insideKENT Magazine Issue 41 - August 2015 | Page 41

EVENTS

Cats // 14 & 15 Aug

Lotus Festival // 15-16 Aug

Inspired by T. S. Eliot's Old
Possum's Book of Practical
Cats, Cats the Musical
comes to the Stag.
Composed by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, the musical tells the
story of a tribe of cats called
the Jellicles and the night
they make what is known as
"the Jellicle choice", and
decide which cat will ascend
to the Heaviside Layer and
come back to a new life.
Winning numerous awards,
including Best Musical at both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Tony
Awards, the London production ran for 21 years! Don't miss this fabulous
opportunity to see this incredible musical that spawned the hit song "Memory"
and launched the career of Elaine Paige!
7pm (also 2pm on 15 Aug). Price: £13.
Stag Community Arts Centre, London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 1ZZ
www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk / 01732 450175

This August, Lotuses will fill Brands Hatch for a celebration of Britain's
innovative sports and racing car marque. The event will cover everything
from Lotus's early years, through to Formula One success, including the
great sports and supercars that have left the Norfolk factory gates. Two
special anniversaries, 40 years of the Esprit and the Elise's 20th birthday,
will be marked with displays for both of these iconic cars. The factory's
latest cars and special projects will also be on display, and a busy trade
village will offer everything from memorabilia to complete cars.
8am. Price: From £18 (children, free).
Brands Hatch Circuit, Fawkham, Longfield DA3 8NG
www.brandshatch.co.uk / 0843 453 9000

Demelza House Water
Slide // 15 Aug
Summer is upon us and Demelza is
bringing its 50-metre street slide of
slippery and watery fun to Maidstone!
Come and join in the fun at Mote
Park and don't forget to bring your
water guns, inflatables and selfie
sticks!
10am. Price: £5 for two slides.
Mote Park, Mote Avenue,
Maidstone ME15 7SU
www.demelza.org.uk /
01795 845200

Invicta Jazz
Orchestra // 16 Aug
The Invicta Jazz Orchestra
is a friendly group of
approximately 40 amateur
musicians with a huge
variety of ages, from GCSE
students to retired! Playing
all the greatest hits of jazz,
from the 1920s to the
modern day, this is a
chance for you to sit back
and enjoy the mellow sounds. Or why not get up on stage and join in?
You’d be most welcome!
3pm. Price: Free.
Tonbridge Castle, Castle Street, Tonbridge TN9 1BG
www.tonbridgecastle.org / 01732 770929

Firepower
Through
the Ages
// 15-16 Aug
Get your family fired
up as Dover Castle
plays host to an
amazing festival of
firepower. Gather
round the campfires
of the Napoleonic
Redcoats, be amazed
by the bravado of the
Roman soldiers, and
marvel at the might of
the medieval sappers.
From Roman torsion
machines to
trebuchets and the
first gun using black
powder, witness the ingenious methods used by warring armies throughout
the centuries to impose their might on the enemy. Kids can get stuck in
with have-a-go archery and mini battles, while all the family will enjoy the
black humour of the newly commissioned Cold War play.
10am. Price: £19 (children 5-15 years, £11.40; members £1).
Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover CT16 1HU
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle / 0370 333 1181

I’ll Keep Waiting on the Pavement for the Ice Cream
Van to Come // 16 Aug
Ice cream vans are a
British icon. In their
heyday, 20,000
chimed in our streets
but now there are less
than 2,000: ice cream
vans are at risk of
extinction, pushed into
irrelevance through
austerity and social
change, something
that is echoed in so
many other bastions of our cultural identity. I’ll Keep Waiting on the Pavement
for the Ice Cream Van to Come charts the story of the rise and fall of the
ice cream van, and our relationship with what it means to be British, through
the medium of Mr Whippy.
12pm, 2pm, 4pm. Price: £6 (children under 12, £5).
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone CT20 1BN
www.quarterhouse.co.uk / 01303 760750

41