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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 this year. Everyone was doing something.” [Kentish Gazette 01/08/52]
Cover Design: Charlotte Man Photography: Matt McArdle
Welcome King’s Week 2017 promises to be more exciting than ever. With 109 events (73 of which are free of charge) we are expecting audience numbers to be in the region of 15,000. Despite the final public exam of the season occurring on the morning of Thursday 29 June, we will open this year’s King’s Week at 6pm on the same day, with one of our 17 new events: Thursday Night is Music Night, featuring our new Concert Orchestra. The regular Thursday evening Jazz on a Summer Sunset will then follow, ensuring that King’s Week will start with a bang. Over the following six days drama, art, dance, sport and the spoken word will join music to offer the pupils of King’s an unsurpassed variety of opportunities to perform, prepare and create within a wide cultural framework of excellence. Other new events for this year include three evening dinners prepared by our sixth form chefs; Impressions, an intimate concert of French music; Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, and Carol Ann Duffy’s 2015 adaptation of Everyman; music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers; and
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Madrigalia in a very special Cathedral Evensong on Sunday. We are also delighted to welcome the Junior King’s School to perform Martin Riley’s adaptation of Canterbury Tales in the Mint Yard open air theatre on Monday afternoon. As your taste buds are surely letting you know, King’s Week 2017 is a week not to miss. The Green Court will once again play its part in this iconic and unique Arts Festival. Witness the very special atmosphere of youthful exuberance and dedication, entertainment and scholarship, wrapped up in a blanket of excellence and talent. Plan your week carefully and be sure to note that our online box office goes live at 1pm on Thursday 4 May. Robert Sanderson (King’s Week Manager)
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Music
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At a Glance
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Spoken Word
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Tours
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Green Court
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Art & Sport
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Kitchen
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Booking Info
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This event requires a ticket.
Thursday 29 June until Wednesday 5 July 2017 1
DRAMA
A Streetcar Named Desire “I don’t want realism, I want magic! [...] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people” Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century. It is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Join us in the Mint Yard open air theatre for this senior King’s Week production set amongst the life and magic of 1940s New Orleans. As the festival of Mardi Gras fills the city, fading southern belle Blanche DuBois is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella’s husband Stanley Kowalski.
Saturday 1 July
7.30pm Mint Yard Also Sunday 2 July 7.30pm, Tuesday 4 July 7.30pm
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Energised by our mid-year performances both at King’s and at the Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall, the King’s Dance Company KiDaCo present their biggest cast yet. Ella Fitzgerald, Stromae and Max Richter are just a few of the musicians with whom the performers will shine, featuring an array of themes from romance and comedy to pure classicism. Be sure not to miss it!
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KiDaCo
Sunday 2 July
2pm St. Mary’s Hall Also Tuesday 4 July 5.45pm & Wednesday 5 July 2pm
The Canterbury Tales Everyman Everyman is a rich, successful sinner, then Death comes calling. Everyman has to find someone to speak up for him... anyone will do. Yet no-one seems to be willing to say Everyman was a ‘good’ man.
morality play. Combining comedy with sincerity, classical prose with modern speech, Everyman is a vibrant production that will give you much to reflect upon and discuss well after the final curtain.
Performed by the actors in our Shell and Remove years, Everyman is the current Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy’s 2015 adaptation of the famous English 15th century
Friday 30 June
4.30pm St. Mary’s Hall Also Saturday 1 July 4.30pm, Sunday 2 July 5pm & Monday 3 July 5pm
Geoffrey Chaucer is alive! Well, almost… Join the cast on a riotous journey through some of Chaucer’s most popular tales. Upper School pupils from The Junior King’s School perform this modern take on the famous stories, with more than a few twists as a group of 400 year old alchemists attempt to bring the famous author back to life.
[The Canterbury Tales adapted by Martin Riley (Copyright © Martin Riley, 1998) is Reproduced by permission of Sheil Land Associates on behalf of Martin Riley]
Monday 3 July
4.30pm Mint Yard
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MUSIC
Thursday Night is Music Night Why wait until Friday? Our very own (and new) Concert Orchestra presents its inaugural concert with a selection of light-hearted arrangements from a range of styles. Joined by the Wind Band and Junior Jazz Combo, this curtain raiser promises to set King’s Week off with a swing. Please do book a table with the King’s Week Kitchen for the Al Fresco Dinner following this concert, or bring a picnic to enjoy on the Green Court outside of the Jazz on a Summer Sunset event.
Thursday 29 June 6pm Shirley Hall
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No electrical enhancement allowed; the acoustic corner is for those musicians who haven’t necessarily had enough limelight. From classical quartets, to close harmony or pop, this is a small stage for informal busking and light musical augmentation to the Green Court environment.
Saturday 1 July
12.45pm Green Court Pod Also Tuesday 4 July 5pm
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; perfect either before or after a light lunch.
Friday 30 June
1.30pm Old Synagogue Also Monday 3 July 1.30pm & Tuesday 4 July 1.30pm
Jazz on a Summer Sunset This hugely popular event features the King’s Modern Jazz Group led by the indomitable Siggie Aylward. Come and join us in the shade of Canterbury Cathedral as the Green Court marquee is filled with the soulful sounds of jazz and the sun sets on a most atmospheric evening. Relax with a drink whilst enjoying an eclectic mix of instrumental and vocal classics from some of our finest musicians and emerging talents.
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Acoustic Corner
A cash bar will be available to accompany a complimentary Mediterranean Meze per table to eat during the interval. The marquee will be arranged with circular tables for six (cabaret style). Should you be unable to book one of these highly sought-after tickets then King’s parents and OKS are welcome to enjoy the evening on the Green Court from outside the marquee (weather permitting).
Thursday 29 June
7.30pm Green Court Marquee [Doors will open at 6.45pm.]
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MUSIC
Serenade
The Voice
The Great Cloister provides the inspirational setting for this late-evening concert of secular choral music. The Serenade Choir, comprising the Crypt Choir and 6a singers, some 60 in number, will perform an eclectic mix of works, both classical and light-hearted. The performance will also include solo items from some of the most gifted singers at King’s as well as contributions from King’s Brass, The King’s Men, The King’s Swingers and King’s A Cappella.
A pupil led event, run by Georgia Parker (6a), giving performers the opportunity to find their voice and sing their own composition or cover. This is a young, vibrant and popular concert that is a shining example of both talent and energy. The Voice is the stage for the pop stars of the future.
Guests are requested not to bring chairs, 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 30 June
8.45pm The Great Cloister [Gates open at 8pm]
Friday 30 June
2.30pm Green Court Marquee
Cream Tea Should the cream go on the scone after the jam, or before? Is the addition of butter too indulgent? Join us for a classic cream tea accompanied by musical interludes from the Becket Singers, and various close harmony groups. The King’s Week Bake Off winners will also be announced during this event.
Saturday 1 July
3.45pm Green Court Marquee [Tickets are needed in order to secure a table with tea. Those who do not manage to secure a ticket will still be able to listen to the music on nearby chairs within the marquee.]
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This year the King’s Week band will be bringing to life Californication, the 1999 album by Los Angeles band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, along with a few selected classics from their other albums. Fusing funk, rock, punk, rap and psychedelic–rock, the band originally formed in 1983 with the lead singer Anthony Kiedis rapping his poetry over the band’s hard hitting funk/rock grooves, but over time they began to write more conventional & melodic songs. Known for their technical ability, animal-energy and incendiary live performances they are not an easy band to copy – but that is what we’ve done!
Saturday 1 July
5pm Beerling Hall Also Monday 3 July 4.15pm & Tuesday 4 July 5.30pm
Wednesday 5 July
3pm St. Augustine’s Quadrangle [Outdoor venue, weather permitting, no ticket required]
Virtuosi In this year’s Virtuosi our finest instrumentalists and singers, together with The King’s School Chamber Orchestra and The King’s Brass, explore a fascinating programme of mainly Russian masterpieces.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
The concert opens with Mussorgsky’s atmospheric evocation of Dawn on the Moscow River from his opera Khovanshchina and then we’ll hear the crisp neoclassicism of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, ravishing vocal works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and Shostakovich at his most playful in Jazz Suite No.1. After a spectacular arrangement for brass of music from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mlada and tranquil movements from Bernstein’s Serenade and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1, Virtuosi ends with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf with its brilliant instrumental characterisations and witty narration.
Saturday 1 July
7.30pm Shirley Hall
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MUSIC
Evensong with Madrigalia For the first time this year we celebrate a King’s Week Evensong in the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral, sung by the school’s Chamber Choir, under the direction of Nick Todd. At such a busy time, this will offer a rare moment of stillness and reflection.
Sunday 2 July
6pm Cathedral Quire
Jazz Concert The King’s School Big Band returns to the Shirley Hall, for the first time under the direction of Michael Coates and assisted by King’s Head of Jazz, Siggie Aylward, to present an evening of big band favourites. From swing standards to funky classics, and features from star instrumentalists and vocalists, there really is something for everyone in this year’s Jazz Concert. Do also book a table with the King’s Week Kitchen for the Pre-Jazz Dinner to make the evening a very special one indeed.
Monday 3 July
Saxophone Ensemble Our newest ensemble this year is The King’s School Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Mr Colin Welch. This versatile and witty ensemble will present a varied selection of items in the welcoming setting of the marquee.
Sunday 2 July
3.15pm Green Court Marquee
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7.30pm Shirley Hall
Three recent OKS – Hector Page (2008), Edmund Whitehead (2011), and Robbie Ellison (2015) – firm favourites of the recent past and now professional musicians, are back in town for one day only to give you a relaxed afternoon of jazz classics.
Sunday 2 July
4.30pm Green Court Marquee
House Harmonies This popular event makes a welcome return to King’s Week, featuring each house over the course of two afternoons (Part 1 & Part 2). Strictly not a competition, House Harmonies offers a chance to hear a selection of musical items ranging from popular music to close harmony, many of which have been performed earlier in the year at individual House Concerts.
MUSIC
OKS Jazz Trio
Part 1: Monday 3 July
2.30pm Green Court Marquee Performances by the Main School Houses (WL, CY, MT, GL, SH, JR, KD, MR).
Composers’ Concert A selection of students’ A level and GCSE compositions will be performed in a relaxed workshop setting giving us an opportunity to hear some highly imaginative and accomplished pieces in a variety of styles and genres.
Part 2: Tuesday 4 July
2pm Green Court Marquee Performances by the Triangle and St. Augustine’s Houses (LN, LX, MO, BY, BR, TR, HH, GR).
Tuesday 4 July
5pm Old Synagogue
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MUSIC
Choirs in the Quire In a celebration of the great choral Anthem, the combined choirs of The King’s School will come together in the magnificent setting of the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral to revisit works performed in school services during the year, with music from the Renaissance to the present day. The event is directed by Head of Singing, Nick Todd.
Tuesday 4 July
3.15pm Cathedral Quire
Impressions: A Concert of French Music A celebration of French composers whose contribution to music defined a new language of expression within the musical discourse. Comprising piano duets, solo works and chamber pieces, a select group of musicians aim to present a cross-section of the impressionist period’s finest offerings. Works by Ravel and SaintSaëns will feature, accompanied by selections from Fauré’s Songs, Debussy’s Piano Works and Poulenc’s Chamber Music. Accompanying the music will be a selection of hors d’oeuvres and refreshments to make this intimate concert a very special event indeed.
Tuesday 4 July
6pm St Augustine’s Refectory
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The final event of King’s Week showcases the talents of The King’s School Symphony Orchestra along with solo performances from two of our senior musicians.
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Gala Symphony Concert
Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet opens the concert, full of musical characterisation – the soaring love theme and calmness of Friar Lawrence contrasting with the violence of the feuding Montagues and Capulets. There are fireworks from flautist Lottie Johnson in Benoit’s Flute Concerto – A Symphonic Tale while Valerie Suen is soloist in Hummel’s everpopular Trumpet Concerto. The concert ends with a complete performance of the Organ Symphony by Saint-Saëns – his greatest orchestral masterpiece about which he stated, ‘I gave everything I was able to give; what I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again.’ It is written for a large orchestra, and organ, installed in the Shirley Hall especially for the occasion, giving depth and grandeur to the sumptuous score – a spectacular close to King’s Week 2017!
Wednesday 5 July
7.30pm Shirley Hall Black Tie
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This event requires a ticket. Drama Music Spoken Word Tours Green Court Art & Sport
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Cathedral Archives Tour
House Chess
The Voice
Monday 3 July Tuesday 4 July
Lab on The Lawn Cathedral Pre Fête Stalls Cream Tea
Delivery of King’s Week Bake Off cakes Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) Show Jumping & Classic Car Rally Cricket (Noon start - 6 pm) KW Hamper Acoustic Corner
OKS Swimming Gala (11.00-12.30pm)
Wednesday 5 July
KW Challenge
Music at Lunchtime Cricket (10 am - 6 pm) Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) Super Speedy Car Challenge (Heats)
KW Challenge
OKS Fencing Rowing Regatta
KiDaCo Art Exhibition Private View
Lab on The Lawn Saxophones
Literary Tour 1 Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
Kitchen
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Thursday 29 June Friday 30 June
Plan your King’s Week. Tick the box beside each event.
Saturday 1 July
Key
Sunday 2 July
AT A GLANCE
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OKS Ja Poetry Slam
Ergathon (All day)
Fête Stalls
House Harmonies Part 1 Music at Lunchtime KW Lecture 3 Poetry Slam Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) Cricket (11.30 - 6pm) Speeches in CH Super Speedy Car Challenge Café Théâtre
KW Challenge
The Canter Red Hot Chili Peppe Circus Skills KW Lecture 4
Choirs in the Quire Art Exhibitions (All afternoon)
Boat Naming
Music at Lunchtime Cricket (11.30 - 6pm) House Harmonies Part 2 Cathedral Precinct Tour
Lab on The Lawn G.C. Finals
Art Exhibitions (All afternoon) KiDaCo Red Hot Chili Peppers
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P I C N I C S
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Film Festival Shakespeare
KW Hamper
ecinct Tour Everyman Red Hot Chili Peppers KW Lecture 1 Everyman Shakespeare
Literary Tour 2 Shakespeare
KW Hamper KW Lecture 2
rbury Tales (Junior King’s) ers Shakespeare
Everyman Acoustic Corner KW Lecture 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers Composers’ Concert KiDaCo Shakespeare
Al Fresco Dinner
The Serenade
Virtuosi A Streetcar Named Desire
Evensong
Everyman
azz Trio
Jazz on a Summer Sunset
AT A GLANCE
Thursday Night is Music Night
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pre-Jazz Dinner
Impressions
Jazz Concert
Dinner Tasting Menu A Streetcar Named Desire
Gala Symphony Concert
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SPOKEN WORD
Shakespeare Corner ‘Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds’. (William Shakespeare, Henry VIII). Don’t just talk about it; come, listen, and even take part in the reading of various sonnets and speeches by William Shakespeare in the beautiful surroundings of the Cathedral Herb Garden.
Friday 30 June to Tuesday 4 July 5.30pm Cathedral Herb Garden
Speeches in the Chapter House Make your way to the Cathedral’s historic Chapter House to witness ten intrepid Removes take part in declamatory battle! The lucky winner of each English IGCSE class will offer his/her presentation of up to 40 lines of text from modern-day film to the oratorical fireworks of political speech, to the exquisite drama of Shakespeare and anything in between. All welcome!
Monday 3 July
12 noon, Chapter House
Film Festival The Film Festival is an opportunity for students to showcase their independent film making talents. In this collection of shorts, you can expect narrative works, montages, effects, and more.
Friday 30 June
4.45pm Schoolroom
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Showcasing their general knowledge, in this University Challenge-style competition, academic department teams of staff and pupils will compete for the honour of winning this ever-popular competition. Will the Mathematics Department make it a hat-trick of King’s Week victories? Test yourself and enjoy our very own battle of the brains.
Friday 30 June
4pm Green Court Pod Also Saturday 1 July 4.30pm Finals: Monday 3 July 3.45pm
Extended Projects The Extended Project is a qualification that requires pupils 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.
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Reception Marquee, Green Court
King’s Week Lectures Each lecture will be 10-20 minutes long. All lectures are in the Schoolroom. Saturday 1 July 5.15pm Is Britain a European Peculiarity? by George Palmer (6a GL) How important was nationalism in classical music? by Francis Bushell (6b GL)
SPOKEN WORD
The King’s Week Challenge
Sunday 2 July 5.15pm Living with Disabilities by Theo Davies-Jones (5th LN) Business whilst boarding by Alexander Choi (5th TR) Monday 3 July 1.45pm The character of Satan in John Milton’s Paradise Lost by Millie Butler-Gallie (6b LX) Cambodian Genocide by Isabella Taylor (6b JR) Tuesday 4 July 5.15pm Did the Pre-Raphaelites break with the conventions of academic art of the time? by David Lipton (6b LN) Can music express political views? by Oscar Saarbach (6b GR) Think why, not what – the philosophy of success by Daniel Koo (Rem GR)
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Poetry Slam
Café Théâtre
Poetry does battle with performance as pupils rap and read their very own poems to a baying panel of judges – you, the audience. Hold up your mark to see who will win this year’s poetry slam, presented by professional poet Dan Simpson in this atmospheric Norman performance space, reminiscent of Shakespearean times gone by.
French café culture and cabaret comes to King’s! Enjoy a glass of wine and some hors d’oeuvres (included in the ticket price) whilst being entertained by French drama, music, song and dance. A real treat for Francophiles.
Sunday 2 July
3.45pm Memorial Court
Mind’s Eye Magazine Now in its seventh year, Mind’s Eye, the School’s unique annual magazine of topical articles, written by pupils, will be available throughout King’s Week at the Box Office. [All donations for charity gratefully received]
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The Box Office
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Tuesday 4 July
1pm Pupils’ Social Centre
These historical tours, led by the Canterbury Cathedral guides, will take you on a walk through the Precincts and its fascinating heritage of both Cathedral and School.
Friday 30 June
4:30pm Dark Entry [1 hr] Also Tuesday 4 July 1:30pm
Cathedral Archives & Library Tour Dating back to the 8th century, records in the Cathedral Archives’ collection include the medieval charters of the Cathedral priory, historic maps, photographs, and fragments of medieval books. One of the most famous and popular documents is the Accord of Winchester, the 11th century document, signed by William the Conqueror, which establishes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York.
The Literary Tour This tour is an opportunity to see some of the School’s outstanding literary treasures. The Maugham Library includes some 2,000 books given by OKS author Somerset Maugham. The manuscripts in the Walpole Collection provide a fascinating insight into English literature with examples from Sir Walter Scott, the Brontës, Wilkie Collins, Kipling, First World War poets, DH Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, as well as OKS authors Walter Pater, Patrick Leigh Fermor and Hugh Walpole himself. Recent acquisitions include items by Alan Bennett, John Betjeman, BS Johnson, Philip Larkin, Sylvia Plath and JRR Tolkien.
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Cathedral Precincts Tour
[Takings from the ticket price will go towards the upkeep and expansion of these fine Collections]
Sunday 2 July
3pm & 5.15pm Norman Staircase [1 hr]
Friday 30 June
1:30pm Dark Entry [1 hr]
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GREEN COURT
Green Court Finals
Lab on the Lawn
Similar to Chariots of Fire (1924) one member from each house will race around the outside of the 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.
This year’s Lab on the Lawn will feature ‘immersive experiences’. Sit in a closed dome and experience the wonder of the night sky, learn about the earth in the time of the dinosaurs and investigate the origins of life. Come and enjoy this vibrant hands-on exhibition and variety of science-based demonstrations; learning is fun for people of all ages.
Friday 30 June
3.30pm Green Court Pod Also Sunday 2 July 3.30pm & Tuesday 4 July 3.30pm
Tuesday 4 July
4.15pm Green Court
Regal Games Enjoy croquet on the grass of King’s, and super-sized outdoor chess on the stones near the Norman staircase, along with cornhole, a game with East Sussex origins and made by the DT department. Do come and test your skill in these stunning arenas. All Week Green Court
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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.
Thursday to Tuesday 3–5pm Green Court
Circus Skills Impress your friends with circus skills taught by professional diaboloist, juggler and object manipulator Paul Incredible. Although there are no high wires or elephants this year, all ages and abilities are welcome to show off their other circus skills!
Monday 3 July
3.30pm Green Court
Fête Stalls Various games and classic stalls will be on offer to challenge your skills. All monies raised will go towards the King’s Week nominated charity.
Saturday 1 July
3.30pm Lattergate Lawn Also Monday 3 July 3.30pm
KW Bake Off Do you see yourself as the next celebrity baker or do you just enjoy baking for pleasure? Bake your own cake at home and display it in King’s Week for all to see (and eventually taste). Local experts from selected Canterbury restaurants will judge the cakes and award prizes for each category. You can enter either or both of the following categories:
GREEN COURT
Tea Tent
A: The Technical Challenge (Millionaire’s Shortbread) B: The Showstopper Entry is free, but you will need to book a ticket to register and be sent further information (including the Technical Challenge recipe). Winners will be announced during the cream tea event (for which tickets need to be purchased separately, although standing room is free). [On eating the cakes donations to charity will be gratefully accepted.]
Saturday 1 July
1-3pm Cake Delivery 4pm Prize Ceremony Green Court Marquee
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ART & SPORT
Art Exhibition
Art in The Precincts
Blackfriars and the King’s Street Studios are again playing host to our annual Art and Photography exhibition showing work from all year groups. The major A Level exhibition will be in Blackfriars, with outdoor sculptures by the 6b students exhibited in the garden. GCSE and Shell work will be displayed in both Blackfriars and King’s Street, with separate exhibitions in the ceramic studio on the ground floor, and the photography department on the first floor. An art trail of further work can be found throughout the school.
These smaller galleries have been created by a variety of students with the freedom to work on a larger scale. Exhibited work will include this year’s House Art, based on the theme of ‘My Favourite Painting’, but you should also be sure to visit Maddie Reeves on The Green Court on Sunday and Monday afternoons where she will be undertaking a huge piece of work entitled King’s Week Portraits – feel free to pick up a paint brush and join her.
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Plane Tree Court & The Green Court
2-6pm Blackfriars & King’s Street
Artist in Residence
Lilford Gallery
Mike Owen is a professional photographer, having worked for many years in the world of fashion and celebrities. For the past year Mike has also been working with our students, imparting invaluable knowledge and experience. This year’s Artist in Residence Exhibition will display Mike’s observations of The King’s School through his unique eye. Do come along to see the School from a different perspective.
Work specially created for the Lilford gallery on Palace Street and King’s Week will be on display in a commercial setting, allowing students to work with the gallery and learn everything that comes with hanging a professional exhibition in a commercial space.
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Lilford Gallery, Palace Street
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All week
All week
Old Grange Hall
Super-Speedy Car Challenge
Following the success of Great Britain’s equestrian team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, we invite you to watch our very own riders compete in the annual King’s Week Show Jumping event. Alongside three cricket matches and two OKS tennis matches will be horses, rugby players, classic cars, ice creams, champagne tents, strawberries, and plenty of King’s match teas.
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.
All owners of a classic car are invited to park in the special paddock in front of the Show Jumping arena (please register your classic car with the Box Office before June 29th). Prizes for the best in show will be awarded at 4pm. Saddle and seat; racquet and bat; round ball and odd shaped ball; Birley’s will be a festival of sport.
Saturday 1 July
Picnics 12-1pm (King’s Week Hampers can be delivered to Birley’s for collection – please order these separately) Show Jumping 1-4pm [Dependent on ground conditions]
ART & SPORT
Show Jumping & Classic Car Rally
Monday 3 July
1:30pm Early Rounds 3pm Finals 4pm Address & Awards Also Friday 1 July 1.30pm (KSC teams only)
Cricket Support would be most welcome at Birley’s for the following 1st XI cricket matches during King’s Week: Friday: T20 1st XI tournament v Sevenoaks, Sutton Valence, The Judd Saturday: 1st & 2nd XI v OKS Monday: 1st XI v Band of Brothers Tuesday: 1st XI v Caterham
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ART & SPORT
House Chess Final
OKS Swimming Gala
Witness first-hand the natural drama and tension as teams fight for dominance of the chequered board. With only 15 minutes per player on the clock, the matches are eminently watchable. Even for the non-aficionado, these nervewracking blitz games are sure to pique interest. Which team will claim intellectual supremacy?
King’s School Team v Staff v OKS
Friday 30 June
4.15pm Memorial Court
Boat Naming Ceremony We are delighted to be able to name two new boats, a coxed four and a single, that have recently been added to the King’s fleet. Do join us in a glass of bubbly to celebrate their arrival.
Tuesday 4 July 3.45 Green Court
The OKS Swimming Gala promises to be a close event, with county champions, school swimming captains and team members both past and present competing. Events will include a timed handicapped swim and a family relay, alongside a raffle to support the chosen charity for King’s Week. In 2016, after a nailbiting final event, the competition was tied on points between the King’s School and the OKS/Staff team. Who will be victorious this year? Come and find out.
Come down to the Westbere Lakes and enjoy a barbecue before trying out some rowing yourself. For those more experienced, feel free to race against current members of The King’s School Boat Club along a 350 metre sprint course. Minibus transport to and from the Westbere Lakes will be available from the Mint Yard Gate on the hour throughout the afternoon.
Please contact Pam Murray for further details/offers to compete! (pm@kings-school.co.uk).
Fencing
Sunday 2 July
11am Recreation Centre
Ergathon Boat Club members from all years will be doing a 12 hour row in aid of charity throughout the day – rain or shine. Feel free to join in and see if we can beat last year’s total distance!
Monday 3 July
7.30am - 5pm Green Court
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King’s Week Regatta
Sunday 2 July
2-5pm Green Court
‘Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear’ (Maximus, Gladiator 2000). Come and watch this gladiatorial sport in the shadow of the Cathedral. Current King’s pupils v the OKS. Who will win their freedom? If you fancy yourself as an apprentice gladiator you can even give it a try using our foam swords!
Saturday 1 July 3pm Green Court
Under the careful tuition of professional chef Olivia Wacher (OKS), our sixth form chefs will undergo a week of intensive training. As well as offering the King’s Week Hamper (on Friday, Saturday and Sunday) they will prepare three al fresco dinners for dining on Plane Tree Court. All produce will be locally sourced, and all homemade foods will be created by the pupils in the Hamper Kitchen (aka The JCR, beneath the Shirley Hall). Menus for each dinner can be found on the King’s Week website.
Al Fresco Dinner Why not treat yourself to a 3 course dinner following the Thursday Night is Music Night concert. The perfect way to end the first King’s Week evening.
Thursday 29 June 7pm Plane Tree Court
Pre-Jazz Dinner Is King’s Week too busy to find time to eat? Then book a table for a fast light dinner before the Monday evening Jazz Concert, on the lawns in front of the Shirley Hall.
Monday 3 July
5.45pm Plane Tree Court
Fine Dining Tasting Menu A stand-alone event, enjoy this fabulous six course tasting menu prepared by our student chefs – a unique opportunity to enjoy a summer’s evening on the penultimate day of King’s Week.
The King’s Week Hamper
(for 4+ people)
Includes: One wicker hamper, bamboo cutlery, plates, bowls & plastic wine glasses. Marinated olives, cheese straws, red onion marmalade, tzatziki and carrot & garlic dip, spinach & sundried tomato tortilla; red onion, beetroot and feta quinoa salad; Bowyers brie, slow cooked English ham, Kent Crisps, pitta breads, crudité, goats cheese stuffed peppers, chocolate brownies, strawberries & cream, one bottle of Kingsdown still water, one bottle of King’s Orchard apple juice. [Prosecco & wine to buy separately]
KITCHEN
King’s Week Kitchen
Friday 30 June
Collection 5.30-7pm Pupils’ Social Centre Also Saturday 1 July 12-1.30pm (Birley’s Show Jumping Arena), Sunday 2 July 5.30-7pm Please place your order by 24 June NB: Further drinks (incl. wine) can be purchased on collection.
Tuesday 4 July
7pm Plane Tree Court
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Location Map
All tickets can be booked through our website
www.kings-week.co.uk Prices
King’s Week Box Office Information Please use the online booking system at www.kings-week.co.uk
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During King’s Week tickets will only be available from the Green Court marquee Box Office (1.30 - 5pm), or on the door of the event.
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If wheelchair access is required please contact the Box Office. Due to the huge popularity of King’s Week, bookings are restricted to 6 tickets per event. We are unable to reserve tickets without payment.
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One complimentary ticket may be claimed for one performance of each event in which your son or daughter is appearing.
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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.
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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 A Streetcar Named Desire, Virtuosi, the Jazz Concert and the Gala Symphony Concert includes a drink during the interval.
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Refunds will not be possible after Monday 26 June.
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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.
King’s Week Kitchen Pre-Jazz Dinner Al Fresco Dinner Fine Dining Tasting Menu King’s Week Hamper (for 4+)
£25 £30 £40 £60
Drama Everyman £7 KiDaCo £7 Canterbury Tales £7 A Streetcar Named Desire £10 Music Thursday Night is Music Night £7 Red Hot Chili Peppers £7 Cream Tea £7 Virtuosi £8 Impressions £10 Gala Symphony Concert £10 Jazz Concert £10 Serenade £10 Jazz on a Summer Sunset £14 Spoken Word & Tours Cathedral Precincts Tour Literary Tour Café Théâtre Cathedral Archives & Library Tour
BOOKING INFORMATION
HOW TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS
£5 £5 £10 £15
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 The Box Office, The King’s School, Canterbury CT1 2ES Telephone: 01227 595778 Email: boxoffice@kings-school.co.uk Twitter: @kingsweekupdate
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