VISITKENT
DUNKIRK COSTUME EXHIBITION
OPENS AT DOVER CASTLE
A POP-UP EXHIBITION FEATURING COSTUMES FROM THE FORTHCOMING CHRISTOPHER
NOLAN FILM, DUNKIRK, COMING TO CINEMAS ON 21ST JULY FROM WARNER BROS.
PICTURES, IS NOW OPEN AT DOVER CASTLE.
Located in the secret wartime tunnels beneath
the castle, where the massive rescue attempt
at Dunkirk was conceived in May-June 1940,
the costumes of three principal characters:
Tommy, played by Fionn Whitehead; Alex,
played by Harry Styles; and Commander
Bolton, played by Kenneth Branagh, are now
on exclusive UK display – the exhibition will
run until the end of August.
“We are delighted to host this exclusive pop-
up exhibition in conjunction with this new
film,” said English Heritage senior curator,
Rowena Willard Wright. “Dover Castle’s secret
wartime tunnels are an ideal location as they
were where Admiral Ramsay masterminded
the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’. He, and the men and
women of the Royal Navy, worked around the
clock to muster all available shipping, from
naval destroyers to pleasure steamers, in order
to support his senior naval officer in Dunkirk,
Captain Tennant, and to provide the lifeline
that saved over 338,000 allied troops.”
Filmed on location in France, Holland, the UK
and Los Angeles, Dunkirk features a prestigious
cast including Kenneth Branagh, Cillian
Murphy, and newcomer Fionn Whitehead
alongside Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. The
ensemble cast also includes Tom Glynn-
Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin
Barnard, James D’Arcy and Barry Keoghan.
Entry to the exhibition is included within the
general admission ticket to Dover Castle and
will form part of the ‘Operation Dynamo’
guided-tour experience.
English Heritage cares for over 400 historic
monuments, buildings and sites – from world
famous prehistoric sites and grand medieval
castles to Roman forts and Cold War bunkers.
More info at www.english-heritage.org.uk,
customers@english-heritage.org.uk, or
0370 333 1181.
PEASANT
LIFE
Sat 29 – Sun 30 July
10am – 5pm
Experience the gruesome
side of medieval England at
a frighteningly fun day out.
Dover, Kent CT16 1HU
The English Heritage Trust is a charity, no. 1140351, and a company, no. 07447221, registered in England.
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