insideKENT Magazine Issue 47 - February 2016 | Page 27

EVENTS

All About Roses // 13 Feb

Brendan Cole:
A Night to
Remember
// 14 Feb

Join Viv Hunt to share her passion
for roses with a workshop within
the gardens of Godinton House
where she is head gardener.
Along with Fiona Abrahams,
horticulture lecturer and freelance
gardener, they will share their
knowledge, looking at some
personal favourites and tips for
choosing roses for different
situations. Then allow time for a
hands-on session giving you the
confidence to go home with the
skills you need to prune and train your own roses.
9.30am. Price: £55 (to include refreshments and lunch)
Godinton House, Godinton Lane, Ashford TN23 3BP
www.godintonhouse.co.uk / 01233 643854

Always a sell-out,
Strictly Come Dancing’s
Brendan Cole is once
again set to dazzle
audiences across the
UK with his latest show
A Night to Remember.
Brendan, one of Strictly Come Dancing’s most charismatic choreographers
and performers, will host throughout as he leads his cast on a journey of
music and dance in a spectacular night of theatrical entertainment. Loaded
with ballroom magic and Latin excitement, Brendan’s newest live music
and dance extravaganza will be 2016’s must see show!
7.30pm. Price: £29.90-£47.40
Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA
www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-churchill-theatre-bromley
/ 020 3285 6000

Ightham Mote Winter Crafts
// 13-21 Feb

Mister Maker &
The Shapes Live
// 15-16 Feb

Have fun outside with a winter activity
pack including some of the most popular
50 things activities and other games.
Inside, warm up with storytelling, traditional
games and crafts.
11am. Price: £12.50 (children £6.30)
+ a small charge for some activities
Ightham Mote, Mote Road, Sevenoaks TN15 0NT
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ightham-mote / 01732 810378

Calling all Mini-Makers!
Come and join your
ultimate arts and crafts
hero Mister Maker for
his first ever live theatre
tour in the UK! Phil
Gallagher, Mister
Maker said: “This is our
first ever Mister Maker
theatre tour in the UK and I am so excited! We’ll be singing, dancing and
making some amazing arty creations. I can’t wait to share the fun with all
my Mini-Makers so join me, Circle, Triangle, Square and Rectangle for a
real arty adventure…and get ready to make some noise!”
Mister Maker and The Live Shapes Show is going to be packed with
loads of arty fun, fantastic songs and there’s even a big ‘make’ for everybody
to take part in.
Mon 1.30pm and 4pm, Tues 10am, 1.30pm, 4pm. Price: £11-£24.50
Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk / 01322 220000

Charlie’s Chocolate Adventure
at Half Term // 13-21 Feb
Keep the children entertained with delicious
half term fun at Leeds Castle. Go on an
adventure through the grounds of the
magnificent Castle estate in search of clues
to help you find the magical ‘Golden Tickets’.
Charlie’s Chocolate Trail is £1 per person
to enter and includes a chocolate prize at
the end.
From 10.30am.
Price: £24 (children 4-15 £16) + £1 per
person on the chocolate trail
Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL
www.leeds-castle.com / 01622 765400

The Fairytale
Castle
// 15-19 Feb
Open the book on the
characters from
England’s story and
explore the tales of the
castle. Step into the
castle's real fairytales
with storytelling brought
to life in spellbinding
adventures. Come
dressed up as your
fairytale hero with the
chance for a prize to be
bestowed upon those
who dip into their
imagination. Journey
into our realm where fairytales and England's past collide.
From 10am. Price: £18 (children 5-15 £10.80)
Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover CT16 1HU
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle / 01304 211067

Doc. Yard’s Secret Lab
// 13-21 Feb
Doc. Yard, The Historic Dockyard’s
brilliant but slightly eccentric resident
professor, is away on another intrepid
expedition; this time pushing the
boundaries of scientific exploration and
visiting both the North and South Poles
via the shortest route possible – through
the centre of the earth! Intrepid
Techsplorers will be issued with lab coat and glasses and scanned using
Bunsen’s ‘cool-techtor’ thermal imaging camera to make sure they’re super
cool. Once inside, the Techsplorers will work through the different zones
of the Secret Lab, plunging into a series of hands on ‘sub-zero’ scientific
experiments, ranging from ‘Ice Cube Challenge