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MAY

Monday 28 April – Saturday 3 May
South Pacific
Sumptuous new production of Rogers & Hammerstein’s celebrated masterpiece.
Eves 7.45pm, Thursday & Saturday mats 2.30pm, Theatre Royal Brighton, 35 Bond Street, Brighton, 08700 606650, tickets from £21.00 (groups discount available)

Until Saturday 3 May
The Anphyllida Syndrome
8pm, 3pm Sunday matinee, £8, The Oast Theatre, London Road, Tonbridge, 01732 363849

Thursday 1 May
Harmony Glen & Hannah Walker
8pm, The G Spot, Cinque Ports Club, Uckfield, 07984 162619

Thursday 1 May
Lady Boys of Bangkok
Performed by 16 beautiful showgirls, who just happen to be men!
7.45pm, from £16.50, Fairfield, Croydon, 02 08688 9291, www.fairfield.co.uk

Saturday 3 May
Mayfield Bookfair
Seventeen dealers with 1000s of secondhand books for sale on all subjects.
9am-3pm, Memorial Hall, Tunbridge Wells Road, Mayfield, admission free, refreshments all day, parking, details Chris Maughan 01435 864634

Saturday 3 – Monday 5 May
Tonbridge Garden & Home Show
Huge selections from different distributors.
9.30am-5.30pm, the Sportsground, r/o High Street, Tonbridge, free parking in town on
Sunday and Monday, ticket £4, under-14s free, information: 01732 357872

Saturday 3 May
An English Serenade by The Baroque Singers
An evening of English choral music.
8pm, St John’s Church, Groombridge

Saturday 3 May
Murder at St Vernons Murder Mystery Dinner
Can you solve a crime? Enjoy a three course meal in the Victorian Theatre and become a detective for the evening as you solve the crime and unmask the murderer at St Vernons Boarding School.
£29.95 per person, for further information & bookings call the Salomons Box Office on 01892 507609 or e-mail boxoffice@salomons.org.uk
www.salomons.org.uk

Sunday 4 May
May Day Celebration Afternoon
2pm-5pm, Stone Cross Mill, Stone Cross, East Sussex, www.sussexmillsgroup.org.uk

Sunday 4 – Tuesday 5 May
Craft and Gift Fair
Plants, produce, jams, chutneys, wood, soaps, jewellery, cards, engraving, crafts.
Ashdown Forest Llama Park, 01444 440274

Tuesday 6 May
Salsa Class
For all levels with DJ and live percussion.
7.30pm, £3, The Grey Lady, 70-72 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 01892 544700, www.thegreylady.co.uk

Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 May
Plaza Suite
Neil Simon’s Tony award-winning comedy.
8pm, Wednesday & Saturday matinees 3pm, Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, 01892 678678

Wednesday 7 May
Blues with Bottle Club,
Australian musician Roland Chadwick.
8.30pm, free, Anchor Inn, London Road, Sevenoaks, 01732 454898

Thursday 8 May
Monthly pudding evening
Enjoy a midweek two-course supper with an emphasis on a choice of traditional homemade puddings. Booking essential.
7pm-11pm, Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, 01732 810378, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/southeastevents

Thursday 8 May
Heathfield & Horam Flower Club
Turning the table: a flower arrangement demonstration by Stephanie Laing.
7.30pm, visitors £3.50, Heathfield Community Centre, Sheepsetting Lane, Heathfield, 01435 866026

Thursday 8 May
Sevenoaks Decorative & Fine Arts Society
Stained Glass of English cathedrals and parish churches by Peter Gibson.
8.15, Aisher Hall, Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks

Friday 9 – Saturday 10 May
Abba Mania
7.45pm, Orchard Theatre, Dartford, £16.50 (kids half price), 01322 220000, www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

Saturday 10 May
Tasmin Little and Piers Lane
Playing Brahms, Schubert, Ravel.
8pm, Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls, Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, 01732 838698

Saturday 10 May
Farmers’ market
Local food for local people.
9am-3pm, outside Town Hall, Tunbridge Wells

Saturday 10 May
An English Serenade for hospice by The Baroque Singers
An evening of English choral music in aid of Hospice in the Weald.
7.30pm, £10, All Saints Church, Langton, 01892 820500

Saturday 10 May
Mayfield May Fair
A May Fair with events for all ages, including Maypole dancing, crowning of a May queen, craft stalls and more.
12 noon-4pm, Mayfield

Sunday 11 May
An audience with John Mortimer
8pm, £20 (conc £18), Trinity Theatre, Church Rd, Tunbridge Wells, 01892 678678, www.trinitytheatre.net

Sunday 11 May
Uckfield Film Society: Longing
8pm, Picture House, Uckfield, membership Information: 01825 764909

Sunday 11 May
Ferrari Day – a ride of your life!
10am-4pm, The Children’s Trust, Tadworth Court, Tadworth, 01737 365021, www.thechildrenstrust .org.uk/ferrari

Monday 12 May
Jim Davidson
7.45pm, £20, The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, 01322 220000, www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

Wednesday 14 May
Tonbridge Flower Arrangement Club
Margaret Cowell workshop using two placements.
2.15pm, Angel Centre, Tonbridge, ticket £4, refreshments available, and also a raffle and sales table, 01732 832491

Wednesday 14 May
Hilary Newman at Hadlow College
Hilary will be discussing gardening for dry conditions and giving tips and advice on how to deal with the fact that climate changes are expected to result in greatly reduced summer rainfall.
Hadlow College, 6pm, £5, 01732 853211/850551

Wednesday 14 May
Blues with Bottle Club,
Delta Bluesman Kent DuChaine.
8.30pm, free, Anchor Inn, London Road, Sevenoaks, 01732 454898

Thursday 15 May
The Decorative Living Fair
There will be over 20 exhibitors, each carefully chosen so that visitors have a wide choice of beautiful items for the house & garden including painted furniture, pretty ceramics, antique chandeliers and vintage textiles. Morning coffee and light lunches will be available in a marquee.
9.30am-3pm, £4.50, Eridge Park, Eridge Green, Nr Tunbridge Wells, 07929 826052

Thursday 15 May
The Health String Quartet
Uckfield Music Club Summer Concert Season. Beethoven, Debussy, Brahms.
7.30pm, St Margaret’s Church, Buxted Park, three concert membership £21, tickets on door £9, students £2, accompanied children free, 01825 7125553

Thursday 15 May
Hob nob with the head gardener
Join the head gardener at Bateman’s for a private tour of the garden. Followed by coffee and cake.
£10, Bateman’s, Burwash, 01435 882302, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/southeastevents

Friday 16 May
Cuckfield Crafts & Market
Thirty five stalls, plants, cakes, crafts, clothes, books, jewellery bags, homewares.
Queens Hall, High St, Cuckfield, 01444 440274

Saturday 17 May
Hospice in the Weald Plant Fair
Plants, herbs, trees and shrubs for sale and many craft stalls.
10am-2pm, admission free, Hospice, Maidstone Road, Pembury, 01892 820508

Saturday 17 May
Live Band Night
The Big Kahuna and student bands.
7.30pm-11pm, £7.50, Beacon Community College, Main Hall, Beeches Site, Crowborough, tickets from school reception or 01892 603037

Wednesday 21 May
Royal Tunbridge Wells Festival: Literary Lunch with James Naughtie
BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter, talking about his best selling book The Making of Music.
12.30pm, £39 to include Champagne reception, two course lunch and coffee. Hotel du Vin, Tunbridge Wells. Cheques in favour of “RTWF” to Ockhams, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5PS, 01732 863630
www.tunbridgewellsfestival.co.uk

Saturday 24 May
CBeebies
Join PC Plum, Postman Pat, Jess the Cat and Tamba from Tikkabilla as they all discover the fun in recycling those everyday things that we throw away.
11am, 2pm, 4.30pm, from £13.50, Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, 01892 530613, www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk

Saturday 24 May – Sunday 1 June
Smugglers’ Treasure Trail
Somehwere in the garden smugglers who lived in the village have hidden their loot. Find out where it is and why they wanted it. Prize at the end. Normal admission charges apply plus £2.
11am-5pm, Bateman’s, Burwash, 01435 882302, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/southeastevents

Sunday 25 May
Save the Children & Citizen’s Advice Bureau charity event
So Sinatra – an evening of swing, soul and supper. Cocktails, Big Band, food by Thackereys.
7pm, Sevenoaks School, tickets £50 available from manager@tonbridgecab.cabnet.org.uk

Monday 26 May
Edenbridge Rotary Festival
Music and dance theme with a whole day of entertainment including rock, pop, folk and opera, lots of other attractions.
11am-5pm, Lingfield Road Recreation Ground, Edenbridge. For more details call festival chairman Jim Burbridge on 01732 865399

Tuesday 27 May
Folk, rock, pop, jazz
Last Tuesday of every month. Open Mike Night.
Pig & Butcher (formerly The Firemans), Five Ash Down, near Uckfield, 01825 767206 or 07904 701406

Wednesday 28 May
Green Man
An arty encounter with the Green Man, elusive figure of woodland mythology. Pre-booking essential.
10am-12 noon, 4-6 years,1pm-3pm, 7-12 years, £5, Bedgebury Pinetum, Goudhurst, 01580 879820

Wednesday 28 May
Paul Dunton
Music by local artists.
£4, The Grey Lady, 70-72 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 01892 544700, www.thegreylady.co.uk

Throughout May
Discovery walk and children’s nature trail.
Open 7 days a week: Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm; Sunday 10am-4 pm (last admission one hour before closing), £1.50, 10% of ticket price donated to St Catherine’s Hospice, 01737 823304, www.PrioryFarm.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS

Throughout May
Kent inspired textile landscapes by Mandy Monroe at Liberty Gallery
Mandy’s contemporary wall pieces are inspired by images of the Kent countryside. Although abstract, one can see the oast houses which are one of the most recognisable sights in our Kent countryside. Mandy works on cotton and dyes and then overdyes the fabric creating movement and texture and uses these coloured fabrics as her artist’s palette.
Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm, Liberty Gallery, 7 Queen Street, Kings Hill, Nr. West Malling, five minutes off A228 (J4/M20), 01732 522311, www.liberty-gallery.com

Saturday 10 – Tuesday 20 May
Prism Art Group exhibition
About 60 paintings and works in a variety of art media by 20 artists.
10am-5pm, Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre, Greenslade Gallery, East Grinstead, for information 01580 715137 or
plummersfh@aol.com

Until Saturday 31 May
Rare Henry Moore Art
This exhibition brings together a large selection of drawings, prints and maquettes to show how Moore developed his ideas from an initial sketch to the abstracted forms from which he built his sculptures.
Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm; Friday-Saturday 11am-4pm, free, Mascalls Gallery, Mascalls School, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, 01892 839039, www.mascallsgallery.org