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The Canterbury Festival October 15-29
The Canterbury Festival brings a stunning international mixture of music, art, drama and cultural exhibitions. It occupies the second fortnight of the month and unfortunately, it would be physically impossible to catch all the performances, so I’ve made a selection. Kick off with the Carnival Parade, which starts at
Dane John Gardens at 5.30
pm (15th) and travels
through the centre of the city. You can join in or hang back at the
sidelines for a spectator’s view. That
same evening at 7pm a mix of
Enjoy a silent night courtesy of The Boy with Tape on his Face
pyrotechnics and music can be seen at Toddlers Cove in the All Hands performance. Expect audience participation.
www.indexmagazine.co.uk For a taste of classical music,
the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing traditional and popular Russian music, so if you like your Tchaikovsky don’t miss this one at The Marlowe Theatre at 7.30 pm on the 16th. If you prefer Blues and old fashioned RnB, The Festival Club is the place to be at 8pm to see the Kamikaze Blues Band. They’ll be running through a history of Blues music starting with its origins and then turning the heat (and the pace) up in the second half. There are so many appealing dramatic performances in this festival that I’m squeezing a lot of them into a small space. Starting with The Dark
Entry, a petrifying promenade performance throughout the grounds of St Augustine’s Abbey (performance at 7pm and 8.30pm each night from 17th to 26th).
For a shot of Shakespeare
there is Romeo and Juliet performed with dance and puppets (and humans as well) at The Gulbenkian Theatre on the evenings of 21st and 22nd, and for a less traditional Shakespeare experience there is Shakespeare a la Carte, a dramatic dining experience with all your favourite characters.
35 Other theatrical highlights
include the revolutionary mime act The Boy with Tape on his Face (St Marys Hall Studio Theatre, 18th and 19th), an exploration of 21st century immigration in Invisible (Theatre Royal Margate, 19th and 20th) and Urban Nomads which is a dramatised dance performance which mixes traditional Flamenco with a more contemporary style (The Gulbenkian Theatre on the 27th).
This scratches the surface of what the festival has to offer and that’s not to mention all the exhibitions, talks, fringe performances and even walks that are part of it all. Tickets from the festival website, where you can view the full event list. www.
canterburyfestival.co.uk.
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic
Dine with the bard at Shakespeare à la Carte
Dark Entry, a petrifying promenade at St Augustine’s Abbey
The INDEX magazine October 2011
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