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JAM on the Marsh · 4-14 July 2024

Edith Nesbit, one of UK’s favourite authors and writer of The Railway Children, lived in Romney Marsh and Dymchurch, next to the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Edith Nesbit Society presents at JAM on the Marsh festival.

4 July · Thursday · 1:30pm

Cinemarsh · New Romney

TALK

Celebrating Edith Nesbit

Uncover the writer behind The Railway Children with the Edith Nesbit Society

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Jenny Agutter stars in adaptation of Edith Nesbit’s 'The Railway Children'. JAM on the Marsh screens the film in Cinemarsh.

4 July · Thursday · 3:00pm

Cinemarsh · New Romney

FILM

The Railway Children

Watch this iconic 1970’s family film starring Jenny Agutter OBE

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JAM on the Marsh Festival Curator Nicholas Cleobury shares the inspiration behind the programme of art, music and theatre.JAM on the Marsh Festival Curator Nicholas Cleobury shares the inspiration behind the programme of art, music and theatre.

4 July · Thursday · 6:00pm

The Assembly Rooms · New Romney

TALK

Festival Launch

Hear Nicholas Cleobury’s vision for JAM on the Marsh 2024

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Changeling Theatre perform Noel Coward's comedy 'Present Laughter' at JAM on the Marsh.

4 July · Thursday · 7:00pm

Old School Garden · New Romney 

THEATRE

Present Laughter

A light-hearted farce that celebrates playwright Noël Coward
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Composers John Frederick Hudson and Jago Thornton discuss their JAM on the Marsh Festival Commissions with librettist Esme Lloyd and Paul Mealor.

5 July · Friday · 6:00pm

The Assembly Rooms · New Romney

TALK

Meet the Composers

John Frederick Hudson and Jago Thornton talk to Paul Mealor about their new works 

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Ben Goldscheider, Mark Padmore and London Mozart Players perform Holst, Delius & Elgar and world premieres by John Frederick Hudson and Jago Thornton at JAM on the Marsh.

5 July · Friday · 7:00pm

St Nicholas Church · New Romney 

ORCHESTRA

From Holst to Hudson

Mark Padmore and Ben Goldscheider join the London Mozart Players 

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Rosie Moon performs 12 Dragonetti Waltzes on a rare 3-string Gagliano double bass at JAM on the Marsh.

6 July · Saturday · 11:00am

St Clement Church · Old Romney

RECITAL

12 Dragonetti Waltzes

Rosie Moon performs on a 1732, 3-string Gagliano double bass

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Pianist Anna Tilbrook, violinist Madeleine Mitchell and clarinettist David Campbell perform works by Delius, Elgar, Holst, Maxwell Davies and Birtwistle at JAM on the Marsh.

6 July · Saturday · 3:00pm

St Dunstan · Snargate

CHAMBER

1934

A Changing Sound World

Chamber music from Elgar, Holst and Delius to Maxwell Davies

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Holst Singers, conductor Stephen Layton, Onyx Brass and organist Jeremy Cole perform music by Britten, Howells and Walton and JAM Commission from Joseph Phibbs at JAM on the Marsh.

6 July · Saturday · 7:00pm

St Leonard · Hythe

CHORAL

A Choral Feast

British conductor Stephen Layton MBE makes his festival debut with the Holst Singers 

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JAM Sinfonia performs Strauss waltzes and Haydn, arranged by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern, members of the Second Viennese School at JAM on the Marsh.

7 July · Sunday · 3:00pm

St Leonard · Hythe

CHAMBER

An Afternoon in Vienna

Join Strauss and Haydn for a trip to the Austrian capital

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Onyx Brass perform Bob Chilcott’s fun choral work A Sporting Chance together with school children and enthusiastic community singers from the Romney Marsh Community Hub, conducted by Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek.

9 July · Tuesday · 2:00pm

St Nicholas · New Romney

CHORAL

Community Singing

Hear our multigenerational choir come together for the first time

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Stephen Farr, one of the UK’s finest keyboard players, performs Bach’s masterpiece The Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord.

6 July · Saturday · 7:00pm

St George · Ivychurch

RECITAL

The Goldberg Variations

Bach’s masterpiece performed on the harpsichord by Stephen Farr

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JAM on the Marsh offers a tour to Prospect Cottage, the former home of iconic gay-rights activist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.

10 July · Wednesday · 9:30am – 4pm 

Prospect Cottage · Romney Marsh

VISIT

Prospect Cottage

A chance to explore inside
Derek Jarman’s famous Dungeness home

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JAM on the Marsh presents Derek Jarman’s film adaptation of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, including WWI poetry by Wilfred Owen and stars Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier and Sean Bean.

10 July · Wednesday · 3:00pm

Cinemarsh · New Romney

FILM

War Requiem

A rare opportunity to watch one of Jarman’s finest films with music by Benjamin Britten

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Mark Farrelly performs his solo play about artist Derek Jarman at JAM on the Marsh.

10 July · Wednesday · 7:00pm

Marsh Academy Theatre · New Romney 

THEATRE

Jarman

A one-person play by Mark Farelly about the life of Derek Jarman 

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Kent outdoor theatre company Changeling Theatre performs William Shakespeare’s Henry V at JAM on the Marsh.

11 July · Thursday · 7:00pm

Old School Garden · New Romney

THEATRE

Henry V

One of Shakespeare’s great plays is given the ‘Changeling treatment’

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Michael Bawtree conducts new JAM on the Marsh Festival Orchestra. Professional musicians of London Mozart Players, community players from the Romney Marsh, violinist Aki Blendis and pianist John Frederick Hudson perform Vaughan William’s The Lark Ascending and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

12 July · Friday · 7:00pm

St Nicholas · New Romney

ORCHESTRA

JAM Festival Orchestra

Takes on an audacious programme with the London Mozart Players with soloist Aki Blendis

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Piano-violin duo Simon and Saoko Blendis and their son Aki Blendis perform Mozart, Britten and Gershwin at JAM on the Marsh.

13 July · Saturday · 11:00am

St Leonard · Hythe

CHAMBER

The Blendis Trio

A coffee concert with a ‘Super Group’ performing Mozart to Britten and Gershwin

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Royal College of Music students perform four new short operas written by the participants of JAM on the Marsh Composers’ Residency. The libretti by Grahame Davies celebrate filmmaker Derek Jarman.

13 July · Saturday · 3:00pm

St Nicholas · New Romney

OPERA

Four Short Operas

Hear four new 15-minute operas written during the festival 

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The Canterbury Cathedral Choir and London Mozart Players perform Fauré’s Requiem, music by Stanford, Gabirel Jackson, Janet Wheeler and Jack Oades at JAM on the Marsh. The concert includes poetry by Grahame Davies.

13 July · Saturday · 7:00pm

St Leonard · Hythe

CHORAL

Fauré Requiem

Canterbury Cathedral Choir joins the London Mozart Players in performing this masterwork

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JAM on the Marsh Festival Curator Nicholas Cleobury conducts the JAM Sinfonia in a concert including Mahlers’ Symphony No 4 and Cameron Biles-Liddell Flute Concerto.

14 July · Sunday · 3:00pm

St Nicholas · New Romney

ORCHESTRA

Mahler 4

Nicholas Cleobury brings a symphony to the Marsh for the first time in his final concert as Festival Curator

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Exhibitions announced soon.