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KATIE TURRELL ON THIS MONTH’S CULTURAL SCENE. October is overshadowed by the Canterbury Festival in our little world, and quite rightly too as it’s an amazing selection of dazzling acts; but there’s also a lot going on outside the festival that is also worthy of your attention.
Greed and puppets in 18th century London – The Rake’s Progress Classical
collection I have a mix of classical performances and musicals to recommend. On the 7th in Canterbury
Cathedral, Stephen Barlow and Patrick Williams host an evening of music by Mozart, Bach, Messiaen and Delius on piano and fl ute. Patrick Williams may seem familiar to foodies, as he runs Patrick’s Kitchen in the Goods Shed. Tickets for the 7.45pm performance cost £17.50 and are available there, or from www.
crowthersofcanterbury.co.uk. Tom Poster, the award
winning pianist is performing music by Beethoven, Grieg and Chopin at St Gregory’s Centre for Music on the 13th (7.30pm, tickets £15 on the door). Meanwhile, at The Marlowe,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra will play three dazzling Russian works on the 8th (7.30pm, tickets from 01227 787787). The musical comedy Oh Mr
Pooter, based on the Victorian novel ‘The Diary of a Nobody’ is a cheerful performance at The Playhouse Theatre in Whitstable on the 14th and the 15th (7.45pm and 2.30pm on Saturday, tickets £12.50 available at www.
playhousewhitstable.co.uk).
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October’s theatre looks to be very sombre, with productions of dark name and of dark
nature, but there is a bright spark of energy underneath just the same.
At the very beginning of the month The Playhouse Theatre in Whitstable is showing the play Proof. This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play follows a young woman struggling with her father’s genius or insanity. Be quick to see this one as its last night is on the 1st. (7.45pm, tickets between £7.50 and £9.50).
Circus dance
The big top goes up in the Marlowe as Cirque Eloize comes to town from the 12th to the 15th. This blend of circus skills and urban dance should be an unforgettable experience (see
marlowetheatre.com for dates and prices).
The Gulbenkian Theatre is once again hosting Ballet Black on the 8th. The company is made up of all black and Asian dancers and they will be performing highlights from their shows from the last ten years with infl uences from the world over (7.45pm, tickets £16 available from
www.kent.ac.uk/ gulbenkian).
The Gulbenkian is the place to see A Rake’s Progress on the 11th performed by the Strangeface company who use songs, eccentric masks and boisterous puppets to tell a story of greed set in 18th century London. The performance starts at 7.45pm and tickets are £14 and available from website.
www.indexmagazine.co.uk
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