We’ve always included a lot of small and unusual theatre productions on Contrary Life, and so on hearing that someone had written a book about the weird and wonderful collection of theatres around Britain, we were eager for a read…
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An offbeat guide to Glasgow
If you’re planning a trip to Glasgow, read our handy guide to the Scottish city’s quirky highlights, helping you uncover its hidden gems…
Pasties and parades on St Piran’s Day
On 5th March, the annual celebration of St Piran’s Day takes place in Cornwall. Celebrate with pasties, plays and parades…
An attempt to perform 30 plays in one hour
Degenerate Fox Theatre present a weekend of shows in celebration and interrogation of all things femme and female to mark International Women’s Day…
Who cares for the people who care for people?
Join artist Lindsey Mendick, Mendick’s parents Anthony and Jenny Mendick and curator Harriet Cooper at Eastside Projects for a candid discussion…
Rewild your life this Spring
Do you crave more adventure in everyday life? Does nature soothe your soul? Then a workshop on how to ‘re-wild’ your life might just be your thing…
A weird and eclectic exhibition opens in Hoxton
Fags, Birds and a Couple of Guns, a retrospective dedicated to the extraordinary work of Nancy Fouts will open at Hoxton’s Hang-Up Gallery…
Performance focuses on the human spirit
A trilogy of physical performances, radically exploring the changing of the human spirit, will open at Battersea Arts Centre this month…
Racing for a pound of sausages and a Pot Noodle
This weekend, Surrey will be hosting an unusual sprint for athletic couples, as the 13th annual UK Wife Carrying Race takes place in Dorking…
Savoury saviours head to the World Pasty Championships
Bakers from across the globe are perfecting their crimping, ready for the Eden Project’s World Pasty Championships in Cornwall this month…
A time travelling musical comedy in Manchester
Cult cabaret duo and leading lights of the UK’s alternative performance scene Bourgeois & Maurice will bring Insane Animals to HOME in Manchester…
Art on a Postcard celebrates International Women’s Day
This March, Art on a Postcard will curate their first all-female auction of original postcard sized art to observe International Women’s Day…
Get ready for a trip to Uncle Monty’s this Summer
This Summer, watch UK’s no.1 cult film, Withnail & I, at the cottage where it was filmed. Tickets go on sale this week for this quirky event…
Climate change, relationships and flamingos collide in comedy drama
Zoo, an inventive comedy drama of heroism, feminism and a woman trying to trap 47 flamingos in a urinal, will open at VAULT Festival this month…
A celebration of rhubarb in Yorkshire
Wakefield’s annual culinary festival of all things rhubarb will feature a rhubarb installation, a cycle-powered carousel, and a rhubarb recipe exchange…
Let’s all Hail Cremation!
Enjoy a musical odyssey through the wild and bizarre life of Dr William Price, as Hail Cremation! opens in Newbridge, Wales…
Artists and residents come together to Light Up Poole
This month, residents of a block of flats in Poole will be turning their building into an art gallery as part of the Light Up Poole festival…