Outside Music and Theatre Events, Summer 2009
1066 Country has a wide range of events for all the family to enjoy, from music to theatrical plays.
5 June: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Theatreworks presents Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 7.30pm
In the ballroom of Herstmonceux Castle, enquiries 01323 834479. Sit back and enjoy the show and let Theatreworks transport you back to Thomas Hardy's Dorset!
6 June: Status Quo; 7 June: Katherine Jenkins
At Bedgebury Pinetum. Tickets for both acts are on sale from the ticket hotline 01842 814612 or online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music. Tickets are also on sale at Bedgebury's Visitor Centre.
27 June: Alice Through the Looking Glass
Quantum Theatre present Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll at Bodiam Castle, 6.30 - 9pm.
The story of Alice Through the Looking Glass is a real family favourite, following Alice's fantastical adventures in the strange world she enters through the mirror above her drawing-room fireplace. What she finds there is a world laid out in the form of a giant chess board and before long Alice finds herself entering the game as a white pawn. Follow her travels across the board until she is crowned queen at the eighth square and along the way she encounters some very strange characters!
27 June: CAMRA Real Ale and Cider Festival
CAMRA Real Ale and Cider Festival at Tenterden Town Station, 11am - 10.30pm
Ashford Folkestone and Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA in association with the Kent and East Sussex Railway are working together on the above festival. Families welcome. Please note that Tenterden Station is open from 10.30am. There will be a large selection of real ales, cider and perry on offer and food will be available all day and into the evening.
Enjoy a Fish and Chip Supper on a Steam Hauled Special! A steam hauled special train will depart Tenterden Town Station at 6.30pm. Onboard you can enjoy fish and chips (or an alternative) and real ale (or wine for the ladies if they prefer), pre-booking is essential.
3 and 4 July: Hastings Beer and Music Festival 2009
This popular festival, celebrating local beverages and live music takes place in Alexandra Park.
4 July 2009: Battle Golf Club presents Blake and London Symphony Orchestra
Blake won the Classical Brit award for Album of the Year in 2008. Last year they support Katherine Jenkins on tour and in November 2008 their debut CD 'And So It Goes'' went to No1 in the Australian classical charts and No 15 in the UK pop album charts. Set in the natural surroundings of Battle Golf Club.
11 July, 1 August 2009: The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, performed by Illyria, 6.30 - 9pm at Bodiam Castle.
One for All, and All for One! Young D'Artagnan aspires to be a Musketeer of the Guard, but is his swashbuckling credentials sufficient? Find out as he rescues the Queen's diamonds and honour, survives the plots laid by the scheming Cardinal Richelieu and encounters one of the original and greatest femmes fatales Milady de Winter. Illyria has a reputation for staging some of the finest swordplay in the business, and in Alexandre Dumas's comic adventure it promises to be more dazzling than ever!
13 and 14 July: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's Globe, Globe Touring presents A Midsummer Night's Dream at Herstmonceux Castle at 7pm, enquiries 01323 833479. Performed on an Elizabethan-inspired stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into this amazingly inventive play. Dreamlike, funny and beautiful, eight talented actors reinvent renaissance touring theatre for the 21st century with Shakespeare's greatest comedy.
1 August 2009: A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, performed by Illyria at Bodiam Castle.
Illyria presents Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy. One young couple are hopelessly in love, another are in denial, a royal couple eagerly await their wedding - and the fairy King and Queen hate each other with a vengeance! Deep in the forest Puck makes a careless mistake and from this minor mishap absolute uproar ensues. A perennial favourite performed with a magical twist!
14 August: The Mowgli Stories
The Mowgli Stories at Bateman's, 3.30 - 6pm.
Mowgli is found as a tiny baby crawling through the jungle by a family of wolves and adopted as one of the pack. It soon becomes clear that although the 'little frog' has less fur than the wolf, less speed than the panther and less agility than the monkey his courage and wit mark him out as the future King of the Jungle. How then will he cope if he should ever encounter his own kind again? Kipling's classic is thoughtful, funny and very exciting.
21 August: The Taming on the Shrew
Shakespeare in Winchelsea, 6pm - 10pm
The talented Rain or Shine Theatre Company perform Shakespeare in the delightful garden of Cleveland House in Winchelsea. The audience is invited to picnic on the lawn. The performance will take place rain or shine! Bring your own seating or rug. There is no bar, so bring your own drink as well. Tickets £12 adults/£6 children under 16.
29 to 31 August: Medieval Festival Weekend
Over 1000 Knights, Bowmen and Men-at-Arms will lay siege to Herstmonceux Castle - England's largest medieval battle with full cannon support. Activities and entertainment for the whole family: mounted Skill-at-Arms Tournaments, Falconry, Longbow Competition, Have-A-Go-Archery, Archery displays, spectacular Grand Parades, Puppeteers, Jesters, Strolling Minstrels, Europe's largest Medieval Traders Row, fabulous Craft Stalls, Living History Encampments, Kids' Kingdom, Hog Roast, historic Walled Gardens and the sport of Kings - the Joust! Enquiries 0208 416039
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