Surrey Homes | SH43 | May 2018 | Restoration & New Build supplement inside

May Day...
Join the Lord and Lady of the May, along with the May Queen
and the mythical Jack-in-the-Green for a traditional May Day
festival at Hever Castle from Saturday 5 to Monday 7 May.
Dance around the Maypole, risk getting soaked in the Water
Maze, get your face painted, and see the procession through the
award-winning gardens which will be blooming with blossom,
wisteria and the colourful bedding plants of the Italian Gardens.
To find out more visit hevercastle.co.uk
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Exhibitions & events
near you this month...
Brandon’s off-ramps...
On his journey from Brooklyn to Britain - via
Hollywood - Michael Brandon has taken many
off-ramps on the way. Michael Brandon - Off Ramps
is a brilliant, funny and engaging show full of
original footage, rare photographs and eye-widening
Hollywood truths harvested from half a century in
the industry. The show will be at Epsom Playhouse
on Saturday 26 May. For more details and booking
go to epsomplayhouse.co.uk
Landmark Arts...
Visitors will find a huge variety of fine art at
Landmark Arts Centre’s first art fair of 2018, the
Spring Art Fair. It will take place from Saturday
19 to Sunday 20 May from 10am to 5pm in the
centre’s truely unique location of a Grade II*
listed 19th century former church in Teddington,
where the art displayed will encompass painting,
sculpture, graphics, print, illustration and mixed
media, high quality ceramics, jewellery and textiles.
Visit landmarkartscentre.org to find out more.
Treat yourself...
This May enjoy a sparkling spring afternoon
indulging in a glass of Albury’s Classic Cuvée
at Albury’s stunning Vineyard. On Sunday 20
May, The Dabbling Duck Café is returning
to the vineyard, bringing with them colourful
treats including finger sandwiches, macaroons,
tarts, scones, and fresh strawberries, as well as tea
and coffee. For more information and booking
(essential) go to alburyvineyard.com
Monogamy...
Olivier award winner Janie Dee stars in critically
acclaimed playwright Torben Betts’ sharp state
of the nation comedy, Monogamy, following the
dramatic life of Caroline Mortimer. The nation’s
favourite TV cook is the woman who has it all
but beneath the flawless facade of her Highgate
house looms the threat of what happens when
you live a private life in the public eye. Go to
yvonne-arnaud.co.uk for details and booking from
Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 May at Yvonne Arnaud
Theatre (Guildford).
A novel idea...
Authors, illustrators, poets and children’s
performers including Evan Davis (Newsnight),
Lauren Child (Charlie & Lola), Aardman
Animations (Wallace and Gromit, Early Man) and
Ian Rankin. The festival programme is divided into
three days; Sunday 6 May is Adult day, while Bank
holiday Monday has been planned for families and
Tuesday 8 May will be dedicated to schools. To
find out more visit chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
To your art’s content...
Exhibiting from 21 April to 2 June, New Ashgate
Gallery in Farnham welcomes Pete Jackman and
Barbara Beaumont. Pete Jackman will be exhibiting
landscape and semi abstract paintings and drawings
which are the product of recent visits to Iceland.
Barbara Beaumont’s New Paintings meanwhile is
a collection in response to the loss of green and
wild spaces and the connection they give us to the
natural world. Find out more at newashgate.org.uk
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