Canterbury Festival
canterbury festival kent international festival art take place canterbury england surrounding town village including faversham whitstable margate octobernovember includes performance variety type music art comedy circus theatre walk talk science strand featured performance sir willard white michael nyman hugh masekela rebecca stephen texas joanna macgregor van morrison bryn terfel sophie ellisbextor tom allen michael mcintyre ned sherrin ensemble polish national radio symphony orchestra tchaikovsky symphony orchestra endellion brodsky quartet ensemble cordial brass soweto gospel choir venue include canterbury cathedral great hall kent college malthouse theatre king school westgate hall gregory centre music canterbury christ church university initiated george bell time dean canterbury guest artist time included john masefield gustav holst dorothy l sayers eliot whose drama murder cathedral commissioned bell festival within first ten year festival flourished play festival established closely friend canterbury organization dean time city council got together joined force work festival together first time festival got revamping new theatre built canterbury festival started include almost every art form year festival included music visual art cinema theatre literature international event helped festival gain name kent’s international art festival year festival lasted three week festival two week hold event two week festival goer festival also includes thing like classical music contemporary music dance international music comedy talk even walk festival previously national portfolio organization receiving national art funding art council festival currently supported partner principal sponsor canterbury christ church university celebrated ten year partner principal sponsor festival also supported headline sponsor kent college paul robert associate alongside local support funding business organisation trust across east kent well corporate member vice president festival friend canterbury festival presented programme unique event salon perdu spiegeltent art nouveau temporary venue pandemic canterbury festival presented smaller festival october reduced programme socially distanced seating programme included joanna macgregor performing beethoven sonata canterbury festival welcomed light sound artist luxmuralis canterbury cathedral first time presenting shine let light three day light sound installation attended thousand people