insideKENT Magazine Issue 29 - August 2014 | Page 39

EVENTS
Great Comp Summer Show
// 9-10 Aug

The Glenn Miller Orchestra // 14 Aug

Great Comp Garden will be at its peak
this August when it plays host to
specialist plant nurseries and a select
group of established artists and crafts
people from the South East at its
annual summer show. Now in its 12th
year, the popular show promises to
provide entertainment for plant and
art lovers. Jazz ensemble, Strings &
Things, will supply the music, while
drinks will be served on the lawn.
Teas, lunches and homemade cakes
will also be available from the Old
Dairy Tearooms.
11am-5pm. Price: Adults £6,
Children (6-16 yrs) £2.50, Concessions £5.50, Family £15.
Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks TN15 8QS
www.greatcompgarden.co.uk / 01732 885094

On the 70th anniversary of Glenn Miller's visit to UK, Ray McVay invites you
to get "In The Mood" as he leads the world's greatest big band in concert.
If there is one date to put in your diary this August – this is it!
7.30pm. Price: £19-£21.
Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS
www.marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787

PQA Summer Workshops
// 11-15 Aug & 18-22 Aug

Looking to make a night of it? You will also enjoy a friendly welcome
at the theatre's relaxed café, bar and restaurant, The Green Room.
Serving up freshly cooked food, using only the best in local ingredients,
this cosy venue is the perfect spot to relax with friends and enjoy
delicious food. Better still, if you are seeing a performance, take
advantage of its special pre-show menu, with the chance to enjoy
your dessert during the interval. For full details and to book tickets,
call the Box Office on 01227 787787, or go to
www.marlowetheatre.com.

The Pauline Quirke Academy of
Performing Arts is running a whole
host of fantastic workshops this
summer, and you're invited! Held at
PQA Rochester or Tonbridge,
budding performers will receive
tuition from top industry professionals
across a range of genres including comedy, drama, musical theatre, film
and television. Attendees can choose from the following workshops:
Poppet`s Nursery Rhyme Video (4-6 yrs), £65, 10am-1pm
Make a Music Video (7-14 yrs), £85, 10am-4pm
PQA Young Adults, Drama workshops (14 yrs+), £60, 1pm-4pm
The above are to be held at Rochester Grammar School between
11th-15th August and Tonbridge Grammar School between 18th-22nd
August.
Rochester Grammar School, Maidstone Road, Rochester ME1 3BY
Tonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas, Tonbridge TN9 2JR
www.pqacademy.com

English Youth Ballet
presents: Giselle // 15-16 Aug
In celebration of 15 years of EYB, the
company presents an appealing and
dramatic production of Giselle. Set on an
English country estate with an ‘upstairs
downstairs flavour’, the story follows a
young girl who is betrayed by Prince Albert,
who is also engaged to Lady Bathilde. As
drama ensues, enchantingly sumptuous
costumes, pretty scenery and spectacular
dancing successfully bring the production
of Giselle into this century with warmth,
colour and drama.
7.30pm. Additional Sat 2.30pm matinee. Price: £18.90-£24.90.
The Churchill Theatre Bromley, High St, Bromley BR1 1HA
www.atgtickets.com / 0844 871 7620

Circus Time
at Millbrook
// 13-17 &
20-31 Aug
With the school
holidays in full swing,
August can be a tough
time to keep the family
entertained. Therefore,
it gives Millbrook
Garden Company
great pleasure to
announce that Paulos
Americano Circus will
be performing at not
one, but two of its
Kent-based garden
centres. The act will take to the stage at Millbrook's Staplehurst branch
between 13th-17th August, followed by Gravesend from 20th-31st August.
Performance times: 2pm & 3.30pm. Price: £6. Tickets can be purchased
in store or online at www.shop.milbrookgc.co.uk.
Milbrook Garden Centre, Staplehurst Road, Tonbridge TN12 9BT
Milbrook Garden Centre, Station Road, Southfleet,
Gravesend DA13 9PA
www.millbrookgc.co.uk

What The Ladybird Heard
// 16-17 Aug
Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and
a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and
Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal
the farmer's fine prize cow, but the tiniest,
quietest creature of them all – The
Ladybird – has a plan of her own. With live music, puppetry, plenty of
audience participation and many lots of laughs, join the woolly sheep, the
hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand-new stage
adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks's colourful farmyard
adventure.
Sat, 10.30am & 1.30pm; Sun, 1.30pm & 4pm. Price: £12.
Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS
www.marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787

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