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A Christmas Carol - Photo: Craig Fuller - Christmas events 2018

Authentic and refreshing adaptation of Dickens’ timeless Christmas tale

This festive season, audiences will be welcomed into Dickens’s intimate study, a warm inviting environment full of Christmas cheer and hidden surprises…

Art with Heart - Declaration - Image courtesy of Sam Ryley

Art with Heart tour UK with a comic and candid look at ADHD

After winning the ADHD Foundation Partnership Award in 2017, Art with Heart return with a brand new tour of Declaration, a comic and candid look at Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder…

Julie Rose Bower, Foley Explosion (Photo: Chloe Wicks)

An alternative spy thriller in Ipswich and London

This autumn, sound artist Julie Rose Bower will present alternative spy thriller, Foley Explosion, at the SPILL Festival in Ipswich and at the Hackney Showroom in London…

Pop-Up Opera's Carmen (The Other Richard)

Opera pops up in museums, distilleries and breweries

This autumn, Pop-Up Opera will be appearing in some unusual locations across the UK, including museums, gin distilleries, breweries, and historic buildings…

2CV 24 Hour Race - Photo: Neil Lambert

Retro French cars in unique 24 hour race

This weekend, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in the 2CV 24 Hour Race…

British Firefighter Challenge 2018, Suffolk (Photo: Kay Zieba Photography)

Weighty challenges for firefighters in Suffolk

The British Firefighter Challenge will take place in Bury St Edmunds on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th July, with competitive hose dragging and weight lifting…

World Snail Racing Championships- Photo Tony Scase News Service Ltd

Have a go at snail racing in Norfolk

The 2018 World Snail Racing Championships will take place in Norfolk on Saturday 21st July as part of Congham Village Fete…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Hit the target at the World Pea Shooting Championship

The 48th World Pea Shooting Championship will take place on the Green at Witcham in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 14th July…

Antic Disposition Much Ado About Nothing UK tour 2018

Watch some Shakespeare in unusual historical locations

This summer, watch a unique production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in some unusual and beautiful historic locations across the UK…

Potty Morris & Folk Festival 2018 - Norfolk events

World Record Morris Dancing at Norfolk’s Potty Festival

This weekend, Potty Morris & Folk Festival will celebrate its 25th year with a special World Record attempt for the largest Morris dance…

Hotbed theatre festival 2018 - Cambridge - Underneath

Festival showcases a Hotbed of new theatre in Cambridge

Hotbed is a festival of new theatre, hosted by the Menagerie Theatre Company at Cambridge Junction. This year’s festival takes place on 6th and 7th July…

Mimbre - Exploded Circus tour

Visit the big top at the end of the world

Featuring a mix of acrobatics, surprising aerial feats and masterful juggling, The Exploded Circus weaves a story without words, where six women come together to seek order in the chaos and create a new normal…

Framlingham Soap Box Race 2018 - Suffolk

It’s all downhill at Framlingham Soap Box Race

Framlingham Soap Box Race will take place on Sunday 20th May, with challengers in handmade carts competing to race the fastest downhill…

WATCH OUT 2018 - Cambridge Junction

WATCH OUT for festival of experimental work in Cambridge

WATCH OUT, Cambridge Junction’s showcase of fresh experimental work with something to say, will take place on Saturday 26th May…

NIGHTCLUBBING - Rachael Young - (c) Marcus Hessenberg

Channel the cult of Grace Jones with Nightclubbing

Rachael Young presents Nightclubbing, an explosive performance channeling the cult of Grace Jones and Afrofuturism, touring the UK from Tuesday 8th May to Sunday 15th July…

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Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

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

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