other Rugby Three Course Dinner £40 per person. greats for dinner in the Orangery followed by a Optional wine flight of a different wine to accompany question and answer session on all things rugby. each course £15 per person. Three Course Dinner & Coffee £60 per person. For further information or to book an upcoming event, please call the Sales Team on 01858 880058 2 INFORMATION EVENT TIMES MURDER MYSTERY Guests will be seated between 7pm and 7.30pm. EVENINGS Guests attending Jazz Events will be seated at individual tables of 2-10. All other events seating will be with fellow guests at tables of 8-10 MENU CHOICES Prices are per person for a three course meal with five dishes to choose from per course followed by coffee and petit fours. A pre-order for each party is required 4 weeks prior to the event. View the menu at www.kilworthhouse.co.uk/brochures-menus BOOKING INFORMATION To book please call the hotel on 01858 880058 FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER FRIDAY 12TH JULY & 1ST NOVEMBER Events require full prepayment at the time You are all invited to celebrate the birthday of dear The Greatest Showman alive welcomes you all to of booking, payments are non-transferable Aunt Petunia. his big top of delight & wonder. and non-refundable. A beautiful day in the gardens of Downtown Abbey... But there’s danger in the sawdust, and before you until there’s a blood curdling scream and a body is can say “Bearded Lady”, there’s a dead body in the MAKE IT THE discovered face down in the fountain, toes up in the spotlight. The comedy and murder will be in tents PERFECT EVENING topiary... dead in the daffo... you get the picture! (intense... ahem) Why not make your evening extra special and stay the night with bed and breakfast for £139 Join us to see if you can solve the crime. Pre-dinner drinks commence at 7pm, the plot will be set and in a Garden Room or £189 in a Luxury Room. during the evening evidence will be placed before you. The conclusion will be reached by 11pm. Rates are per room when attending our special Three Course Dinner £55 per person. Three Course Choice Menu - see information panel. event evenings and not available in conjunction with any other offer. JAZZ AT KILWORTH Enjoy lunch or dinner in the Orangery listening to the JAZZ LUNCHES cool sound of Jazz as the perfect accompaniment. SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER Our Jazz events are very popular and it’s easy to SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2019 FESTIVE see why, the Kilworth Jazz Band effortlessly blends saxophone, bass, piano and vocals with an eclectic repertoire to appeal to all tastes. JAZZ DINNER Three Course Lunch or Dinner £40 per person FRIDAY 19TH JULY & 18TH OCTOBER A Garden Bedroom For further information or to book an upcoming event, please call the Sales Team on 01858 880058 3 YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR WEDDING SHOWCASE SUNDAY 12PM - 3PM 29TH SEPTEMBER 2019 Meet our dedicated event co-ordinators and carefully selected local suppliers for all of your wedding requirements and take WEDDINGS AT KILWORTH away some wonderful ideas for Extraordinary Weddings don’t just happen... ...they’re planned! your special day. - Free admission and parking. The most important day of your life deserves a special setting – a location that’s - Room set up and decorated for not just out of the ordinary, but extraordinary. That location is Kilworth House Hotel. wedding and civil ceremony. - Show round available on request. Kilworth House stands apart from the everyday rural hideaway has its own Civil Wedding Licence. world – a place of timeless warmth, elegance and You can enjoy an entire fairytale day, from exchange Visit our events & offers page to gracious living set amid 38 acres of rolling parkland. of vows through to secluded late-night romance, complete your registration form at The bedrooms are palatial and the food is superb, within the luxury and the privacy of a country-house www.kilworthhouse.co.uk/events-offers while the attentive staff understand what makes a estate. /wedding-showcase-2019 guest feel special. Here, within the region’s most exclusive retreat for You don’t even need to worry about separate marriage ceremonies and celebrations, you really WEDDING wedding and reception venues because this idyllic will feel as if the world revolves around you. OPEN EVENINGS Join us on the last Thursday of every month 6pm-8pm (excluding December). Meet with our Wedding Team and discuss your special day, take a look around our magnificent House and see how your dream day really can become a reality. To discuss your requirements with one of our Wedding Team, please call 01858 880058 William Shakespeare "NowFor join further handsinformation or& to discuss with your your special day, hands please call yourthe Wedding hearts" Team on 01858 880058 4 THE STAGING POST LOG CABIN from only Prices per person £28 Situated within the grounds is our unique and beautiful log cabin. Available from January through to April, October, November and December Complete with bar, kitchen and cloakrooms, The Staging Post has a wonderfully the Staging Post can be booked for private events, corporate events or wedding warm and welcoming atmosphere where your guests can socialise and are receptions. Seating a minimum of 30 guests and a maximum of 60 guests. free to stroll outside onto the veranda to views of the beautiful woodland In December we offer party nights for details please see page 24. surroundings. BOOKING INFORMATION Please call the Sales Office on 01858 881881 to check availability. BEFORE THE SHOW HOSPITALITY IN THE STAGING POST During the theatre season this exceptional venue ideally situated next to the theatre may be booked for a delicious 2 course pre-Theatre buffet (minimum of 30 guests), providing the perfect way to exclusively entertain VIP guests or a family group for a special occasion on a beautiful summer’s evening. BOOKING INFORMATION To check availability please call the Theatre Office on 01858 881933 (weekdays 10am-5pm). 5 KILWORTH HOUSE THEATRE NEWS Kilworth House Theatre is already in ‘overdrive’ preparing to delight audiences this season with the return of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ and an all new, exciting production of ‘CATS’. In early January Producer Celia Mackay and Director & Choreographer Andrew Wright saw over 100 local children as they auditioned for a place in one of the three ‘kids teams’ for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’. Both Celia and Andrew were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm, energy and talent of all the children and had the unenviable task set, costume, lighting and sound designs, before of choosing who would be given a much sought-after ultimately all coming together for the theatre season place! opening. With the ‘Kilworth Kids’ in place, Celia’s attention The Stage credited Kilworth House Theatre turned to London and the auditions for both ‘Joseph as ‘the West End in rural Leicestershire, an and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ and extraordinary experience’ and our audiences often ‘CATS’, joining the respective Directors Andrew refer to the ‘Kilworth experience’. Wright and Nick Winston and Musical Directors Offering audiences the opportunity to dine pre-show George Dyer and Francis Goodhand to audition in in the beautifully ornate Victorian Orangery, enjoy a excess of 500 actors - whilst back in the Box Office picnic in the grounds by the lake or take advantage over 40,000 tickets had already been sold and of an overnight stay in the sumptuous Hotel makes a dispatched by the end of February! visit to the venue a truly memorable occasion. Orchestra, Stage Management Teams and theatre With the ‘Live at Kilworth’ concerts programmed for crew are contracted, front of house volunteers September we are looking forward to welcoming scheduled, and bar staff interviewed whilst away in excess of 60,000 people to enjoy another sunny from the venue the Creative Teams are busy with summer season and two ‘sizzling’ productions! All images are taken from Kilworth’s 2018 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.