insideKENT Magazine Issue 74 - May 2018 | Page 24

EVENTS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• GREASE // 15-19 MAY Everybody loves Grease. It broke records as Broadway's longest running musical before being made into a smash hit 1978 film with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Now, TWODS are bringing the show to The Assembly Hall. Join the gang at Rydell High. It’s the one that you want! 7.30pm (Wednesday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). Price: from £18 Assembly Hall Theatre, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2LU www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk / 01892 530613 WHITECHAPEL FREAKS // 19 MAY The year is 1888, and London is in terror at the murder spree being committed by Saucy Jack! Why not seek respite from the horrors of Whitechapel by spending the evening inside Tabram's Music Hall? Fairy Fay guarantees a ripping time will be shared by one and all... A macabre cabaret of Victorian songs, weird skits and disturbing vignettes wherein you will meet a miscellany of suspects in unfamiliar guises. But, which one is the Ripper? 7.30pm. Price: £15 Charlton Place, Charlton Park, Bishopsbourne, Canterbury CT4 5JA www.charlton-park.org / 01227 831355 ROYAL WEDDING EVENT AT NEPTUNE CANTERBURY // 19-20 MAY BEANS ON TOAST: SITTING ON A CHAIR TOUR + BOSS CAINE // 16 MAY Street-folk music hero, Beans on Toast hits the road to embark on a special tour with his witty, eccentric folk tunes and is playing Folkestone Quarterhouse after his previous sold out Kent shows! This year, Beans on Toast celebrates the anniversary of his first ever album, Standing on a Chair, which will see the record released on vinyl for the very first time. If that wasn't enough, he'll also be releasing his very first book, Drunk Folk Stories; 10 tales of the musical adventures he has encountered so far on his ‘three chords and a master plan’ mission. 7pm. Price: £15 (£19 on the door) Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone CT20 1BN www.quarterhouse.co.uk / 01303 760750 Come and be treated like royalty at Neptune Canterbury! Over the weekend of 19th-20th May, they will be celebrating the Royal Wedding by serving up a champagne afternoon tea in their beautiful courtyard garden. Neptune’s regular local baker, the Beardy Baker, will be providing his regal Victoria sponge cakes, and there will be tea, coffee, bubbly and more. Visitors will have the chance to win a set of elegant Hoxton champagne glasses, so the lucky winner can continue the celebrations at home. If you’re shopping for gifts for an upcoming wedding, the team will help you choose the perfect pieces and will professionally gift wrap the items for you. From 10am. Price: Free Neptune, Wincheap Road, Canterbury CT1 3TY www.neptune.com / 01227 209300 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 24