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EVENTS

Wrecking Ball // 11 Nov

George’s Marvellous Medicine // 8-12 Nov

The Birmingham Stage Company presents George’s Marvellous Medicine
by Roald Dahl adapted by David Wood. This is Roald Dahl’s amazing story
about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine to cure his
grandmother of her terrifying temper. But when his grandmother drinks his
special new potion, the most incredible things start to happen. And George’s
adventure has just begun!
10.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm, 7pm. Price: £24
The Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA
www.churchilltheatre.co.uk / 020 3285 6000
A male photographer is taking a photograph of a female celebrity. She
wants to be reinvented. She wants to be For Real. Wrecking Ball is about
consent, power, authorship and putting words in other people’s mouths.
It’s about the seductive power of make-believe. That’s not a real pineapple
she’s holding, that’s not his real cooler full of beers, those aren’t her real
thighs, those aren’t his real feelings. But does the real really matter? In an
age where the consumption of artifice is its own industry, we are being
asked to dream, and we are being asked to buy the sunglasses the woman
is wearing in the dream. The woman that looks like every woman in every
picture you’ve ever seen: like the woman lying on the beach, like the woman
swinging on the wrecking ball, like the woman painted on the side of a
bomb.
7.30pm. Price: £10
Hazlitt Theatre, Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PL
www.hazlitttheatre.com / 01622 758611

Stick Man: Live On Stage // 9 Nov
Scamp Theatre’s delightful
adaptation of Julia Donaldson
and Axel Scheffler’s hugely
popular children’s book Stick
Man is coming The Woodville!
Touching, funny and utterly
original, this award-winning
production features a trio of
top actors and is packed full
of puppetry, songs, live music
and funky moves. But the
world outside the family tree
is a dangerous place for Stick Man. A dog wants to play fetch with him, a
swan builds a nest with him and he even ends up on a fire! How will Stick
Man ever get back to the family tree?
4.30pm. Price: £10-£13.50
Woodville Halls, Woodville Place, Gravesend DA12 1DD
www.woodville.co.uk / 01474 337 774

Nearly New Sale // 12 Nov

Gasp! // 10 Nov
In this comedic circus
show two fearless
acrobats play a
thrilling game of cat
and mouse. Like two
brothers fighting over
a favourite toy, they
drive each other crazy
in a lunatic loop of
outrageous circus
that becomes
increasingly absurd.
Defying gravity they
perform amazing
tricks in perpetual motion with balls, spheres and a huge metal wheel. As
the balls get bigger, the competition becomes more frenzied as they leap
higher, spin longer and flip faster for a furious madcap hour. This is a real
stand-out circus comedy show.
6pm. Price: £6 (children £5)
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone CT20 1BN
www.quarterhouse.co.uk / 01303 760750

These sales are a fantastic way for parents to recycle children's items by
selling them, and for parents on a budget to buy great quality items at a
fraction of the cost they would be new on the high street... all with minimal
effort! You will find maternity and children's clothing up to age 11, as well
as parenting, nursery and baby equipment, real nappies, toys, games,
books etc. There are over 60 sellers, so over 6,000 items will be available
to buy from as little as 50p!
From 2pm. Price: £1
Cornwallis Academy, Hubbards Lane, Maidstone, Kent. ME17 4HX
www.nearlynewsalekent.co.uk

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