Saturday 17th February, 2018
Theatre Visit
1.45pm Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs, Kent

The Society has arranged a visit to the Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs, Kent on Saturday 17th February 2018 to see ‘The Onion at the End’ by Roy Kendall.  The winner of the Terence Rattigan Society Award, this World Premier is set in a seaside town in the 1930s.  Two entertainers who share the same dressing room but otherwise little in common team up as a comedy act with resulting issues for them, their landlady and her son, plus a theatre producer always on the lookout for future stars! 
Julian Fellowes (The Lord Fellowes of West Stafford D.L) presented Roy with a cheque for £2,500 at the ceremony at Harrow School and the other half of the prize was a professional performance of the play at the Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs by The Sarah Thorne Theatre Company.
We have made the following arrangements and hope that many of you will be able to join us in such an exciting and memorable event for the Society:
1.45-2.30pm: 		Join us in the theatre bar for a glass of prosecco before the play.
2.30pm: 		‘The Onion at the End’ will be performed.  
Approx 4.30pm: 	There will be an opportunity to meet the cast of the play and enjoy a buffet tea of sandwiches, rolls, savouries, meat platter, cheese platter and assorted cakes and a cup of tea or coffee. Alcoholic drinks can be purchased from the theatre bar.
The theatre: For further information about the Sarah Thorne Theatre kindly go to their website: http://www.sarahthornetheatre.co.uk
Travel to Broadstairs: Travel to Broadstairs is very easy.  The theatre is at Fordoun Road, Broadstairs CT10 2BN.  There are disabled parking spaces at the theatre and free on-street parking nearby.  The theatre is a short distance from Broadstairs railway station and there are frequent trains from St Pancras which take approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.  We would suggest perhaps catching the 11.09 (arrives Broadstairs 12.33) or the 12.12 (arrives 13.33) to get to the theatre in good time.  Trains back to St Pancras in the evening are again frequent.  Do make sure you get the fast train via Ashford and please do check train times before travelling as these are subject to change between now and February!  
Staying in Broadstairs: There is a blues festival on in Broadstairs that weekend so hotels are already getting booked up but there are a number of hotels nearby in Ramsgate if anyone would like to stay for the weekend.
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B O O K I N G   F O R M
Event	No. of places	Cost	
Theatre visit including theatre ticket, meet the cast and buffet tea		£25 per person	
Prosecco before the show and tea/coffee after the show are included.  All other alcoholic drinks to be paid for individually on the day.			
TOTAL:  I enclose a cheque for			
Name - please also state name of your guest (s)
	
Address:	
Telephone Number:                          e-mail:	

Please make your cheque payable to “The Terence Rattigan Society” and return it AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to:- 	Ms Susan Cooper, 21 Oak Road, Tunbridge Wells TN2 3AN
			Tel: 07748 666509 	e-mail: susan.cooper@talktalk.net
(Receipt of all booking forms will be acknowledged)