insideKENT Magazine Issue 42 - September 2015 | Page 29

EVENTS KentEvents Love Me Tender // 1-5 Sep The Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour // 3 Sep Coveted by the world’s best rugby players and seen by millions of fans, the Webb Ellis Cup is one of the game’s most instantly recognisable icons. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see it displayed in all its shining glory from 12pm until 2pm. Rugby-themed fun activities for all ages will be going on throughout the day on the lawns of the castle. Entrance is included with the price of admission. 10.30am. Price: £24 (children £16). Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL www.leeds-castle.com / 01622 765400 From the producers of Hairspray, Midnight Tango and West Side Story comes a hilarious feel-good musical featuring Elvis Presley’s greatest hits and starring the award-winning and platinum-album-selling singer Mica Paris. The high-octane cast also includes Shaun Williamson (EastEnders, Extras); Ben Lewis (Love Never Dies Australia); and Sian Reeves (Emmerdale, Cutting It). In a small town in 1950’s America, a guitar-playing, hip-swivelling stranger rides his motorbike into town. Is he "The Devil in Disguise" or a "Hound Dog" in his "Blue Suede Shoes"? The townsfolk are about to be "All Shook Up" and could be headed for "Heartbreak Hotel", but for Natalie, the love-struck, tomboy mechanic, it really is "Now or Never". Packed with 25 of the best-loved songs by The King himself, Love Me Tender, by the writer of the award-wining West End and Broadway smash hit Memphis, is a funny and moving tale of hope, second chances and the healing qualities of Rock 'n' Roll. 7.30pm (Thurs & Sat matinee, 2.30pm). Price: £12.90-£50.90. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-churchill-theatre-bromley / 0844 871 7620 The ABBA Reunion Tribute Show // 4 Sep Following a four-month run in London’s West End in 2001 and successful international tours selling out theatres, stadiums and concert halls, comes this award-winning, critically acclaimed ABBA tribute. The four real members of ABBA have been saying for years that they will never reform so with this in mind the producers (The Reunion Group) decided that they would give the fans the next best thing! Now in its 10th year, the show has become internationally recognised as one of the top authentic ABBA experiences, and is not to be missed! They have toured and sold out numerous prestigious UK theatres, and have visited India, Norway, France, Holland, Sweden, East Africa, Latvia, Belgium, Germany and Australia. The ABBA Reunion Tribute Show gives ABBA fans, old and new, the opportunity to once again get together and re-live the addictive ABBA phenomena that swept the airwaves and discos during the 70s and 80s in a truly feel good party style concert. 7.30pm. Price: £22.40-£23.90. Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2DZ www.atgtickets.com/venues/leas-cliff-hall / 01303 228600 Generation ART // 1-6 Sep Turner Contemporary opens the nationwide tour of work by children and young people as part of the Generation ART project – inspiring young people to get involved in the arts by making and showcasing their work in a gallery. Generation ART: Young Artists on Tour is an exhibition of children and young people’s artwork with associated learning programmes, on display in the Clore Learning Studio, supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic touring programme. The aim of Generation ART is for children and young people to be involved in a high-quality exhibition at every stage, as curators, artists, audiences and champions. By profiling high-quality artwork by children and young people, Generation ART strives to raise the aspirations of schools, teachers, children and young people, and inspire them to create excellent artwork. 10am. Price: Free. Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate CT9 1HG www.turnercontemporary.org / 01843 233000 Faversham Hop Festival // 5-6 Sep This year is the 26th year of the Hop Festival, and you can celebrate it in style. There will be F