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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
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CONTENTS & SPONSORS
HEADLINE SPONSORS FUNDERS
Contents
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Spiegeltent Spectacular 1
Music 2-21
Performance 23-28
Talks 30-33
Science 34-35
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
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Events Diary 59-60
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1 | SPECTACULAR
Spiegeltent
Festival
Box Office Spectacular
new for Friday 18 October, 7.45pm
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
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MUSIC | 2
The Sixteen:
Monteverdi A stunning opening to the Festival by the fabulous
ensemble, The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra ‘I was hooked,
Vespers of 1610 performing one of the most magnificent pieces in the
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)
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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
style, glamour and ‘fabulousness’
Los Pacaminos of this era is captured beautifully
confident, contemporary slant.
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Featuring Paul Young on the album.'
(Jazz FM review)
Saturday 19 October, 8.30pm
Spiegeltent
Tickets £22.50
Los Pacaminos features Paul Young, Drew Barfield, Mark Pinder, Steve
Rock Choir Festival
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!
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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
I, Clara Shirley Hall, The King’s School
Tickets £21.50, Students £13.50
Clara Schumann – A Life in Music
Mozart Sonata in A major K. 331 Alla Turca
Ros Tapestry Suite - a selection
Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm Schubert Sonata in A major, D. 959
Shirley Hall, The King’s School
Tickets £21.50, Students £13.50
One of Ireland’s most successful musicians,
pianist Finghin Collins brings an exciting
Lucy Parham Piano programme to Canterbury.
Juliet Stevenson Narrator
Mozart and Schubert sonatas are
accompanied by three pieces from
Pianist Lucy Parham’s meticulously researched Composer Portraits are The Ros Tapestry Suite, an ambitious
always a Festival highlight. This brand-new show, I, Clara celebrates project comprising 15 works for solo
the extraordinary life of Clara Schumann – devoted wife to Robert and piano by different Irish composers.
a ground-breaking musician herself - in the year that marks her 200th The result is a full-bodied,
anniversary. rhythmically exciting musical
response to fifteen panels of
One of the few famous women composers of her time, Clara was a child tapestry embroidery, which
prodigy, performed over 1,500 concerts during her lifetime and was the trace the history of the
mother of eight children. She composed prolifically in the Romantic style Norman invasion
– her music exploring her inner emotional life. of Ireland.
The narrative of I, Clara, drawn from letters and diaries, is interspersed
with pieces by Clara and Robert Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn and
Chopin. In the title role, esteemed actress Juliet Stevenson thrillingly
conveys Clara’s rebellious nature, vivid love life and searing tragedy.
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5 | MUSIC
‘Timeless... a heady
mixture of the old-
world, sultry class of
Julie London and the
gritty attitude of Amy
Winehouse’
(Jazz Journal)
The Jazz of
Judy Garland Dom Martin
‘How soon
Tuesday 22 October, 8pm Wednesday 23 October, 9.30pm
Spiegeltent before it Spiegeltent
Tickets £18.50 Tickets £16.50
will become
Sara Dowling and the Chris Ingham Trio explore the career and normal to Dom Martin, a 28-year-old Belfast born singer-
catalogue of Judy Garland - one of Hollywood’s brightest yet songwriter, has recently burst onto the UK scene amid
most troubled stars - in an evening of swing, poignancy and think about high praise for his debut EP Easy Way Out.
anecdote.
her as one of A solo artist performing his own material, Martin’s
Sara is among the UK’s leading jazz vocalists and ideally suited finger-style acoustic guitar evokes shades of John
to the role. She is a regular performer at Ronnie Scott’s and the best jazz Martyn and Richard Thompson, with self-declared
the 606 Club and is known for her interpretations of classic blues influences courtesy of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy
ballads, and for the energy and vigour with which she tackles singers this Waters. Expect the driving rhythms and compelling
the up-tempo standards from the Great American Songbook. swing guitar of pieces such as The Rain Came.
country has?’
The Chris Ingham Trio are familiar faces at The Spiegeltent and Dom plays regularly in Northern Ireland, is a BBC Radio
this is their fifth consecutive year backing stars from (London Jazz News) 2 live session artist and is BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music
the world of British Jazz. play-listed. A rising star - we’re lucky to have him here.
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MUSIC | 6
Laura Mvula
Wednesday 23 October, 7.30pm
The Marlowe Theatre
Tickets £42.50, £36.50, £29.50
Tickets for this event are available from
The Marlowe Box Office only.
Innovative British singer-songwriter, and two-time
MOBO award winner, Laura Mvula, visits Canterbury
this autumn for a very special Festival performance.
Mvula first sang in church and later with all female
a cappella group Black Voices. Since then her career
has seen her perform on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage
twice, work with legendary producer and composer
Nile Rodgers, and sing as part of The Queen’s Birthday
Celebrations at The Royal Albert Hall.
Exploring identity, personal dilemmas
and social issues, Mvula’s 2013 debut
Sing to the Moon and 2016 follow
up The Dreaming Room, garnered a
multitude of award nominations and
received wide-spread critical acclaim.
Discussing her track Phenomenal
Woman, inspired by Maya Angelou,
Mvula told The Independent :
“I try and depend a lot on the
women that I surround myself
with, the women that through
their own vulnerability and
ridiculous strength are still
moving mountains and doing
extraordinary things every day.”
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7 | MUSIC
Juan de Marcos’ Afro-Cuban music is impossible to resist.
Bolero, chachachá, salsa, timba and more,
musical melting pot. Led by architect of the
Buena Vista Social Club, Juan de Marcos
Afro-Cuban All Stars tap into the heart of pre-revolutionary Cuban
music and bring heat to a chilly Autumn.
González, the band features mainstays of the
Havana music scene, alongside a younger
generation. Expect songs old and new, as the
Founded in the mid-1990s, the Afro-Cuban golden era of Cuban music is revived
All Stars have become a must-see act, and refreshed with contemporary sounds
Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm performing at venues and festivals across the and rhythms.
The Marlowe Theatre world and showcasing the talent of Cuba’s
Tickets £35.50, £31.50, £23
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from The Marlowe Box Office only.
‘a blast of sun-baked
sultriness and Strictly magic’
(The Guardian)
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MUSIC | 8
5
‘An exceptional ensemble…
a unanimous sense of musical
breath and a meticulous
Sacconi attention to detail’
Quartet (Musical Opinion)
Sardam
Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm The Sacconi Quartet’s programme includes Jonathan Thursday 24 October, 9.30pm
Great Hall, Kent College Dove’s In Damascus for tenor and string quartet. Spiegeltent
Tickets £25, Students £15 This song cycle was specially commissioned by the Tickets £16.50
Sacconi Quartet and set to the words of Syrian poet
Ali Safar’s A Black Cloud in a Leaden White Sky,
Ben Hancox and which recounts the stories of everyday life in a Alket Marcu Accordéon
Hannah Dawson Violins war-torn city. Tom Pascoe Tuba
Robin Ashwell Viola Yiannis Zaronis Guitar, Vocals and Greek Bouzouki
Cara Berridge Cello The Sacconi Quartet will be joined by tenor and
BBC New Generation Artist, Robin Tritschler. He has
Robin Tritschler Tenor appeared with many leading orchestras including the The music of Sardam is the result of three instrumentalists
London Philharmonic Orchestra, L’Orchestre National borrowing sounds from the gypsy musical traditions of Europe
de Lyon, Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Hong Kong and selective genres from around the world, including Greek
Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moscow Virtuosi. rebetiko, Argentinian tango and jazz. The trio brings together
Rachmaninov Quartet No1 the music of their native countries (Albania, Greece and the
Romance UK) and their shared love for world music; experimenting with
Arvo Pärt Summa Sponsored by original compositions and traditional music from the seven
Beethoven Quartet in F minor corners of the Earth.
OP 95 Serioso
Dove In Damascus
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'One of the year’s finest world fusion projects'
(UKVibe)
Canterbury Gregorian
Classico Latino The award-winning Classico Latino seamlessly blends
Music Society:
with
the techniques and sounds of classical music with
authentic Latin American rhythms and melodies. Sub Tuum Praesidium
Omar Puente Performing unique and groundbreaking arrangements
of classic sambas, boleros, tangos and other rhythms
alongside their own compositions, Classico Latino's Saturday 26 October, 1pm
performances bring life to the stories and emotions St Mildred’s Church
Friday 25 October, 7.30pm of the continent, in a contagiously exciting sound Tickets £11.25
Great Hall, Kent College which expresses the original passion and joy of Latin-
Tickets £21.50, Students £13.50 American music.
Canterbury Gregorian Music Society presents a
At Canterbury Festival, Classico Latino will be lunchtime concert of Gregorian Chant and renaissance
launching their fifth album, Havana Classic, which was polyphony for the Blessed Virgin Mary. The programme
recorded at the iconic EGREM studios in Havana, Cuba includes several well-known Marian chants and other
in the summer of 2018. With guest artist Omar Puente less familiar antiphons such as the 3rd Century Sub
joining them tonight, Classico Latino channel the tuum praesidium. A small group, led by Paul Young
tropical spirit of old Cuba with a unique classical twist. sings renaissance settings of the same texts, showing
how chant lines were often integrated into the
elaborate compositional style of the 16th Century.
The music is punctuated by readings from Pearl,
the late 14th Century poem about a dream of Heaven,
ascribed to the author of Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight.
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Ward Thomas
Friday 25 October, 7.30pm
The Marlowe Theatre
Tickets £42.50, £36.50, £29.50
Tickets for this event are available from
The Marlowe Box Office only.
Duo Ward Thomas are leading lights in
the UK country scene, alongside the likes
of The Shires. As 24 year-old females who
have fought their own way to success and
as sharp-eyed songwriters who have long
looked outwards for inspiration, they tap in
to the zeitgeist without even trying.
Restless Minds, the follow-up to 2016’s
chart-topping Cartwheels, finds the
Hampshire sisters on scorching form.
Observational and opinionated, it documents
their coming of age in an era of anxiety and
the impact of social media on a generation
for which ‘the truth’ has become a tenuous
term. There are songs on the album which
touch on women in the workplace and
#MeToo, others explore mental health issues
and their relationship as twins, growing up
and growing apart.
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Jack Savoretti
Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
The Marlowe Theatre
Tickets £46.50, £38.50, £31.50
Tickets for this event are available from
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We are thrilled to welcome Jack Savoretti to
Canterbury Festival celebrating Singing to
Strangers, his sixth studio album and kicking off
his autumn tour. Since the release of Between The
Minds in 2007, the English-Italian singer-songwriter
has been rising to prominence with his unique blend
of poetic folk and big-band ballads. Released in
March, Singing to Strangers has received glowing
reviews with hit single Candlelight selected as
BBC Radio 2’s Record of The Week, and the album
achieving number one in the charts for six weeks.
Building on the success of his previous two gold
discs - Written in Scars and Sleep No More -
Savoretti’s newest work explores the musician’s
heritage, giving thanks and paying homage to the
French, Spanish and Italian music of the Fifties
and Sixties. With songs co-written with the likes of
Bob Dylan and Kylie Minogue, and strings scored
by David Rossi (Goldfrapp, Coldplay), Singing
to Strangers is a unique and beguiling rhapsody,
packed full of choral harmonies, sinuous guitar
and heartfelt rasp. Don’t miss this amazing
opportunity to experience a must-see artist
live in the heart of Canterbury.
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The Keys
of Canterbury
Frisian Symphonic Wind Orchestra Conductor Jouke Hoekstra
with Jess Gillam (Saxophone)
Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
Cathedral Nave
Tickets £30, £25, £20, £15
In an exciting international collaboration, multi award-winning
saxophonist Jess Gillam joins the Frisian Symphonic Wind
Orchestra to present the world premiere of The Keys of
Canterbury by John Harle, a work commissioned by
Canterbury Festival.
The Keys of Canterbury is based loosely on a work by Gabrielli
(1554-1612), which was the first piece of music to call for passages
played either quietly or loudly. It was also spatial, requiring two
quartets of brass instruments to be separated by some distance.
John’s new work reflects these qualities, capitalising on the
cathedral setting and the specific forces of the FSWO in a triumph
of tonality over dissonance. The programme also contains works
by Brahms, Fauré and Shostakovitch, as well as short pieces by
leading Dutch composers and works from Jess’s album Rise.
The Festival is delighted to welcome the FSWO which was
established in 1983 by tonight’s conductor Jouke Hoekstra.
Repeat winners at the World Music Contest, they record
prolifically and have toured the world. International collaboration
and participation in festivals is key to their work, so they are
thrilled to be premiering John Harle’s composition tonight.
Soloist Jess Gillam is one of the brightest stars in music today.
A simply phenomenal player and passionate ambassador for
music education, chart-topping Jess was recently appointed as
BBC Radio 3’s youngest ever presenter. She records exclusively
for Decca Classics, and is Patron for Awards for Young Musicians.
Sure to be a musical highlight – book early!
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Orphan Colours The Invicta Jazz Orchestra
presents their repertoire
Image © (unsplash) Jens The Keveettill
Saturday 26 October, 9.30pm When UK alt-country outfit ahab went on indefinite of jazz standards, big
Spiegeltent hiatus, songwriter Steven Llewellyn decided to form band classics and modern
Tickets £16.50 his own band with the help of originator Dave Burn numbers in the amazing
and former bassist Graham Knight. They were later surroundings of the Salon
joined by drummer Steve Brookes (Danny & the Perdu Spiegeltent. With
Champions of the World) and former lead guitarist an ensemble featuring
with Noah and the Whale, Fred Abbott. approximately 40 multi-
‘All On Red is Orphan Colours was born! generational musicians, the
Invicta Jazz Orchestra are
an album which This friendly Americana super group have some guaranteed to get your feet
impressive credentials with Llewellyn and Burn tapping! Led by Director of
pulsates with a having honed their songwriting craft with ahab - Music Scott Jenkins (Loose
fierce energy,
championed by BBC Radio 2’s ‘Whispering’ Bob
Harris; not to mention Abbott’s Noah & The Whale
Invicta Jazz Change, Jive Aces), the
orchestra has performed
world tours with appearances at The Royal Albert at Hastings Jazz and Blues
the band firing Hall, Coachella and Later with Jools Holland. Sunday 27 October, 11am Festival, Faversham Hop
Spiegeltent Festival, as well as
on all cylinders’ Their debut album All On Red has received Tickets £11.50 numerous dates in France
widespread acclaim, combining punchy and and The Netherlands.
(Americana-uk.com) dynamic songwriting with driving rock, rootsy
country and an edge of the 1970s Southern
Californian sound.
Made infestTval Canterbury
T Track Record showcases
the best up-and-coming
Kent
SHOWCASING KENT'S YOUNG TALENT
bands and solo musicians
aged 12-18 in Kent. The
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competition winners receive
rehearsal space, studio time,
mentoring from an industry
professional and much more.
Join us for an afternoon
performance featuring
this year’s shortlisted
artists and help support
the development of young
Made In Kent: musicians in Kent.
Track Record Sponsored by
Showcase
Sunday 27 October, 3pm
The Ballroom, Orange Street
Tickets £6.50
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Now in its ninth year, the Bursary
Competition has launched some
of Kent’s finest young musicians,
supporting them in their
performance development. It is
fiercely competitive and each year
the standards seem higher
than ever.
The talent, technical brilliance
and poise of the young players
is tested as the judges have the
challenge of deciding who will win
Bursary the prize and the role of Festival
Canterbury Choral Competition Final
Ambassador of the year.
Society: From the
Supported by
Monday 28 October, 7.30pm
St Gregory’s Centre for Music
New World and Tickets £15, Students £8
the Old
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Sunday 27 October, 7.30pm
Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Tickets £26.50, Students £16.50
Richard Cooke Conductor
Robin Bailey Tenor
Benjamin Bevan Bass
Snowdown The Snowdown Choir was formed in 1929 by
Canterbury Choral Society steps out in a break with tradition singing Welshman John Yorath, who was the choir-
Ariel Ramirez Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra, two evocative works Colliery master of St. Peter’s Church Aylesham. The
from Argentina accompanied by guitars, piano and percussion, full
of Spanish dance influence and rhythmic and melodic colours. Other
Welfare Male choir has now been based in the village for
some 80 years, during which time it has given
works will include Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Holst’s Voice Choir more than 2,000 concerts at venues as small as
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, set to Hindu texts. An evening Tilmanstone Church and as large as The Albert
of diversity which will appeal to audience members who like to Tuesday 29 October, 7.30pm Hall, in towns and villages in England and Wales,
hear something 'a bit different', catchy and engaging with music St Peter’s Methodist Church as well as France, Belgium and Holland. During
embodying popular style combined with the traditional. Tickets £12.50 these events, the choir has raised in excess of
Step into our world! £1,000,000 for worthy causes.
Although originally a miners’ choir, the closure
of the coalfield means that members come from
all walks of life and from a wide area of Kent.
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‘One thing we tend to forget... is
A unique line up of six classical guitars
how sexy this brand of early jazz and one electric bass conspire to put their
stamp on music from many centuries and
can be. It’s easy to assume that Jelly genres. All soloists in their own right and
based in the South East, the players have
Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet et al pooled their talents to deliver a sound that
combines the familiar timbre of multiple
can’t speak to a younger generation, nylon strung guitars with the sweet and
flowing, sometimes funky, sound of a
but the pianist Andrew Oliver’s fretless electric bass.
quartet lays that notion to rest’ Formed in 2017 the 'conspiracy' began as
Guitar Conspiracy an informal music reading club that met
(The Sunday Times) for the joy of making music together. As
the project developed and the potential
Tuesday 29 October, 7.30pm of the format became more evident,
Great Hall, Kent College tailored musical arrangements and new
Tickets £12.50 compositions were added to the pot.
Sponsored by As their somewhat eclectic repertoire
came together, it seemed a natural
progression for the group to bring their
music to the attention of the world at
large - and so the conspiracy was outed!
We’re delighted to welcome the all
The Dime Notes singing, all dancing string quartet
Bowjangles, winners of the 2018
Spirit of The Fringe Award.
Tuesday 29 October, 8pm The intrepid group presents their most
Spiegeltent magical show so far: a theatrical, musical
Tickets £17.50 journey through myths, folklore, legends
and a portal in a cello case, in the quest
to find the most priceless relic of all, a
Four dudes - David Horniblow on the clarinet, Andrew Oliver on magical violin bow known as Excalibow.
the piano, Dave Kelbie guitar and Tom Wheatley on bass - crack
out blues-drenched and clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans Jazz. Expect tales of monsters, ancient gods,
historical figures and characters of pure
Propelled by Andrew Oliver’s quicksilver, quirky piano and Bowjangles: Excalibow fantasy in this action-packed show, all
soaked in the smooth bluesy clarinet and trumpet sounds of presented in Bowjangles' own inimitable
David Horniblow, expect a stylish homage and contemporary style, full of comedy, energy, panache
recreation of the infectious and unforgettable sound of one of Wednesday 30 October, 7pm and almost every musical genre you
the great eras in jazz history. Book early, you’ll love it. Spiegeltent can imagine.
Tickets £15.50
Supported by Warning: may contain traces of Abba.
The Festival Friends Sponsored by
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MUSIC
Anoushka Lucas
Wednesday 30 October, 9.30pm
Spiegeltent
Tickets £16.50
Influenced by the sounds and writing of
Carole King, Zadie Smith, Amy Winehouse
and Billie Holiday, Anoushka Lucas has been
described as ‘an exceptional voice and a
great songwriter’ by Jamie Cullum. She blew
us away supporting Sophie Ellis-Bextor in
2018 and we are very
excited to welcome Sponsored by
her back for a special
Spiegeltent performance.
A Musical
Tapestry
Come and hear these
BIG stunning musicians
perform a wonderful
Sous L’Arbre Acoustik
programme of varying
Friday 1 November, 7.30pm musical colours and
Eastern Crypt, Canterbury Cathedral textures, explored
Tickets £25, £20 through a combination
of jazz and classical
Thursday 31 October, 8.30pm styles, reinterpreted
Spiegeltent David Rees-Williams Piano in a unique, exciting
Tickets £18 Iain Bellamy Tenor Saxophone way. The programme
Ian Crowther Oboe includes works by JS
With the Festival Chamber Orchestra Ensemble Bach, Marcello and
Dakar artist BIG visits Canterbury Festival for a special evening at the Purcell amongst others,
Spiegeltent. BIG will be joined by his musicians known as Sous L’Arbre together with improvised
Acoustik (under the acoustic tree), where a group of friends would pieces for saxophone
meet to drink tea and play music daily under a palaver tree. and piano. Dave and
Iain's musical partnership
BIG’s style consists of Afro traditional music, blending many different can be encapsulated in
rhythms with modern styles. He sings in Wolof, Sérére, Pulaar, French a wonderful quote from
and English. BIG has opened for several well-known Senegalese artists, David Bowie ' I don't
such as Orchestra Baobab, Cheikh Lo, Omar Pene et le Super Diamano, know where I'm going
Yoro Ndiaye and more. from here, but I promise
it won't be boring'.
Put some African sunshine into your Thursday evening. Not to be missed!
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Featuring a collective of musicians
with a varied and illustrious history,
and fronted by Shane Attwooll, a
singer whose film career is becoming
as impressive as his comedic
prowess, the popular Big Orange
Head perform an irresistible blend of
old and new classics. With a unique
and highly entertaining style, lush
vocal harmonies, brass, double bass,
guitar, keyboards and whatever
Big Orange Head instruments are to hand, we can
guarantee you will be entertained!
Friday 1 November, 9.30pm Sponsored by
Spiegeltent
Tickets £16.50
We are thrilled to welcome
Glasgow-born Hamish Stuart of the
Opera-lele: Average White Band to close this
year’s Spiegeltent in style!
Access All Arias Hamish has worked with a
multitude of music legends
including Diana Ross, Aretha
Franklin and Jeffrey Osbourne, as
Saturday 2 November, 7pm well as playing a crucial role in Paul
Spiegeltent McCartney’s UK number one album,
Tickets £13.50 Flowers in the Dirt and his 1989-93
record breaking world tour.
Opera-lele is a unique musical comedy act specialising in singing music from After his stint with Sir Paul, Hamish
opera and musical theatre accompanied by the emotionally powerful yet formed his own band, working
understated twang of the ukulele. The 360 Band with Average White Band pals
Having both trained as singers at the Royal College of Music and Goldsmiths
featuring Malcolm ‘Molly’ Duncan and Steve
Ferrone, creating a plethora of
College in London, George & Mandi joined forces to form Opera-lele and in 2016 Hamish Stuart fresh material. Famous for his tenor
they burst onto the music scene with a performance on a festival main stage. The sax on tracks such as Pick Up The
audience was stunned, excited and delighted by what they saw and heard and Saturday 2 November, 9.30pm Pieces, Molly (and Steve) will be
since then, Opera-lele has been counting standing ovations at music festivals, Spiegeltent joining Hamish for this special
cabaret stages, theatres, churches and castles across the UK and overseas. Tickets £22.50 show and the band will even be
accompanied by a full horn section.
Sponsored by Don’t miss out.
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Tallis Scholars
Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm The Festival is brought to a triumphant close by celebrated early music vocal ensemble Tallis Scholars.
Canterbury Cathedral Nave
Tickets £28, £24, £20, £15 Known for their subtle clarity and tone, the Scholars have done more than perhaps any other group to establish
sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as the greatest repertoire of Western classical music. They have played
Sponsored by on every continent except Antarctica, in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Sistine Chapel, the Lincoln
The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust Center and Carnegie Hall New York, Saint Mark's Venice, Wigmore Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Megaron Athens
and the Opera House Sydney.
Expect a popular programme with a mix of old and new (Arvo Pärt and Muhly) and some favourite Renaissance
pieces (Tallis’ Miserere and Lamentations), as well as a scattering of pieces that you may not have heard before.
They are, in short, the superstars of their genre.
‘One of the UK’s greatest
cultural exports’
(BBC Radio 3)
Image © Nick Rutter
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Daytime Concerts Kent College Canterbury College
in the Spiegeltent Tuesday 29 October, 1pm Friday 1 November, 1pm
Come and support the musicians of the future as they Ensemble and solo items Music and performing arts students
make their debut on the Spiegeltent stage. performed by Kent College from Canterbury College will be
All schools' concerts are free, no need to book. musicians, including the lower playing, singing, dancing and acting
school choir - Cantabile. a selection of popular repertoire
and extracts.
Canterbury
Academy Play Music Primary
Showcase
Wednesday 30 October, 1pm
Saturday 2 November, 10.30am
Students of all ages will perform
a range of classical, popular and Are you ready to rock? Talented
musical theatre songs and pieces, children from primary schools across
led by their elite sixth-form Kent come together to perform
programmes. classic rock hits, as well as a few more
recent pop favourites. Expect guitar
solos, powerful vocals and crashing
cymbals. Featuring children from
Herne Bay Junior School, Bridge
Simon Langton and Patrixbourne C of E Primary and
Phoenix Community Primary School.
Grammar School
for Boys
Sponsored by
Thursday 31 October, 1pm
Current sixth-form students
perform a range of music
including popular songs, hits from
musicals, jazz and classical music.
Headline Sponsor
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Canterbury Christ Church
University presents an
exciting series of afternoon
concerts. Performances
start at 1.10pm, are free
and take place in St
Gregory’s Centre for
Music, North Holmes Road,
unless otherwise stated. Monday 21 October Thursday 24 October Monday 28 October Wednesday 30 October
Accompanied children aged
five and over are welcome.
Escapades Trio ‘Manor Canterbury Festival Top Voices
Sam Corkin (saxophone) Manouche’ Maxwell Davies (Dir. Chris Price)
David Knotts (piano) Memorial Prize
It’s a steal! Con tricks and
Nevil Willis & Thomas University Big Band
Abrahams (guitars) A showcase of student (Dir. Steve Waterman)
fraud are at the heart of Jarrod Coombes
LUNCHTIME this sparkling lunchtime
programme which includes
(double bass)
Spend a laid-back lunch
competitions from the last
academic year, that will
Two of the University’s finest
ensembles join forces: expect
a blast! Big Band presents jazz
CONCERTS hour in the electrifying culminate in the awarding
music by John Williams for
of the Canterbury Festival and swing classics by the likes
Spielberg’s film, Catch me company of the acoustic
Composers’ Competition of Benny Golson and Dizzy
if you can. trio that plays gypsy
prize, named in honour Gillespie, while Top Voices
swing in the style of the
Tuesday 22 October of the University’s long performs beautiful pieces
great Django Reinhardt.
creative association with for upper voices from the
Celebrating 10 years as Chansons D’Amour: This wonderful band has
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Renaissance to the present day.
Partner and Principal Sponsor Aspects of Love become a Festival fixture,
who died in 2016.
Michelle Harris frequently drawing a full Thursday 31 October
(mezzo-soprano) house. A treat.
Helen Crayford (piano)
Tuesday 29 October Ravel, Chansons
A selection of delectable Friday 25 October Beethoven and the Madécasses and
French songs concerning CONTACT and Romantic Spirit other works
affairs of the heart, from the New Music Alistair Bamford Heledd Francis Wright (flute)
(bass-baritone) Rosie Banks (cello)
familiar to rare, including Ensemble Helen Crayford (piano) David Knotts (piano)
To ensure your place, Fauré, Après un rêve, (Dir. Matt Wright) Dale Savage (reader) Tania Holland Williams (voice)
book your free ticket at Duparc L’invitation au A dynamic event colliding Anticipating 250 years Four world-class musicians
canterbury.ac.uk/ voyage and Chanson triste, the classical with the since Beethoven’s birth combine to explore works in
arts-and-culture as well as Massenet’s Elégie electronic, the written in 1770, and marking the quartet, trio and duo formation
and Nuit D’Espagne. with the improvised and birth of the song cycle, around the stunning centrepiece
the screen with the stage. a performance of An die of the programme, Ravel’s Chansons
Wednesday 23 October
CONTACT and the New ferne Geliebte, alongside Madécasses. Not to be missed.
Commercial Music: Music Ensemble present other Romantic works for
Full Flow 45 minutes of new music, voice and piano culminating Friday 1 November
Give your lunchtime a lift sound and visuals by in Schoenberg’s glorious Dance@Canterbury:
with an effortless selection staff and students in Op.1, and concluding with
this second Canterbury
RE-MIX
performed by a band Beethoven’s settings of
Festival project which Students studying Dance
comprising teaching staff on Scottish folk songs. The
brings together classical, Education at Canterbury Christ
Christ Church University’s performance will include
contemporary and Church University perform a
Commercial Music specially written poems that
electronic musical selection of their choreography,
programme. Please note this reimagine in contemporary
traditions. Please note this including that which combines
event will take place at the terms the journeys of the
event will take place at digital media and film. Please
Daphne Oram Building. poets, composers and
Anselm Studio 1. note that this event will take place
performers.
at Anselm Studio 1.
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‘In his lethal hands harmless
‘A luscious
playing cards become ninja
sweeping
stars of spinning destruction’
tale’
(Broadway Baby)
(The i)
First of all, this is not a magic show but a ninja
show - with playing cards!
Riotous fun and a sweep of high-flying card
tricks can only mean one thing; Javier Jarquin,
aka Card Ninja, is back in town. Prepare
yourselves for extreme card-flicking stunts
Card Ninja using genuine playing cards. Comedian Javier
dazzles audiences with displays of decks as
weapons. Extreme precision, impeccable timing
Wednesday 23 October, 7pm and astonishing speed/distance – you will not
Dyad Productions presents Spiegeltent believe your eyes. Expect risky and deadly fun.
Orlando Tickets £15.50
Sponsored by
Monday 21 October, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre
Tickets £16.50
‘An up, up and away fringe Chocks away! Those Magnificent Men marks
the centenary of the first nonstop flight across
Orlando tells the life-affirming, comedic tale of an hit! Spiffing perfection’ the Atlantic. This nail-biting, side-splitting true
immortal poet, whose gender cannot be pinned down, story of the daredevil flight by Alcock and
and whose spirit cannot be caged. Orlando’s irreverent,
(The Daily Telegraph) Brown, by acclaimed writing duo Mitchell &
romantic adventures across British history – from the Nixon, retells how, in the tiny open cockpit of
1500s onwards – explore human identity, nationality and a converted Vickers biplane, they flew from
sexuality – all so topical today. Newfoundland through dense fog, sleet, snow
and hail – sometimes upside down – to Ireland
Drawing on a decade’s worth of critically-acclaimed and worldwide celebrity.
theatre-making, Dyad Productions – performer Rebecca
Vaughan and writer/director Elton Townend Jones – The Foundry Group revives its highly popular
explore what it means to find our place in the world production, starring Radio 4 regular David
whilst remaining utterly true to who we are. Based on Mounfield (Count Arthur Strong’s Radio
the satirical 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. Show) and writer/performer Brian Mitchell
Those Magnificent Men (The Ministry of Biscuits), who endeavour to
From the award-winning creators of I, Elizabeth, tell the epic tale with cardboard, two stools
The Time Machine, The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn and some left-over props.
Monroe and Female Gothic. Wednesday 23 October, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre
Tickets £16.50
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Casus: Knee Deep
Thursday 24, Friday 25 & Saturday 26 October, 7pm
Spiegeltent
Tickets £18.50, Students / Under 18s £13.50
Australian contemporary circus company Casus returns to
headline the first week in the iconic Salon Perdu Spiegeltent
with its internationally acclaimed show Knee Deep.
One of the world’s most exciting leaders in acrobatic-based
circus, Casus is in residence for three nights, offering a
masterclass in gymnastic skill that will amuse and amaze all
ages. Every minute counts as the four performers explore
the boundaries of strength and fragility, through acrobatics
and aerial stunts. Bodies are pushed and pulled, eggs are
weighed, tested and walked on!
Unlikely bonds are forged and acts of intimacy share space
with thrilling physical feats. Precision, poise and playfulness
are key to this spectacular display of pure talent.
Knee Deep won international accolades including Best Circus
& Physical Theatre 2016 Adelaide Fringe and Best Circus &
Physical Theatre Avignon 2015.
Sponsored by
Charles
Bainbridge
Estate Agents
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Take a trip down the proverbial
Le Gateau Chocolat rabbit hole with Brother Wolf’s
21st anniversary production -
& Jonny Woo:
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party.
Adapted, produced and directed by
award-winning actor/writer/producer,
A Night at the Musicals James Hyland, this one-of-a-kind show
explores Lewis Carroll's inimitable world
of Wonderland from the point of view
Friday 25 October, 9.30pm of two of its most iconic characters: The
Spiegeltent Hatter and the March Hare. Fantastical
Tickets £18.50 and utterly bonkers, The Mad Hatter's
Tea Party is both ground-breaking and
A Night at the Musicals is surprising in equal measure.
a tortured love letter to the
glorious genre of musical Bother Wolf have collaborated with
theatre. High glamah, intense original anti-brand and fashion design
assholism, divine costumes Brother Wolf presents specialists, A Child Of The Jago,
and raggedy choreography who have created stunning concept
are guaranteed in a night you’ll The Mad Hatter’s costumes for the tour. Expect a sea
never forget!
Tea Party of colour and style, as our dressed-
to-impress tour guides compel and
Dubbed the ‘Ebony and Ivory confuse in equal measure.
of drag’ by the Australian Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
press, Olivier winning star of La St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre Brother Wolf is renowned for risk-
Clique & La Soirée, Le Gateau Tickets £16.50 taking and cutting-edge drama - so
Chocolat and Queen of the grab your seat at The Hatter's table and
alternative drag scene, Jonny ‘I want to see it again. get ready for the weirdest and wildest
And again, and again.’
Woo, visit Canterbury Festival party this side of Wonderland!
with their award-winning show.
Hilarious hijinks and shady (Audience Member, aged 10) Age recommendation: 7+
shenanigans abound as they
‘Les Misérmassacre’ all the
musicals you know and love.
Off The Kerb Productions
Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny presents the Laughing Boy
Woo will drag you through the Comedy Club. Don't miss an
back catalogue of fabulous unrivaled night of entertainment,
musicals for a raucous night of featuring comedy sets from a
ballsy ballads, delightful duets group of leading comedians in the
and slaughtered show tunes. spectacular Spiegeltent.
From Gypsy to Grease, Annie Laughing Boy 'Regularly featuring
to Lion King – no show is safe.
Comedy Club the cream of British
Sponsored by
Sunday 27 October, 7.30pm
Spiegeltent
stand-up'
Tickets £16.25 (The Guardian)
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Made In Kent Made In Kent
Poetry Comedy
Friday 4 October Tuesday 29 October, 8pm
Schools’ Poetry, 5.30pm Anselm Theatre
Poet of the Year, 7.30pm Tickets £6.50
Colyer-Fergusson
Free
Canterbury
Aspiring poets gather to read their work and receive Sponsored Our annual hunt for Kent’s best new comedic talent
Made infestTval T
certificates and prizes. Celebrate Made In Kent's Schools' by
Poetry Competition with readings from this year's
published young writers and prizes for each category.
Afterwards don't miss the Festival Friends' Poet of
the Year event featuring readings by our shortlisted
continues! Join us for a night of stand-up with this
year’s shortlisted finalists, as they perform in front
of a live audience and face our judges. We welcome
back our compere Matt Barnard and last year’s winner
Dominic Harasiwka, along with challengers for the
2019 title!
Kent
SHOWCASING KENT'S YOUNG TALENT
2019 poets.
Made In Kent Made In Kent
Dance Theatre
Wednesday 30 October, 7.30pm Thursday 31 Oct, 7.30pm
Anselm Theatre Anselm Theatre
Tickets £6.50 Tickets £6.50
Don't miss a Cascade Dance: FLUX Join us for a performance from this year’s Made In
spectacular showcase FLUX explores the theme of electricity, Kent: Theatre finalist; Alternate Perspective Theatre Celebrating 10 years as
of contemporary both statically as an accumulation of Company with Sense of Wonder - an immersive Partner and Principal Sponsor
dance created charge and dynamically as a current. and sensory adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s
by Kent-based Adventures in Wonderland.
performers and Stephanie O Daniels: Afro Flavour
choreographers Energetic, exciting and packed with the Join Alex Liddell as he accidentally finds himself in a
aged 16-24. We unexpected - prepare for a taste of Africa. wondrous world filled with crazy characters and their
look forward to a astonishing stories.
performance by Instep Dance: A Match to the Heart Visit Made In Kent,
Canterbury Christ Inspired by Gretel Ehrlich's memoir of a page 49, for more info.
Church University woman struck twice by lighting, who lived Don't miss Track
students followed by to tell the tale. Record, visit page 14.
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Worcester Repertory Company presents
Where is Mrs Christie?
The Mystery of Agatha Christie’s
Eleven Lost Days
Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm Dark secrets, mystery and suspicion abound
St Mary’s Hall Studio Theatre in this stunning new one-woman show
Tickets £16.50 performed by Liz Grand. In 1926 Agatha
Christie was at the centre of a mystery as
perplexing as any of her fiction: a series of
events that sparked one of the biggest and
most extensive manhunts in history. When
she was eventually found at a luxury hotel in
Degrees of Error & Something for the Weekend Harrogate, the author claimed that she was
presents suffering from amnesia. Neither the press
nor the police believed her…
Murder She Didn’t Write Did she lie? Was it a publicity stunt?
Or was there an underlying crisis
known only to her? As in all good
Friday 1 November, 7pm A classic murder mystery is created on thrillers, all will be revealed...
Spiegeltent the spot in this ingenious and hilarious
Tickets £15.50 show from Bristol Improv Theatre’s
resident company.
‘Absolutely You become Agatha Christie in this
improvised comedy, as an original
fantastic… incredibly murder mystery play is created - based
clever… laugh out entirely on audience suggestions. So,
take up your magnifying glass and don
loud funny… a truly your deerstalker for a never-seen-before
entertaining and (and never-to-be-seen-again) evening of
murder, mayhem and making it up on
hilarious take on the the spot.
murder mystery and Miss Crimson poisoned in the parlour? Mr
absolutely not one Gold exploded by cannon in Sainsbury’s?
You decide! But will you guess whodunit?
to miss.’
Sponsored by
(Voice Magazine)
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The Marlowe and
Dance Consortium presents
Dada Masilo's Set in a South African village,
Giselle is thrust into a world
Giselle of betrayal and shame when
her lover rejects her. Killed by
heartbreak, Giselle returns from
the grave as a supernatural
being, bent on revenge.
A fearless
Performing in the title role,
re-imagining of Dada Masilo brings her
the iconic classic stunning high-speed style
to the stage, fusing ballet,
contemporary and traditional
Tswana dance. Powered by
a hauntingly beautiful score
Friday 1 & Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm
combining classical strings
The Marlowe Theatre
with African percussion and
Tickets from £21.50
voice, this UK premiere is ballet
Tickets for this event are available from but not as you know it.
The Marlowe Box Office only.
And Can It Be
Thursday 10 & Friday 11 October, 7pm
Great Hall, Kent College
Tickets £5 available from kentcollege.com Headline Sponsor
The Canterbury Festival was delighted to welcome Kent College as
a Headline Sponsor in 2018. With the relationship came the promise
of an exciting new development – the Great Hall – built by the school
to showcase activities from its cultural life, to accommodate whole
school gatherings, and to become a new Festival venue.
As a curtain-raiser, in early October, the Great Hall hosts the world
premiere of a new work in words and music by Paul Glass and David
Lamper – scenes from the life of John Wesley. Presented by pupils
from the Junior and Senior Schools of Kent College, Canterbury, the
production celebrates the opening of the new Great Hall.
Events at The Marlowe:
Box Office 01227 787787 | marlowetheatre.comState-of-the-art facilities including
the new Malthouse Theatre, with an
audience capacity of 384, flexible stage
and seating configurations, an orchestra
pit, as well as superb studios, technical
and backstage spaces to allow pupils
to create, perform in and contribute to
every element of a production
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Festival Talks in Cathedral
Lodge starting at 5.45pm
last for approximately
1 hour followed by a Q&A.
Those who may need
to leave before the end
© Crown copyright (2013)
to attend another event
are welcome to do so
discreetly.
The bar will be open 30
minutes prior to the Talk
and Books will be on
sale at the venue from
Canterbury Christ Church
University Bookshop.
William Clegg: James Wong Jack Brown:
Under the Wig Inside No.10 TALKS
Tuesday 22 October, 5.45pm
Cathedral Lodge
Monday 21 October, 5.45pm Tickets £10.50 Wednesday 23 October, 5.45pm
Cathedral Lodge Cathedral Lodge
Tickets £10.50 Tickets £10.50 Talks series
We are delighted to welcome back sponsored
garden designer, TV presenter and by
How do you chat to someone accused ethnobotanist James Wong, who joins This is an intimate account of the
of a savage murder? Or prepare a court the Festival to discuss his new book building at the core of British political
case? Or sway a jury? 10 a Day the Easy Way. power. Jack Brown is the first-ever Headline Sponsor
researcher-in-residence of No.10 and
Step into the shoes of criminal barrister According to a growing body of has had access to the compelling story
William Clegg as he meets clients in international studies, little tweaks to of the relationship between the house
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other side’s case, and confronts the 5-a-day minimum and towards
witnesses at tense trials. 10-a-day, could slash your risk of Over the years No.10 – which was
developing the biggest diseases to designed in the late 17th century -
Clegg revisits some of his most intriguing affect the Western world. In fact, has undergone constant adaptation
briefs - from the murder charge facing experts agree that simply eating to accommodate the changing role
Colin Stagg to the shooting of Jill Dando, more fruit and veg is the single most and requirements of the premiership.
to the first prosecution under the Nazi important dietary change you can do What does each occupant’s use and
war crimes act and the burglar jailed for your health! modification of the building reveal
for life by an earprint. about their values and how they
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how the system of justice occasionally miserly portion sizes.
gets it wrong.
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