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Hoopla Improv Festival London 2019

Survive lockdown with online improv classes

It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine, so Hoopla, the UK’s first improv theatre, will be aiming to inject comedy into the current crisis with some online improv classes…

Wakefield Rhubarb Festival 2018

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…

Augmented Chinatown 2.0 - Lidia Crisafulli

Augmented reality, immersive dining and circus at CAN Festival

A festival featuring augmented reality, immersive dining, ballet, waacking, comedy and clowning is heading to London this month…

VAULT Festival 2020, London

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…

Our Hospitality - Keaton

A good dose of slapstick comedy in Bristol

Slapstick, the UK’s biggest celebration of silent screen and classic comedy, will take place in Bristol this month…

MagicFest 2019, Edinburgh

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…

London Horror Festival 2019

Demonic milk-deliverers and serial killer cabaret at horror festival

A festival of live horror performance returns this autumn for its 9th year of cult, comedy and classic stories that will send a shiver down your spine…

HighTide Festival 2019 Aldeburgh

Comic capers, heartfelt stories and tricky topics in Suffolk

This week, head to the Suffolk coast for a festival of new theatre and live performance as the 2019 HighTide Festival takes place…

La Fabiola

Some surprising characters and a touch of absurdity in Skegness

A three-day outdoor cultural extravaganza, featuring eclectic circus and clowning performances and puppetry will be heading to the Lincolnshire coast…

The Green Tolpuddle - Gillian Moy

Radical film, music and talks at Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival

The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival will take place in Dorset with radical film screenings in a vintage mobile cinema, a left wing indie disco and live artpunk kitchencore music…

Another Fine Fest 2017 - Ulverston - Cumbria - Contrary Life

A human bowlercoaster and live street art in Cumbria

Ulverston will come alive next weekend, with everything from window painting and yarnbombing, to live street art and wandering theatre performances…

Hoopla Improv Festival London 2019

Improv festival takes over London Bridge

An improv festival is set to takeover London Bridge this April and will be celebrating togetherness by showcasing 18 of the best improv groups from across the UK and Ireland…

White Feminist

Dentist drills to drill music at The Sick of the Fringe

Mental, physical and societal health will be discussed, laughed at, raged at, mulled over and set to rights at a three-day festival this month…

Degenerate Fox Theatre - The Dirty Thirty

An eclectic selection of International Women’s Day events

It’s International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, and to celebrate many arts venues are putting on special events. Below is a selection of what’s on over the next few weeks…

VAULT Festival 2019

Pop up venues and immersive events at London’s VAULT festival

The VAULT arts and entertainment festival will be hosting hundreds of events across theatre, comedy, cabaret, immersive experiences and late night parties…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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The World Egg Throwing Championships are no yolk
World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Are you a tosser? If so, you may want to head to Lincolnshire this weekend as the 15th World Egg Throwing Championships takes place…

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