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White Cliffs Walking Festival
Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10 October
Deal, Dover and Sandwich
A week of fantastic guided walks in beautiful East Kent, many of them offering insights into the history of the area.
Meet a Miner
Sunday 4th October – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Astor History Club
Wednesday 7th October – 7pm
Astor Community Theatre
A light-hearted Deal pub crawl through history, with Keith Rowland. Then a lecture on East Kent Folklore, with tour guide Sue Duckworth, followed by questions.
The club meets upstairs at the Astor Theatre on the first Wednesday of each month with a winter break in January. For membership, contact Danny Hutchinson at the Astor box office, email boxoffice@astor.co.uk
Film Club
Friday 9th October – 10am to Noon
The Kent Mining Museum
Their first-ever film club will show the film ‘The General Strike: A Revolution Betrayed?‘ – a 1974 documentary produced about the 1926 General Strike.
Emmeline Pankhurst – Anarchist or Angel
Thursday 15th October – 7:30pm
Astor Community Theatre
Emmeline Pankhurst is one of the most influential and well-known British women to have ever lived, but was highly controversial.
Written by Chris Jaeger and starring Liz Grand.
Local history drop-in
Saturday 31st October – 10am to 12:30
Astor Community Theatre
Come along to the bar area of the theatre to chat about local and family history with local historians.
Meet a Miner
Sunday 1st November – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Astor History Club
Wednesday 4th November – 7pm
Astor Community Theatre
A fun history quiz, then a lecture on the History of Apple Growing in Kent, with Cranbrook apple and cherry grower Chris Levett, followed by questions.
The club meets upstairs at the Astor Theatre on the first Wednesday of each month with a winter break in January. For membership, contact Danny Hutchinson at the Astor box office, email boxoffice@astor.co.uk
Women of Deal – A community play
Saturday 7th November – 3:00pm & 7:00pm
Astor Community Theatre
In an original collaborative production, the Women of Deal are bringing a drama to the Astor Theatre that tells the forgotten stories behind the lives of the women of Deal. Part drawn from letters and journals and part imagined – this will be their story.
Local history drop-in
Saturday 28th November – 10am to 12:30
Astor Community Theatre
Come along to the bar area of the theatre to chat about local and family history with local historians.
Astor History Club
Wednesday 2nd December – 7pm
Astor Community Theatre
A Christmas selection box of historical entertainments, including, He’s Behind You! – A Brief History of Pantomime, with John Price, and Festive Favourites from the East Kent Mercury, with Sharon Powell.
The club meets upstairs at the Astor Theatre on the first Wednesday of each month with a winter break in January. For membership, contact Danny Hutchinson at the Astor box office, email boxoffice@astor.co.uk
Meet a Miner
Sunday 6th December – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Sister Queens – Two Queens One Nation
Thursday 4th March 2027 – 7:30pm
Astor Community Theatre
The dynamic journey of two amazing women; The royal queens of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties – Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots.