insideKENT Magazine Issue 43 - October 2015 | Page 43
EVENTS
KentEvents
Tenterden Folk Festival // 1-4 Oct
Tour of Kent
// 4 Oct
To celebrate their
50th Anniversary,
Blackpalfrey Motor
Club of Kent has
come up with some
exciting new
venues for this
year’s Tour. The
start will be at the Moat, Wrotham Heath (just off junction M26 junction 2a
or M20 junction 2). The route will take crews to Groombridge Place on the
Kent/Sussex border for coffee before heading off to Bewl Water for lunch.
A gentle afternoon ride will finish at Hever Castle, the childhood home of
Anne Boleyn, for a well-earned afternoon tea by the lake. This year the Tour
will again be raising funds for Demelza Hospice Care for Children.
The Moat, London Road, Wrotham Heath TN15 7RR
www.blackpalfrey.co.uk
Tenterden Folk Festival is a four day long festival of folk song, music
and dance. Tenterden, situated in the ancient Weald of Kent, about 12
miles west of Ashford, is an ideal setting for this friendly, family folk
festival.
From 7pm on 1st October.
Various locations throughout Tenterden
www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
The Hollywood Special
Effects Show // 4 Oct
Get closer to the action than
ever before as this interactive
and explosive family show takes
you behind the scenes of your
favourite films to discover the
secrets of creating movie
magic. Join the team of
professionals who’ve been
behind the effects on productions including The Dark Knight Rises, Guardians
Of The Galaxy, Phantom Of The Opera, and Game Of Thrones for a revealing
insight into the world of special effects; feel the heat from spectacular
explosions, get up close with gruesome sci-fi monsters, be blown away by
apocalyptic weather and possibly star in your own high-octane stunt
sequence.
5pm. Price: £16.50 (children under 16 £14.50)
The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk / 01322 220000
Contagious // 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30-31 Oct
Contagious is guaranteed to be a scream at award-winning attraction The
Canterbury Tales this autumn. Dare you visit this scare event in the heart
of Canterbury?
Plague has swept
across medieval
England and terrified
citizens are
evacuating London.
The road to Canterbury is dangerous – contagious citizens are everywhere.
A cure is out there but will you find it? Can you make the journey?
From 6pm. Price: £8
The Canterbury Tales, St Margaret's Street, Canterbury CT1 2TG
www.canterburytales.org.uk / 01227 479227
Run or Dye
// 3 Oct
Wuthering Heights // 6-10 Oct
Wuthering Heights is based on Emily
Brontë’s romantic masterpiece: a tale of
passionate and obsessive love on the
Yorkshire Moors. It is choreographed by
Northern Ballet’s artistic director, David
Nixon, and set to an original score by
celebrated composer, Claude-Michel
Schönberg, known for his West End and
Broadway hits Les Misérables and Miss
Saigon. Wuthering Heights tells of Cathy
and Heathcliff – inseparable as children,
their childish affection deepens into an overwhelming love. As their lives
take different paths, their bond develops into a devastating force as unruly
and dangerous as the Moors that surround them. This production will see
Northern Ballet’s dancers at their dramatic best capturing the spirit of their
characters and drawing the audience into this untameable love story.
7.30pm (Thursday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm). Price: £17-£39.50
The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS
www.marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787
Run or Dye has
partnered with This Girl
Can to encourage and
inspire more women to
become active through
running. As the
thousands of Run or Dye’s participants already know, the 5km event is the
perfect experience for the ‘I don’t care what I look like’ kinda feeling! Run
or Dye gives women who are runners, walkers and all speeds in-between,
the opportunity to experience and celebrate in full colour the thrill of the
event and introduce the idea of ‘living life on purpose’. For 50% of all
participants, Run or Dye was their first ever 5km event reinforcing Run or
Dye’s mission to encourage better health and fitness among its participants
and supporters. In addition, 80% of all runners who take part in the events
are female as Run or Dye helps more and more women to get involved in
one of the fastest growing sports.
10am (registration from 8am). Price: £35
Hever Castle, Hever TN8 7NG
www.runordye.co.uk/uk-locations/south-london / 0208 391 3913
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