Community 50/50 meeting. (Talk & Discussion)ABOUT THE TALK After an introduction, there will be a 50/50 presentation - Jon O'Connor talking about his 50 years spent working with communities and schools, and what he has learnt from this work. This will be followed by a Q&A panel session on the topic of 2025 - challenges for our community featuring Officer […]
On Jan 24/25/26 the , (the Apollo Quartet and the Chromium Quartet) from the Royal College of Music. This is an initiative designed to move the Sacconis education work from London to Folkestone. There will be two sessions open to the public as follows: Saturday January 25th 5.30-7.30pm An open Masterclass. This is free […]
All Souls Drama Group present 'Aladdin'. All Souls Church (hall?) Jan30-31 + 01 FEBR 2.30 and 7.30pm Tickets £7 Adult - Child £3.50 Contact Hugh -01303 278157 or W.Martin's Ch' High Street
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and […]
Promoter Folkestone New Music Date Fiona McCapra and Adrian Bradbury perform Ravel’s magnificent Sonata for Violin and Cello in a concert which also includes music by Haydn, Villa-Lobos and Betsy Jolas, plus Stravinsky’s arrangement of La Marseillaise and Sibelius’s Raindrops (written when he was just ten years old). Fiona McCapra has performed and recorded with […]
Join us at the museum for this week’s Make It! Family workshop, and make your own lacy Victorian photograph frame. Queen Victoria wore lace on her wedding day and kicked off a new craze for the Victorians. Lace was once an expensive luxury made by skilled female crafters – but in the 19th century, mass produced […]
Promoter Folkestone Early Music The next event sees the return of the Folkestone Baroque Ensemble, Folkestone’s very own, in Telemania, a fabulous programme dedicated entirely to the works of Georg Philipp Telemann. The most prolific composer of the entire Baroque period, friend of Bach and godfather to his son CPE Bach, Telemann was equally at home in the Italian and French […]
It wasn't long after audiences were first introduced to hapless sixth-formers Will McKenzie, Neil Sutherland, Jay Cartright and Simon Cooper that The Inbetweeners became one of the nation's best loved shows. With its endlessly quotable lines and outrageous laugh-per-second banter, the sitcom attracted record-breaking viewing figures and inspired two incredibly successful feature films. Celebrating seventeen […]
In aid of the Mayor's Charities. Enjoy a 3 course meal - music - local art - art experiences. More details: email [email protected]
New Folkestone Society invite you to learn the fascinating story of Elizabeth Fry, one of the most well-known women of the first half of the 19th century. Her achievements as a prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist earned her a place on the back of the £5 note for 15 years prior to the introduction […]