insideKENT Magazine Issue 85 - April 2019 | Page 24

EVENTS 22 APR ALICE IN WONDERLAND Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/ hazlitt-theatre Time: 1pm | Price: £16.50 Join Alice do wn the rab bit hole in her magical adventures through Wonderland in this brand-new staging of Lewis Carroll’s family favourite Alice In Wonderland. Come and join the tea party and meet the Mad Hatter, The White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts plus many more exciting colourful characters! 24-30 APR TULIP CELEBRATION Hever Castle, Hever www.hevercastle.co.uk Time: from 10.30am rice: £16.75 (children 5-17 £9.40) Orange and Red Princess tulips are set to dance with Flaming Evitas, Angeliques, Donna Bellas and many more at the castle’s annual Tulip Celebration. Free daily tours with the gardeners can be enjoyed during that week as well as tulip floral arrangements in the castle. Bulb master Johnny Walkers helped to select the tulip varieties. 25 APRIL FLUX EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge www.emftheatre.com Time: 7.30pm | Price: £15 FLUX AT EM FORSTER THEATRE 15-20 APR THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Churchill Theatre, Bromley www.churchilltheatre.co.uk Time: Various | Price: from £22.50 Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical returns to the UK. Dir ected b y Christopher Luscombe and featuring timeless classics, including “Sweet Transvestite”, “Damn it Janet”, and of course, the pelvic-thrusting “Time Warp”, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids – Brad and his fiancée Janet. 19 APR SLEAFORD MODS + SPECIAL GUEST LIINES Dreamland, Margate www.dreamland.co.uk Time: 7.30pm | Price: £19.50 + booking fee Sleaford Mods ar e one of the most important, politically c harged and thought pr ovoking duos currently making their mark on the UK music scene and beyond. This is a 14+ event – under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+. 24 Meet K ate, an 8 0’ s pop lo ving, vinyl collecting, nuclear physicist. In a male-dominated world, she is determined to make her voice heard. But in the wake of an unexpected discovery, can she balance the personal and professional? Following their hit shows In Our Hands and CELL, celebrated puppetry company, Smoking Apples are bringing their new acclaimed show, Flux, to the EM Forster Theatre. 25 APR AVENGERS: ENDGAME The Picturehouse, Ashford www.picturehouses.com Time: TBC | Price: TBC at the Hythe Imperial. Billed as the UK’ s most authentic Blondie trib ute act, y ou would have to have a Heart of Glass not to get caught up in the atmosphere when Totally Blondie perf orm. The band’s set list includes all the Blondie classics . 26 APR KEVIN CLIFTON IN BURN THE FLOOR WITH GRAZIANO DI PRIMA Margate Winter Gardens, Margate www.margatewintergardens.co.uk Time: 7.30pm | Price: from £28 In the past tw o decades , Bur n the F loor has revolutionised ballr oom style . Combining ja w- dropping choreography and ground-breaking moves, Burn the Floor brings their famous, infectious and rebellious energy to the stage e very sing le night in the UK, star ring Strictly Come Dancing favourite Kevin Clifton, and the new Italian heartthr ob, Graziano Di Prima. 26 APR HOSPICES OF HOPE’S GIN TASTING EVENT Vittle and Swig, Tunbridge Wells www.hospicesofhope.co.uk Time: 7.30pm | Price: £15 Hospices of Hope is holding its first gin tasting event in Tunbridge Wells to raise funds f or hospice care in southeast Eur ope. The charity has teamed up with a range of gin and mixer suppliers and will be offering the chance to learn about the different gins and sample a variety of different brands. 27 APR MUCKERS The Quarterhouse, Folkestone www.quarterhouse.co.uk Time: 11am & 2.30pm | Price: £6 (children £5) Paloma has always mucked about with Pijon. They love it. They run wild. T hey dress up. Like tigers, flamenco dancers, queens, kings, rabbits and Lady Gaga. Life is funny and a little bit loopy until, all of a sudden, Paloma comes face to face with a blinding light named Big Luce and they are catapulted into a strange new world. After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the univ erse is in ruins . With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe. 28 APR MAMMOTH ANTIQUES FAIR 26 APR TOTALLY BLONDIE AT THE HYTHE IMPERIAL All proceeds to the Hospice in the Weald in memory of much-loved silver dealer George Paterson. Two halls with 50+ stalls; silver, books, maps, paintings, coins, postcards, vintage clothing, coins, militaria, jewellery, fur niture, gold and so m uch mor e. Refreshments available. Hythe Imperial Hotel, Hythe www.hytheimperial.co.uk Time: 7pm | Price: £40 to include thr ee course meal and entertainment Picture this: a night of 70’s and 80’s rock classics from Blondie accompanied by great food and drink The Skinners Boys Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells [email protected] Time: from 10am | Price: £1