insideKENT Magazine Issue 95 - February 2020 | Page 15

EVENTS KENT EVENTS (FEBRUARY 2020) ROOM ON THE BROOM UNTIL 23 FEB ART AT CHARTWELL Chartwell, Westerham www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chartwell Time: from 10am | Price: £17.25 (children £8.60) A new outdoor art trail at Chartwell, the home of Winston Churchill, puts the politician’s paintings into the landscape at the same points he created them. Celebrating painting, landscape and the role these played as an antidote to pressure and strain for Churchill, Art at Chartwell invites others to embrace the views that brought the politician so much solace, satisfaction and enjoyment. The National Trust team are placing eight copies of Chartwell paintings into the ground at the very places these viewpoints were painted by Churchill between 1924 and 1950. 1 FEB MORGAN AND WEST: UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE Quarterhouse, Folkestone www.creativefolkestone.org.uk Time: 2pm | Price: £6 (children £5) Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza! Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their stage manager chills. Morgan & West take full responsibility for any horizons broadened, passions inflamed or minds blown during the course of the show. 1-2 FEB ROOM ON THE BROOM EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge www.emftheatre.com Time: 1st Feb: 2.00pm & 4.00pm, 2nd Feb 11.30am & 2.00pm | Price: £12.50 Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories’ fun-filled award-winning adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat are travelling on their broomstick when they pick up some hitch-hikers – a friendly dog, a beautiful green bird and a frantic frog. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and -CRACK- it snaps in two… just has a the hungry dragon appears. Will there ever be room on the broom for everyone? 15