insideKENT Magazine Issue 62 - May 2017 | Page 160

NEWS
OLIVIER AWARD WIN FOR
EX KING’S ROCHESTER STUDENT
THE FORUM ANNOUNCES
DEMELZA AS THEIR
CHARITY OF THE YEAR
The Forum Shopping Centre in Sittingbourne has
announced that Demelza Hospice Care for
Children has been chosen as its new charity of the
year for 2017.
Sittingbourne is home to Demelza Kent which
provides professional, specialist, one-to-one care
and support and access to life-enhancing facilities
for babies, children and young people up to the
age of 19. As part of the 2017 charity partnership,
Demelza Kent will be able to use The Forum’s
regular events and activities as a platform to raise
funds and awareness for their cause.
The 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Music has gone to School
Of Rock, The Musical. Sam Hall, who left
King’s Rochester school in 2013, is
the children’s musical director and rock
coach for this hugely acclaimed new West
End show.
Sam has been part of the team finding
and training three sets of 13 astonishing
child actors for the London staging of the
show who play instruments live, every
night at New London Theatre.
Even more astonishing is that Sam is still
a student at the Royal College of Music
and as well as his theatre commitments,
is also the lead singer for indie-rock
band TORVA.
The Olivier Awards with Mastercard 2017
were the biggest yet, as they made their
debut at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday
9th April. Follow Sam on
Twitter @SamuelJHall
THE TIME HAS COME:
THE CLOCK HOUSE OPENS IN
TONBRIDGE
Friday the 14th April saw the opening of a brand-new
tapas restaurant and wine bar in Tonbridge, The Clock
House. Located on Barden Road on the former site of
Mojo's Bar, The Clock House opened its doors
following a quarter million pound refurbishment.
Spearheaded by proprietor Daniel Ward, who already
runs The Ivy House in Tonbridge, The Clock House
will be his second enterprise in the town.
“We’re really excited to be opening The Clock House.
A huge amount of time and money has been invested
into the venue, the menu and the team and we can’t
wait to start welcoming guests. As a town, Tonbridge’s
food and drink offering is going from strength to
strength and we are delighted to be adding a major
player into the mix,” commented Ward.
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Katherine Cordrey, community fundraiser for
Demelza, commented: “Having a community
organisation such as The Forum support our
hospice makes a real difference to us. It currently
costs over £10.5 million a year to maintain our
current service across East Sussex, Kent and South
East London but we know there are many more
families in need of our care.
“As a charity we are reliant on the generosity of
others so we are really looking forward to working
with the Sittingbourne community, and the team
at The Forum, to raise as much money as possible
to enable us to continue providing our vital service
for local children and their families in need.”