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End of Season Newsle er

Autumn 2017

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JAM on the Marsh ran from 6 – 16 July this year, spanning the Romney Marsh from Dungeness to Hythe
and New Romney to Snargate. We presented 27 events over the fes val that reached a total audience of
14,500 people, included 53 new works and had media coverage of 4.7 million people. We had a 49%
increase in bought ckets, with 95% of our audience saying their experience was be er than or as expected.
We featured twice on BBC South East's TV news and had a concert broadcast on BBC Radio 3… It's safe to say
that JAM on the Marsh was a huge success this year.

Changeling Theatre, Hamlet, Li lestone

The fes val is an ever-evolving one, as every 2 years the Curator changes – this year Durham Cathedral's
Master of the Choristers, Daniel Cook took over from Paul Mealor, composer to the Royals. We welcomed
jazz for the first me, with the wonderful David Rees-Williams Trio playing their extraordinary crossover of
classically influenced jazz. We also created Children's Sunday for the first me, involving local children in
theatre, music, art, recycling and bugs. This was a very interac ve day, with the children rolling up their
sleeves and ge ng well and truly involved in everything going on. We took events to new venues such as the
Visitor Centre of the Dungeness Power Sta on, Li lestone Golf Club and the Star Inn, St Mary in the Marsh.

6 Marsh Primary Schools, Onyx Brass, Daniel Moulton, New Romney