Hand-picked events from the editor ■ DECEMBER
December 1 Scream Night
Maidstone Museum The final event in Maidstone’s ghoultastic exhibition, Scream and Scream Again, which runs from October 10 to December 2. Watch a terrifying classic Hammer horror movie – “Dracula AD 1972”. Drinks and snacks will be available to buy all evening and you can enjoy
for the part? From 6-9pm, tickets £10 per person. Over 18s only,
www.maidstonemuseum.org.
December 2
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra – Olivier Stankiewicz
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Mote Hall, Maidstone Leisure Centre An evening of strong dramatic contrasts with the powerful overture to Wagner’s early opera, The Flying Dutchman and Richard Strauss’s hauntingly beautiful Oboe Concerto. Soloist for the evening is the magnificent young French oboist, Olivier Stankiewicz. Vaughan Williams’ A London
Fireworks Spectacular Leeds Castle, Maidstone
free entry to the Scream exhibition on the night (normally £4). Why not join the museum staff in dressing
The annual fireworks spectacular at the castle never fails to disappoint, with amazing pyrotechnics and a light and sound show against the backdrop of this fabulous moated castle. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s Dance.’ Arrive early to enjoy the music, hot food and drink. Adult tickets £23, children £15.
www.leeds-castle.com
Symphony then conjures up all the vitality and mystery of our great metropolis at the start of the last century. There are jingles from horse- drawn taxis, mists and fogs, and an overriding musical motif of the chimes of Big Ben. Tickets from £21. Tel: 033 666 3366 or visit
www.mso.org.uk.
A Gala Concert of Remembrance by Maidstone Wind Symphony Orchestra plus Maidstone Choral Union, marking 100 years since the end of the First World War. 7.30pm start. To include Abrahamson’s Snowstorm, Elgar’s Nimrod, excerpts from Jenkins’ The Armed Man and the Last Post.
Tickets £12 (£10 concessions, under 12s free)
November 11 The Nutcracker Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
The Vienna Festival Ballet present this seasonal favourite at 2pm – a delight for all the family to enjoy. Tickets from the box office or telephone 01622 758611.
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/ Hazlitt-Theatre
The Detling Players present an adaptation of one of the episodes of this hilarious tv series by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay. Prime Minister Jemima Hacker and her Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back, spinning out of control through the collapsing euro and austerity measures in a world of 24 hour news, mobile ‘phones and ‘sexed up’ dossiers. With the country on the brink of financial meltdown the PM is staring disaster in the face with her only apparent salvation in a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan. Will Jemima Hacker and her team of advisors be able to rescue the country from the edge? Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30 performances and 2.00pm for 2.30 Saturday matinee. Tickets paid in advance £10, on the door £12 and concessions (matinee only)
£10. Tickets available from Box Office 07842 169725 or
www.detlingplayers.co.uk
November 10 The Armed Man Mote Hall, Maidstone
Hand-picked events from the editor
November 15-17 Yes Prime Minister Detling Village Hall, Detling
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