{"id":2106,"date":"2022-02-11T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familygrapevine.ben\/west-kent\/2022\/02\/11\/hever-festival-theatre-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T08:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T08:14:22","slug":"hever-festival-theatre-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/2022\/02\/11\/hever-festival-theatre-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Hever Festival Theatre 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cNobody Does It Better\u201d<\/strong> <strong>Carly Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hever Festival Theatre returns this year with over 40 shows to entertain you from Saturday 28 May to Tuesday 30 August. The vibrant and varied programme includes opera, plays, films, jazz, music, speakers, comedy, family favourites and the best tribute artists.<\/p>\n<p>Our events will take place in three spectacular locations in the award-winning gardens of Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn, one of Kent\u2019s top tourist attractions. The Loggia (the tranquil Italian Gardens with the magnificent lake view) where this year you can enjoy two fabulous Shakespeare comedies <strong>The Three Inch Fools\u2019<\/strong> <strong>Twelfth Night<\/strong> (Tue 31 May) and <strong>Illyria\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/strong> (Tue 30 Aug), Anne Boleyn\u2019s Woodland Walk (a secluded open-air ancient woodland glade) is the perfect setting to enjoy some family shows including <strong>Illyria\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Peter Pan<\/strong> (Fri 3 June) and <strong>Awful Auntie <\/strong>by David Walliams (Fri 29 July) and the Two Sisters Theatre (the original heart of the festival) where the outdoor seating is tiered and under cover or you can choose to sit where you like on the lawn and enjoy the vista from your own chairs or blanket, in the sunshine or under the stars.<\/p>\n<p>In the year the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee we will be marking the occasion with two Proms. <strong>Guildhall Strings<\/strong>, celebrate British composers including Henry VIII\u2019s Green Sleeves with <strong>First Night of the Hever Proms <\/strong>(Sat 4 June) and back by popular demand <strong>Brandenburg Sinfonia<\/strong> return with all the flag waving classics for the <strong>Last Night of the Hever Proms<\/strong> (Sun 28 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>Other musical highlights include<strong> Q The Music<\/strong>, <strong>the Music of James Bond<\/strong> (Fri 5 Aug) with Live and Let Die\u2019s bond girl <strong>Madeline Smith<\/strong> introducing the iconic tunes. Grammy nominated artist <strong>Stacey Kent<\/strong> sings songs from her latest album <strong>Songs From Another Place <\/strong>(Sat 23 July), <strong>The 4 D\u2019s <\/strong>will be singing hits from Frankie Valli &amp; The Four Seasons among others and <strong>Sinatra Sequins and Swing<\/strong> bring some Hollywood glamour with <strong>The Capitol Years<\/strong> (Sat 6 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>We have some fabulous tribute performances including two double bills <strong>The Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin Stories <\/strong>(Sat 28 May) and <strong>Blurb and the Kaiser Thiefs<\/strong> (Thurs 4 Aug). <strong>The Simon and Garfunkel Story <\/strong>return to Hever (Sun 24 July) and we welcome for the first time <strong>Just Floyd<\/strong> (Thurs 25 Aug); <strong>Take That Rule the World <\/strong>(Fri 26<sup>th<\/sup> Aug) and <strong>No Town Like Motown<\/strong> (Sat 27 Aug).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This year is 500 years since Anne Boleyn\u2019s first appearance in English court and where better than here to celebrate her life with First Knight\u2019s production of the play <strong>Anne Boleyn<\/strong> by Howard Brenton for three nights (18-20 Aug). Hever Castle\u2019s curator of their current Anne Boleyn exhibition <strong>Dr Owen Emerson <\/strong>returns to our stage with<strong> Kate McCaffrey<\/strong> as they talk about her formative years in <strong>Becoming Anne<\/strong> (Wed 10 Aug). Two more historical writers join us to discuss their novels, <strong>Lauren Mackay <\/strong>with her book <strong>Among the Wolves of Court<\/strong> <strong>The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn<\/strong> (Sat 25 June) in St Peter\u2019s Church, Hever where Anne\u2019s father Thomas is buried. <strong>Alison Weir<\/strong> will be back on stage with us again to talk about her latest novel <strong>Elizabeth of York The Last White Rose<\/strong> and signing copies hot off the press (Sun 29 May).<\/p>\n<p>There is more drama and romance with Edenbridge based <strong>Another Way Theatre\u2019s<\/strong> production of <strong>Jane Eyre<\/strong> (Wed 1 June) and for a one-off matinee performance the touching and amusing letters between the actress Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter, This Happy Breed) and her husband, explorer Peter Fleming are read by their daughter <strong>Lucy Fleming<\/strong> and her husband <strong>Simon Williams<\/strong> in <strong>Posting Letters to the Moon <\/strong>(Wed 3 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to have an eclectic mix of comedy this year. East Grinstead\u2019s award winning <strong>Grinstock Comedy Club<\/strong> will be bringing some of the best acts on the circuit (Thurs 28 July). Writer, comedian and broadcaster <strong>Jon Holmes<\/strong> will be performing his original BBC Radio 4 satirical soundbites show <strong>The Skewer DJ Set<\/strong> (Fri 29 July) and we are introducing a new format to Hever Festival this year where the audience watch an episode of the programme as part of the hilarious evening including audience participation with <strong>A Celebration of Father Ted<\/strong> (Sun 19 June) and <strong>Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote<\/strong> (Sat 30 July).<\/p>\n<p>Our family programme has something for all ages throughout the holiday season with<strong> Long Nose Puppets <\/strong>latest production<strong> The Hug <\/strong>(Fri 22 July); <strong>Immersion Theatre\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Rapunzel <\/strong>(Wed 27 July); <strong>The Wagon of Dreams<\/strong> about a caravan with a mind of its own (Thurs 4 Aug); <strong>The Crow House, <\/strong>a silent movie inspired show with circus puppetry (Wed 17 Aug) and <strong>Horrible Histories<\/strong> with their <strong>Terrible Tudors<\/strong> (Wed 24 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>The festival favourites return including <strong>Ronnie Scott\u2019s All Stars<\/strong> (Sun 21 Aug), <strong>Charles Court Opera<\/strong> with <strong>Gilbert &amp; Sullivan<\/strong> productions: <strong>Patience<\/strong> (Sun 5 June) and <strong>Mikado<\/strong> (Sun 29 Aug) and <strong>Opera Brava<\/strong> bringing classics; Bizet\u2019s<strong> Carmen<\/strong> (Sat 13 Aug) and Verdi\u2019s <strong>La Traviata<\/strong> (Sun 14 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>Bring your picnic, sit back and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Book online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heverfestival.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.heverfestival.co.uk<\/a> or through the Box Office <strong>07379 488477 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>(General booking opens from 21 Feb) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNobody Does It Better\u201d Carly Simon Hever Festival Theatre returns this year with over 40 shows to entertain you from Saturday 28 May to Tuesday 30 August. 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