Join us at welcome week for free cinema and opportunities to get involved in our performance groups!
Free Welcome Week Events
In celebration of welcome week we are offering free cinema screenings to all University of Kent students – just select the student ticket option and bring your student ID to the film! Plus – there are loads of opportunities to get involved with our music and theatre performance groups throughout the week!
Check out all events on our Welcome Week Festival Page HERE
Or take a browse below for individual events coming up during welcome week!
Free Cinema
Pitch Perfect – Mon 28 Sep, 7pm
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group, injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Inception – Tue 29 Sep, 7pm
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
Bottoms – Wed 30 Sep, 7pm
Two teen girls start a fight club to find someone to have sex with before graduation.
Pulp Fiction – Thu 1 Oct, 7pm
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Shaun of the Dead – Fri 2 Oct, 7pm
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Sat 3 Oct, 3pm
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation.
Bee Movie – Sun 4 Oct, 3pm
Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue them.
When Harry Met Sally – Sun 4 Oct, 7pm
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that’s what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry’s determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it.
Get Involved
Interested in joining our performance groups? Mark your calendars with the open music rehearsals and drama group taster session below! No experience needed.
Chorus – Mon 28 Sep, 7pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall
If singing classical favourites in a large group is your thing – you have found the right group!
Orchestra – Tue 29 Sep, 7pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall
The orchestra meets every week and works towards a concert at the end of every term.
Concert Band & Big Band – Wed 30 Sep, 7pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Music from the movies to crowd-stirring anthems.
Pop n Soul Choir – Thu 1 Oct, 6.30pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall
This choir is for you if you just like a good time, singing tunes we all know and love.
Gulbenkian Theatre Makers Taster Session – Fri 2 Oct, Time & Location TBC
If you are 18-25 and like to find every opportunity you can to perform, learn, make friends and have fun, then Gulbenkian Theatre Makers is for you!
Come along for a taster session and find out what you an expect.
Music Intro – Mon 5 Oct, 5pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall
Come along and meet other musical students and the Music staff team!