Saturday April 5th (Museum Opening weekend)             

Short readings, in the museum, throughout the afternoon, taken from various Dickens novels.

Saturday June 14th (as part of the Dickens Festival)          

The Eatanswill Election from Pickwick Papers

Nuckell’s Gardens. (Opposite the Dickens museum, Broadstairs). Free entrance                                                            

A light-hearted piece where Mr Pickwick learns that elections and voting may not be the honest and well managed affairs he might have taken them to be.  We invite you to draw parallels with today!    There is audience participation, and we invite you to join in the fun.

August (date tba)

The Tuggses at Ramsgate

Italianate glasshouse – King George VI park. -  Fellowship members only.

A light-hearted piece describing the sudden elevation in wealth of the Tuggs family and their subsequent downfall while on their much-anticipated trip to Ramsgate.

September (date tba) 

Dickens Women 

Bleak House – Fellowship meeting but guests are welcome for a small fee

Various readings focusing on the female characters from Dickens 

Saturday October 4th                                                       

A Dickensian Murder Mystery

St Peters Church – Main Community hall. -  A public ticketed event open to all

A murder mystery evening with a Dickensian theme. The evening will comprise a dramatic reading from which the audience will be invited to find the murderer, motive, and modus operandi.  A fun evening and you don’t need to be a Dickens expert!

Saturday November 1st (Dickens Museum Closing weekend)             

Short readings, in the museum, throughout the afternoon, taken from various Dickens novels.

Tuesday November 18th (St Peter’s Ladies)                     

The Tuggses at Ramsgate

St Peter’s Ladies – Private performance       

November (date tba)

The Signalman

Droit House, Margate. -  A public ticketed event open to all

Dickens’ only ghost story performed brilliantly as a monologue

Saturday December 6th and 7th 

A Christmas Carol

Saturday at the Salvation Army Hall, Ramsgate – public ticketed event open to all

Sunday at the Pavilion, Broadstairs – public ticketed event open to all

The timeless story of Scrooge and his Christmas Eve visitations teaching us a still valid lesson on how people can change.   

All proceeds from ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be donated to the Salvation Army and NSPCC Charities.