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The HandleBards on tour

The HandleBards head out on bikes to pedal their plays

Fancy some open-air theatre this summer? The popular Shakespearean troupe known as The Handlebards are back with another bicycle-powered tour…

Oddly Moving Atlas

Greek myth of Atlas retold using circus

New circus theatre company Oddly Moving, is retelling the Greek myth of Atlas this spring. But not in the way you might expect…

Cast of Platform 4's Triffids (Image: Andi Sapey)

Go on a gig-theatre adventure with Triffids!

Take time out this month to go on an gig-theatre adventure with music, sound and pictures…

Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

Have yourself a quirky little Christmas

Looking for something other than the usual seasonal markets to get you into the festive spirit? Here’s our pick of quirky Christmas events…

The Ballad of Maria Marten UK tour 2021 and 2022

Love, loss, joy and power in The Ballad of Maria Marten

The critically-acclaimed production of The Ballad of Maria Marten heads back on tour this autumn. It’s a complex tale based on a true crime…

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…

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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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