A festival featuring augmented reality, immersive dining, ballet, waacking, comedy and clowning is heading to London this month…
Archives for FEATURED-STORIES
The art and future of fungi explored in mushroom exhibition
Over the next few months, Somerset House in London will be inviting visitors to explore the fascinating world of mushrooms…
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…
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…
Attend the Detox Grotto at London’s BODY WORLDS
This month, visit a Detox Grotto in London and learn all about the liver with games, music and plant-based drinks to help you along…
Celebrate your local live music venue
Returning for the seventh consecutive year, Independent Venue Week is a seven day celebration of independent music venues around the UK…
Bloody battles and loud bangs in Cheshire
For more than 40 years, the troops of The Sealed Knot have gathered in the historic town of Nantwich, Cheshire, to re-enact a bloody battle that took place in 1643…
Connect with nature at Lost Words Festival
A festival dedicated to a book that has become a global movement, celebrating language and nature, will open at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre…
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…
A quirky 700 year old Twelfth Night tradition in Lincolnshire
Twelfth Night is celebrated around the country with lots of fun events taking place, but a village in Lincolnshire will be holding an event which is altogether different…
Go Apple Howling in Sussex
Young and old will gather in Sussex this weekend, to make a hullabaloo as a special traditional ceremony, known as Apple Howling, takes place…
An enchanting tale of a Lost Thing
The discovery of something mysterious and out of place is the starting point for a new family show, The Lost Thing, at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre…
Join devils and dragons at the Winter Watch Parade
Join a host of characters including the Lord of Misrule, devils, dragons, Romans, and a group of giant skeletons for the Winter Watch Parade…
Step into Dickens’ study for A Christmas Carol
This festive season, audiences can experience A Christmas Carol as Dickens himself performed it more than 150 years ago. ..
Camp adventures in Escape from Planet Trash
Drag queens are going to space in a camp sci-fi b-movie adventure at the Pleasance in London…