Scholarships & Grants

St Edmund’s School (16)
Musical Theatre Summer School

Canterbury District Resident (25)
Cinematography course at London Film Academy

Simon Langton School (14)
Musical Theatre Course at Birds College

Canterbury District Resident (24)
Anton Lackey’s Puzzle Work Intensive

Canterbury Academy (16)
Musical Theatre Summer School

Nevill Trust Award
Canterbury High School (17)
Production of short film about the Pardoner’s Tale

Anne and Stephen Gerlis Award
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (17)
Monies to help fund theatre company

Support for the staging of Sleepy Hollow at the Gulbenkian Theatre on 19-21 October

Assistance with purchase of Bose audio system for use in productions performed at the Bay Theatre and at theirown performance space in Arkley Studio, Herne Bay

Support for the society’s annual production, which is Oklahoma at the Marlow Theatre Canterbury on 12 – 14 April 2018

Support for Canterbury Shakespeare Festival 2018 Season on 27th July to 19th August at various venues across Canterbury, allowing a wide range of people from local communities a chance to take part in Shakespearian plays as viewers and participants.

Support for the community choir’s summer concert, which presents Schubert’s Mass in C and Haydn’s Te Deum No. 2 at St. Mary’s Arts Centre, Sandwich, in September.

Support for the development and performance of a theatre piece devised with a drama group of adults with physical disabilities - with professional support - in Folkestone. This will lead to two ‘scratch/feedback’ performances at Folkestone Quarterhouse and the Gulbenkian Theatre in January 2018.

Support with the hosting of a public exhibition, held at Beach Creative, Herne Bay, of over 70 specially commissioned prints, capturing images of the three partner cities, Canterbury, Vladimir (Russia) and Bloomington-Normal (USA). Around 300 visitors attended and the exhibition will be repeated in Folkestone in September 2017.

Support for costs of staging a concert by the Conchord Ensemble (wind quartet and piano) in January.

Provision of a bursary for the two main prizewinners at the annual festival in November towards the cost of attending the Kent International Piano Course.

Support for a Children’s Arts Festival in August. It will comprise more than 20 creative classes, including drama, dance, music, pottery, art and craft, on the theme ‘Time and Tide’, focussing on Whitstable’s oyster fishery, sailing and seaside. It is designed both to introduce children to different art forms and spark their interest in the town’s marine heritage.

Support for performance of a series of new theatre pieces ‘Women Of Kent’ celebrating the lives of Ellen Terry, Vita Sackville West and the Boleyns.

Support towards the purchase of new plastic display stands for fine art and craft exhibition at Faversham in May, and which can be used for future exhibitions.

Support for the Society’s annual exhibition being held at The Horsebridge Art Centre, Whitstable, from 25 October to 7 November.

Anne and Stephen Gerlis Award
Simon Langton Grammar School (16)
Creative Media Skills course at Pinewood Studios.

Canterbury Christ Church University Graduate (25)
Specialist coaching in conducting by Mark Heron at Royal Northern College of Music.

Canterbury Christ Church University Student (23)
Towards costs of producing interactive sound map in France and Spain.

University of Kent (MA in Creative Producing) (22)
Towards costs of camera, stand and wristband for 360 degree video.

University of Kent Graduate (UG Masters in Theatre Producing) (24)
Towards rights for production of play ‘The Rats’ by her Heritage Theatre Company.

University of Kent Students (Drama and Theatre) (20)
Towards costs of their exhibition ‘This Modern City’ in Canterbury

Dance Warehouse, Canterbury (14)
Royal Academy of Dance summer course.

To support their 75th anniversary concert featuring Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) and Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) playing music by J S Bach, Couperin and St. Colombe.

To support their production of ‘The Mikado’ at the Marlowe Theatre in March 2017.

Based in Whitstable, Playtime Theatre Company gives performance and production opportunities to young people locally and internationally. The grant enabled them to replace their ten year old computer system.

To support the Society’s annual exhibition held at the Horsebridge Centre in October.

To support the drawing group to give a ten week course on landscape painting in acrylic for Porchlight,a charity for the homeless.

To support their collaboration with a French reggae band, make a music video and collaborative recording, and put on a joint performance.

To support their second festival, in August 2016, and particularly to involve a wide range of people from the local community in support and performance.

To support their 2016 summer concert, performed in St. Mary’s Art Centre, Sandwich, including Mozart’s ‘Mass In C Minor’, with a full orchestra.

An annual event held in St. Edmund’s School Canterbury, giving experience of public performance to younger musicians. The award provides a prize bursary to attend the Kent International Piano Course.

To support the season’s primary concert given by the Pro Arte Piano Quartet in February.

To support the installation ‘Something Between Us’ at the Beaney Library, exploring our relationship with books and libraries, developed at the University For The Creative Arts and King’s School

To support its Workshop Acting courses at the Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, and its inaugural production of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, also at the Horsebridge.

To support performances of a new musical drama based on the life and murder of Matilda Hacker, a Canterbury eccentric of the 18th century, performed in November 2016 at the Arden Theatre, Faversham

Canterbury Christ Church University (22)
Funding for a film he is producing about abuse

Dance Warehouse (15)
Funding for Senior Ballet Associates audition at the Royal Ballet School

Canterbury Resident (23)
For a summer vocal course at Sherborne

Anne and Stephen Gerlis Award
St Edmund’s School (14)
For ‘Laine Theatre Arts’ Summer Course

Michael Bukht Award
Canterbury Resident (24)
Funding for one-woman poetry piece ‘The Gruffolobit’ at The Gulbenkian Theatre

Nevill Trust Award
Mid Kent College (18)
Funding for a one day prosthetic make-up course

Support for production of ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ in May 2016 at Marlowe Theatre

Support for the ‘Canterbury Big Sing!’ project, backed by CCCU, providing workshops to 300 Canterbury schoolchildren and a live choral performance at the Marlowe Theatre in April 2016

Support for their concert in February 2016 by the Sacconi String Quartet

Support for Whitstable Literary Festival in May 2016, which focuses on Ian Fleming and his Kentish connections

Contribution towards the travel and hotel costs when performing in Rheims and Paris with local choirs. 

Support for concert in December 2015 by the Marian Consort, an internationally known early music ensemble

Support for performance of Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Vivaldi’s Gloria at Canterbury Cathedral in January 2016