insideKENT Magazine Issue 81 - December 2018 | Page 29

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ARTISAN CHOCOLATE MAKING // 8 DEC
JACK AND
THE BEANSTALK
// 8 DEC – 2 JAN
This course will be led by professional patisserie chef Joanna Owens
from The Organic Cakery at Bore Place. Just in time for Christmas,
spend a day in the kitchen learning to make delicious chocolates to
give to friends and family! During the course you will learn how to
make a variety of different chocolates, and get hands-on experience
making authentic piped and rolled Belgian truffles and filled chocolates.
You will also watch a demonstration on how to make fruit caramels –
in this case, blackberry caramels using Bore Place blackberries – set
into dark chocolates. The course includes refreshments and a light
lunch of soup and salads made with produce from the Market Garden
at Bore Place, and fresh bread. You'll also have a short tour of the organic
Market Garden to see where the Bore Place produce is grown.
10am. Price: £75
Bore Place, Bore Place Road, Chiddingstone TN8 7AR
www.boreplace.org / 01732 463255
ALADDIN // 8-30 DEC
The Orchard Theatre's
spectacular
pantomime is packed
with all of the
traditional ingredients
audiences expect,
Aladdin features
laugh-out-loud
comedy, stunning
scenery, beautiful
costumes and plenty
of boos and hisses.
Follow the evil
sorcerer Abanazar,
Aladdin, his brother
Wishee Washee and,
of course his mother
Widow Twankey, on
a spectacular
adventure. This year’s
Orchard Theatre
pantomime will see
audiences
transported to Old Peking on a thrilling 3D Magic Carpet ride. Expect
flying carpets, a wish-granting genie, an evil sorcerer and a lamp-full
of laughs, so book your magic carpet ride to Old Peking to the magical
pantomime Aladdin! The Orchard Theatre have announced that Marti
Pellow will lead the cast playing the role of the evil sorcerer Abanazar.
Various times. Price: from £15
The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk / 01322 220000
Wicked Productions return
to Margate for their 4th
spellbinding year with a
GIANT of a pantomime, Jack
& the Beanstalk! Scale new
heights on this enormous
adventure for the whole
family, where you are
guaranteed some hilarious
Fe Fi Fo FUN! Join Jack on
the adventure of a lifetime as
this grounded dreamer is
forced to swap his bovine
best friend for a seemingly
useless bag of beans, which
soon turn out to be decidedly more magical than your average can of
Heinz! With the stunning scenery, costumes, music, choreography,
magic and fun you’ve come to expect from Wicked Productions, this
year the Theatre Royal aims to surpass itself with a show-stopping
giant, beanstalk, toe-tapping songs and special effects.
Various times. Price: from £11
Theatre Royal, Addington Street, Margate CT9 1PW
www.theatreroyalmargate.com / 01843 292795
LIVING FARM NATIVITY
// 9 DEC
Come and experience the
living nativity with Kent Life’s
very own farmyard friends.
Working together with
Maidstone Family Church,
Kent Life will take you on a
journey through their
grounds to discover the
nativity story scenes and join
in the traditional Christmas
carolling. Kent Life encourages all children to dress up so they can be
part of the nativity – they are always on the lookout for angels, wise
men, farmyard stock or, if you’re feeling really adventurous, they could
make use of a camel!
3pm. Price: £6.95 (children 3-15 £5.95)
Kent Life, Lock Lane, Sandling ME14 3AU
www.kentlife.org.uk / 01622 763936
CHRISTMAS AT HEVER
CASTLE // 9-24 DEC
This year, Christmas at Hever
Castle is all about traditional
Christmas tales. During the day
you will be met with beautifully
decorated castle rooms,
welcoming log fires and
twinkling Christmas trees
celebrating traditional
Christmas tales. Outside in the grounds discover the festive trail themed
around the Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol and wander
through the illuminated gardens as dusk falls. Each weekend and daily
from selected dates ride the carousel and enjoy vintage fairground
stalls, meet characters along the Christmas trail and meet the huskies.
Bring the children to see Father Christmas at Hever Castle, enjoy relaxed
Christmas shopping in the gift shops and sample delicious festive food
in the restaurants.
From 10am. Price: £17.25 (children 5-15 £9.75)
Hever Castle, Hever TN8 7NG
www.hevercastle.co.uk / 01732 865224
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