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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…

Instant Wit, improvised comedy show

Get some Instant Wit at SpArC, Bishop’s Castle

Instant Wit is an improvised comedy show based entirely around audience suggestions at SpArC, Bishop’s Castle on 3rd February 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…

Bash Street Theatre, The Lion Tamer

Theatre with a combination of circus and slapstick

Bash Street Theatre’s The Lion Tamer combines circus skills, slapstick comedy and live piano accompaniment, see it at SpArC in Shropshire on 8th October…

Sonia Sabri Company present Kathakbox

Kathakbox at SpArC

Kathakbox expresses the unique, diverse energy of modern Britain through Urban Kathak…

Morgan & West, Victorian Magicians

Baffling magic and time travel

Great Scott! Victorian Magic duo Morgan & West travel 100 years into the future…

Cube Theatre's Pinocchio

Cube Theatre’s Pinocchio at SpARC

The classic story of one puppet’s quest to become a real boy on at SpArC, Bishop’s Castle…

When the Shops Shut

When the Shops Shut

Cscape’s new show uses the company’s unique style of physical story telling to tell the tales of villages and the people who live in them…

The Charity Shop Cabaret

When: 27th March 2010 Where: SpArC Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AY £: 7/4 What is it? A mixture of cutting-edge theatre and surreal comedy.  A hilarious journey into Elspeth Garter’s charity shop: a welcoming world of rummage and romance, jumble and joy, bingo and the bizarre.  Not having had a customer for eight months, Elspeth […]

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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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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