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EVENTS
BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS EXHIBITION
Saturday 10th November to Sunday 3rd February / Closed Mondays
The Beaney, 18 High St, Canterbury CT1 2BD / Free Admission
An exhibition on the British
Wildlife Photography Awards,
celebrating both the work of
amateur and professional
photographers and the beauty
and diversity of British wildlife.
Winning images are chosen
from thousands of entries in
fifteen separate categories
including a category for film
and two junior categories to
encourage young people to
connect with nature through
photography.
Wildlife Family Activities
Inspired by the latest special
exhibition, little ones can enjoy
these wildlife-themed family
activities.
WREN ON FROST-ENCRUSTED FERN, DUNHAM MASSEY, CHESHIRE, BEN HALL
(HABITAT WINNER, BWPA 2017 EXHIBITION)
Wild Beaney
Explorers Pack
Make and decorate your own
binoculars to spot weird and
wonderful museum wildlife.
Use the animal stamp to
complete your wildlife bingo
card and find all the creatures
to win a prize!
£4 per person
Make Your Own
Wildlife Mask
Explore the museum in
disguise as a four-legged furry
friend with your very own fox-
inspired 3D mask.
£1 per person
Create A Wildlife Habitat
Create the perfect scene for
the Beaney-inspired creatures
to play in. They provide the
animals and materials – you
provide the imagination!
£1.50 per person
Or do all three activities
for £6!
GERALD SCARFE –
STAGE AND SCREEN
Saturday 16th March to Sunday
16th June 2019
Closed Mondays
The Beaney, 18 High St,
Canterbury CT1 2BD
Free Admission
A rare opportunity to explore the extensive but little-
known production designs by celebrated political
cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Storyboards, costumes and
props are on display from Pink Floyd’s The Wall,
Disney’s Hercules and English National Ballet’s
The Nutcracker.
Gerald Scarfe is the UK’s most celebrated political
cartoonist; his 50-year-long career at The Sunday
Times revealed an imagination that is acerbic,
explosive and unmistakable. But less well known is
Scarfe’s lifelong contribution to the performing arts
and his hugely significant work beyond the page,
designing some of the most high-profile productions
of the last 30 years.
This exhibition explores Scarfe’s extraordinary work
for stage and screen. It features over 100 works
including preliminary sketches, storyboards, set
designs, photographs, ephemera and costumes from
productions including Orpheus in the Underworld at
English National Opera, The Nutcracker by English
National Ballet and Los Angeles Opera’s The Magic
Flute. It also shows his 1994 work as the only ever
external Production Designer for Disney, for their
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PINK FLOYD - THE WALL © Gerald Scarfe
feature film Hercules, as well as his concept, character
and animation designs for Pink Floyd’s 1982 film
adaptation of The Wall. Scarfe’s surreal and often
grotesque artwork cemented The Wall’s iconic status
in pop culture.
Known for his uncompromising satire in print, Scarfe
started drawing for Private Eye and Punch in the 1960s
and went on to work as The Sunday Times’ political
cartoonist for 50 years, from 1967. He is now the
Evening Standard’s new political cartoonist.
“I always want to bring my creations to life – to
bring them off the page and give them flesh and
blood, movement and drama.” – Gerald Scarfe
Gerald Scarfe: Stage and Screen is a touring
exhibition from House of Illustration.