The University’s Canterbury campus has started sprouting stages ahead of  this year’s ArtsFest extravaganza on Saturday. 

The Marlowe tent will play host to jazz, classical and barbershop performances throughout the afternoon, including the new staff, student and alumni Cecilian Choir, a string ensemble, and various other student groups. Various musical alumni from previous years will also be appearing, so keep an eye out for some familiar faces and some old friends. 

The Eliot stage will showcase community Irish dancing, student stand-up improvised comedy, salsa dancing, performing from the Musical Theatre Society,  and Sing!

Rutherford stage will see performances from community and school groups including St. Stephen’s School, Kent College, the Maridadi Singers and Strode Park Foundation, as well as the University’s own CPAS and Capoeira socieities and more improvsed comedy from student-group Raspberry Crumble.

This year, students in the School of Architecture competed to create the design of the Registry stage; pictured here is the winning design, by Nicholas Sexton, being built. The theme of the stage is recycling: all the materials employed in the stage’s construction were gathered from around the campus, including wood coppiced from near the bomb-crater along the Eliot footpath, and roofing posts from old goal-posts. 

It’s going to be another fantastic event: make sure you’re there! 

ArtsFest: don’t miss out, just turn up!