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19 ANIFEST 20 FILM 21 NICK WALKER 22 MUSIC 1 24 MUSIC 2 26 THE MONKS AND THE NUNS 28 VISUAL ART 30 THE ARTIST'S SPACE
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Your guide to the best of What’s On Where Medway, Maidstone and the accessible beyond Two festivals dominate this month: closer to home, 51zero Film, Video and Digital Arts Festival is offering an eclectic, cross-border programme, promising interesting cinematic experiences in spaces you might not normally associate with film (see p14); further afield, Canterbury brings its International Arts Festival to town with a vast range of top quality arts events and performances. (Oh and don’t forget, Rochester Literature Festival continues to 5th October!). We’re launching a new ad size called the ‘One Fifteen’, a little gem of a space aimed at giving smaller businesses, artists, makers, music teachers etc an affordable opportunity to shout about what they do, just in time for Christmas! If you’d like to book one for next month, please email Emma Baker at adminwowkent@icloud.com. Lastly, please come and join myself and WOW’s designer Paul Baker at POP Creative Space in Chatham on Friday 24th October (6.30late) to celebrate WOW’s ‘Almost 4’ Birthday! It would be great to see you there. Emma Dewhurst editor@wowkent.co.uk
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Cover photograph of Hugh Masekela by Brett Rubin. See main feature. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EDITOR BY RIKARD ÖSTERLUND
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Ben Cameron is an artist living and working on Rochester High St. His work ranges from doodles to large scale, highly detailed illustrations. Often cited as creating the 'world's saddest doodle', Google it to see! Website: strangepaul.com < Paul?... don't ask. Emma Dewhurst is an actress, mother and the founder/editor of WOW magazine. She has had a long and varied acting career, including stints at the National Theatre and London’s West End. More recently she has worked in TV and film to concentrate on the important jobs of running WOW and mothering. Nick Walker is the director of Rochester Kino, screening contemporary world cinema and classic films at various venues around Medway. Nick previously wrote for The Guardian, was director of National Schools Film Week and is a freelance writer, teacher and film cinema/ festival programmer. For more information on Rochester Kino visit: rochesterkino.co.uk Kevin Younger is a writer and editor based in the Medway Towns. He also dabbles in blogging, although he wishes there was another name for it: familiar-unknown.blogspot.co.uk
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really good things to do this month Rooster
Christopher Bruce’s paean to the swinging sixties is one of those iconic pieces of choreography any contemporary dance lover worth their salt should see. Rooster is danced to some of the Rolling Stones’ most famous tunes and Rambert brings it to Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre this month in a terrific programme which also features Richard Alston’s solo ‘Dutiful Ducks’; Merce Cunningham’s ‘Sounddance’, improvised each night to David Tudor’s electronic score and a new piece by Mark Baldwin danced to music played by Rambert’s live orchestra. 8-10 October..
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Ex Mad Man Nick Evans holds his 5th solo show at Nucleus Arts Chatham from 24 October ‘til 6th November. He tells me the young lady stepping out of the bath on his poster is none other than his favourite model Zara Carpenter. The painting was created using two separate photos, one shot in his studio, the other at The Horn of Plenty Hotel Tavistock. See Visual Art for details.
3 ME1 Hats off to Music Event One, now in its third year, for putting together a tight two day programme and pulling off quite a coup in attracting big draw headliners British Sea Power into our midst (Casino Rooms, Sat 11 Oct). Epic anthems and clever lyrics make for a guaranteed heady night out, while psych band Toy, fresh from triumphing at Liverpool’s Psych Fest, keep the quality topped up. Pendulum play the Friday night and there are two free stages before the fun starts on Saturday.
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You may remember Kate McGwire’s extraordinary, feathered installations when she brought them to The Beaney earlier this year. At the end of the month she brings her strangely beautiful, seeping forms to Rochester Art Gallery – quite a coup for this special space – together with Zara Carpenter’s first major sculptural work, ‘Persephone’, a stunning meditation on life, ageing and beauty made from found materials. Completing the line-up is Kerry Howley’s unsettling jewellery and Tessa Farmer’s microscopic fairy sculptures from insect carcasses. Look forward to being challenged and seduced.
40 at Almost 4 A bit cheeky, this one. Astonishingly, 40 WOW magazines precede this one and, equally astonishingly, WOW is almost four. To celebrate the fact that we’re still standing, the good people at POP Creative Space have asked us to show all the WOW covers, together with Mark Barnes’ cartoon version of ‘The Story of WOW’ as part of their October ‘Storytelling’ exhibition. Well, I’m going.
Photo credits: Disquiet Beauty: JP Bland; Rooster: Hugo Glendinning
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CONGRATS Oscar’s in town… Huge congratulations to Maidstone based European Arts Theatre Company’s founder and artistic director, John O’Connor, for securing a West End run of the company’s latest production, ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’. This is a fascinating dramatisation of the libel and criminal trials of Oscar Wilde by his grandson Merlin Holland
and John O’Connor, based on the actual transcripts. The show is at the Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY from 13 October to 8 November. Tickets from atgtickets.com. Stop press! There is also a pre-London tour, and you can catch the show for one night only at Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone on Sat 4 Oct.
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tea dance From Timeless Retro Sunday 12 October 3 - 6pm Hair designs by Natalie of Forever Marcel Live DJ and 40 mins dance lesson Pop up tearooms and small Vintage Market Square. Rainham School for Girls, Derwent Way, Rainham ME8 0BX Tickets available on 07771 356732. £6 per person (buy one get one half price)
INTRODUCTION TO FILM CULTURE SESSIONS Starts 4 October - Runs every Saturday 10am-1pm Looking at a director each week, including Chaplin, Griffith, Eisenstein, Hitchcock, Renoir, Ford, Ray, Kurasawa, Bergman and Godard. £6/£5 Venue: Nucleus Arts, 13 Military Road, Chatham CONC For more information email nickwalker62@yahoo.co.uk
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SHEERNESS: The Kent Baton will create a Flying Fun Palace in Sheerness ME12 1UB on 4 & 5 October (10am-4pm), where you can make flying artworks to celebrate the first UK flight, which took off from the Isle of Sheppey. Updates on our facebook page.
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MEDWAY: Nucleus Arts Chatham and Rochester play host to the Medway Fun Palace Saturday 4 October. All sorts of fun, free shenanigans on offer.
Saturday 25 October 9am – 6pm
Featuring freshly prepared doughnuts in fun flavours (including cocktail flavours!) by Chloe Callow from ‘The Faerietale Foodie’ blog (faerietalefoodie.com) and Caffeine Magazine. Bruno’s Bakes and Coffee, 10 High Street (bridge end) Rochester ME1 1PT
CONGRATS Woyzeck goes to Seoul Eight ‘exhilarating and exasperating’ years in the making, a musical written by Chris Broderick with Rob Shepherd, both of the recently disbanded cult Medway group ‘The Singing Loins’, is to have its world premiere at the 1200 seater LG Arts Theatre, Seoul, South Korea this month. ‘Woyzeck’ is inspired by the fragments of a stage play written by 23 year old Georg Bϋchner, posthumously published in Germany in 1837 following his untimely death from T.B. It’s not well known in Britain but, oddly, is a set text in South Korean schools, regarded as the first play in which working class characters take centre stage. Broderick and Shepherd hope that once their musical version takes Seoul by storm, an insightful London producer might choose to bring it home…
THE FRIENDS OF MEDWAY ARCHIVES QUIZ NIGHT
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MY BAG 2014 Maidstone’s lovely new children’s bookshop, Little Mouse Books (Market Buildings, Maidstone ME14 1HP) is participating in the Books Are My Bag 2014 campaign. This year, Tracey Emin has designed the eponymous collectors’ edition bag, and the bookshop is holding a launch party on Sat 11 Oct, when authors Lisa Cutts and Matthew Munson will be in attendance. Support your local independent bookshop and buy a bag. booksaremybag.com
Volunteers are needed to help transform the basement of Nucleus Arts Creative Hub (Military Road) into a new pop-up cinema space. If you’d like to be involved there is a meeting in the evening of 8 October at the space. E: nickwalker62@yahoo.co.uk for more information.
BACK TO (DAY) SCHOOL! AWARD WINNING KENT COMPOSER BARRY SEAMAN IS OFFERING TWO LINKED DAY SCHOOLS THAT WILL APPEAL TO WRITERS, DRAMATISTS, MUSIC AND FILM LOVERS, AND ACROSS THE CREATIVE SPECTRUM. MUSIC FOR WRITERS 1:
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Emotion, Music and Moving Image
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Sat 22 November 10am-4pm
This Day School explores the connections and relationships between poetry, verse drama and music and will be of interest to creative writers and music enthusiasts, and anyone intrigued by the way that words and music can be combined to create drama and emotion. Examples of works by Samuel Beckett, Dylan Thomas and Ian McMillan’s verse play, ‘Love, War and Trains’ for Radio 4 will be used.
This second Day School looks at the ways music can be used to express and convey emotion and atmosphere when combined with the medium of film, using case study films such as The GoBetween (Joseph Losey), Last Year in Marienbad (Alain Resnais) and Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Psycho’. Both Day Schools run at the Canterbury Campus, North Holmes Road, Canterbury CT1 1QU and cost £29.50 each. To book email April Doyle at education.communityarts@canterbury.ac.uk or phone 01227 863451. Visit canterbury.ac.uk/community-arts-education/day-schools/ autumn-2014.asp for more information on these and other Day Schools. 7
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MAIDSTONE MUSEUM St Faith’s St, Maidstone ME14 1LH 01622 602838 Drop-in Art/Craft between 10.30am and 3.30pm. Sessions start at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm & 2.30pm, bookable in person on the day. Suitable for ages 4+. £3.50 per child. Sat 25 Oct THE BIG DRAW Activities all day Monday 27 Oct VOLCANOES AND VELOCIRAPTORS Create your own prehistoric landscape. Tue 28 Oct TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY Learn about what life might have been like in from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age & create your own hunting tools! Neolithic and prehistoric handling. Wed 29 Oct TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME Object based literacy workshop (1.30-3pm). Create your own dream landscape. Thu 30 Oct VICTORIAN INVENTION Take a look at the different areas and materials used within the Museum and create your own pick & mix building!
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Tue 28 and Wed 29 Oct JAPANESEINSPIRED ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES with excellent Rochester based artist Wendy Daws. Recommended. FREE Thu 30 Oct Hear the story of Will Adams FREE Fri 31 Oct Draw spooky Halloween Manga characters guildhallmuseumrochester.co.uk DOT CAFÉ 172 High St, Rochester ME1 1EX Thu 30 Oct PIXEL PETS FAMILY WORKSHOP 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm £12.99 per child. Cyber-inspired arts and crafts workshop. Screen print and make your own pixelated pet. For more information and to book go to iprintedthat.com/pixel-pets. html ROYAL ENGINEERS Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham ME4 4UG Open Tue-Fri 9am-5pm Sat, Sun & Bank Hols 11.30am-5pm Normal admission prices apply.
Fri 31 Oct FRANKENBEAR! Create a mismatch bear. Halloween face painting. THE GUILDHALL MUSEUM High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1PY 01634 332680 Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm REACHING JAPAN A week of Japanese themed activities for families and young people
BERLIN WALL FAMILY ART ACTIVITIES A week of activities focusing on different aspects of the street art which covered the largest canvas in the world, the Berlin Wall. Create your own pictures then stick them to the museum’s own mural.
Younger visitors welcome. Times: 10.30am-3.30pm Tue 28 Oct : STENCIL ART Wed 29 Oct : WHEAT PASTE Thu 30 Oct: FREEHAND Fri 31 Oct: 3-DIMENSIONS www.re-museum.co.uk HELP TO CREATE A BRAND NEW SHOW! THE GIANT BALLOON EXPERIMENT A new and very silly show, all about balloons by Dizzy O’Dare The wonderful and very funny Mike Imerson has a dab hand when it comes to children. For this venture, he needs your help to create a brand-new show from scratch. Ideas, feedback, boos and bellylaughs are encouraged. With your help, by the end of this mini-tour he will have a show made up of only the best balloon sculptures, routines and silliness. Sat 25 Oct Chatham Library: 10.15–11am Walderslade Village Library: 2.15–3pm Mon 27 Oct Walderslade Hook Meadow Library: 11–11.45am Strood Library: 3–3.45pm Tues, 28 Oct Lordswood Library: 3–3.45pm Wed, 29 Oct Wigmore Library: 11–11.45am Gillingham Library: 3–3.45pm Thu 30 Oct Rainham Library: 11–11.45am Hoo Library: 3–3.45pm Suitable for 4 – 10 year olds – all children must be accompanied by an adult. Book in advance by calling 01634 337799 or visit the library in person.
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THURSDAY 30TH OCTOBER, SUN PIER HOUSE, CHATHAM ME4 4HF
CREATE A WEBSITE FROM SCRATCH IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR! We will be using resources like Wordpress, Tumblr and Blogger. We will also help you to improve the visibility of your website in search engine rankings. Bring your laptop. MAIN EVENT 6.30PM-9PM (free of charge, no booking required). 1-2-1 advice 5.30-6.30pm. Sun Pier House, Chatham. Please contact Barry at barry@typicality.co.uk if you would like a 1-2-1 appointment.
RECREATE HACKATHONS START IN NOVEMBER
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT In partnership with a-n, The Artists Information Company, a programme for mid-career artists will start this Autumn. Covering topics such as audience development through to crowd funding, principals for financing your practice, negotiating public art and commissioning projects.
SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME From October, Recreate and The Enterprise Foundation will launch a free programme for people not in employment and interested in setting up their own business. The programme offers training, support and a desk space to test your business idea. To find out more email recreate@medway.co.uk. Our recent start-up programme was a great success and we will run another one soon. “THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HOSTING THE CREATIVE BUSINESS START-UP COURSE. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT!” Kaye Sedgwick, Ohhh Kaye
Web developers and creative entrepreneurs will work in small teams to develop a website or app that provides a viable solution to a social or commercial problem. Recreate will run a series of 3 hackdays. More details to follow.
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WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER Recreate will be at this event. If you would like to exhibit your work for free at this event please email recreate@medway.gov.uk.
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FROM TEXT ART, THROUGH TO GRAPHIC DESIGN AND FILM, THIS MONTHS POP WILL HOST AN EXHIBITION AND EVENTS FOCUSED ON STORY TELLING
OCTOBER at POP CREATIVE SPACE THIS MONTH WE ARE PARTNERING WITH 51ZERO, A FILM, VIDEO AND DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL BASED IN MEDWAY AND KENT
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FESTIVAL OF FILM, VIDEO AND DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL 10 – 12 OCTOBER 2014 Emma Dewhurst talks to 51zero founder and artistic director Margherita Gramegna about her passion to create alternative cinematic experiences in unusual spaces
Following the launch festival in 2012, and after eight lengthy consultation sessions with a range of community groups across Medway and a number of cross-border callouts, 51zero Festival is back, with a carefully honed programme encompassing work by English and French artists, and a mission to create out-of-the-ordinary cinematic experiences of the kind you just don’t get in a traditional cinemas. This year the festival venues are spread between Strood, Rochester and Chatham over one long weekend. There are two major commissions and a number of works chosen from those submitted to the festival by artists working within the medium of film. In fact the majority of the works shown are by both established and emerging artists working to expand their moving image practice.
This is certainly true in the case of Gerard Gadenne’s work ‘Le Poisson’ and Cine Boat, a two-seater Orkney Spinner which two UCA graduates, Loren Beven and Katryn Saqui, are bringing to Sun Pier and turning into a mobile cinema which will screen award-winning director Michael Tyburski’s ‘Angelfish’.
Rochester’s Guildhall Museum is acting as Festival hub over the long weekend: on the opening night the Museum hosts a new musical composition by Rochester based composer James Taylor, performing with Rochester Cathedral Choir. The Artistic director Margherita Gramegna work is accompanied by a curated moving image programme alongside explains: “The festival extends the work by 2013 Turner Prize winner moving-image experience across Laure Provoust. ‘Random Acts/3 Medway and its communities by Minute Wonder’, films by Jarman showing work in non-traditional art Award winners commissioned by spaces such as museums, empty shops and churches, closing the gap Channel 4 and Film London will also between art and audiences.” be shown.
Over in Strood a moving image work to a live organ score by artist Edwin Burdis is accompanied by a talk by local historian Len Feist. Gramegna has been working with the local congregation to encourage them to attend this day event on Saturday 11 October, one of several efforts to develop a new kind of local audience for film. Both Chatham’s Sun Pier House and POP Creative Space are hosting exhibitions by French and locally based artists, including graduates from UCA, University of Kent and ESADHaR, with a variety of single screen work, performance, and quirky installations. Made possible by European funds (Recreate, ICR, Interreg and Ideas Test have all contributed), Gramegna has worked hard to nurture the links she has with French cultural organisations and people to make 51zero a truly cross-border event, with works by French artists gracing much of the festival programme. If you like your film to be complemented by the space in which it is shown, or you’d like to mix your cinematic experience up a bit, 51zero is for you.
SOME PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS: GUILDHALL MUSEUM, ROCHESTER
MEDWAY LITTLE THEATRE
SCREENING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Sat 11 Oct 10am-12 noon ‘The Triplets of Belleville’
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POP CREATIVE SPACE, CHATHAM
THE OPENING EVENT Fri 10 Oct 7-9pm Main Chamber: James Taylor Quartet, Rochester Cathedral Choir, + curated screening programme.
EXHIBITION: Experimental film and video work and installations. Work is by artists from Medway, Kent and Northern France and students and graduates of UCA and University of Kent. Fri 10-Sun 12 Oct daily, 10am-5pm PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITY: N+1 artwork by Stéphane Trois Carrés and ESADHaR students, Rouen. All welcome. Sat 11 Oct 2.30-5.00pm
Members’ Room: EXHIBITION Moving image work by Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost, and ‘Random Acts - 3 minute wonder' shorts will be showing, commissioned by Channel 4. Runs daily 10-12 October. Artist’s talk: Sat 11 Oct 6-8pm. ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, STROOD
SCREENING EVENT WITH LIVE MUSIC SCORE by Edwin Burdis, plus talk by local historian Len Feist. Sat 11 Oct 11.30am-12.30pm
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SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION 1: Sat 11 Oct 10am-4pm The Cine Boat – a two seater Orkney Spinner – will show award-winning director Michael Tyburski’s ‘Angelfish’. The Cine Boat will be moored at Sun Pier. Artists’ Salon with Loren Beven and Katryn Saqui: 4-5pm (all welcome). SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION 2: Sat 11 Oct 11am-4pm WB CT14 – a sound and film object based sculpture by Katryn Saqui. Weather permitting.
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WORKSHOP Sun 12 Oct 11am-2pm Artist Amy Dickson explores the links between textile, film and video, experimenting with the filmstrip as a ‘material’ textile design.
EXHIBITION of moving image work throughout the festival by French artist Alix Delmas. Special view Sun 12 Oct 1-2.30pm OPEN PROJECTOR Closing Event Sun 12 Oct 4.30-7pm The festival closes with a fun ‘Open Projector’evening to which the public is invited to bring any piece of short film or moving image which means something to them for screening. POPCORN AVAILABLE!
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18 Oct to 1 Nov 2o14 With our own corner of the world so culturally vibrant, it’s easy to forget that we have an international arts festival of calibre on our doorsteps. Just a short hop, skip and a jump away, Canterbury Festival comprises more than 200 events over two weeks, with a vast range of music, live performance, talks, science, visual art and walks. EMMA DEWHURST picks out some personal highlights
music Hugh Masekela Drop everything. On Wednesday 22 October, for one night only, world renowned music legend, South African horn player, singer and composer Hugh Masekela plays the Marlowe Theatre. At the age of 14, equal rights activist Father Trevor Huddleston gave Masekela a trumpet. At 21 he left South Africa to study jazz in New York, tutored by Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, who encouraged him to develop his own, African influenced style. He has played with many of the greats, and his collaboration with Paul Simon on ‘Graceland’ made him a household name. Now he’s 75 and at the height of his game. We’re proud to have him grace WOW’s October cover.
James Rhodes You’re spoilt for choice here. If you’d prefer something a little more classical, also on 22 October, classical pianist James Rhodes plays the Augustine Hall. Rhodes is a man on a mission with his ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ campaign. You may have seen the Channel 4 two-part documentary in September following his efforts to re-introduce music into schools which have zero budget for music education. His performances includes insights into his own story of how music got him through rehab and psych wards. Further musical delights include a performance by the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra at the Marlowe Theatre (19 Oct), Rachmaninov Vespers (18 Oct) and Willard White singing Mendelssohn’s Elijah to close the Festival (1 Nov), performing live in the nave of the Cathedral.
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After its inaugural success in 2013, the splendid Spiegeltent, with its elegant velvet ceiling, stained glass windows and mirror walls, is a destination in itself, with the venue being as much an adventure as the show.
Meanwhile, Simon Callow performs ‘The Man Jesus’ (21 Oct) at the Marlowe Theatre – an actor always worth a watch – and Ruby Wax bases her show ‘Sane New World’ on her critically acclaimed book of the same name, as part of the Science programme.
Evening performances in the Spiegeltent include cabaret, comedy and live music. Gypsy guitarist Lulo Reinhardt, and Good Time Guro Geno Washington will be playing sets, as well as young folk and country talent Treetop Flyers and Moulettes.
family friendly The Spiegeltent is hosting a delightful programme of afternoon shows for children. Among them are: ‘Lissa and Nee Nee’s Riverside Adventure’ (27 Oct) Expect puppetry and well choreographed tom-foolery, suitable for absolutely anyone. ‘Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking Junior Edition’ (28 Oct) A musical comedy following the life of the man with the most famous moustache in history. (6+) ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ (25 Oct) A great initiative which uses a large entourage of regular circuit comedians (without the rude bits) to make your children laugh. (6+)
circus Circus figures large in this year’s Festival, with ‘dangerously elegant’ Australian physical troupe Casus bringing two shows to the Spiegeltent. Over at the Marlowe, Pirates of the Carabina give us ‘Flown’ (24-25 Oct), a spectacular circus act with acrobats, aerialists, stuntmen and musicians in a show which goes wrong… We’re promised ‘big, beautiful and bonkers’. Just how I like it. Tickets are available in person from the Marlowe Theatre, via the Festival website, or call the Box Office on 01227 787787. Tickets for Umbrella events are available direct from the organisers. Download the full programme at canterburyfestival.co.uk
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THEATRE BROOK THEATRE Old Town Hall, Chatham ME4 4SE 01634 338338 Sun 19 Oct 11am and 2pm: Blunderbus presents DUCK IN A TRUCK. Music, puppetry and high energy storytelling. Tickets £6, child £5, family of four £20 medwayticketslive.co.uk HAZLITT THEATRE Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PL 01622 758611 MAIN HOUSE: Sun 5 Oct 7.30pm: THE PEARL Critically acclaimed adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novella with original music. £13, concs £11 EXCHANGE STUDIO: Sat 4 Oct 7.30pm: THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE Prior to its West End run at London’s Trafalgar Studios European Arts Company’s highly acclaimed production plays Maidstone again for one night only. Based on the original court transcripts. £13, £11, concs available Sun 19 Oct 2.30pm: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Whirlwind of a family show for adults and children over 7. £11, £9 concs parkwoodtheatres.co.uk
MARLOWE THEATRE The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS 01227 787787 To Sat 4 Oct: ONE MAN, TWO GUV’NORS 7.30pm, Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm. Acclaimed NT production. £16-£37.50 Tue 14 & Wed 15 Oct 7.30pm: PARK Jasmin Vardimon’s acclaimed dance theatre production. £9-£21, concs £3 off.
Mon 20 Oct 7.30pm: RUBY WAX Sane New World £20 Fri 24-Sat 25 Oct 7.30pm: FLOWN Pirates of the Carabina. Mad circus mishap mayhem from Crying Out Loud. £15-£20, students/under 16s £15. Family mat tkt: £60 Tue 28 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 7.30pm, Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm: NORTHERN BALLET’S THE GREAT GATSBY £17-39.50 MARLOWE STUDIO: Wed 15 Oct 8pm: BLIND One woman show by female beat boxer Grace Savage. £12, concs £11 Tue 28 Oct- Sat 1 Nov 8pm, Sat mat 2pm: BEACHED Great to see that the Marlowe Studio has started producing in-house. Beached plays here before transferring to London’s Soho Theatre. A new, darkly funny play about love hope and cream buns! £12, conc £11. Tue (preview) £10. marlowetheatre.com (booking fees apply) ORCHARD THEATRE Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED 01322 220000 Tue 7-Sat 11 Oct: THE WOMAN IN BLACK from Susan Hill’s novel. For 10+. Tue, Wed, Thu & Sat mat at 2.30pm, Fri & Sat 7.30pm £15-£28, concs £2 off (Tue-Thu, 2 top prices only) Thu 16-Sun 19 Oct: OCTONAUTS Part of the Family Arts Festival events. Thu 16 at 4pm; Fri 17 at 1pm and 4pm; Sat 18 at 10am, 1pm & 4pm; Sun 19 at 10am & 1pm: £16.50, under 16s £14. Family ticket £58 Wed 29 Oct 7.30pm: STONES IN HIS POCKETS Multi-award winning comedy which took the West End by storm on its first run. For 12+. £17-£23, under 21s £15. orchardtheatre.co.uk (booking fee applies)
COMEDY BILLABONG CLUB Victoria Street, Rochester ME1 1XJ Top UK comedians, last Thursday of the month. Doors 7.30pm, show 8pm. Next gig: Thu 30 Oct with MARK FELGATE + CHRISTIAN STEEL. £12 on door, £9 in advance from wegottickets.com/billabong; in person at Cafe@172 (formerly Dot Café) or call 01634 242731 or 07717 713667. Students £5 with ID. billabongcomedyclub.co.uk BROOK THEATRE Old Town Hall, Chatham ME4 4SE 01634 338338 Thu 9 Oct 7.45pm: LAUGHING BOY COMEDY CLUB: Kevin McCarthy MC + Ivo Graham + Nick Dixon + Craig Murray. Over 18s only. £11, plus light meal for £3.50. medwayticketslive.co.uk JOKING WITH INTENT The Good Intent, 3 John Street, Rochester ME1 1YL OPEN MIC COMEDY CLUB First and third Thursday of the month. 8-10pm. Line-up tbc. £2 admission. Find Joking with Intent on Facebook
MARLOWE STUDIO The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS 01227 787787 Sat 11 Oct 7pm: TONY LAW: Enter the Tonezone. Multi-award winning funnyman. £14, conc £11. Sat 25 Oct 8pm: ANDY ZALTMAN: Satirist for Hire £12, conc £11 Sat 18 Oct 8pm: THE MARLOWE COMEDY CABARET Comedy and variety night with adult themes. £13 marlowetheatre.com (booking fees apply)
In addition to Canterbury Festival, the city plays host to another international event…
Monday 27 October to Sunday 2 November 2014 Gulbenkian, Canterbury What is Anifest? Canterbury Anifest is the South East’s largest annual animation festival. It invites people of all ages to experience the magic of animation via a great programme of talks, workshops, films, live performance and an exhibition. What is this year’s theme? Anifest 2014 is a week-long celebration of Japanese animation: everything from Manga to Cosplay to Anime. ‘How to Draw Manga’ workshops for a younger audience, to talks with industry stars such as Andy Frain. Anifest is also hosting an exclusive week-long Studio Ghibli-inspired exhibition called ‘8-bit Ghibli’ created by conceptual artist Richard Evans, alongside a season of films inspired by Japan’s iconic style of animation, including ‘Akira’, ‘Patema Inverted’, ‘Perfect Blue’, ‘Spirited Away’, ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ and ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’.
Who is it for?
When is it?
Anifest aims to bring this fascinating style of animation to existing fanatics and newcomers alike, as well as catering for industry professionals, with international awards and guest speakers from some of the biggest names in animation.
Anifest 2014 runs from Monday 27 October to Sunday 2 November, almost concurrent with the Canterbury Festival, giving you another great reason to visit the city.
Where is it? You’ll find it at The Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB. Tel: 01227 769075. thegulbenkian.co.uk canterburyanifest.com
FILM AFTERNOON FILM TREAT Central Theatre, 170 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AS 01634 338338 £4.50 inc drink and teacake £5 on door THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (U) 1951 Tue 21 Oct 2.30pm Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker Classic Ealing comedy. 85 mins medwayticketslive.co.uk MEDWAY FILM SOCIETY Brook Theatre, Old Town Hall, Chatham ME4 4SE Eclectic range of films shown on traditionally projected 16mm prints sourced from the British Film Institute. Autumn season tickets (inc membership and 4 shows) £22.50, concs £18. Non-members are welcome to attend single shows and pay on the door COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE 1923 GB Fri 31 Oct 7.45pm Dir: Cecil Hepworth Cast: Alma Taylor, Ralph Forbes, Shayles Gardner, Eileen Dennes Silent b/w. One of the founder’s of the UK film industry, Hepworth made his first films in the 1890s. He considered this last his best. 88 mins + CONQUEST OF THE POLE 1912 French Dir: Georges Méliès Silent, b/w. Science fantasy film. 18 mins medwayfilm.org.uk ROCHESTER KINO Rochester Kino is a group of cineastes organising screenings: contemporary world cinema at Chatham Odeon every Thursday and avant-garde screenings at various ‘pop up’ locations in Medway. ROCHESTER KINO @ CHATHAM ODEON Chatham Maritime ME4 4LL 0871 2244 007 Every Thursday at 7.45pm £9.80, £7.20 conc, Student £3.60 (2 for 1 offer) DEVIL’S KNOT (15) 2013 Thu 2 Oct 7.45pm
Dir: Atom Egoyan Cast: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Amy Ryan. American biographical crime-drama thriller. 114 mins BELLE (PG) 2013 Thu 9 Oct 7.45pm Dirr: Amma Asante Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson See opposite. 104 mins CHINESE PUZZLE (15) 2013 Thu 16 Oct 7.45pm Dir: Cédric Klapisch Cast: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly See Nick Walker opposite. 117 mins CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 (15) 2013 Thu 23 Oct 7.45pm Director: Bruno Dumont Cast: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent See opposite. 95 mins THE BOOK OF LIFE (U) 2014 Thu 30 Oct 7.45pm Dir: Jorge R Gutierrez Voice Cast: Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Danny Trejo Sumptious animated adventure quest set during the Mexican Day of the Dead. 95 mins OPEN AIR ROCHESTER KINO Nucleus Arts Rochester 75 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX VAMPYR (1932) Sat 4 Oct 8pm Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Cast: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel 83 mins. FREE rochesterkino.co.uk. ROCHESTER FILM SOCIETY Screening contemporary world cinema and classics at venues round Medway. RFS @ ROCHESTER PICTURE PALACE Every Tuesday at 7.30pm, includes a short film
Princes Hall, Corn Exchange Rochester ME1 1LS £5, Student £3 BLUE RUIN (15) 2013 Tue 7 Oct 7.30pm Dir:Jeremy Saulnier Cast:Macon Blair, Devin Ratray Prize-winning classic American revenge thriller. 90 mins WRINKLES (15) 2011 Tues 14 Oct 7.30pm Dir:Ignacio Ferreras Cast:(English dub) Martin Sheen, Matthew Modine Tender Spanish animated film drama. 89 mins FRANK (II) (15) 2014 Tue 21 Oct 7.30pm Dir:Lenny Abrahamson Cast:Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson Offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician and the mysterious fake-headed Frank. 95 mins THE LUNCHBOX (PG) 2013 Tue 28 Oct 7.30pm Dir:Ritesh Batra Cast:Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur A story of love exchanged via notes through a lunchbox delivery system. 104 mins RFS @ THE CINE LOUNGE Sun Pier House, Medway Street Chatham ME4 4HF No disabled access 01634 812805 Cult Film Night, first Sunday of every month. Doors and themed music 6.30pm. Film 7.30pm. £3.00. Bar/refreshments available BADLANDS (18) 1973 Sun 5 Oct 7.30pm Dir:Terrence Mallick Cast:Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek Beautifully shot tale of a killer on the run with his impressionable young girlfriend in tow. Loosely based on the real-life 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather. 94 mins rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
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OCTOBER offerings
BELLE
Chinese Puzzle
CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915
Thursday 9 October, 7.45pm
Thursday 16 October, 7.45pm
Thursday 23 October, 7.45pm
Director Amma Asante tells the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who is mixed-race; a fact which would normally have her removed from the ways and means of aristocrats in 18th century England, where slavery was still very much a part of life.
Writer/director Cédric Klapisch has assembled a great ensemble cast including Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly and Romain Duris in the actor’s third collaboration with the filmmaker (the first two parts of this trilogy: ‘L’Auberge Espagnole’ and ‘Russian Dolls’).
Director Bruno Dumont’s Golden Bear nominated film is somewhat based on true events and is a masterclass of studied austerity.
Indeed there are faint echoes of ‘12 Years a Slave’ in ‘Belle’ as Dido's story sees her stuck between a world of privilege and one of subservience as she shows herself to be a woman of exceptional inner strength. "I am too high to eat with the servants, too low to join you at dinner!" Mbatha-Raw is clearly an upcoming talent, superbly traversing her character's arc that sees a disenfranchised child become a lady of grace and dignity. The merging of of race and gender issues are skillfully dealt with alongside the growing debate over slavery taking place in England at the time, with the subplot of the real-life case of the Zong massacre, in which over 140 slaves were dumped off a ship in order to collect the insurance money on them.
The story about a novelist Xavier Rousseau whose life is turned upside down – he is a father of two travelling to New York to be near to his children - has a lovely lightness of touch and its warm romantic overtone ensures the pieces of the puzzle eventually fit together very nicely. Duris is such a charismatic and compassionate actor – here he is a likeable yet flustered and charming lead. He is funny, a good father, respectful of women and good looking into the bargain… this is French characters living the American dream, which could be too saccharine but for Klapisch, who weaves these complicated people’s colourful lives seamlessly into an intelligent comedic drama.
It stars Juliette Binoche as the titular sculptor turned committed psychiatric patient, focusing on her early years at an asylum in Montdevergues, following claims that her husband, the sculpter Auguste Rodin, had tried to kill her. The script, credited to Dumont, is mostly based on improvisation after Binoche studied Camille’s letters to her brother, the renowned poet and devout Catholic, Paul Claudel. She brings great intensity to a few standout monologue sequences, which Dumont treats with the utmost respect by not allowing for a single cut to break her performance. For greater authenticity Dumont decided to cast patients to play themselves in the film, and the sisters caring for them were their real-life nurses. Binoche’s performance – an arid, frail and anguished portrait of a woman under emotional duress – is wonderful.
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MUSIC 1 ANCHORIANS RUGBY CLUB Darland Avenue, Gillingham ME7 3AN Friday 17 Oct 8.30pm: JAZZ with DIGBY FAIRAWEATHER/MICK FOSTER QUINTET. UK’s top trumpet player paired with class saxophonist. £10. Enquiries: 01634 365352 or 07544 312743 THE BARGE 63 Layfield Road, Gillingham ME7 2QY 01634 850485 Music starts 9pm, free entry Sat 4 Oct: WILDFOWL + GUESTS Sat 11 Oct: ATLANTIC CURRANTS Fri 17 Oct: SUR LES DOCKS Sat 18 Oct: LIVE FROM THE LIVING ROOM PRESENTS + GUESTS Wed 29 Oct: JOHN FORRESTER & FRIENDS thebargepub.co.uk BEACON COURT TAVERN 128 Canterbury Street, Gillingham ME7 4RY 01634 853186 Sat 4 Oct: WHOLE LOTTA DC £8 door/£6 adv Sun 12 Oct: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS WORLD TRIBUTE BAND £8 door/£7 adv Fri 17 Oct: THE GRIMMS Free entry Sat 18 Oct: REPTILIA £6 Thu 23 Oct: LIMEHOUSE LIZZY £10 Doors 7pm. beaconcourttavern.co.uk THE BOWERHOUSE 20 Warwick Place, Maidstone ME16 8SG 01622 763448 Doors 7pm, 7.30pm show Sat 18 Oct: TIM ERIKSEN £10 thebowerhouse.info BROOK THEATRE Old Town Hall, The Brook, Chatham ME4 4SE 01634 338338 Thu 16 Oct 8pm: DAVEY MALONE & THE LONGTAILS £12 Sat 18 Oct 7.30pm: LONNIE DONEGAN JNR & FRIENDS + HOBO JONES & THE JUNKYARD DOGS £17.50 medwayticketslive.co.uk
CANTERBURY FESTIVAL Sat 18 Oct- Sat 1 Nov Numerous, top class music performances and gigs. Download full brochure from the website. See main feature page 16. canterburyfestival.co.uk CENTRAL THEATRE 170 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AS 01634 338338 Sat 4 Oct 2.30pm & 7.30pm: SIXTIES GOLD 2015 – GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS + THE SEARCHERS + more £29.50, £28 Sat 11 Oct 7.30pm: THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC: Abba + Bee Gees Tribute £22.50, £20.50 medwayticketslive.co.uk COOPERS ARMS 10 St Margaret’s Street, Rochester ME1 1TL 01634 404298 Music starts at 7pm Sun 5 Oct: FREELOADERS Sun 12 Oct: CLEA ROSE Sun 19 Oct: OAKLAND BROTHERS Sun 26 Oct: PEPPER + Guest thecoopersarms.co.uk EAGLE TAVERN 124 High Street Rochester ME1 1JT 01634 409040 Doors 7pm. Free entry Thu 2 Oct: USUAL SUSPECTS Thu 9 Oct: MILLY MAE Thu 16 Oct: TOP GUNS Thu 23 Oct: CLINTSTONES Thu 30 Oct: ROSCO LEVEE & FRIENDS theeagletavern.org.uk EARLS 30 Earl Street Maidstone ME14 1PS 01622 751286 Thu 2 Oct: TBC Fri 3 Oct: MAKE SOME NOISE Sat 4 Oct: KELLY’S HEROES Sun 5 Oct: VINCE VORTEX & THE CUCUMBERS Thu 9 Oct: TBC Fri 10 Oct: THE CULLEN MOORE BAND Sat 11 Oct: SPITROAST Sun 12 Oct: TALISMAN
Thu 16 Oct: THE PARADE Fri 17 Oct: WASTED Sat 18 Oct: BAD PENNIES Sun 19 Oct: BREED Thu 23 Oct: TBC Fri 24 Oct: HEADLONG Sat 25 Oct: CRUSH RE-UNION THE 4TH Sun 26 Oct: TBC Doors 9pm unless stated. Free entry. earlsmaidstone.co.uk 44TWO SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB Featherby Road, Gillingham ME8 6AN Jazz line: 01634 405037 DONN BARCOTT BAND 2nd Thursday of the month. Next gig: Thu 9 Oct 8.30-11pm with songs from the Great American Song Book from special guest singer Elaine Dyan. Licensed bar, quality raffle and magician at your table. Admission £6 44two.net GILLINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH Third Avenue, Gillingham ME7 2LU Sat 18 Oct 7pm for 7.30pm: RAINHAM LADIES CHOIR CONCERT including a performance from local young pianist Robert Hunt. Raffle and programme in aid of Peter’s Place. Adults £8, Child £4 (12 and under). For tickets contact 01634 370797 or 613715. GUILDHALL MUSEUM High Street, Rochester Me1 1py Fri 10 Oct 7pm: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET with ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR + Curated Screening Programme. 51zero Opening Event. See Feature p14. Email info@51zero.org for more information. HASTINGS ARMS FUNCTION ROOM Lower Rainham Road (leading to Danes Hill) Gillingham ME7 2YD Free parking, 8.30pm start Thu 30 Oct 8.30pm: ROCHESTER SWING PRESERVATION SOCIETY with special guest Paul Wood, vocalist from the Glenn Miller
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HORSEBRIDGE ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTRE 11 Horsebridge Rd, Whitstable CT5 1AF 01227 281174 Fri 10 Oct 7.30pm: CHANTEL MCGREGOR + support. Rising star, recently awarded Guitarist of the Year Award for the second year running. Adv £12/£14 on door. horsebridge-centre.org.uk MARLOWE THEATRE The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS 01227 787787 Sun 19 Oct 7.30pm: RUSSIAN STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA £12-£35 Wed 22 Oct 7.30pm: HUGH MASEKELA See main feature p16. £10-£27 marlowetheatre.com (booking charges applies via internet) THE MICK JAGGER CENTRE Shepherds Lane, Dartford DA1 2JZ 01322 291100 Fri 10 Oct 8pm: ALBERT LEE AND HOGAN’S HEROES Pedigree country music and rock with stellar band. £23. Sat 11 Oct 7.30pm: LOS ENDOS – ULTIMATE GENESIS: includes state
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ORCHARD THEATRE Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED 01322 220000 Sun 12 Oct 7.30pm: 10CC £30.50 Thu 30 Oct 7.30pm: THE SOUTH + special guest David Ford. Comprising The Beautiful South lead singers Dave Hemingway and Alison Wheeler and other original members. £21 Sun 2 Nov 3pm: ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA playing Musical Masterpieces. £15 - £32 orchardtheatre.co.uk (booking fee applies)
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THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK + YE NUNS
ON SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER, SUN PIER HOUSE PLAYS HOST TO A REMARKABLE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AND ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COVERS BANDS YOU’RE EVER LIKELY TO SEE. THE ‘TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK’ IS ABOUT A BAND CALLED THE MONKS AND TO ACCOMPANY THE SCREENING, THE ALL-FEMALE TRIBUTE BAND ‘YE NUNS’ WILL BE PLAYING. KEVIN YOUNGER EXPLAINS WHAT THOSE OF YOU LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TICKETS CAN EXPECT
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It’s somehow not quite enough to say that The Monks were a unique rock group formed in Germany in the late 60s. They were an unusual five-piece, comprised of American GIs who met while posted to Europe during the height of the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam. Originally known as The Torquays (an unlikely sounding name to us Brits but actually called after a surf instrumental), they played the usual litany of rock’n’roll covers in the beat kellers of Germany before being taken under the wing of a pair of mysterious existentialist ‘managers’ who encouraged them into a dark and strangely minimalist approach to rock and roll - styling them as the ‘antiBeatles’. At least, that’s one story. The part played by the Teutonic management is disputed by the band and as there are few of the original protagonists to argue the case, it’s likely that the reality will never be truly known. What is certainly true is that the music of The Monks, largely confined to one incredible but little-known album on major label Polydor, has been heralded as a premonition of Krautrock, punk, industrial, and many more genres of music in the following decades. This film serves as an introduction to the Monks phenomenon and to their music. It’s hard for us in the grim, grey, post punk musical landscape to fully appreciate what confusion the bleak uber rock of this band must have sounded like to the generation just falling in love with the
technicolor tingle of the late 60s. How would a tentative proto hippy be able to get their newly-expanded mind around titles like ‘I Hate You’, and ‘Shut Up’? The Monks sound was driven by their unique line up including an earsplitting rhythmic electric banjo, insistent organ and thundering drums with no cymbals. On top of this came a mixture of vocals flipping between adult nursery rhymes and bleak nihilistic chants. It’s little wonder that Mancunian punk mavericks The Fall were amongst the first to champion them. The film documentary, ‘The Transatlantic Feedback’, which is being screened at Sun Pier House on Saturday 1 November, will give at least an idea of where The Monks fit - or don’t fit - into the history of rock music, but the experience will be further enhanced and invigorated by the presence and performance of Ye Nuns. These female counterparts of the original band are displaced from their vision only by the incidental effects of gender and time. Made up of former members of some of the most urgent and intense bands of the myriad scenes that flourished in the wake of punk, particularly the refreshingly political and trope-smashing Riot Grrl movement, Ye Nuns channel the anti-Beatles to your ears like a direct proclamation from the anti-pope.
Tickets for this incredible evening are available from wegottickets.com at £8 or £10 on the door if there are any left. Doors are at 7.30pm and Sonic Cathedral/Rock’n’Roll Soul DJ Gary Barrell will be filling in the gaps. Sun Pier House, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF facebook.com/yenuns playloud.org/themonks.html
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"I think it’s worth Quentin Tarantino making another movie, just so this lot can soundtrack it” Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6 Music on Ye Nuns
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VISUAL ART THE BEANEY HOUSE OF ART AND KNOWLEDGE 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA 01227 862162 Mon to Wed 9am to 5pm, Thu 9am to 7pm, Fri and Sat 9am to 5pm, Sun 10am to 5pm. Special Exhibitions Room: TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2013 Runs to 2 Nov. Pay What You Can. thebeaney.co.uk BELOW 65 GALLERY Gilbert & Clark Frame and Print 65 High Street, Maidstone ME14 1SR 01622 685146 Free entry Open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat 1 Oct-30 Oct: TRANSITIONS: Carole Robson and Sue Batt. Vibrant collection of watercolour and mixed media paintings. See suebattartwork.com and carolerobson.com. Free entry. gilbertandclark.com DEAF CAT COFFEE BAR & GALLERY 83 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX Open Mon- Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-5pm Contact: kevan@thedeafcat.com ROLLING EXHIBITION Contemporary works and major murals by local artists. thedeafcat.com FRANCIS ILES GALLERIES 103 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX 01634 843081 Opens Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm AUTUMN EXHIBITION 2014 featuring Brian Denington and Graham Pook plus new work from the Gallery artists. Free entry RESTORATION DAY Sat 4 Oct 11am4pm: Meet oil and watercolour experts. CHRISTMAS ROOM opens Sat 18 October! francis-iles.com GUILDHALL MUSEUM High Street, Rochester ME1 1PY 01634 332680 Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
STORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR To 11 Jan 2015. Exhibition detailing the impact of the war on the people of Medway. guildhallmuseumrochester.co.uk MAIDSTONE MUSEUM & BENTLIF ART GALLERY St Faith’s St, Maidstone ME14 1LH 01622 602838 Opens Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun & Bank Holidays 12-4pm TEDDY BEAR STORY To 1 Nov. Delightful exhibition from V & A Museum of Childhood. ‘Pay what you can’. IN THE MUSEUM CAFÉ: Wed 1 Oct- 31 Oct: REMEMBER A group exhibition form highly respected Maidstone based artists, MVAN. The artists will be responding to National Poetry Day’s theme with poets from the Hazlitt Theatre writing group. Private view: afternoon Sat 4 Oct, and late night opening plus readings early eve, Thu 30 October. museum.maidstone.gov.uk NUCLEUS ARTS 272 High Street, Chatham ME4 4BP 01634 812108 Gallery: Mon- 10am-5pm (café to 5.30pm) Closed Sun. Free entry Sat 4 Oct: MEDWAY FUN PALACE A day of art and science events at Nucleus Arts Chatham and Nucleus Arts Rochester sites. To Thu 9 Oct: NOTHINGNESS by Christopher Sacre. #nothingnessexhibition. christophersacre.com. Sat 25 Oct to 1pm on Thu 6 Nov: NICK EVANS - NEW PAINTINGS. Private View: Fri 24 Oct 6.30 til 9.00pm. See page 5. NUCLEUS ARTS ROCHESTER 75 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX Open 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; Sun 11-5pm 01634 812108 Gallery shop, internet café and lovely garden. NUCLEUS ARTS MAIDSTONE Gabriel’s Hill, Maidstone ME15 6JR
Open 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; closed Sundays 01622 690337 Popular café, arts hub and gallery. nucleusarts.com POP Creative Space 64-66 High Street, Chatham ME4 4DS From 10 Oct: 51zero film installations see p14 for times. 18 Oct to 1 Nov Thu-Sat 12-6pm: STORYTELLING See Mark Barnes’ The Story of WOW and all 40 previous covers! Email: popcreativespace@gmail.com ROCHESTER ART GALLERY Visitor Information Centre, 95 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX 01634 338319 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Free entry Fri 24 Oct-3 Jan 2015: DISQUIET BEAUTY Kate McGwire, Zara Carpenter, Tessa Farmer and Kerry Howley. Four artists who explore notions of beauty and alienation, attraction and repulsion in their use of materials and form. Opening reception Thu 23 October 6.308.30pm. See page 5. Accompanying workshops in November. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL The Precinct, Rochester ME1 1SX 01634 810074 WW1 COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION Starts 2 Oct rochestercathedral.org SUN PIER HOUSE Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF 01634 401549 Open Tue-Sun 10am - 4pm (closed Mon, no disabled access) New art gallery and café with stunning views. sunpierhouse.co.uk STEPHEN OLIVER STUDIO & GALLERY Orchards Shopping Centre, High Street Dartford DA1 1DN 01322 278674 Affordable artwork in changing exhibitions. stephen-oliver-art.co.uk
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THE ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPACE
PETE GOWERS
This month The Artist's Space pays tribute to Pete Gowers, an exceptional fine artist, both painter and sculptor, and teacher of art at Rochester Independent College for more than 25 years.
Pete was an inspiration to generations of students, and to local people who attended his popular life drawing classes. Meeting him as editor of WOW, I remember his great good humour, encouragement and generosity of spirit. He will be deeply missed by his family, students past and present, teaching colleagues and friends. His immense contribution to Medwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative life stands tall.
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8 August to 2 November 2014 Special Exhibitions Room
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