The Gothic Revival building was near-derelict and facing demolition in the 1970s before it was taken on by a dedicated group of local people, who brought it back to life as Trinity Theatre.
The management team is now calling for everyone who uses Trinity to contribute a piece of two-dimensional art (no sculpture) showing what the place means to them.
The brief reads: “Do you attend a group here? Do you have memories of seeing a favourite show? Did you work here? Did you once worship in what’s now the auditorium? Perhaps you enjoy just sitting in our serene churchyard garden? Reading some of our monument tablets or memorial inscriptions? Perhaps you love our carved heads or magnificent stained glass?”
Artworks will be combined into a new flag, to be flown permanently from autumn 2022.
Trinity is already taking submissions of artwork, and the contest closes at 5pm on Thursday, July 21.
Once the entries are in, the creatives at Trinity will sift through them and create the final composite design.
“We intend to feature as many submitted designs on the final flag as possible,” a Trinity spokesperson added.
Submissions can be made in person, using the ‘40th Flag’ post-box by the Box Office at Trinity, or by post to: Flag Competition, Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre, Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1JP.
If posting your submission, it must be A4 and in ‘landscape’ orientation.
Digital submissions must be high-resolution, and can be submitted in JPEG, PNG or PDF formats to
Entry is free, and artists retain their own copyright, but Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre will hold the copyright for the new flag, and will be allowed to display submissions with the artist’s name and age.
The flag design is due to be revealed at Trinity’s summer fête on Saturday, August 27, and the flag will be raised in autumn 2022.
Holy Trinity Church was built in 1829, and was partly funded by its own parishioners, who previously had to walk all the way to Frant or Speldhurst to christen their babies.
