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Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

Drama from a toilet cubicle

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

Crimes Against Christmas, audio Advent calendar

Listen to an audio Advent calendar this festive season

Crimes Against Christmas is part radio play and part audio book, with instalments released daily in the build-up to Christmas Day…

Live From The Grand Hall Credit Battersea Arts Centre

Make/Love this autumn with a season of digital shows

This autumn, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in London is inviting you to Make/Love, as a season of daring and intimate work is launched…

The Fire Garden, created by Walk the Plank, Image Vipul Sangoi

Immerse yourself in fire, light and sound

Fancy entering a night-time fire garden or watching a dazzling sea of light? Well, this month you could do just that…

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2020 - Black Victorians

Giant metal tripods and a fire garden at London festival

Are you ready for two weeks of immersive installations, colourful dance performances, and eclectic travelling and pop-up events?

Ey Up Elsie - Yorkshire Festival of Story

Escape this summer with the Yorkshire Festival of Story

This August, Yorkshire Festival of Story will be giving audiences the chance to escape, gain new perspectives and get active through the use of stories…

Take Us There, Single Shoe Productions

Theatre show takes us to the places we miss

International theatre company Single Shoe Productions are travelling with their imaginations and inviting audiences along for – and to take part in – the journey…

Random Selfies, Ovalhouse, photo by Simon Annand

Tackling loneliness in lockdown with Random Selfies

This June, the team behind London’s Ovalhouse theatre and the new Brixton House venue, will be opening up their archives to share a selection of performances for free…

World Watercress Eating Championships

Could you be the World Watercress Eating Champion?

How good are you at eating your greens? This month, the reigning World Watercress Eating Champion is challenging everyone to contest his title…

Flatpack Festival 2020

Home entertainment from Flatpack film festival

This year’s Flatpack film festival will be heading direct to your home, with all the usual animation, documentaries and inventive weirdness to enjoy…

Cassie & Corey, Drum & Bass Musical Podcast

A drum & bass musical podcast about eating disorders

This weekend, listen to a drum and bass musical podcast about eating disorders, as Cassie & Corey is released…

Second Place Rosette, Poems about Britain, Emma Press

Book Review: Second Place Rosette, Poems about Britain

Second Place Rosette: Poems about Britain by the Emma Press is a collection of poems about the quirky customs and rituals we Brits take part in throughout the year…

Chivaree Circus, Crash - Winterville Festival London 2018

A tale of love, danger and mystery… with acrobatics

Chivaree Circus presents CRASH, a mysterious tale featuring acrobatics and aerial dance, at London’s Winterville, from 28th November to 22nd December…

Being Human festival 2018

Story-filled bus journeys and Edwardian vegetarians at this year’s Being Human festival

This month, the annual Being Human festival will take place with a range of unusual and thought-provoking events across the UK…

Dead Centre, Chekhov's First Play, Rory Nolan PHOTOCREDIT Jose Miguel Jimenez

A fragmented version of Chekhov’s earliest work

Dublin’s award-winning Dead Centre fragment and rebuild Chekhov’s earliest work this autumn at the Battersea Arts Centre in London…

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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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HandleBards hit the pedals again to bring you a summer of outdoor theatre
HandleBards A Midsummer Night's Dream ©Rah Petherbridge Photography

The HandleBards are a Shakespearean troupe who tour by bike. And to celebrate their 10th anniversary, they’re climbing back into the saddle…

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