EVENTS
Fire In The North Sky // 9 Oct Level 42 // 12 Oct
Commissioned in association with Mac Birmingham and Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival with support from Sage Gateshead. Be transported by songs, adventure and the stories of Kalevala – Finland’ s national epic and cultural treasure. Travel to the extremes of the Finnish landscape – the vast forests and lakes, the harshness of winter, the intoxicating summers. Experience authentic creation myths, tales of Finland’ s epic heroes and journey with them to the dark river of the underworld. Leading UK storyteller Nick Hennessey and three virtuoso Finnish musicians make these 2,000- year-old traditional stories come alive with a touch of offbeat fun, enchantment and music that moves between dancing flutes, intoxicating rhythms and hauntingly beautiful sung melodies.
7.30pm. Price: £ 12 Theatre Royal Margate, Addington Street, Margate CT9 1PW www. theatreroyalmargate. com / 01843 292795
Following on from the very successful Sirens shows of 2014 and 2015, Level 42 will be hitting the road once again in October 2016 for a tour of the UK in support of their new Sirens II EP. Starting in Llandudno on the 3rd October the tour will play a further 19 shows, culminating at London’ s Eventim Apollo on 29th October and will see the band play a host of their greatest hits as well as new material from the Sirens II EP. To date the band have released 14 studio albums, seven live albums, the Sirens EP and six compilation albums, had 18 top-40 singles, including“ Lessons in Love”,“ Something About You”, and“ Leaving Me Now”.
7.30pm. Price: £ 28 Margate Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate CT9 1HX www. margatewintergardens. co. uk / 01843 292795
The Below Stairs Tour – A Servant ' s Life // 12 Oct
Chicago // 10-15 Oct
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“ Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery … all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”… so begins the international award-winning Broadway and West End musical, CHICAGO, which comes to The Churchill Theatre for one week only. Starring Jessie Wallace( EastEnders), one of Britain’ s most loved soap stars, as Matron‘ Mama’ Morton, West End and Celebrity Big Brother star John Partridge( EastEnders, Cats, A Chorus Line, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express) as Billy Flynn, and Dancing on Ice winner and Coronation Street star Hayley Tamaddon( Emmerdale, Grease, Mamma Mia!) as Roxie Hart. Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.
7.30pm( Thursday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). Price: from £ 28.50 The Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA www. churchilltheatre. co. uk / 020 3285 6000
The discreet running of a large household in the 1930s took military precision. Visit restricted areas below the stairs to learn how the Castle servants made this seem effortless. Must be booked in advance.
11.30am. Price: £ 5( in addition to entry fee). Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL www. leeds-castle. com / 01622 765400
Austentatious // 13 Oct
Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour! Join the all-star cast as they improvise a brand new Jane Austen work before your very eyes, based on a single audience suggestion. Previous‘ lost’ masterpieces have included Sixth Sense & Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark. No two shows are ever the same! Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, Austentatious is a Regency treat. Hold on to your bonnets: this hilarious show is not to be missed( swooning guaranteed).
7.30pm. Price: £ 14 Hazlitt Theatre, Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PL www. hazlitttheatre. com / 01622 758611
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