Activities
Panto audiences will go to the ball
The season of sparkle is on its way and there aren't many places more sequined than at a theatre's pantomime perfomance. Making sure their seasonal offering is glittered with stars is Lincoln's New Theatre Royal which has announced its biggest celebrity cast to date....
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...
Enjoy a psychedelic fairytale world of pantomime escapism
We could all use a little extra sparkle and jolliness in our lives right now and thankfully the festive season also brings an added bit of theatrical magic with it too. If you want to be transported into a world away from our own where larger than life characters...
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...
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Tale as old as time welcomes new star
A new star and popular favourites were getting ready to take to a Lincoln stage yesterday when the New Theatre Royal hosted its winter pantomime press launch. Jake Quickenden (The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Dancing on Ice) will star in Beauty &...
Town to transform into giant playground
Newark is pulling out all the stops for local families this "staycation summer" as it’s set to be overtaken by fun with a town-centre Family Play Day this Sunday (August 15th, 2021). Organised by Newark Creates, there are events taking place from 10am to 3pm at Newark...
Marvellous machines, creating kindness and bedtime stories…
Newark Book Festival 2021
#30DaysWild 2021 – Week One
It's that time of year again when The Wildlife Trusts challenge everyone to do one wild thing each day throughout the month of June. "That’s 30 simple, fun and exciting Random Acts of Wildness". I always intend to be a lot more prepared than I am but as usual any...
Summer season shows set to be back on stage!
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre announces theatre line-up
Ways to inspire your mini ones for Hedgehog Awareness Week
Cute and snuffly, the hedgehog is one of Britain's most-loved wild animals but sadly our only spiny mammal is now officially classed as vulnerable to extinction. Hedgehog Awareness Week 2021 (May 2nd-8th), run by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, is...