insideKENT Magazine Issue 22 - January 2014 | Page 36

EVENTS

Vintage Lace and Brooches // 19 Jan
Book up for this vintage-inspired masterclass and learn how to ice a cake
drum and neatly cover a square cake with clean straight edges. At Sweetie
Darling, you will be
shown how to
decorate your cake
beautifully with piped
brush embroidery,
before making
stunning brooches
and jewels with
metallic detail. This
course covers many
skills including
splitting and filling
your cake
professionally,
crumb coating, icing
a square to achieve
sharp edges, piping,
moulding and
painting. Better still,
they supply
everything you need so all you will have to pack is some lunch and an
apron!
9.30am – 4pm. Price: £125.
Sweetie Darling, Unit 14, Lakesview International Business Park,
Sparrow Way, Hersden, Canterbury CT3 4AL
www.kentcakecourses.co.uk / 01227 714714

piece of their entire repertoire, the orchestra, choreography, interpretation,
beauty and outstanding virtuoso performances by the Moscow City dancers
will undoubtedly impress once again.
2.30pm & 7.30pm. Price: £15 – £35.
The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk / 01322 220000

Bully Wee Band // 16 Jan
Formed in the 1970s, the Bully
Wee Band were known as
one of the finest acoustic folk
rock bands, having played all
over Europe and America.
With Ian Cutler on violin (Feast
of Fiddles), Fergus Feely on
mandocello and vocals
(Dolores Keane), Colin Reece
on guitar and vocals (Jim
Davidson), and Jim Yardley
on mandolin and vocals
(Corner Boys), this band are
proving that they are still a
force to be reckoned with in
the folk world.
8pm. Price: £12.50.
The Brook Theatre, 5 The
Brook, Town Centre,
Chatham ME4 4SE

Afternoon Treat: The Ghost Train // 21 Jan
Treat yourself to a
classic film with a hot
drink and teacake
included in the price.
Directed by Walter
Forde in 1941, and
starring Arthur Askey,
Richard Murdoch
and Kathleen
Harrison, The Ghost
Train tells the tale of
a group of
mismatched
travellers that find themselves stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway
station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which
is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a longago train wreck in the area. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur
Askey plays the gags with his Vaudeville style humour.
2.30pm. Price: £4.
The Central Theatre, 170 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AS
www.tickets.medway.gov.uk / 01634 338338

Janet Darley's Siberia

www.tickets.medway.gov.uk / 01634 338338

Trouble & Strife
// 18 Jan – 2 Mar
Manet's “The Execution of
Maximilian” and John Opie's
“Murder of Thomas Becket in
Canterbury Cathedral” are both
dramatic paintings representing
the tragic culmination of political
power struggles. To
complement their exhibition,
Beaney's Front Room will be
displaying selected 2D artwork
by talented Kent-based artists
that have used similar themes
of struggle and conflict in their
work. One of the featured
artists is the talented Janet
Darley, of whom will include
two abstract collages in the
exhibition, each of which reflect the emotions experienced by her parents
during World War II.
Mon-Weds & Fri-Sat, 9am – 5pm. Thurs, 9am – 7pm & Sun, 10am
– 5pm. Price: Free Admission.
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, 18 High Street, Canterbury
CT1 2RA
www.canterbury.co.uk/Beaney/ / 01227 378100

Jason Manford: First
World Problems
// 21 Jan
Everybody's favourite northern
comedian, Jason Manford brings
his celebrated tour to Leas Cliff
Hall this New Year and it
promises to feature a wealth of
comedy anecdotes, comic
misunderstandings and
audience banter. Jason has had
a busy time since he was last
on the road: after his opera
singing turn saw him emerge the
winner on ITV's Born To Shine,

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