EVENTS
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
23 - 28 OCTOBER LIFE OF PI Marlowe Theatre , Canterbury www . marlowetheatre . com Time : 7.30pm , Wednesday , Thursday & Saturday Matinees 2.30pm | Price : From £ 16
Based on the best-selling book by Yann Martel , the critically acclaimed five-star hit show comes to Canterbury .
Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena , a zebra , an orangutan , and a Royal Bengal tiger . Time is against them , nature is harsh , who will survive ?
Based on the global phenomenon and winner of the Man Booker Prize , selling over fifteen million copies worldwide , Life Of Pi is the acclaimed and hugely popular story of an epic journey of endurance and hope . Winner of five Olivier Awards including Best Play , see the West End spectacle on its first ever UK tour .
26 OCTOBER GODZILLA ( 1954 ) FILM SCREENING The Historic Dockyard , Chatham www . thedockyard . co . uk Time : 6.30pm | Price : £ 5
As part of our Monsters of the Deep inspired programming , join The Historic Dockyard , Chatham for an evening screening of the first Japanese production of Godzilla ( 1954 ), co-written and directed by Ishiro Honda . Originally thought to be an ancient sea monster , Godzilla appears as a dinosaur-like creature , as a result of underwater nuclear testing , to terrorise the villagers of Odo Island …
This event is part of Electric Medway Festival 2023 in association with Rochester Kino Cinema Club . There will be an introduction and postfilm discussion , both hosted by Rochester Kino Cinema Club .
27 OCTOBER THE ROAMING CINEMA : HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Brogdale Collections , Faversham www . brogdalecollections . org Time : 1.30pm - 4.30pm Price : From £ 9.05 including entry to the farm from 10am , Under 3s Free
Now that Dracula ( Adam Sandler ) has opened the Hotel Transylvania ’ s doors to humans , things are changing for the better . However , Drac is secretly worried that his half-human grandson , Dennis , isn ’ t showing his vampire side . So , while Mavis and Johnny are away , Drac enlists his friends to help him put the boy through a ‘ monster-in-training ’ boot camp . But things really get batty when Drac ’ s cantankerous old-school dad ( Mel Brooks ) pays an unexpected visit .
The Roaming Cinema pride themselves on not being a normal cinema , so dress-up is highly encouraged ! What ’ s more , your ticket will also get you access to the Brogdale Collections Orchards . So arrive early to take advantage of over 150 acres of farmland to explore , including over 4,000 varieties of fruit trees .
24 - 28 OCTOBER THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Churchill Theatre , Bromley www . trafalgartickets . com Time : 7.30pm , Matinee 2.30pm Price : From £ 15 + Booking Fee
With the city on the brink of political unrest , fascism sweeping across Europe and Oswald Mosley ’ s British Union of Fascists threatening a paramilitary march through the Jewish East End , strong-willed single mother Shylock runs a pawnbroking business from her house in Cable Street where Mosley will march . When charismatic , antisemitic aristocrat Antonio comes to her for a loan , a high-stakes deal is struck . Will Shylock take her revenge , and who will pay the ultimate price ?
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