Smallhythe Place (National Trust)
Smallhythe
Tenterden
Kent
TN30 7NG
England
Website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/smallhythe-place
smallhytheplace@nationaltrust.org.uk
Ellen Terry’s early 16th-century house and cottage gardens.
The half-timbered house, built for the harbourmaster in the early 16th century when Smallhythe was a thriving shiphuilding yard, was the home of the Victorian actress Ellen Terry from 1899 to 1928 and contains her fascinating theatre collection. The cottage grounds include her rose garden, orchard, nuttery, a wonderful display of wild flowers and the Barn Theatre, which holds exhibitions and regular performances of plays, music and talks.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site
Les Miserables
Following their acclaimed production of Dickens Great Expectations, Hotbuckle bring their innovative style and unique talent to one of the most powerful and celebrated works of European literature to the Barn Theatre.
Suitable for
When
7-9pm
Admission
All tickets: £12
Booking Essential.
Please dress warmly.
Access across grass.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Website
Cinema - My Fair Lady
After learning about George-Bernard Shaw at our talk earlier in the month, enjoy My Fair Lady, a musical based upon Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story follows Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a well-to do lady.
Suitable for
When
7-9pm
Admission
All tickets: £5
Booking Advisable.
Dress warmly as the theatre gets cold.
access across grass.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Website
Magwitch Film screening with Great Expectations
Shot entirely in Kent, this new work is a fresh look at a story that is now over 150 years old Shortlisted for the Toronto film festival. Enjoy the film and a Q&A with the producers and cast followed by David Leans version of Great Expectations
Suitable for
When
7-10pm
Admission
All tickets: £7.5
Booking Advisable.
access across grass.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Website
The One Who Threw Herself under the Horse
An absorbing, challenging and wry play looking at this extraordinary suffragettes life and death.
Suitable for
When
7-9:30pm
Admission
All tickets: £12
Booking Essential.
Please dress warmly.
Access across grass.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Website
Outdoor Theatre - Sherlock Holmes
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company put dynamic detective duo Holmes and Watson through their paces as they tackle their most fiendish case yet in this delightfully inventive and hilarious show for all ages featuring audience interaction and more mystery than you can shake a magnifying glass at. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Suitable for
When
7-9:30pm
Admission
Adult: £15
Child: £6
Booking Essential.
Please dress warmly and bring a rug or low back seating.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Website
Cinema - The Lavender Hill Mob
Alec Guinness is Henry Holland, an unassuming transporter of gold bullion who, after working for twenty years with no rewards in sight for his faithful service to his company, decides to reward himself by stealing one million pounds worth of gold.
Suitable for
When
7-9pm
Admission
All: £5 Non NT members
Per Item: £4 NT members
Booking Advisable.
Please dress warmly.
Access across grass.
Ffi contact: Katie Shaw, 01580 762334, katie.shaw@nationaltrust.org.uk.
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