insideKENT Magazine Issue 63 - June 2017 | Page 26

EVENTS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• AS YOU LIKE IT // 18 JUNE GREAT COMP’S HENS & GARDENS // 18 JUNE The world’s first cycling theatre company, the HandleBards all female troupe, present Shakespeare’s As You Like It with riotous energy and plenty of laughter outside in the library gardens. 5pm. Price: £12-£17 EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge TN9 1JP www.boxoffice.tonbridge-school.co.uk / 01732 304241 A celebration of self-sufficiency and smallholding in Sevenoaks will cast chickens firmly in the spotlight this year with planned chicken agility sessions and talks by Francine Raymond from The Telegraph. The event will feature the most innovative chicken houses on the market, poultry food, hatching eggs and bird sellers. The Kent Smallholders group and their members will share specialities such as spinning, rugmaking, felting, beekeeping, and self-sufficiency on the day. Hens And Gardens, now in its third year, has grown and evolved within the seven-acre grounds at Great Comp and this year there will be more exhibitors than ever. From 11am. Price: £8 (children 3-17 £3) Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks TN15 8QS www.greatcompgarden.co.uk / 01732 885094 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26