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Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Contagion, photo Jane Hobson

Dance installation commemorates pandemic centenary

This summer, watch Shobana Jeyasingh Dance’s intense and moving Contagion, commemorating the centenary of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic…

Bramble Bank Cricket Match 2016

Cricket ground swapped for the sea in unusual match

Once a year, two nautical clubs challenge one another to a rather unusual cricket match, taking place in the middle of the Solent…

Portsmouth International Kite Festival - The Kite Society

Colourful skies over Portsmouth for kite festival

This weekend, Portsmouth’s skies will be filled with colour as a host of giant and artistic kites are set to be flown on Southsea Common…

Ghost Caribou (Thingumajig Theatre) - CREDIT Ian Hodgson (1) - Copy

Giant puppets, daring moves and experimental juggling

The Hat Fair will be filling the streets of Winchester with street artists, singers, dancers, circus acts and theatre groups this weekend…

Watercress Festival - Alresford - Hampshire

A quirky challenge to eat your greens

This weekend in Hampshire, challengers will be chowing down on seasonal greens, with the hope of breaking an unusual World Record…

Antic Disposition Henry V - Nathan Hamilton as Henry V – Photo Scott Rylander

Antic Disposition’s reimagining of Henry V tours historic cathedrals

Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Henry V returns to English cathedrals this autumn; marking the centenary of the end of the First World War…

Stroke Odysseys (Image: Pari Naderi)

Stroke survivors take to the stage for an innovative project

This autumn, stroke survivors will take to the stage in a daring movement and song project. Stroke Odysseys will tour the UK from Thursday 4th October to Friday 16th November…

Portsmouth International Kite Festival - The Kite Society

Colourful displays at Portsmouth International Kite Festival

See Japanese fighting kites and routines to music at this year’s Portsmouth International Kite Festival, on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August…

Winchester Hat Fair 2018 - NoFit State Circus & Motionhouse's BLOCK 4 - Photo: Dan Tucker

Knife juggling, clowning and acrobatics at Winchester Hat Fair

Winchester’s Hat Fair, the UK’s longest continually running outdoor arts festival, will take place from Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July, with street performances, theatre, dance and circus…

Jane Austen's House Museum in Hampshire (Photo: Visit Hampshire/ Laura McCready)

Attend a Regency Ball at Hampshire’s Jane Austen festival

Jane Austen Regency Week is an annual nine-day festival, held in Alton and Chawton, Hampshire, celebrating the much-loved author with talks, tours, dance workshops and period costume…

Alresford Watercress Festival 2017

Watercress challenges and quirky entertainment in Hampshire

On Sunday 20th May, Alresford in Hampshire will play host to the annual Watercress Festival with quirky family friendly entertainment and watercress-themed activities, including the World Record Watercress Eating Competition…

Bramble Bank Cricket Match 2016

Teams meet to play cricket in the sea

Every year, two yacht clubs challenge one another to a rather unusual cricket match, which takes place in the middle of the Solent…

Portsmouth International Kite Festival - The Kite Society

Kites from around the world at Portsmouth festival

Portsmouth International Kite Festival will take place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August, on Southsea Common, with displays by kite flyers from around the world…

Winchester Hat Fair 2017 - Photo: Adrienne Photography

Games, acrobatics and urban safaris at Winchester’s Hat Fair

This year’s Winchester Hat Fair will take place from Friday 30th June to Sunday 2nd July with free performances across the city…

Jane Austen's House Museum in Hampshire (Photo: Visit Hampshire/ Laura McCready)

Folk dancing and ‘Dandy Chargers’ at Jane Austen Regency Week

Jane Austen Regency Week is an annual 9-day festival, held in Hampshire, with music, talks, workshops, dancing and tours…

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Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

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Join an interactive whodunnit this Easter
Manor of Lies by Morpheus

No plans for Easter? Why not take part in a Regency whodunnit with your friends? From now until the end of April, Manor of Lies will be helping people get together to solve a mystery and avoid a scandal…

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