insideKENT Magazine Issue 38 - May 2015 | Page 53

EVENTS

ArtsFest 2015
// 16 May

Jasper Carrott &
The Bev Bevan Band
// 21 May

Nucleus ArtsFest will be
five days of free festivals
to celebrate the arts in
Chatham, and will follow
on from the success of
the last three-year’s
celebrations. The
Nucleus ArtsFest
highlights the work
Nucleus Arts has done
to promote the arts in
the area, and the work it has carried out to enhance the local community.
The acts will mostly be performing at its main Chatham Centre, with some
acts roaming through the town centre to engage with the public this year.
The festivals will include live music, theatre, dance, contemporary street
theatre and the visual arts, and will showcase both professional and amateur
artists throughout the event, with a particular focus on artists who are
connected with the Medway Towns.
Various times. Price: Free.
272 High Street, Chatham ME4 4BP
www.nucleusarts.com / 01634 812108

Jasper Carrott is back to his very
best…mic in hand, regaling the audience
with his inimitable stand-up routines, before
introducing his musical compatriots that
have been 'rocking' audiences all over the
world.
7.30pm. Price: £26.
The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens,
Dartford DA1 1ED
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk /
01322 220000

Benefit // 21-22 May
Benefit from Cardboard
Citizens is a play exploring
the welfare system,
depicting three jobseekers
and their struggles with the
system. Cardboard Citizens
makes theatre with and for
homeless people, and three
© Richard Davenport
out of the four cast have
themselves experienced homelessness. One member of the cast, Mark
Lockyer, was an actor with a steady career for 23 years before a breakdown
caused him to lose everything – Benefit is his first show in seven years.
7.30pm. Price: £12.
Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NB
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk / 01227 769075

Faversham
Transport
Weekend
// 16-17 May
More than 400
vintage and classic
vehicles will be on
display throughout
the town centre
along with
traditional music, a
funfair, free bus
rides on period buses, local stalls and delicious food and drink.
9am. Price: Free
Faversham High Street ME13
www.faversham.org/carshow

Snow White on Ice // 21-24 May
The world-famous Rus