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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…

New Year getaways with a difference

How do you get a change of scenery without going abroad? Here’s a few ideas for a New year getaway with a difference!

Hero and Leander second image credit Chelsey Cliff

Outdoor theatre gig show tours with its own bandstand

Hero & Leander — Or, I Love You, But Everything’s Under Water — is a classic Greek myth that will be retold this summer as an outdoor theatre gig show…

Sunnymead Court 2020 production (Image: Lidia Crisafulli)

Sunnymead Court returns to the stage

Following its critically acclaimed run at the Tristan Bates Theatre last year, the four-time Offie-nominated Sunnymead Court is returning to the stage…

American Museum & Gardens, Hall and Gaines

A presidential garden hidden in the UK

Here we are again, with another slightly topical Curiosity of the Week. As we’ve been gripped by the US Elections, we decided to focus on an unusual link between the UK and USA for our latest curiosity.

Vicars' Close image by Amber Maxwell Boydell/Unsplash

A little Somerset street with a big claim

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we take you to the cathedral city of Wells in Somerset. Come with us to Vicars’ Close…

Lyth Valley Wassail and Mummers Play - Contrary Life

Old Twelfth Night is the time to go wassailing

On the old Twelfth Night (17th January) a traditional ceremony known as a wassail takes place in villages and orchards across England…

St Albans Mummers Play - Boxing Day 2017 - Photo: Michael Maggs

Watch a quirky play in a pub on Boxing Day

On Boxing Day, across the country, bands of merry men and women will be performing a traditional and rather quirky Christmas play…

Fred Hampton archive photos

The true story of a revolutionary leader

Fringe First winners, Bear Trap Theatre, will bring the gripping true story of a revolutionary leader to the stage this autumn…

Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless ImagesBridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless Images

Bridgwater has an illuminated carnival parade like no other

Bridgwater’s carnival celebrates the failed exploits of Guy Fawkes in its own unique way, with a large illuminated parade, a host of masqueraders and some fiery ‘squibbing’…

Neal Pike Five Years

An exploration of adolescence in Five Years

Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…

Red Bull Cut It Lawn Mower Race 2019

Can you cut it at Somerset’s lawn mower challenge?

This weekend, swap mowing the lawn with something a little more exciting, as Red Bull’s Cut It arrives in Cheddar, Somerset…

Lyth Valley Wassail and Mummers Play - Contrary Life

Cider, singing, dancing and lots of noise… it’s time to go wassailing

On the old Twelfth Night (17th January) a traditional ceremony known as a wassail takes place in villages and orchards across England…

Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless ImagesBridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless Images

Bridgwater’s unique illuminated parade and fireworks

This year’s Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival will take place on Saturday 3rd November in Somerset, with a large illuminated parade…

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…

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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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