A trio of festive shows for the family to enjoy this Christmas at Trinity
Trinity Theatre has just kicked off its run of three seasonal productions – two of which are brand new works. Here the venue’s Artistic Director Sean Turner tells Eileen Leahy why he and his creative crew are relishing the challenge of putting on The New Musketeers, The Aliens Who Saved Christmas and Miracle on 34th […]
Mood-boosting foods to beat the winter blues
Sussex-based broadcaster and health and wellbeing expert Monica Price talks to the Times about how you can keep healthy and happy in the darkest months of the year… It’s that time of year when we have less daylight and cold temperatures and all you feel like doing is spending days inside with a good […]
Come out from the cold and into the warm atmosphere of this great local gastro pub
There’s nothing like a cosy pub to hunker down in during the festive season – especially when it serves delicious, crowd-pleasing and award-winning food, as Victoria Roberts discovered when she shored up at the Blue Anchor in Crowborough… There are two ways into the Blue Anchor pub in Crowborough. You can come in past […]
A Christmas film with a difference
Times Film Reviewer Matthew Dann visits the Odeon in Tunbridge Wells to see a new Christmas film with a horror twist…. Violent Night is a film that does exactly what it says on the tin, but sadly, not much more. Nonetheless, it is a worthy escape. A wealthy family gather on Christmas Eve at […]
Get ready for lots of fee, fi, fo – and fun!
Panto season at the Assembly Hall Theatre kicks off this Saturday December 10 when the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk take to the stage. Eileen Leahy finds out more… The Assembly Hall Theatre has a history of putting on some brilliant pantomimes at Christmas and this year is no exception as it stages […]
Ross Noble to come to the Assembly Hall as part of the comic’s 21st solo stand-up tour
COMEDIAN Ross Noble will visit the Assembly Hall next November as part of his 53-date Jibber Jabber Jamboree UK tour, in what marks his 21st solo stand-up tour. To celebrate this milestone, he has invited the people of Tunbridge Wells you to join him for an evening of the sort of inspired nonsense that has […]
Take a trip to Vienna
This coming Sunday, December 4 at 3pm, the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra celebrates the music of Vienna with a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Richard and Johann Strauss and Franz Lehar, and the talented Rebecca Bottone as soprano… The Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra (RTWSO) performs its next concert this coming Sunday […]
‘The stage is set for the first events in outstanding new performance venue
A few weeks after the grand opening of Benenden School’s new Century Buildings, the curtain is about to go up on two shows – one of which takes place this weekend. The Times finds out more… The completion of the stunning new Centenary Buildings at Benenden School has enabled the prestigious school to open […]
‘We just happened to find each other at a time where we all needed a creative shot in the arm’
Local artists Agatha O’Neill, Elizabeth Barrett and Kerrie Kent are exhibiting their new series of a ‘Word a Day’ work at Rubys of London on Monson Road until December 16. Here they tell Eileen Leahy what it’s all about… AEK is the acronym of a local creative trio of three talented artists: Agatha O’Neill, […]
“It’s important that children have targeted lessons at school about bullying and its effects to develop tolerance and respect for others”
This Anti-Bullying Week, which runs until November 18, former local teacher Leonora Langley tells the Times about children’s emotional well-being and her book, ‘Let The Souls of Our Children Sing’… Leonora Langley, whose book ‘Let The Souls of Our Children Sing’ stresses the importance of nurturing emotional well-being in the young, believes that: “By […]
