The 2024 Main Festival Programme
The Box Office opens, as always, with our Festival Friends, Hever Castle Members and Golf Club Members priority booking period.
PLEASE NOTE: Hever Castle and Golf Members: you will need to phone us to book during this period on 07879 488 477. During general sales your discount code will work online.
We’ve gone a bit programming crazy in our new venue and have more artist joining us than in any previous year. LOADS of festival favourites are returning, and many NEW artists and events are dotted amongst the programme. The full programme can be viewed here.
Highlighting our new events:
We’re delighted to be working with the Castle curatorial team and Historian Dr Owen Emmerson on The History Festival at Hever Castle. Our first ever deep-dive into Tudor history with four days of events.
The Ronnie Scott’s Club are featuring highly with three different Ronnie’s ensembles, the first on Sat 25 May. They are not all straight jazz, The Jazz Dynamos are re-imagining songs from the 70’s – 80’s and The Soul Family starring festival favourite, Natalie Williams, are bringing Motown and More.
The Circus of Curiosities at Chiddingstone Castle is a joyous afternoon of curious circus acts, the opportunity to work on your circus skills too in our skills workshops and Chiddingstone Castle have teamed with us to create a Curious Trail through the Castle museum. Joint tickets are available.
A Cavalcade of Noel and Cole is a charming and sophisticated soiree – a selection of Noel Coward and Cole Porter’s musical repertoire. A sparkling cabaret of many of your favourites with fascinating insights into the composers’ lives.
Taylor Mania, The Best of Bacharach and The Beatles For Sale join our established programme of dazzling music nights.
We all know the festival had a most trying year in 2023, turning 40 certainly took its toll. However, we are so looking forward to welcoming you to our new venue in which we hope to thrive despite being called ‘The Best Kept Secret Theatre in Kent.’! Please tell your family, friends and local community about us. It would be great to see them here too.
As ever afternoon Tea is available to purchase with your theatre ticket for our play matinees (of which we have twice as many as before) and pre-theatre suppers, if you are not planning on bringing a picnic, can be booked online once you have purchased your theatre tickets.
We can’t wait to welcome you in 2024. What a great year it is going to be!
The Festival Theatre at Hever Castle Team
