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As the sun sets on another Canterbury Festival, the team would like to thank everyone involved. Perhaps you performed a mini recital on a street piano, or witnessed the cathedral transformed into a cinema? Whatever you did, we hope you enjoyed it. In order to relive the fun-fuelled two weeks, click here and peruse our fantastic Festival videos. 

December is looming and if you are looking for some festive entertainment, please do come and join us at the Festival Friend's Christmas Concert on the 9 December - a beautiful choral concert, followed by mulled wine and mince pies. 

The Festival takes great pride in supporting the next generation of creatives and this year it managed to unearth a wealth of home grown talent including musicians, writers, artists and even puppeteers! Congratulations to everyone involved in LINK, the Poetry Competitions, Track Record, Young Critics, Foundation Bursary Competition and Made in Kent Theatre, what a talented bunch you are!

Finally, congratulations to Lucy Johnson, October's Spiegel 100 Club winner! If you would like the chance of winning a cash prize through our monthly draw click here to find out more. 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Music at St Paul's Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosted by the Canterbury Festival Friends

Wednesday 9 December 2015 at 7:30 PM

A festive celebration of sacred and secular Christmas music performed by the superb Lees Court Music. Once again the Festival will be making use of the lovely acoustics and surroundings of St Paul's Church and following the concert marvellous mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the Church Hall.

 

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LINK 2015 Project Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made in Kent: Adam Chodzko Exhibition

Hosted by Sidney Cooper Gallery

If you happened to pop into the Sidney Cooper Gallery during the Festival you would have seen the fantastic art project created between this year's LINK project students from the Kent Refugee Action Network and artist Adam Chodzko. KRAN have been an inspirational partner this year, well done to all the students that were involved. As well as exhibiting in the gallery, 10 students gained their Arts Award Bronze. 

 

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Schools' Poetry Competition Awardees 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by Stagecoach

8 October 2015, Gulbenkian Auditorium

National Poetry Day was celebrated in style on 8 October. Canterbury Festival's Schools' Poetry Competition awardees read out their winning entries to a packed house at the Gulbenkian. This year's theme was Re-write the World and the writers spanned the ages 8 - 18 covering a range of topics including magical lollipops, a sandwich snowman and a world without time. Click below for details of the 27 young writers.

 

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Track Record - Battle of the Bands 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Music Productions and YMS Group

18 October 2015, The Ballroom

Canterbury Festival's first ever Track Record competition saw the most talented up-and-coming acts on the Canterbury music scene battle it out. Eight-piece band Dare walked away with the prize in their category, Natasha Ryan triumphed in the senior soloists with her original song Try So Little while 14 year old OIivia Mackenzie wowed the judges and received first place in the junior soloist category with her original song Set Free.

 

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Festival Show Reviews from the Young Critics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by KM Group

Canterbury Festival Reviews 2015

Following a briefing at the Kentish Gazette offices with Editor Leo Whitlock, the Festival's talented Young Critics were invited to a variety of shows in order to write reviews of the shows of their choice. Our thanks go to Rory Hunter, Timon Staehler, Hannah Parry and Amanda Cufley. Please take a moment to read these fantastic reviews from the next generation of journalists - watch out Leo!

 

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Festival Foundation Young Musicians 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by the Festival Foundation

Tuesday 20 October, St Gregory's Centre for Music

Congratulations to Harpist Emily Hopper, winner of the fifth Canterbury Festival Foundation Bursary Competition.  She was selected from a very talented group of finalists - Elizabeth Letley (voice), Hannah Parry (recorder), Lucy Crooks (marimba), Natasha Williams (flute) and Tom Wu (tuba).  Emily received a ?2,000 award, presented on the night by the Canterbury Festival Foundation's Chairman Roddy Loder-Symonds. 

 

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Festival Poet of the Year 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported by the University of Kent

School of English and Centre for Creative Writing

On National Poetry Day Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year and winner of the University of Kent Prize was named as Abegail Morley for her poem Occupied. Judge Sonia Overall said 'It draws a poignant character study of both the poem's narrator and its subject, with images of such clarity they linger long between readings.'  Second place went to Jacqueline Haskell and third was Rachel Plummer.

 

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Made in Kent - Theatre Competition Winners

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Hoods Cabaret

Performed by Knuckle and Joint Productions

Keen to discover Kent's home grown talent, the Festival searched the county to find the best newly devised performance from an emerging local theatre company. The 2015 finalists were Knuckle and Joint performing their show Black Hoods Cabaret, a fantastic adult puppetry show, which was performed at St Mary's Hall Studio Theatre on 22 October. Don't forget to keep an eye out for further performances by this amazing young theatre company.

 

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Public Lecture by Professor Linden West

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Canterbury Christ Church University

Thursday 11 February 2016, Old Sessions Og46

Racism, Fundamentalism and a Democratic Education: A Challenge for Us All. Every day brings troubling news about the Islamic State and of young people seduced by the idea of Jihad. Racism is on the rise. This lecture draws on research in a post-industrial city where racism has found purchase.

 

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