insideKENT Magazine Issue 63 - June 2017 | Page 23

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EVERY BRILLIANT THING // 10 JUNE
The worldwide smash hit is back on tour . You ’ re seven years old . Mum ’ s in hospital . Dad says she ’ s “ done something stupid ”. She finds it hard to be happy . You make a list of everything that ’ s brilliant about the world . Everything worth living for . Ice cream ; water fights ; staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV ; the colour yellow ; things with stripes ; rollercoasters ; people falling over .
A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love . Based on both true and untrue stories .
7.30pm . Price : £ 12 Theatre Royal Margate , Addington Street , Margate CT9 1PW www . theatreroyalmargate . com / 01843 292795
TEDx ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS // 10 JUNE
This one-day event provides a unique opportunity to meet a range of high profile speakers ranging from Olympians to business leaders who will each give talks on the theme of ‘ discovery ’. Launched in 2009 , TEDx is a program of locally organised events that brings communities together to share ideas on a local level . TED , which stands for technology , entertainment and design , was born in 1984 and is now a global platform that covers almost all topics from science to business and cultural issues . The speakers include double gold Olympic winner , Dame Kelly Holmes DBE , who will talk about ‘ reinventing herself ’; Maddy Warren , kidney patient advocate ; the Philippine Community Fund ’ s Jane Walker MBE , who is working to combat extreme poverty in disenfranchised communities ; Henry Rose Lee , who suffers prosopagnosia , more commonly known as ‘ face blindness ’; and Lance Corporal Cassidy , a former Royal Marine medic who lost his leg in Afghanistan , who ’ ll talk about overcoming his challenges .
2pm . Price : from £ 15 Assembly Hall Theatre , Crescent Road , Tunbridge Wells TN1 2LU www . assemblyhalltheatre . co . uk / 01892 530613
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BLOOMING GARDENS

Sat 17 – Sun 18 June 10am – 5pm
Enjoy tours and talks , music on the lawn , plant traders and fun family activities .
Deal , Kent CT14 7LJ
The English Heritage Trust is a charity , no . 1140351 , and a company , no . 07447221 , registered in England .
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