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Caroline Horton - You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy

Caroline Horton’s You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy

Inspired by a shoebox full of wartime letters, Caroline Horton’s You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy is on at SpArC, Bishop’s Castle on 23rd February 2012…

The New Budapest Café Orchestra

Old Chapel Community Centre hosts some Euro-folk

The New Budapest Café Orchestra play powerful and driving folk-based music from Eastern Europe at Old Chapel Community Centre, Shropshire on 18th February 2012…

Angel Exit Theatre - Secret Garden

Angel Exit Theatre present The Secret Garden

Angel Exit Theatre celebrate the centenary of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden with a brand new production at Ledbury’s Market Theatre on 18th February 2012…

The New Budapest Café Orchestra

The New Budapest Café Orchestra in concert

The New Budapest Café Orchestra play powerful and driving folk-based music from Eastern Europe at Goodrich Village Hall, Herefordshire on 17th February 2012…

About Face Theatre present Postcards from Blackpool

Rollercoaster tale at Brilley Village Hall

About Face Theatre present Postcards from Blackpool at Brilley Village Hall, Herefordshire on 10th February 2012…

The Hot Potato Syncopators - Hot Swinging Musical Mayhem!

Musical mayhem with The Hot Potato Syncopators

Straight from the golden age of jazz and musical hall, The Hot Potato Syncopators present a rip-roaring musical revue at Shifnal Village Hall…

The Hot Potato Syncopators - Hot Swinging Musical Mayhem!

Comedy swing band at Chelmarsh Parish Hall in Shropshire

The Hot Potato Syncopators present a rip-roaring musical revue of 1930s jazz and dance band melodies at Chelmarsh Parish Hall, Bridgnorth on 4th February 2012…

About Face Theatre present Postcards from Blackpool

About Face Theatre’s Postcards from Blackpool

About Face Theatre present Postcards from Blackpool at Ledbury Market Theatre at 4th February 2012…

The Hot Potato Syncopators - Hot Swinging Musical Mayhem!

Musical mayhem with The Hot Potato Syncopators

The Hot Potato Syncopators present a rip roaring musical revue of 1930s jazz and dance band melodies at Longden Village Hall on 3rd February 2012…

Instant Wit, improvised comedy show

Off the cuff humour in Herefordshire with Instant Wit

Instant Wit is an improvised comedy show based entirely around audience suggestions, catch it at Dorstone Village Hall, Golden Valley on 4th February 2012…

NTC - Hansel & Gretel

Northumberland Theatre Company present Hansel & Gretel

NTC present Hansel & Gretel in a new telling of an old tale at The Talbot Theatre, Shropshire on 15th January 2012…

NTC - Hansel & Gretel

Hansel and Gretel on the menu in January

Northumberland Theatre Company present Hansel & Gretel, a new telling of an old tale, at Eardisley Curzon Herrick Hall on 13th January 2012…

Scary Little Girls The Mother Mae I Christmas Cabaret!

Christmas cabaret with the Scary Little Girls

Sketches, audience games, music and special guests at SpArC, Bishop’s Castle on 9th December in the Scary Little Girls’ Christmas cabaret…

Belshazzar's Feast The Frost Bites

Join Belshazzar for some seasonal music

Belshazzar’s Feast present The Frost Bites, an evening of traditional folk music with some classical, jazz, pop and music hall thrown in…

Belshazzar's Feast The Frost Bites

The Frost Bites by Belshazzar’s Feast

Belshazzar’s Feast present The Frost Bites, an evening of traditional folk music with some classical, jazz, pop and music hall thrown in…

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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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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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