Murder, music and pies
When you’re feeling hungry, there’s nothing like a nice tasty pie. And Mrs Lovett makes the best, thanks to the unique ingredients supplied to her by Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Their story is this year’s drama club production by students from Valley Park School and will be performed at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone until Saturday. Aaron Frith plays Todd, a role performed on the big screen by Johnny Depp; Nicole Kakel is Mrs Lovett and Sophie Earl is Johanna. There are 65 students in the cast in total, with ages ranging from 11 to 18. The music is by Stephen Sondheim. Tickets start at £9 from the box office on 01622 758611. speare’s Hamlet starting at 7.15pm. Tickets available from www. changeling-theatre.com St Andrew’s Church outing: Unfortunately there are not yet enough people signed up for the planned Saturday, September 2 outing to Colchester Zoo. Hopefully a trip will still go ahead. Contact Liz on 01622 204569 for information if you are interested in supporting this venture. Food Bank: The St Margaret’s Church food bank collection continues. Donations of food and other items are taken to the Pilsdown at West Malling, where they are distributed to locals in need. To donate non-perishable food items and/or toiletries, there is a plastic box in the porch. St John’s CEP School, Provender Way, Grove Green, under the baton of music director Andrew Lowen. It will include: Stanford – Songs of the Fleet; Vaugh Williams –Five Mystical Songs and music featured in the Last Night of the Proms. Tickets cost £10, full time students free, available on 01634 666730 or email tickets@bearstedchoral.org. uk Also available on the door. Looking for owner: One gents black umbrella, one small leather jacket and one Hoya camera filter. Contact Rosemary on 01622 739460. Fair committee meeting: The general committee will meet on July 17 at 8pm in Madginford Hall. Parish council: The full council will
meet on Tuesday, July 11 at 7.30pm Classic cars: Cars on the Green
returns again this year on July 30. Cricket club: The first XI travel to Shipbourne and the 2nd XI host Bidborough on Saturday.