Caterham Festival helps bring summer vibes to the Valley
Celebrating its 11th year, Caterham Festival is back and bringing a whole host of music, theatre, food and drink and community events to the area from Monday May 20 to Monday July 29.
On top of the entertainment that The Miller Centre, Church Walk Shopping Centre and The Soper Hall often offer in Caterham Valley, this means that there will also be Caterham Food Festival, Caterham Jazz and Blues Festival and a family picnic at Timber Hill recreation ground among other highlights.
Here’s what you can expect from Caterham Festival in Caterham Valley this year:
Monday May 20, 2.30pm
U3A Talk: Art in the Lyons Teashops
United Reformed Church
Neville Lyons, a relative of the founder of Lyons Teashops, will describe how the company’s lithographic project was conceived, managed and publicised and how many of the artists became household names.
Tickets: free
Thursday May 23 to Saturday June 1
The God of Carnage
The Miller Centre
Christopher Hampton’s translation of Yasmina Reza’s sharp-edged play The God of Carnage premiered at the Gielgud Theatre, London, in March 2008. Now it’s coming to Caterham Valley.
Tickets: £9 and £11
Saturday May 25, 10am to 12 noon
Caterham & District Local History Centre
Caterham Valley Library
Caterham & District Local History Centre, which encourages interest in local and family history in the parishes of Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Farleigh, Godstone, Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham, will exhibit their photo collection. Pop in to enjoy images of times past. No booking required.
Tickets: free
Saturday June 1, 9.30am until 3.30pm
Caterham Valley Pop Up Food and Drink Market
Church Walk Shopping Centre
The Caterham Valley Pop Up Food and Drink Market includes a specially selected group of local producers, from Surrey and surrounding counties, showcasing produce such as cheeses, coffee, fudge, bread, pastries, cakes, wine and beer.
Tickets: free
Saturday June 1, 10am to 1pm
Things to do in Caterham
Soper Hall
So, you think there is nothing to do in Caterham? Visit Soper Hall and meet some of the groups that do things for fun in the area – and maybe you’ll find a new hobby to enjoy.
Tickets: free
Saturday June 1, 8pm
Coma
Soper Hall
A moving ensemble piece that explores betrayal and the power of forgiveness, Coma tells the story of a woman who springs awake from a coma brought on by trauma.
Tickets: £8 (concessions £6) from www.prosperotheatre.com
Monday June 3, 7pm
Shoplifters
The Miller Centre
This 2018 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’or winning film is an amusing, moving and heart-breaking film that has been nominated for many awards. Note: this is a Japanese language film with English sub titles.
Tickets: £5 from www.themiller.net
Tuesday June 4, 7pm
A Country House at War
Caterham Valley Library
Caterham & District Local History Centre presents A Country House at War, stories of Marden Park in the Great War by Jennifer King.
Tickets: donations welcome.
Wednesday June 5, doors open 12.15pm
Munch with music
St John’s Church
Caterham Valley’s St John’s Church is hosting a munch with music event featuring musicians from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Tickets: Admission by donation. Tea and coffee available; bring your own sandwich.
Friday June 7, 7.30pm
Caterham Comedy Club featuring Marcel Lucont
Soper Hall
Flâneur, raconteur, bon-viveur, Marcel Lucont is “easily the best French comedian on the UK circuit today” and he’s heading to Caterham Valley.
Tickets: £17.50 on the door or early bird offers at www.houseofstandup.co.uk/caterham
Saturday June 8, 10am to 12 noon
Caterham & District Local History Centre
Caterham Valley Library
Caterham & District Local History Centre, which encourages interest in local and family history in the parishes of Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Farleigh, Godstone, Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham, will exhibit their photo collection. Pop in to enjoy images of times past. No booking required.
Tickets: free
Sunday June 9, 9am to 5pm
The Food Festival
Croydon Road
Caterham Valley transforms into a food and drink festival for the day, with around 40 stalls selling food from local producers. Caterham WI is also hosting Caterham Bake Off. Shuttle buses will run from Wapses Lodge to Croydon Road.
Tickets: free
Friday June 14, 7.30pm
Sing it Another Way
Soper Hall
An evening of cabaret where you can relax and have a drink, or get up and have a go at singing yourself. Hosted by Chris and Nicky Chambers from Another Way Theatre Company.
Tickets: £5 on the door
Saturday June 15, 10am to 3pm
The Miller Centre Open Day
Saturday June 2, 10am to 3pm at The Miller Centre
An “access all areas” backstage tour and a chance to discover the plethora of Miller Centre daytime leisure activities.
Saturday June 15, 7.30pm
Gilbert & Sullivan
St John’s Church
Enjoy a staged production by Utopians Unlimited of Trial by Jury at St John’s Church, as well as performances of your favourite Gilbert and Sullivan songs.
Tickets: £10 from J J Browne & Son (Jewellers) Ltd
Tuesday June 18, 7pm
Come and Sing
United Reformed Church
Enjoy swing music by the Come and Sing community choir accompanied by a jazz trio at the United Reformed Church.
Tickets: TBC
Saturday June 22, 10am to 2pm
Croydon Male Voice Choir
Church Walk Shopping Centre
Croydon Male Voice Choir will be performing various songs throughout the day at Church Walk Shopping Centre.
Tickets: free
Saturday June 22, 10am to 12 noon
Caterham & District Local History Centre
Caterham Valley Library
Caterham & District Local History Centre, which encourages interest in local and family history in the parishes of Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Farleigh, Godstone, Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham, will exhibit their photo collection. Pop in to enjoy images of times past. No booking required.
Tickets: free
Sunday June 23, 1pm to 5pm
Family Picnic
Timber Hill recreation ground
Bring a picnic for an afternoon of fun and games sponsored by Caterham Valley Parish Council. Music, face painting and children’s entertainment. Bring your own picnic and drinks, although water and squash will be freely available.
Tickets: free
Monday June 24, 2.30pm
U3A Talk: Two Kinds of Teardrops
United Reformed Church
Michael Grillo tells the ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ life stories of Roy Orbison and Del Shannon.
Tickets: free
Monday June 24, 7.30pm
Meet local author, Roy Peachey
Soper Hall
Meet local author, Roy Peachey, and learn more about his first novel, called Between Darkness and Light, which is set in and around World War One. It is a novel about blindness, a love story, a war novel in which there is no fighting, and a post-war novel about the meeting of China and the West.
Tickets: free
Thursday June 27 to Saturday July 6
A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
The Miller Centre
Sondheim’s 1973 musical, based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, follows aging actress Desiree Armfeldt, her mother Madame Armfeldt, and a series of interwoven love affairs during one eventful weekend in the country.
Tickets: £9 and £11
Friday June 28, 7pm
Cabaret + Ceilidh = Cabareilidh!
Soper Hall
Enjoy a night of wild ceilidh dancing and cabaret acts with Glimmer Theatre. In between the dances, rest your feet and enjoy cabaret performances.
Tickets: £5 from bethwood@prosperotheatre.com
Saturday June 29, 3pm to 5pm
Cream tea
St John’s Church Hall
Enjoy cream teas in aid of Mothers’ Union projects at St John’s Church Hall. Everyone welcome.
Tickets: free
Sunday June 30, 7pm
Radio Play
Soper Hall
Written by Suzanna Rickman and performed by Prospero Theatre, witness a play performed live for radio in the comfy surrounds of Soper Hall. Following the success of the last year’s radio recording, this is a unique opportunity to watch the unfolding of Suzanna’s latest play and to see how radio drama is performed and recorded.
Tickets: free
Wednesday July 3, 12.15 pm
A Musician’s Guide to a Happy Marriage
St John’s Church
Nadine Andre and Paul Cavaciuti, will perform A Musician’s Guide to a Happy Marriage at St John’s Church.
Tickets: donations accepted. Tea and coffee available; bring your own sandwich.
Monday July 8, 7.30pm
Peterloo
The Miller Centre.
From acclaimed director Mike Leigh, Peterloo is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history.
Tickets: £5 from www.themiller.net
Friday July 12, 7.30pm
Caterham Jazz Festival
The Miller Centre
Jo Harrop and band perform well loved standards from the American songbook – capturing the swinging spirit of 1940s and 50s recordings.
Tickets: TBC
Saturday July 13, 7.30pm
Caterham Jazz Festival
The Miller Centre.
Chris Ingham quartet’s The Jazz of Dudley Moore celebrates the music of one of the finest British jazz pianists of the 1960s, who also just happened to be a successful comedian.
Tickets: TBC
Saturday July 13, 11.30am to 3.30pm
Summer Fair with a Pirate theme
St John’s Church
Pirate activities for children and adults, plus tombolas, Bric-a-Brac, a raffle, a barbecue, beer and Pimm’s, and much, much more.
Tickets: free
Friday July 19 and Saturday July 20
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by the Miller Centre Young Players
The Miller Centre
The Young Players will perform The Miller Centre’s season finale and this year they will be tackling Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, which promises to be lots of fun with a bunch of 90s pop hits thrown into the mix!
Tickets: £6 from www.themiller.net
Sunday July 21, 11.45am
Pet Service
St John’s Church
A service to bless our pets. All well-behaved pets are welcome along with their companions. All pets receive an individual blessing.
Tickets: free
Monday July 29, 2.30pm
U3A Talk: California Dreaming
United Reformed Church
Neil Sadler will talk about “Alcatraz to the Grand Canyon via Route 66” with fascinating stories of places along the route.
Tickets: free
- For more about Caterham Festival and all the events that are taking place in the area, visit caterhamfestival.org
