Missiles, monsters, magic and mayhem – it’s springtime for theatre!

If your mini ones discovered the magic of theatre during panto season then why not widen their wonder and take a look at some of the other family shows the venues in and around Lincolnshire have coming up?   New Theatre Royal, Lincoln 01522 519999...

Panto in flying form for final run

If pantomime and tradition are synonymous to you then a trip to see Jamie Marcus Productions' latest seasonal show at The Drill in Lincoln would definitely be a festive treat. The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan and the Revenge of Captain Hook, running at the...

Panto defies gravity for a Moroccan delight

The eldest two minis were given the royal treatment by Lincoln's Clasketgate theatre on Friday when they were invited to attend the opening night of its latest festive production Aladdin, watching from one of the boxes to the side of the Circle. For Willow the...

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...

Take a trip to the Emerald City this Easter

Don your sparkliest red shoes and join some familiar faces to head down the yellow brick road this Easter at the New Theatre Royal in Lincoln. Running from Wednesday, April 5th to Wednesday April 12th, the production of The Wizard of Oz promises high-energy dance...

Let the baddies take you to the ball this panto season

If fast-paced frolics, flying horses and festive fun sound like your perfect night out at the theatre then a ticket to the New Theatre Royal's latest pantomime will offer you all this and more. Mini number two and I were guests of the Lincoln theatre for its opening...

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...

Activities

Mini ones enjoy Tiny Feet’s studio opening

The baby business is certainly booming for one Lincolnshire creative company which has expanded into new premises. Hollie Vasey first started Tiny Feet Photography by Hollie from her own home whilst working as a nurse.  Soon she was able to go full time and move into...

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Day 13 #30DaysWild: The Stick Book

When planning for #30DaysWild and worrying about rainy days I took a couple of trips to two libraries ahead of the start of the month. On my second trip I was rewarded with finding a copy of The Stick Book: loads of things you can make or do with a stick by Jo...

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I will love you anyway – book review

Who doesn't love an independent bookshop? Lincoln is lucky to have the beautiful Lindum Books in the Bailgate and when I read that its bookseller Gill Hart's favourite book of the week, "that generates a whole range of emotions and a little lump in the throat", was a...

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#30DaysWild Day 21 – A retreat into fiction

Today was predominated by attending a school selection appeal for our eldest and then me rather maturely sulking about the situation. At the exact time I could have done with the medicinal properties of losing yourself in the wild I chose to hide away inside instead....

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#30DaysWild Day 20 – Colour

One of the best things about #30DaysWild is that it literally encourages you to take time to stop and smell the roses and it makes me much more observant of my immediate environment than I normally am when just getting from A to B. Britmums, "Britain's biggest...

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#30DaysWild Day 18 – Thirst quenching

A very cute photo of a hedgehog popped up on my Facebook timeline earlier today. Posted by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society it urged its readers to "Please please pop bowl/s of water out for hedgehogs (and other wildlife) in this blistering heat". Turns out...

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Half-sized knights are riding into Show

If you're planning to do the Lincoln Knights trail on Wednesday, June 21st and Thursday, June 22nd then you're going to come up one short unless you head a couple of miles north of the city and walk through the gates of the Lincolnshire Showground. Designer and...

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