Upcoming Events

Looking for the perfect present? A Hemsted Park Gift Voucher is a thoughtful way to treat family, friends, or colleagues to an unforgettable experience. Vouchers can be redeemed for any Hemsted Park performance, across all of our venues.

How it works:

• Gift vouchers are valid for 1 year from the date of purchase.
• Vouchers must be redeemed in a single transaction for one show. Unfortunately, they cannot be split across multiple bookings, and any unspent balance cannot be carried forward.
• Your voucher will be activated 1 working day after purchase.

Receiving & Redeeming:

• Once purchased, you’ll receive a booking confirmation email.
• Your voucher code is the booking reference number, shown in the top right corner beneath the QR code.
• To redeem, simply call our Box Office on 01580 236699 and provide your reference number. Please note: gift vouchers can only be redeemed by phone and not online.

Give the gift of live performance, a memory to last a lifetime.

Hemsted Park is once again delighted to invite you to attend the following free concert, which is part of the Benenden School calendar.

Award-winning duo Lowri Probert and Alex Arenare, hailed for their artistic synergy, will perform a programme of songs by Strauss, Grieg, Verdi and more.

Enquiries about this free concert should be directed to music@benenden.school.

Seating is not reserved, but we kindly request that you indicate your intention to attend by booking a free ticket at www.hemstedpark.com.

Hemsted Park is once again delighted to invite you to attend the following free concert, part of the Benenden School calendar.

Enquiries about this free concert should be directed to music@benenden.school

Seating is unreserved, but we kindly ask that you indicate your intention to attend by booking tickets at www.hemstedpark.com

Hemsted Park is once again delighted to invite you to attend the following free concert, which is part of the Benenden School calendar.

Join us for an evening of Jazz and Cabaret in the Theatre and enjoy a relaxed evening of live music in a welcoming setting.

The bar will be open from 6.30pm, with the concert starting at 7.30pm.

Enquiries about this free concert should be directed to music@benenden.school.

Seating is not reserved, but we kindly request that you indicate your intention to attend by booking a free ticket at www.hemstedpark.com

Rainer Hersch's hilarious show, All Classical Music Explained - Live!, will be returning to UK theatres this autumn.
Rainer Hersch is half German, half English, which means he’d like to take over the world but he’s too polite...

His comedy show All Classical Music Explained has been broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in a 6-part series and sold out festivals across the world from Scotland to New Zealand. At its heart are those difficult questions: “why is organ music so boring?”; “what did Mozart steal from ABBA?” and “what do conductors actually do?” Whether you are a music professor or can’t tell string quartets from a string vest, relax: All Classical Music Explained will teach you nothing but it will make you laugh. Really laugh.

Rainer Hersch is a pianist, conductor and stand-up comedian who has appeared on every major comedy stage in Britain and abroad. In the UK he is known for his many radio appearances on ‘Loose Ends’, BBC Radio 4 documentaries and series about musical comedians of the past including All the Right Notes, Not Necessarily in the Right Order.

“The funniest concert you will ever see” - Time Out

Running time: Approx. 2 hours 20 minutes, including an interval.

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please?

Welcome aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, the totally improvised, totally hilarious murder mystery, where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands!
 
Now in their sixth year, Offie-nominated Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Pinch Punch, are bringing their five-star, sell-out show to Hemsted Park. So, don your deerstalkers and oil your moustaches for a night of shaky alibis, silver-tongued sleuths, thrills, spills, and good old-fashioned kills. 

Four characters board a train, but not everyone will survive…
 
Luckily, a world-famous detective is onboard, ready to root out the killer. But who is the murderer? Only one person knows—the murderer themselves! Can you put your wits to the test and solve the case?

Using real-life audience stories and suggestions, watch Pinch Punch create a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-repeated whodunnit. If you love comedy or murder mysteries, then this is the show for you! 

Content Warnings:
Due to the improvised nature of the performance, we cannot issue specific content warnings. General content warnings include scenes of comedic murder and violence, audience participation, innuendo, and occasional bad language.
 

The Hanover Band

Programme

Mozart – Divertimento in D K167a
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto – Sarah Thurlow, Clarinet
Mozart – Requiem

Director: Benedict Hoffnung

Ever since Caroline Brown founded The Hanover Band in 1980, its primary objective has been to enable audiences to gain a better feeling for what earlier music actually sounded like when heard in favourable circumstances. Historical instruments are key to this; as one prominent conductor recently put it, ‘they have more colour, shape and less weight than modern instruments. They are more tangy, more piquant. We can play full out with the greatest passion, and still sound like Mozart.’

The orchestra comprises some of the best period instrument specialists in the UK. They are considered to be some of the best in their field. Their performances and recordings have been described as ‘revelatory, luscious, outstanding and illuminating’.

‘Through dedication and scholarly work, the Band have gained an enviable niche for themselves within the early music movement, as being ‘one of the UK’s finest period instrument orchestras’.

Their distinguished players are committed to education work and passing on their enthusiasm and knowledge to the next generation of music lovers. They teach in the top music conservatoires in the UK – the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Guildhall and Trinity Laban.

Running time: Approx 2 hours 30 minutes including interval

Hemsted Park is once again delighted to invite you to attend the following free concert, part of the Benenden School calendar.

The Gibbs Bar will be open from 6.15pm, with the concert starting at 7.00pm.

Enquiries about this free concert should be directed to music@benenden.school

Seating is unreserved, but we kindly ask that you indicate your intention to attend by booking tickets at www.hemstedpark.com

Back for 2026, bigger and better, your Christmas starts here!

Get ready to Step Into Christmas once again for the most magical, feel-good show of the year! After a sensational run, we’re back – bigger, brighter, and more festive than ever before. This spectacular Christmas concert is the ultimate way to kickstart your festive celebrations, guaranteed to fill your heart with holiday cheer and have you singing along from start to finish.

Packed with all your favourite Christmas classics, the show brings the spirit of the season to life with dazzling performances, stunning festive visuals, and a sensational live band. From heartwarming ballads to upbeat festive anthems, it’s the perfect playlist for your Christmas celebrations.

Whether you’re starting a new festive tradition or keeping the magic alive, Step Into Christmas is the ultimate feel-good Christmas spectacular.

Running time: Approx. 2h (including interval).

Back by popular demand, the award-winning The Let’s All Dance Ballet Company is thrilled to return with their fun festive sparkling production of The Nutcracker, perfect for the whole family.

The Let’s All Dance Ballet Company creates high-quality, entrancing shows for young and family audiences and makes this beautiful art form accessible to people of all backgrounds and cultures. Children and adults, including those with additional needs, love the fabulous dancing, gorgeous music and stunning costumes.

Join Clara this Christmas and meet the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy, the very bouncy Jumping Jack and the iconic Nutcracker Prince. Then have your photo taken on stage with our professional dancers and create magical memories with your family and friends you’ll never forget!

SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES, especially children (inc. those with additional needs)
RUNNING TIME: 52 mins (no interval)
Photo opportunity with dancers on stage after every performance!

…the work of companies such as Let’s All Dance is so important. Last year, I took my son to see a child-friendly version of The Nutcracker by the Let’s All Dance Ballet Company. The look of wonderment and recognition on his face when the music started up is a memory that I’ll treasure for ever.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian

….the enterprising Let’s All Dance presents a good-hearted and sweet version of The Nutcracker.

Sarah Compton, The Observer

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Wonderful 'Nutcracker' production in Tunbridge Wells. Excellent dancers, great venue, great value - a lovely thing to do at Christmas and looking forward to other productions later in the year.

Albert Jones, audience member (Google review)

Cinderella 

Hemsted Park is once again delighted to invite you to attend the following free concert, part of the Benenden School calendar.

The Gibbs Bar will be open from 6.30pm, with the concert starting at 7.30pm.

Enquiries about this free concert should be directed to music@benenden.school

Seating is unreserved, but we kindly ask that you indicate your intention to attend by booking tickets at www.hemstedpark.com