What's on in East Kent this month?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:32
May
Tuesday 1st - Mon 7th May
Canterbury Operatic Society present the great Broadway musical based on the seamy tales of Damon Runyon, with songs by Frank Loesser 7.30pm (2.30pm Sat matinee)
Tickets: Tues £12.50, Weds - Sat £17.50, £15, £12.50, £10 ( Marlowe and COS Friends £2.50 off top two prices Weds - Sat), discounts for groups.
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ONT Productions & Twin Feather Productions bring together a talented local cast for Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera
7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm)
Tickets: £10
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Ballet Theatre UK's presentation of Tchaikovsky's classic uses classical choreography, handcrafted costumes and three glittering stage sets
7.45pm
Tickets: Full £15 / GulbCard £13 / Family and Friends ticket £60 for 5 people
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This month's Club Night features Rory Mcleod
7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Tickets: £10
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A junior minister hopes to spend the evening with one of the opposition's young secretaries. Then things begin to go wrong... Vintage Ray Cooney farce
8pm
Tickets: £6 Adult and £5 concessionary (concessionary = children, students, senior citizens, Arden members and 1st Night Club)
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Michael Friend directs this touring production of a classic by one of the modern masters
Sat 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 members of Sarah Thorne Theatre Club, £14 non members
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Selling out four years running at Edinburgh Festival, the band mixes its from the cult Blues Brothers and Commitments movies with R&B, soul, swing and ska
8pm (bar opens 7pm)
Tickets: £11 on door, £10 advance, £9 FOGT advance only (£5 7yrs-16yrs (1 per full paying adult))
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Patrick plays selections from RAMEAU, DEBUSSY, SATIE, RAVEL, SCOTT JOPLIN, GRANADOS & GINASTERA
3pm
Tickets: £9.00 adults, £32.00 Family(4)
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Deborah Capon's students in a dancing and singing show with extracts from the musicals
7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm)
Tickets: £8.50 / £9.50
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Icarus Theatre Collective's new production of Shakespeare's study in tyranny "goes straight for the jugular"
7.30pm
Tickets: Full £10 / GulbCard £8 / Students £6 / GulbCard Students and Gulbenkian Education Network £5
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The programme features some of the best choreographers currently working in the UK and internationally
7.30pm
Tickets: Full £10 / GulbCard £8 / Students £6/ GulbCard Students (available over the counter only) and Gulbenkian Education Network £5
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Tonight, Xanthe Gresham tells goddess tales and sails the uncharted waters between storytelling, one-woman show and theatre.
7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Tickets: £6 (£5 concs)
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A dark comedy about three sisters who meet on the eve of their mother's funeral. It won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2000.
Fri and Sat 7.30pm, Sunday 2.30pm
Tickets: £8.00 members, £10.00 non members (some strong language and adult themes)
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Virtuoso kora player, percussionist and singer songwriter from The Gambia, whose debut album 'Sila Kang' (2011) received extensive airtime on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 3
7.30pm.
Tickets £10, £8 concs, £3 child up to 12yrs
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Hear extracts from Mark Akhurst's debut novel and poems by Luigi Marchini
6.30pm
Free Entry -drinks available at the bar
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A concert of works by Schubert, Moeran, Mozart and Beethoven
7.30pm.
Tickets: £23 (includes a glass of wine)
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A double-bill of Harold Pinter's short, black comedies, from European Arts Company, whose 'Chekov's Shorts' had a great success at The Gulbenkian recently (also at Quarterhouse Fri 25th)
7.30pm
Tickets: £10
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Herne Bay Little Theatre perform Polly Teale's play. The dull lives of the sisters are haunted by their literary creations
7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Tickets: £8
Learn More Ramsgate Operatic Society's production of the 2008 musical by the Boublil, Schoenberg and Kretzmer team who created Les Mis, with music by Michel Legrand
7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30pm
Tickets: £10 (£11 on door), discounts for groups; first night offer - three tickets for the price of two
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Minster Playhouse stages the play about a tap-dancing class in a church hall
7.30pm
£5 Weds and Thurs; £7 Fri and Sat
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Actors Touring Company with a double bill: Sarah Kane's groundbreaking 'Crave', and comedy 'Illusions' by Ivan Vyrypaev, one of Russia's foremost playwrights and screenwriters (also at Gulbenkian 19th)
Crave 7.30pm, Illusions 8.45pm
Tickets: £6 / £5 conc (One play) or £10 / £8 conc (Both Plays)
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A portrait of Jane Austen and her works in dramatised readings, with musical accompaniment from her own collection of sheet music
7.30pm
Tickets: £8 (£7 concs)
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Baroque Theatre Company celebrates Dickens' bi-centenary with Hugh Leonard's adaptation of his coming-of-age novel
7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm 21 Apr)
Tickets: £12/ £10
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The Sacconi Quartet's fifth festival - 'Perfect Fifth' - consists of five concerts over three days, with a smattering of QUINtets among the featured works. The Quarterhouse is handling booking
TIMES see below
Tickets: £15 per concert (all five concerts £55); free entry for 8-25 year olds, on production of Cavatina Tickets - Cavatina Chamber Music Trust)
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Stage Door Theatre Company with a journey in music and dance through your favourite songs from best-loved films
7.30pm
Tickets: £8
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Actors Touring Company with a double bill: Sarah Kane's groundbreaking 'Crave', and comedy 'Illusions' by Ivan Vyrypaev, one of Russia's foremost playwrights and screenwriters (also at Quarterhouse, 18th)
7.30pm
Tickets: Full £10 / GulbCard £8 / Students £6/ GulbCard Students (available over the counter only) and Gulbenkian Education Network £5
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A programme of music, words and action by outstanding young performers from the festival
7.30pm
entry is free - donations are welcome!
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West End pianist Ben Warn and singers, dancers and comedians celebrate popular music from Irving Berlin to Cole Porter and all the others!
1pm
Tickets: £7
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T:24, the University of Kent Drama Society, presents Sam Shepard's award-winning exploration of family dysfunction and the nature of love
7.30pm
Tickets: Tickets: Full £10 / Concessions £8 / Students £6 (Gulbenkian website)
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Artyzan Productions new show is inspired by 'The Full Monty'. Six redundant bankers from Northern Rock are reduced to an innovative way to make money
7.45pm
Tickets: £12.00 / £8.00 / £7.00 ( Recommended Audience Age 14+)
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A double-bill of Harold Pinter's short, black comedies, from European Arts Company (also at Gulbenkian Mon 14th)
7.30pm
Tickets: £10 (£8 concs)
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The world premiere of this comedy thriller by the writer of "Curtain up on Murder" and "Murder Weekend"
Fri Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30pm, Sun 7pm
Tickets: £10, (£8 Members)
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This is a fundraiser for the Deal Festival, and Sviatoslav will play music by Liszt, Webber, Schostakovich, Chopin and John Ireland
6.00pm
Tickets: contact venue
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Courtney Pine, legendary jzz musician, at the Theatre Royal Margate. The Lindley Players celebrate
Ladies Day, and visit again to see what's happening for the Queen's Jubilee...
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The Globe Theatre's Touring production of
As You Like It visits The Theatre Royal
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Broadstairs' summer repertory season, with classic Shaw and Ayckbourn, a thriller by Mary Hayley Bell and a comedy by Eric Chappell
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Auditioning for your show? need new members? let people know. See what's new
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Thanet Film Society forthcoming programme - April to June 2012 - includes
Coriolanus and
Young Adult, the latter from the team who made
Juno
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