A festival featuring augmented reality, immersive dining, ballet, waacking, comedy and clowning is heading to London this month…
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An alternative guide to Valentine’s Day
Contrary Life is back again with An Alternative Guide to Valentine’s Day, and we’ve dug out some great quirky events taking place in the UK this year…
Innovative and eclectic performances at VAULT Festival
VAULT Festival returns this month, for eight weeks of innovative and exciting live performances, with more than 600 shows offering something for everyone…
Tarot and circus meet in unusual show at VAULT
Live Tarot reading meets contemporary circus as The Feathers of Daedalus come to VAULT Festival with a reworking of their Edinburgh Fringe hit, Tarot…
A festival of mime in London
This month, London’s festival of contemporary visual theatre will return with a line-up of original, breath-taking, wacky and unusual productions…
Edinburgh brings in the New Year with a festival of magic
MagicFest takes place in Edinburgh between Christmas and New Year, with talent from the world of magic offering entertainment for all ages…
Watch a quirky play in a pub on Boxing Day
On Boxing Day, across the country, bands of merry men and women will be performing a traditional and rather quirky Christmas play…
Trot on over to the London Pantomime Horse Race
This weekend, watch (possibly) the most quirky festive race in the capital, as the London Pantomime Horse Race takes place…
Performances for the curious this Christmas
Families and audiences will have their pick of alternative Christmas shows to see during Wales Millennium Centre’s Performances for the Curious season this month…
A taste of Christmas past with Dickens, knights and street urchins
Take a trip to Christmas past, in a more pleasant way than Scrooge did, by visiting one of the many Dickens, Victorian and medieval themed events taking place this winter…
A spot of karaoke and panto in a pub
If you’re looking for an alternative Christmas night out, why not try an altogether different version of Cinderella that takes pub theatre to a new level?
Clowns are Out of Order in Manchester
An experimental performance art group returns to Manchester this week with a troupe of hapless clowns…
Discoveries and secrets at this year’s Being Human festival
From trawling for treasures in archives to discovering secret lives and overlooked histories, the annual Being Human festival is back this month…
Street theatre, torch bearers and Balkan melodies at Winter Droving
The Winter Droving is an annual cultural event in Cumbria, celebrating the changing of the seasons with music, masked fire processions and quirky entertainment…
The best quirky Halloween events for adults
If you’re looking for an alternative Halloween this year, then look no further, as we bring you the best of the UK’s events…