ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT intheDIARY APRIL 2025
ACROSS THE BORDER!
UNTIL 24 OCTOBER TRANSPORTED BY CULTURE: MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM London Transport Museum, London ltmuseum. co. uk Time: Various Price: Included with general admission
Taking place on selected Friday afternoons for the museum’ s Transported by Culture music programme, audiences are welcomed to experience the inspiring stories of London and its transport history, while enjoying a showstopping musical performance from some of the capital’ s most talented young classical and jazz musicians. Performances will alternate between 10 young soloists / ensembles who are still students, each with an individual approach to classical and jazz music production.
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5 APRIL SPRING FAIR Godinton House & Gardens, Ashford godintonhouse. co. uk Time: 11am- 4pm Price: £ 10.50( adult), £ 2.50( child 11 +)
Brand new for 2025, the beautiful gardens of Godinton House are delighted to host their Spring Fair. Join them as they mark the start of another open season and celebrate the beauty of spring with an exciting event that showcases a selection of the best local crafts, horticulture and food and drink Kent has to offer. All sourced primarily within 40 miles of Ashford, look forward to browsing over 35 stalls including six plant nurseries, Nine Oaks Vineyard, Lambtastic, Hawkhurst Lavender, The British Cheese Company, Great Stone Soaps, Jane’ s Pottery and many more.
5- 6, 12- 13 & 18- 21 APRIL VISIT OF L & Y IRONCLAD 52044 The Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells spavalleyrailway. co. uk Time: Various Price: £ 16( adult), £ 15( senior), £ 9( child)
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Famous for its starring role as the‘ Green Dragon’ in the 1970 family favourite feature film The Railway Children and the first time it has visited the Tunbridge Wells’ Spa Valley Railway, don’ t miss the fantastic opportunity to travel behind two wonderful Victorian locomotives( Ironclad 52044 and Caledonian Railway 828) between Tunbridge Wells West and Eridge stations this April. Courtesy of The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, and the 957 Bower’ s Trust, the Ironclad will also join the railway’ s Easter specials during the long weekend.
9- 12 APRIL THE DROWSY CHAPERONE EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge emftheatre. com Time: 3pm, 7.30pm Price: £ 19- £ 24
Following the success of their 2024 production, Unforgettable- Gone Too Soon, the Local Amateur Musical PlayerS( LAMPS) are back this April with something very different. The Drowsy Chaperone, winner of five Tony Awards, is a loving send-up of the jazz-age musical featuring showstopping song and dance numbers. Listening to The Drowsy Chaperone, a parody of a 1920’ s musical comedy, the main character comments on the show, the actors and the story as his apartment is transformed into a Broadway set.
12 APRIL MEDIEVAL FAYRE Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone visitmaidstone. com Time: 11am – 4pm Price: Free entry
Come and see history in action at Brenchley Gardens! Look forward to meeting a host of reenactors who will bring traditional crafts and skills to life through immersive talks and demonstrations including spinning, woodworking and calligraphy, as well as a barber surgeon and a blacksmith working at his forge. Discover more about medieval crime and punishment or learn about childhood toys and games, not missing out on the chance to undertake some knight and princess training, and seeing the beautiful owls and birds of prey from Kent Owl Academy.
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