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 Theatre


Summertime and the laughing is easy...


Matt Richardson & Alex Smith


The Quarterhouse in Folkestone has developed a reputation as a grooming post for star talent testing out material, pre-tour. A broad audience base taken from a wide area across the county means these big names play to small, but enthused, audiences. Now it’s becoming a venue


for up-and-coming talent and with Edinburgh a few weeks away, Matt Richardson and Alex Smith are on stage at the Quarterhouse on July 15. Richardson brings a flavour


of his material to the drive- time show he hosts on Virgin


Radio, but his credits include appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice, Sweat The Small Stuff, Fake Reaction and It’s Not Me It’s You. Alex Smith, on the other hand, is famed for comedy so sharp it is feared he might cut himself or the audience. Throw in a few gag-laden songs and a star is definitely in the making. He’s getting slots on TV and recently supported Russell Kane. For six quid, it’s a steal. So why not spend the rest on a beer and a burger at Googies in Rendezvous Street?


Saturday, July 15, The Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1BN.


Tickets: £6, unreserved seating. www.quarterhouse.co.uk The Tiger Who Came To Tea


"Once there was a little girl called Sophie, and she was having tea with her mummy in the kitchen. Suddenly, there was a ring at the door. Sophie's mummy said, 'I wonder who that could be?'" The opening lines of Judith


Kerr’s unlikely, but absolutely captivating tale of The Tiger Who Came To Tea are as familiar as any in children’s literature since it was first published in 1968. The story is pretty simple. A hungry and thirsty tiger invites himself to tea and eats and drinks all the food and water in Sophie's home. The animal then leaves and never returns. "It was just a bedtime story I made up for my daughter


when she was two, getting on for three," said Kerr, much later. Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is now on stage in the regions in a family show packed with magic, songs and a fair amount of comedy. The stage version is written


by David Wood OBE, arguably one of the nation’s leading writers and directors of plays and musicals for children, with a CV boasting Fantastic Mr Fox, The Gingerbread Man, BFG, The Witches, Meg and Mog, Spot and Babe the Sheep Pig. Suitable for children of


three years and above, the show runs for just under an hour, with no interval.


July 21 – July 23 (Friday at 4.30pm and Sat/Sun at 11am and 2pm) The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells,


Tickets: £12.50 www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk 24 Mid Kent Living The Three Musketeers


The Hazlitt Theatre has been on a concerted push for family audiences of late, outside its highly-successful panto season, and a bit of Sunday silliness may well be the answer. The Three Half Pints comedy trio - Richard Franks, Callum Donnelly and Robin Hatcher – swish their swords and pay an hilarious homage to the celebrated Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Three Musketeers. But if anyone is tempted to believe this bears any


resemblance to the 17th century work, then think again. What the crowd will get is rip-roaring, falling-over, thigh- slapping slapstick, which critics have simply raved about. Adults and children love it in equal measure. Now it’s on its way to Maidstone’s Exchange Studio at the Hazlitt and fulfils the new direction taken by Hazlitt management to broaden the appeal of its offerings. There is now a lot of really solid, family-orientated and


value-for-money acts being booked into Maidstone’s jewel in the crown. The Three Musketeers is one of those. The inept but well-


meaning trio blunder about the stage in an effort to save a damsel in distress while defeating the baddies. The show is a romp of sword-swishing and jokey mayhem, aimed at children aged five to 85. The Three Half Pints are already well-known to youngsters


through TV’s Justin’s House and Spot Bots, and will inevitably create pester power for tickets, which are competitively priced.


July 2, 2pm, Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone. Tickets HAZLITTTHEATRE.COM Adults £12.50, children £10


Tony Christie


Without Peter Kay, there is a chance that Tony Christie might not have enjoyed a late revival in a long and rewarding music industry career, spanning 50 years. Kay’s hilarious version of the Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield classic (Is This The Way To) Amarillo for Comic Relief in 2005 reminded Christie’s legions of fans just why he sold 10 million records around the world. He also found himself with a host of younger admirers hooked on the catchy chorus popular at kids’ parties and student freshers’ nights.


And for a single night at the Marlowe Theatre later this summer, Christie will perform the hits that made him famous, such as I Did What I Did For Maria, Avenues And Alleyways, Kiss In The Night, Walk Like A Panther and many others.


August 8, 7.30pm The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury


Tickets: £30.75, £26.25 www.marlowetheatre.com Edited by Simon Finlay


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