AUTUMN/WINTER <strong>2023</strong> Book now at hemstedpark.com © Photograph by Jan Versweyveld A Little Life 30 September Oh What A Lovely War 7 October Kidenza 15 October The Great Think Pink Show 20 October Kinder 23/24 October Sleeping Beauty 27 October Gary Delaney in Punderland 28 October A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings 3 November Trio Bohemo 16 November Angela Hewitt 19 November Swinging at the Cotton Club 25 November The Jazz Sapiens 8 December Christmas with the Len Phillips Swing Orchestra 15 December
directory A list of useful contacts in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council The Old Fire Station, Stone Street, Cranbrook, KENT TN17 3HF Clerk – Mrs. C. Bezuidenhout Deputy Clerk - Mrs. L. Ham Deputy Clerk – Mrs. L. Thirkell 01580 713112 / clerk@CSPC.org.uk BOROUGH & COUNTY COUNCILS Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 01892 526121 www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk Kent County Council 03000 41 41 41 / www.kent.gov.uk USEFUL NUMBERS UTILITIES Electricity: 0800 727282 (24 hrs) Gas: 0800 111 999 Water: South East Water (drinking water) 0800 0283399, Southern Water (waste water) 0800 820999 (24 hrs), Emergency leak 0800 0283399, Floodline 0845 9881188 (24 hrs) CRIME Non-Emergency Police: 101 Crime Stoppers: 0800 555111 KCC Community Warden: Adam Osborn - 07813 695741 Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator: 01622 604395 In an emergency i.e. if life is in danger or a crime is in progress call 999. To request non urgent police assistance, to report crime or to make enquiry call 101. Non urgent correspondence and crime can be reported via the Live Chat icon at www.kent.police.uk ROOMS & HALLS TO HIRE St George’s Institute, Sissinghurst: Ursula O’Connor 01580 713938 The Parish Room, Sissinghurst: Sue Crowe 01580 712567 ts.crowe74@gmail.com The Vestry Hall, Council Chamber and Addison VC Room, Cranbrook: 01580 713112 (10am-12pm weekdays). A full list of over 30 venues for hire in the parish is available from the parish office USEFUL CONTACTS CHURCHES Congregational Church, Cranbrook: 01580 388070 St. Dunstan’s, Cranbrook: 01580 715861 St. Theodore’s RC, Cranbrook: 01580 713364 Strict Baptist Church, Cranbrook: 01580 713212 Trinity Church, Sissinghurst: 01580 852275 Vine Church, Cranbrook: 01580 712620 SCHOOLS AND PRE SCHOOLS Belle Vue School, Cranbrook: 01580 854641 Colliers Green CE Primary: 01580 211335 Cranbrook CE Primary: 01580 713249 Cranbrook Children’s Centre: 03000 41 10 35 Cranbrook School: 01580 711800 Dulwich Preparatory School: 01580 712179 Rainbow Pre School, Cranbrook: 01580 715570 Sissinghurst CE Primary: 01580 713895 Woodpeckers Pre School, Cranbrook: 01580 720195 DOCTORS Old School Surgery, Cranbrook: 01580 712476 Orchard End Surgery, Cranbrook: 01580 713622 The Crane Surgery, Cranbrook 01580 712260 DEFIBRILLATORS Cramp Club, Cranbrook Cranbrook Fire Station Cricket Club, Sissinghurst Parish Council office Sissinghurst Castle Garden Public Toilets, The Street Tennis Club, Sissinghurst The George Hotel, Cranbrook The Milkhouse, Sissinghurst WHAT’S ON September 16 September – Fambrook: Cranbrook Family End of Summer Family Mini Festival, 1pm–5.30pm-ish, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 22 September – Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, transatlantic blues-folk, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk 22 September – Cranbrook Comedy Club, 8pm (with food from the Lloyds Kitchen food truck), The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 30 September – A Little Life, theatre/ cinema screening, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com October 6 October – Happy Birthday Tony! A One-Man-Show, 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 7 October – The 20th Cranbrook Apple Fair Presents “Cranplona”, High Street, Cranbrook 7 October – Oh What a Lovely War, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 13–14 October – Cranbrook Literature Festival, Vestry Hall, see website for tickets and event times, www.cranbrookliteraturefestival.com 20 October – Heart of Kent Choir present The Great Think Pink Show, charity show for breast cancer, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 23–24 October – Kinder, puppetry and shadow play, multiple timeslots from 10am–4pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, see website for details www.hemstedpark.com 27 October – Sleeping Beauty, ballet for the whole family, 1pm, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 27 October – The Trials of Cato, powerfolk, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk 28 October – Counterfeit Quo, headsdown, no-nonsense boogie, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk 28 October – Gary Delaney: Gary in Punderland, comedy, 7.30pm, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com November 3 November – A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, music, puppetry and DIRECTORY video, 7pm, Theatre, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 4 November – On Thin Ice: Sounds of Pink Floyd, 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 9–11 November – The Cranbrook Art Show, The Vestry Hall, 10am–5 pm (Thursday and Saturday), 10am–7pm (Friday), www.cranbrookartshow.org.uk 10 November – Lone Star Comedy Club, Alistair Barrie, Nina Gilligan and Russell Hicks, 8pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.lonestarcomedy.co.uk 16 November – Trio Bohemo, 7.30pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 18 November – Show of Hands, farewell tour feat. Miranda Sykes, 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 19 November – Angela Hewitt, awardwinning pianist, 5pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 24 November – Robb Johnson with JT Coote, classic folk songwriter, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk 25 November – Swinging at the Cotton Club, 7.30pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com December 1 December – Russell Hicks Makes Friends, Stand-up meets Improv, 8pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 8 December – The Jazz Sapiens, 7pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 9 December – Comedy Club 4 Kids Christmas Cracker, 2pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk 9 December – Total Who, quality tribute band, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk 15 December – Christmas with the Len Phillips Swing Orchestra, 7.30pm, Centenary Hall, Hemsted Park, Benenden School, www.hemstedpark.com 19 December – St Agnes Fountain, Christmas folk, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk The Cake • <strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 5
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