Eliot College, University of Kent

Two weeks until opening night of our FREE new winter comedy, the Taming of the Crew. Written and directed by the superb Charlotte Groombridge (writer of The King's Head, director of all our pantos) this show is sure to be a barrel of laughs.

Get your tickets now - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/canterbury-shakespeare-festival

Tom Wilkinson ex-University of Kent student RIP:

Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75 The British star won a Bafta for the hit 1997 film, and was nominated for two Oscars.

Canterbury Shakespeare Festival's production of The Changling by Thomas Middleton on Friday evening in Eliot College Cloister Court.



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Canterbury Shakespeare Festival's production of The Changling by Thomas Middleton on Friday evening in Eliot College Cloister Court.



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Canterbury Shakespeare Festival's production of The Changling by Thomas Middleton on Friday evening in Eliot College Cloister Court.



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Canterbury Shakespeare Festival's production of The Changling by Thomas Middleton on Friday evening in Eliot College Cloister Court.

The Changeling had a brilliant opening night, but there's still three more chances to see it. Tonight at 7.30pm and tomorrow at 2pm and 7.30pm

Depending on weather, we'll either be in Eliot College Courtyard or the Forest Drama Studio - both in the same building at the University of Kent, so head on up, rain or shine!

Tickets available on the door or at https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/festivals/canterbury-shakespeare-festival-2023/

Sunset on campus on Wednesday.

The Templeman is putting on an exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publishing of TS Eliot's The Waste Land poem, the launch will be on Monday 12 December. As I am sure you know Eliot College is named after TS Eliot, and from first opening the College established and maintained contact with Valerie TS Eliot's widow. The College ran an annual TS Eliot Memorial Lecture given by many great names from literature. The College also put together a small, but important collection of artworks featuring the poet, along with first editions of his works, some of these will feature in the exhibition.

Back in the 1960s when they were designing the University the chief architect William Holford produced a picture of what his vision was. Eliot College had one of the pictures, it's now in the Templeman archives, however I've just discovered that the Royal Academy has a copy as well: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/design-for-library-eliot-college-and-rutherford-college-university-of-kent

Design for Library, Eliot College and Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent: perspective | Works of Art | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.

This time in two weeks, twill be the night before auditions!

Auditions for this year's Canterbury Shakespeare Festival are going to be on the 12th & 13th March for in person. The 12th March will be 11am - 4pm at St Peter's Anglican Church on St Peter's Street, and the 13th will be 11am - 4pm in the Grimond Building at the University of Kent.

Sign Up Here: https://forms.gle/bAVFE5qQotZnf7jN9

The lineup for this year's festival will be as follows:

Henry IV, Part I - Directed by Sarah Lockyer (21st - 24th, 31st July, 7th & 14th August)

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Directed by Matthew Hahn (28th - 30th July)

Richard II - Directed by Michael Gould (4th - 6th August)

Sir Thomas More - Directed by John Moss (11th - 13th August)

Peter & Ignez - Directed by Niara Martins de Souza (26th-27th July, 2nd-3rd & 9th-10th August)

This was the Eliot College Christmas card in 2012, the students were outside Becket Court.

The University in 1966...

More photos of Canterbury Shakespeare Festival's performance of "Mary Stuart" in Eliot College in 2019.

Canterbury Shakespeare Festival is about to begin this year's programme. Two years ago the company's players performed "Mary Stuart" in Eliot Cloister Garden.