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King’s Week Origins 1952 “The whole of the King’s Week, Dr Shirley declared, was a completely mad venture. No other community could do all that and play three cricket matches as well. It was quite mad and entirely successful. It was the finest bit of education the school had had this year. Everyone was doing something.” [[Kentish Gazette 01/08/52]]
Cover Design: Sophie Bansal
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Welcome Welcome to King’s Week 2014. This year’s festival of arts, music, drama and scholarship will once again act as the finale to The King’s School academic year, undoubtedly bringing an enormous sense of pride, admiration and awe to all those lucky enough to attend. Each year King’s Week gets bigger, and 2014 is no exception. With 83 separate events (56 of which are free) in 30 locations, we continue to have the ever-popular perennial events, as well as several new ones including the King’s Week Bake Off, Show Jumping at Birley’s, Croquet on the
Contents Lattergate lawn, Arabian Nights in the Malthouse, a Boat Naming ceremony on the Green Court, an exhibition of The King’s School in 1914, and our very own pupil kitchen where sixth formers, under the supervision of a professional chef (Olivia Wacher OKS), will be making King’s Week Hampers for purchase by any wishing to picnic on the Green Court before moving on to the next King’s Week event – the perfect way to enjoy the week in luxury. Please do come and enjoy the wonderful surroundings of the Canterbury Cathedral precincts, and marvel at the talent of The King’s School pupils. May I encourage you to read this brochure carefully, follow us on twitter and find out more information via our website? King’s Week 2014 will be the best week of the year.
Robert Sanderson (King’s Week Manager)
Drama
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Music
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At a Glance
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Spoken Word
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Art & Sport
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Green Court
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Booking Info
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This event requires a ticket.
Thursday 26 June until Wednesday 2 July 2014 1
DRAMA
The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors focuses on two pairs of twins. Separated at birth, they are all in Ephesus, a magical and disturbing place, where anything can and does happen. The two sets of brothers fumble, bumble and stumble along, creating comic mayhem until their inevitable meeting, when all’s well that ends well. The plot revolves around the fate
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of Egeon, a merchant from Syracuse who lost his wife, his twin sons and his twin servants years earlier in a shipwreck. The story begins harshly. Because there is no love lost between Ephesus and Syracuse, Egeon faces death having been caught in the enemy city. It sounds sombre, but as its title implies, The Comedy of Errors quickly transforms into farcical fun,
a whirling frenzy of comedic whodone-it. A perfect entertainment for a summer’s evening in The Mint Yard.
Saturday 28 June 8.00pm Mint Yard Also Sunday 29 June 7.30pm, Monday 30 June 4.15pm & Tuesday 1 July 7.30pm [Weather awareness: a sun-hat or rug may be advisable]
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s famous folk tale, The Red Shoes is a compelling play about a girl cursed to dance forever. Her crime? Falling in love with a pair of blood-red shoes. This is about passion, obsession and a world where anything is possible and nothing is probable. With music to make your toes twitch, images to make your mouth water
Arabian Nights and a story to make your heart pound, this year’s Remove pupils reveal the menacing world of the fairy story.
Friday 27 June 4.30pm St. Mary’s Hall Also Sunday 29 June 2.00pm & Tuesday 1 July 2.30pm
It is wedding night in the Palace of King Shahrayar. By morning, the new Queen Shahrazad is to be put to death like all the young brides before her. But she has one gift that could save her – the gift of storytelling. With her mysterious imagination, the young queen spins her dazzling array of tales and characters. On her side are Ali Baba, Es-Sindibad the sailor, and Princess Parizade: adventurers in strange and magical worlds populated by giant beasts, talking birds and crafty thieves. But will her silver-tongued stories be enough to enchant her husband and save her life?
KiDaCo Join us to experience the uplifting exuberance of dance. From ballet, salsa and tap, to hip hop, Irish and contemporary, this is our most varied year yet, all set to an exhilarating soundtrack. Pupils will get to perform their own dance pieces as well as those choreographed by our professional teachers. You can’t help but want to go dancing yourself once you’ve seen the vitality of KiDaCo.
DRAMA
The Red Shoes
Saturday 28 June 2.00pm St. Mary’s Hall Also Tuesday 1 July 5.15pm & Wednesday 2 July 2.00pm
Come and be enchanted by this year’s Shell play: a magical world in the awe-inspiring setting of our newly-acquired performance-space, The Malthouse.
Thursday 26 June 2.30pm The Malthouse Also Saturday 28 June 2.30pm, Sunday 29 June 7.30pm & Monday 30 June 4.30pm
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MUSIC
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s 1979 album Off the Wall sold over twenty million copies worldwide, won two Grammy awards and was the only album by a solo artist to contain four singles to have reached the US Billboard top ten. From the outrageously funky ‘Don’t stop till you get enough’ & ‘Working Day and Night’, the slick ‘Rock with You’ and the exquisitely tender ‘She’s out of my Life’, this was a very definite grown-up album by a former child prodigy whose right to claim the title ‘King of Pop’ had arrived. As always, we have an amazing band this year to recreate this album note for note for your listening (and grooving) pleasure!
Thursday 26 June 4.45pm St. Alphege’s Also Friday 27 June 5.30pm, Sunday 29 June 5.30pm & Tuesday 1 July 5.30pm
Outdoor Venue Wednesday 2 July 3.00pm St. Augustine’s Quadrangle (weather permitting)
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Jazz on a Summer Sunset Jazz in the shade of Canterbury Cathedral – circular tables (for six), a cash bar and a complimentary ‘Ploughman’s Meal’ – a highlight of the week. This year’s Modern Jazz Group is superbly led by Llewelyn Cross and is sure to get your fingers snapping with a wonderful blend of vocals and instrumentals, slow ballads and foot-tapping samba. King’s parents and OKS who are unable to book one of these highly sought-after tickets are welcome to bring their own picnic to the Green Court and enjoy the evening from outside the marquee (weather permitting).
Thursday 26 June 7.30pm Green Court Marquee [Due to the popularity of this event, and the restricted capacity, patrons will only be able to book a maximum of six tickets. Doors will open at 6.45pm – it will not be possible to reserve tables.]
Music at Lunchtime These intimate and varied concerts provide a platform for solo performances and small ensembles drawn from all year groups. With audience sizes ranging from 30-60 these concerts often show the greatest musical diversity and quality of King’s Week, all wrapped up in a small and welcoming setting. Start your afternoon with this musical aperitif.
Thursday 26 June 1.30pm Old Synagogue Also Friday 27 June 1.30pm & Monday 30 June 1.30pm
Acoustic Corner No electrical enhancement allowed: the acoustic corner is a small stage for informal performances from classical quartets to close-harmony groups. A chance to hear in passing the stars of the future.
Thursday 26 June 1.45pm Lardergate Also Friday 27 June 5.30pm
The Great Cloister provides the inspirational setting for this late-evening concert of secular choral music. The Serenade Choir will perform a varied selection of new and cherished repertoire in a performance that will include solo items from some of the most gifted singers at King’s as well as contributions from the King’s Brass, Madrigalia, King’s Men and King’s Swingers.
MUSIC
Serenade
Guests are requested not to bring food or drink into the Cloisters but they are welcome to picnic on the Green Court. In the event of inclement weather the Serenade will take place in the Cathedral Nave.
Friday 27 June 8.45pm The Great Cloister
The Voice A pupil-led event, run by Scarlet Pughe and Alexander Sokolow, giving performers the opportunity to find their voice and sing their own composition, or cover. This is a young, vibrant and popular musical event.
Friday 27 June 2.30pm Green Court Marquee
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MUSIC
Songs from the Shows This year’s Songs from the Shows explores a wide variety of cultures from London’s East End to the islands of the South Pacific and rural western Russia. Come and listen to highlights from three magnificent musicals: South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof and My Fair Lady. This is a fun event for all the family.
In this year’s Virtuosi we celebrate over 300 years of English music, from the ground-breaking seventeenthcentury music of Henry Purcell to a newly-written work for brass by our very own Stephen Matthews. Our finest instrumentalists and singers, together with The King’s School Chamber Orchestra, present a lively programme of favourites alongside some lesser-known musical gems.
[Those unable to secure tickets will be able to stand/sit on the edge of the lawn.]
Façade: An Entertainment was a collaboration between the young William Walton and the poet Edith Sitwell in which the rhythms and inflections of the words are perfectly matched by the witty brilliance of the music. It is of course now regarded as a classic and tonight we hear 6 of the poems. We will also hear Benjamin Britten’s rarely-performed Young Apollo for Piano and Strings and the monumental Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for Double String Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Other works highlight the genius of that most English of composers Edward Elgar, including Nimrod and movements from his Nursery Suite, as well as music by Frederick Delius and Malcolm Arnold.
Saturday 28 June
Saturday 28 June
3.45pm Archdeacon’s Garden
7.30pm Shirley Hall
Saturday 28 June 5.00pm Green Court Marquee
Cream Tea Enjoy a wonderful King’s Week Cream Tea in the splendid surroundings of the Archdeacon’s garden. Scones, strawberries and the usual cream tea components are accompanied by musical interludes from the Chamber Choir and other smaller choral groups.
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Virtuosi
The stunning surroundings of St Augustine’s play host to a variety of stalls and games to challenge, entertain and delight in equal measure. Musical entertainment will add to the festive atmosphere. All proceeds from the fête will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in memory of Bernie Cocksworth (former Housemistress of Harvey House).
Saturday 28 June 1.30 p.m. St Augustine’s
Jazz Concert Is this New Orleans or Canterbury? Come to hear the Big Band, directed by Llewelyn Cross, lift the roof of the Shirley Hall, alongside four vocalists, the Modern Jazz Group, the King’s Men and the King’s Swingers. Undoubtedly one of the most memorable evenings of the year, tonight will have all the smooch of Ella Fitzgerald, all the rhythm of Louis Armstrong and so much more. Syd Lawrence wouldn’t miss it, nor should you.
MUSIC
Charity Fête
Monday 30 June
Wind Band Concert
7.30pm Shirley Hall
Music and the Movies. This year’s Wind Band Concert will feature music from many of the great epic movies – including The Great Escape, Gladiator and Westside Story. Music from Disney Movie Magic and John Williams’ Star Wars will also be included, plus many other favourites. A large band and a large audience with large music is bound to put the movie red carpet onto the Green Court.
House Harmonies Showcasing performances from this year’s House Concerts, House Harmonies provides a platform for ensembles of talented musicians from the same house to perform a wide variety of musical genres, ranging from classical and jazz to close harmony and modern popular music. Come and support your House.
Sunday 29 June
Monday 30 June
4.15pm Green Court Marquee
2.30pm Green Court Marquee
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This event requires a ticket. Drama Music Spoken Word Art & Sport
Thursday 26 June
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The Debate Music at Lunchtime Arabian Nights Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) Acoustic Corner Show Jumping & BBQ Lunch Speeches in the C.H Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) Music at Lunchtime Cricket (11.30am All day)
Mich Circus Skills King’s Week TV CCF Drill Display
The Voice
KW Bake Off
Fi Lab on the Lawn The Red
Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) KW Lecture 2
OKS Fencing Arabian Nights
Cream Tea Literary Tour 1
Fête Cricket (11.30am All day) KiDaCo
KW Challenge
The Red Shoes
KW Challenge
Poetry Slam
Art Exhibition Private View Music at Lunchtime House Harmonies Cricket (11.30am All day) Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
King’s Week TV Super Speedy Car Challenge (King’s Teams)
Wednesday 2 July
Tuesday 1 July
Piano Recital
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5.0
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Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
Monday 30 July
Green Court
Friday 27 June
Plan your King’s Week. Tick the box beside each event.
Saturday 28 June
Key
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Sunday 29 June
AT A GLANCE
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Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
Choirs in the Quire Super Speedy Car Challenge (All Schools) The Red Shoes KW Lecture 5
Lab on the Lawn Wind Band Conc
Circus Skills KW Ch Arabian Boat N C Lab on the Lawn GC Finals
Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
KiDaCo Michael Jackson’s OTW
Cricket (11.30am All day)
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hael Jackson’s OTW
KW Lecture 1 Michael Jackson’s OTW
ilm Festival
Acoustic Corner
d Shoes
Literary Tour 2 Songs from the Shows Michael Jackson’s OTW
cert KW Lecture 3 KW Lecture 4 The Comedy of Errors Nights Michael Jackson’s OTW
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P I C N I C S
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Jazz on a Summer Sunset
The Serenade
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AT A GLANCE
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Virtuosi The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors Arabian Nights
Jazz Concert
Ganz Franz KiDaCo Composers’ Concert
The Comedy of Errors
Gala Symphony Concert
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MUSIC
Choirs in the Quire As all the School’s main choral ensembles, the Chapel, Crypt and Chamber Choirs and Madrigalia, come together in the beautiful setting of the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral, we celebrate the great choral tradition with a selection of items sung in Cathedral services throughout the year. These include music from the Renaissance to the present day, concluding with a combined choir and brass performance of Parry’s I was glad.
Tuesday 1 July 3.00pm Cathedral Quire
Piano Recital Following the highly successful piano competition in January, the keyboard department at King’s goes from strength to strength. Some of the School’s most talented pianists will perform a selection of masterpieces in the Old Synagogue, including a performance by this year’s competition winner, William Wong.
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Ganz Franz – A Concert of Schubert A celebration of the works of this prolific composer, whose immeasurable contribution to music includes ten symphonies, over 600 songs and a huge amount of chamber music. This concert is devised and presented by 6a music scholars Siân Rees and Ilona Bushell, who are joined by friends in a programme featuring a selection of Lieder and chamber music, including movements from the Octet, D. 803. This venue provides an intimate setting where Austrian drinks and nibbles will accompany the music.
Tuesday 1 July 6.15pm St. Augustine’s Refectory
Composers’ Concert This concert of original and imaginative compositions, in a wide variety of genres and styles, will include a selection of ensemble and solo pieces performed by students on the GCSE and A Level music courses.
Tuesday 1 July
Tuesday 1 July
1.30pm Old Synagogue
5.00pm Old Synagogue
The final event of King’s Week is a Gala Concert showcasing the talents of The King’s School Symphony Orchestra along with dazzling solo performances from some of our senior musicians.
MUSIC
Gala Symphony Concert
Rossini’s exhilarating William Tell Overture opens the concert, followed by movements from Vivaldi’s C Minor Flute Concerto, played by Lewis Cullen, and Haydn’s C Major Cello Concerto with Carine Ha as soloist. Ilona Bushell sings the beautiful aria Lascia ch’io pianga from Handel’s opera Rinaldo, and the first half ends with the thrilling Mexican dance rhythms of Danzón No.2 by Arturo Marquez. After the interval we have the opening movement of Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No.2, performed by Siân Rees, and Beethoven’s sublime Romance in F in which the violin soloist is Maxim Del Mar. King’s Week 2014 finally comes to a close with the rousing last movement from Dvorak’s Symphony No.8, a real orchestral tour de force, culminating in a rip-roaring finale.
Wednesday 2 July 7.30pm Shirley Hall Black Tie
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SPOKEN WORD
Speeches in the Chapter House There is a centuries-old tradition of King’s students declaiming in the Cathedral Chapter House & this year will see the top nine students in the Remove year offering their best orations of classic poetry, drama and inspirational speeches. Come and support these brave final nine as they tread in the footsteps of many a King’s student before them.
Thursday 26 June 2.45pm Chapter House
The Debate This house would make parents responsible for their children’s crimes. Are parents, either through nature or nurture, accountable for their children’s behaviour? Is it helpful to play the blame game? Would such a measure have a tangible effect on youth offending rates? One of the few King’s Week events that is entirely unrehearsed and unscripted, The Debate promises to be a lively treat!
Thursday 26 June
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2.45pm Schoolroom
King’s Week TV. King’s Week 2014 sees the launch of King’s Week TV. What started as an audio podcast in 2009 has developed each year and this summer will offer a daily internet broadcast from 7.3010pm, as well as a video diary booth on the Green Court for you to share your views and experiences of King’s Week 2014. Live broadcast events will include Jazz on a Summer Sunset, Virtuosi, The Jazz Concert and the Gala Symphony. The fly-on-thewall documentary of the rugby tour to South Africa in August 2013 will also be available on the website.
Thursday 26 June 3.00pm Green Court Pod Also Monday 30 June 2.00pm
King’s Week Lectures Each lecture will be 10-15 minutes Thursday 26 June 5.30pm Animal Tourism by Darcie Moore (6b BY). Antibiotics and Temperature by Ana Newman (6a HH). French and Russian 19th century society, through literature by Charlotte Molony (6a CY). Saturday 27 June 1.30pm The voice inside your head? by Edward Vinson (6b CY) The Power of the Placebo Effect by Helen Woodward (6b HH) Sunday 28 June 5.30pm Should historical artefacts be
repatriated? by Elizabeth Van Liew (6b HH) My Paralympic Experience by Millicent Knight (Remove MR) Monday 29 June 5pm The black presence in 18th Century English Art by Elizabeth TrelawnyVernon (6a LX) Enfranchising the Youth by Alexander Farrow (6b GL) Tuesday 1 July 1.45pm The Changing Nature of Evil by Elliot Evans (6a GL) ‘Baudelaire on Beauty – how make-up draws you closer to nature’ by Lily Begg (6b CY) Venue: Schoolroom
Poetry Slam
King’s Moving Images Club (or K-MIC) has grown from humble grass roots. Entirely student run, this year’s entries will range from aesthetic music videos to gritty narrative pieces. Using the big screen and sound system in the Schoolroom, it will feel as if we are in Leicester Square. Don’t miss out on these premier film showings. When you are paying a premium to watch their work in the future, then you can think back to today and say you were there at the beginning!
In the wonderful setting of the Memorial Court, with the Norman Staircase and the Schoolroom looking down on the performing space, come and listen to Modupe Reis (KW2013 winner) and Katherine Sorab (KW2013 runner up) defend their titles against other pupils as they battle it out with renditions of their very own poems. All this will be hosted by Dan Simpson, our Performance Poet, dashing back specially from Glastonbury to add his wisdom and a few performances of his own; not to mention the participation of the audience as judges reminiscent of a Shakespearean time gone by.
Friday 27 June 4.45pm Schoolroom
Sunday 29 June 3.15pm Memorial Court
The King’s Week Challenge This year 8 academic departments will compete in the King’s Week version of University Challenge. Which academic department has the greatest brains? Which academic department covers the widest ground? Will it be Geography, will it be Maths, will it be.........? The pressure is on. Come and find out who will be crowned the winners of the King’s Week Challenge. [Each bout will be 20 minutes long]
The Literary Tour The ‘literary tour’ looks at two major collections given to the School. The Maugham Library holds about 2,000 books from Maugham’s own library. Some of the annotations provide the opportunity to see the writer ‘at work’. The Hugh Walpole Collection is a superb selection of literary manuscripts. Most of the major English authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are represented, including Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, Sir Walter Scott, W.M. Thackeray, Virginia Woolf, W.B. Yeats, a selection of First World War poets, and many more. There are also some books from fine presses, including the Kelmscott Chaucer and Eric Gill’s Four Gospels.
SPOKEN WORD
Film Festival
Numbers are very limited and a £5 deposit will be required for each ticket, which will be refunded at the beginning of the tour.
Saturday 28 June 3.30pm & 5.30pm Norman Staircase
Saturday 28 June 3.00pm Green Court Pod Also Saturday 28 June 4.00pm Finals: Monday 30 June 3.45pm
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ART & SPORT
Art Exhibition Blackfriars is playing host to our annual Art and Photography exhibition in this awe inspiring natural gallery space. A further photographic exhibition will be held in the King Street studios as a reflection of the quality of the photography our students are producing, as well as a range of work including sculpture, ceramics and textiles. On the way to Blackfriars have a look at the Venice exhibition in the windows facing out onto Palace Street; a show to rival any major gallery!
All week 2.00-6.00pm Blackfriars
The King’s School in 1914
Artist in Residence
By way of a prologue to the commemoration of the First World War, the Archives are presenting an exhibition on the School in 1914. A selection of photographs, magazines, notices, fixture cards, memoirs and other items will illustrate many aspects of the School a hundred years ago. 158 boys and two masters were to be killed in the conflict: the displays are intended to help us understand the world they came from.
Madeleine Cross OKS is this year’s Artist in Residence at the King’s School, locating herself within the Art Department at Blackfriars. She has created a body of work loosely based on the theme of memory. As she has returned to King’s she has enjoyed the flood of memories which returns to us all when we enter the Green Court. Her work will be on display in the Memorial Chapel to complement the location of the Memorial Court which was the starting point for this wonderful creative journey.
All week
All week
Office hours only Admissions Office, Lardergate
Memorial Chapel
Plane Tree Court Beach Huts
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Extended Projects
Here are some taster galleries for all to enjoy close to the Shirley Hall. Each hut will have a different theme from photography to ceramics, designed by a wide cross-section of pupils. We may even have a camera obscura for you to use!
The Extended Project is a qualification that requires students to produce a 6,000-word dissertation on a topic of their own choosing. Projects will range from the mathematical to the theological, the artistic to the scientific. ‘Read all about it’ and broaden your knowledge.
All week
All week
2.00-6.00pm Plane Tree Court
Reception Marquee, Green Court
For the first time the King’s Week Show Jumping and Dressage event will be held within the school grounds. Come and enjoy a barbecue in the Birley’s Pavilion before watching the pupils and horses compete at the far end of Birley’s. Proceeds from a raffle will go towards the charity Riding for the Disabled. Tickets are required for the champagne reception, barbecue and cream tea, but the show jumping itself is free. Guests are more than welcome at any time.
Thursday 26 June BBQ Lunch 12.30pm Birley’s Show Jumping 2.30pm Birley’s [Dependent on ground conditions]
Boat Naming Ceremony We are delighted to welcome Miranda Merron (MO ‘85-87) back to King’s to name our firefly dinghies. Miranda is a distinguished sailor, and was Captain of Sailing at Cambridge University before competing professionally for the past 17 years in solo and team races. Among her achievements she has won the Transat Jacques Vabre, the Quebec–Saint Malo, and the Round Britain & Ireland races, setting a new world record in 2009 by taking 16 hours off the previous time. Come and hear Miranda speak and see the champagne baptise our boats.
Tuesday 1 July 4.00pm Green Court
Fencing Come and watch the best of our current pupils take on the might of the OKS in the annual team-fencing match held on the Green Court. A fantastic opportunity to see this Olympic sport close up in a fun and fabulous atmosphere, with both teams including past and present International representatives. If you fancy yourself as an apprentice musketeer you can even give it a try using our foam swords!
Saturday 28 June 2.00pm Green Court
Super-Speedy Car Challenge The Bloodhound Supersonic Car aims to win the world land speed record for Britain at over 1000mph. Inspired by this, King’s School DT pupils will race their Super-Speedy Cars against all-comers from schools across Kent. The cars are powered by Electric Ducted Fans and Li-Ion batteries and can reach speeds of over 50mph. Top Gear on a smaller scale, this event is perfect for all those who love invention, mechanics, cars and speed.
ART & SPORT
Show Jumping
Tuesday 1 July 1.30pm Early Rounds 3.00pm Finals 4.00pm Address by Jon Tickle of Sky Brainiac
Cricket Support would be most welcome at Birley’s for the following 1st XI Cricket matches (starting at 11.30am) during King’s Week: Fri. (June 27th) Sat. (June 28th) Mon. (June 30th) Wed. (July 2nd )
vs Highgate vs Trinity School vs The MCC vs Band of Brothers
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GREEN COURT
Green Court Finals
Lab on the Lawn
Croquet
CCF Drill Display
Following last year’s inaugural races, the gauntlet has now been well and truly thrown down. Similar to Chariots of Fire one member from each house will race around the outside of Green Court in six separate finals: Shell (M/F), Middle School (M/F), and Sixth Form (M/F). The onlooking crowds will assemble in the centre of the Green Court and cheer on their favourites as the runners disappear then reappear from behind the marquees, racing to set history and claim the trophy. An iconic event with huge crowds, the Green Court Finals has an atmosphere that takes you back in time.
Lab on the Lawn brings to the Green Court a circus of curiosity, a fantasy of phenomena, a whirlwind of wonder! Competitions and prizes, creative activities, exciting experiments and jaw-dropping demonstrations all on offer, for ages 2 to 102. Come and enjoy the fun side of science.
Throughout this term, every Thursday afternoon, a group of pupils has been learning the finer tactics of Croquet. Come and test your skills on Lattergate Lawn, but watch out: the professional hoops are narrow and the tactics are vicious!
This year the CCF will be conducting a formal drill display and parade around the Green Court, before taking up a centralised position at the Memorial Court. Onlookers will be more than welcome to ask the squad questions at the Memorial Court before their departure.
Tea Tent
Thursday 26 June
Tuesday 1 July 4.30pm Green Court
Friday 27 June 3.30pm Green Court Pod Also Sunday 29 June 3.30pm, Tuesday 1 July 3.30pm
Refreshments Treat yourself to a cup cake decorated by one of our fifth form pupils, decorate your own, or simply buy an ice cream. All profits will go towards the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
Enjoy the beautiful Cathedral surroundings, have a go riding on unicycles, tricycles and vintage bicycles, or simply arrange to meet your friends at the Green Court Tea Tent for an afternoon of relaxation. Tea (complimentary), cakes and light refreshments will be available Thursday to Tuesday 3.00 –5.00pm
Circus Skills A chance to show off your circus skills: professional diabolist, juggler and object-manipulator Paul Incredible is here to teach you all the tricks of the circus! All ages and abilities welcome.
4.00pm Green Court
KW Bake Off Bake your own cake at home, bring it in and display it on the table (village flower-show style) and await judgment by our expert panel. There will be two categories. (A) Open Category – bake any cake of your choice; (B) Chocolate Category – follow our specific recipe to the very letter and see if it matches the expectations of our judges. Anyone may enter – one category or both. Entry is free, but you will need to order a ticket to register. Further details will then be sent to all entrants. After the winners are announced the cakes will be eaten! My taste buds are watering already.
Thursday 26 June
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3.30pm Green Court Also Monday 30 June 3.30pm
Friday 27 June 4.00pm Green Court
HOW TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS
Please use the online booking system at www.kings-week.co.uk
All tickets can be booked through our website
• During King’s Week tickets will only be available from the Green Court marquee Box Office (1.30 - 5.00pm), or on the door of the event.
www.kings-week.co.uk
• If wheelchair access is required please let the Box Office know when purchasing tickets.
Prices
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Parents are advised to order tickets for their children. Performances are open to the general public and free seats cannot be reserved for members of the school.
• One complimentary ticket may be claimed for one performance of each event in which your son or daughter is appearing. •
We are unable to reserve tickets without payment.
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Seat reservations will expire five minutes before the performance starts, so that we may admit pupils. Ticket holders who arrive after this time will be shown to any remaining available seats.
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The ticket price for evening performances of The Comedy of Errors, Virtuosi, the Jazz Concert and the Gala Symphony Concert includes a drink during the interval.
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Rugs and cushions can often enhance the enjoyment of outdoor performances.
• Patrons are invited to picnic on the Green Court prior to evening performances. •
Those coming by car are advised to use the public car parks in either St Radigund’s Street or Broad Street. Parking in The Precincts is restricted.
Green Court Hamper (for 4) Lattergate Hamper (for 4) King’s Week Bake Off
£50 £80 FREE
Drama Arabian Nights £6 The Red Shoes £6 KiDaCo £6 The Comedy of Errors (matinee) £7 The Comedy of Errors (evening) £10 Music Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’ Jazz on a Summer Sunset The Serenade Cream Tea Virtuosi Jazz Concert Ganz Franz Gala Symphony Concert
£6 £13 £10 £7 £8 £10 £7 £10
Spoken Word Literary Tour (refundable deposit)
£5
Art & Sport Show Jumping & BBQ Lunch
BOOKING INFORMATION
King’s Week Box Office Information
£12
Events that are not in this list are free of charge and do not require tickets.
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Bookings and further information can be found at: www.kings-week.co.uk
www.kings-school.co.uk
The Box Office, The King’s School, Canterbury CT1 2ES Telephone: 01227 595778 Email: boxoffice@kings-school.co.uk Twitter: @kingsweekupdate