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Dragons, book benches and bold young voices take over Newark in July
Join Newark Book Festival and celebrate a world of words with some free family fun across the town from July 10th to 13th, 2025. Step into the National Civil War Centre for a vibrant pop-up book market and discover a wonderful variety of books for children, teens, and...
Arrr you ready to set sail for a fun family adventure?
Shiver your timbers and hoist the mainsail to get ready to watch a family favourite picture book brought to life on the stage. Based on Claire Freedman and Ben Cort's swashbuckling tale, Norwell Lapley Productions is presenting the Curve production of Pirates Love...
A colourful dream come true!
DTC Productions is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style by choosing Lincoln Cathedral to be the stunning venue for its latest production. Following last year’s acclaimed production of Les Misérables, the theatre company is ready to return with its most colourful...
Seasonal show has lots of spark
The classic fairy tale of Snow White, where kind-heartedness defeats evil intention, provided the perfect vehicle for another classic New Theatre Royal Christmas pantomime at the opening night of the Lincoln venue's latest festive offering. Guests of the theatre, the...
The fairest panto of them all
Has there been a flurry of little carboard doors being opened in your house this morning? There was much excitement for the Minis with the discovery of their first little advent treasures be it clipping in a hair slide, clicking together a superhero or devouring an...
Super seasonal show is going swimmingly!
A mischievous young mermaid's escapades, interspersed with rousing song and dance routines, await those who dive deep into the ocean depths of Lincoln's Clasketgate theatre this Easter holiday. The minis were guests of the New Theatre Royal for Monday's matinee...
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Dragons, book benches and bold young voices take over Newark in July
Join Newark Book Festival and celebrate a world of words with some free family fun across the town from July 10th to 13th, 2025. Step into the National Civil War Centre for a vibrant pop-up book market and discover a wonderful variety of books for children, teens, and...
All the world’s a page in the Newark Book Festival story
When you walk into a bookshop or a library you know there’s thousands of worlds waiting for you to walk into them, neatly contained within the pages between those front and back covers. And you also know that, from the most factual to the most fantastical, they all...
Dogtastic detective daring, a 12ft dragon and some galavanting Gadgeteers
Newark Book Festival is busy dusting off its pages and stretching its spines getting ready to celebrate writing in all its forms when imaginative tales, personal stories and marvellous music will spill out of books and across the town’s streets. From July 7th to 10th,...
Welcome to the jungle Easter party
Is pantomine just for Christmas? Oh no it isn't! Although I have to admit that when the two eldest minis and I were guests of the New Theatre Royal for last night's evening performance of its current production, The Jungle Book, it was the first time we'd been in the...
Easter panto show must finally go on
It’s third-time lucky for the New Theatre Royal in Lincoln as they finally present their Easter Pantomime, The Jungle Book, from Friday, April 8th to Saturday, April 16th. The Jungle Book was ready to take audiences on a theatrical adventure at the Clasketgate venue...
Stick Man’s adventures delight young audience
Songs, dancing, puppetry, colourful characters and comical adventures - the children who watched Julia Donaldson's tale of Stick Man brought to life on stage by Freckle Productions in Lincoln today (November 26th) were treated to a particularly fun start to their...