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SANTA AT ROYAL VICTORIA PLACE // 19 NOV
It ’ s time to get your family and friends in the festive spirit on Sunday 19th November and head along to Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells to enjoy a day bursting with lots of free Christmas fun ! Experience Santa ’ s arrival and the lighting up of his magical grotto , plus make the most of free parking all day . Royal Victoria Place , Tunbridge Wells TN1 2SS www . royalvictoriaplace . com
INUA ELLAMS : AN EVENING WITH AN IMMIGRANT // 20 NOV
Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered Boko Haram territory , award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England in 1996 . Littered with poems , stories and anecdotes , this is a ridiculous , fantastic , poignant immigrant story of escaping fundamentalist Islam , performing solo shows at the National Theatre and drinking wine with the Queen , all the while without a country to belong to , or a place to call home .
7pm . Price : £ 9 Quarterhouse , Mill Bay , Folkestone CT20 1BN www . quarterhouse . co . uk / 01303 760750
GREASE // 21-25 NOV
He ’ s the one that you want ! Tom Parker , from the UK ’ s top boy band , The Wanted , is to star in his first ever theatrical role as ‘ bad boy ’ Danny in Grease , the No . 1 greatest musical . Also starring Over The Rainbow winner , Danielle Hope as Sandy and EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing star , Louisa Lytton as Rizzo , this original , electrifying West End production lights up The Orchard Theatre in November 2017 for one week only . It ’ s time to dust off your leather jackets , pull on your bobbysocks and come along to the biggest party in Dartford as Danny and Sandy fall in love all over again . It ’ s the original high school musical , featuring all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You ’ re The One That I Want , Grease Is The Word , Summer Nights , Hopelessly Devoted To You , Sandy , Greased Lightnin ’ and many more . So throw your mittens around your kittens and hand jive the night away with the show that ’ ll make you want to stand up and shout , ‘ A- wop-bop-a-loo-bop , a-wop-bam-boom !’
Tues-Thurs 7.30pm , Wed 2.30pm , Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm , Sat 5pm and 8.30pm . Price : £ 20- £ 45 The Orchard Theatre , Home Gardens , Dartford DA1 1ED www . orchardtheatre . co . uk / 01322 220000
LEAF BY NIGGLE // 22 NOV
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CABARET // 21-25 NOV
Bill Kenwright presents the multi-award winning production of Kander and Ebb ’ s landmark musical , Cabaret . 1931 Berlin was a sexually charged haven of decadence in which legendary Sally Bowles performs at the infamous Kit Kat Klub … In the role that earned him an Olivier award nomination and a WhatsOnStage award , Will Young reprises his critically acclaimed performance of Emcee in Rufus Norris ’ production of Cabaret . Ever since winning the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2002 , Will Young has been one of the UK ’ s most popular and successful music artists and holds the record for the fastest selling debut single in British chart history . Playing Sally Bowles will be musician , TV presenter and 2016 Strictly Come Dancing runner up , Louise Redknapp .
7.30pm ( matinee 2.30pm ). Price : £ 22.50- £ 45 The Churchill Theatre , High Street , Bromley BR1 1HA www . churchilltheatre . co . uk / 020 3285 6000
Niggle is a painter . Not a very successful one , partly because he has so many other things to do . For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas , but Niggle has a journey to make . He doesn ’ t want to go , but he cannot get out of it … This tour is presented by house .
8pm . Price : £ 11.25- £ 13.75 The Marlowe Studio , The Friars , Canterbury CT1 2AS www . marlowetheatre . com / 01227 787787
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