Entertainment

Stamford Arts Centre Box office 01780 763203 Ferocious Dog – Music Tomorrow (Friday), 8pm Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci – Met Opera – satellite screenings Saturday, 5.30pm Faryl Smith with the Stamford Endowed Schools Concert Band and Cantare Choir Saturday, 7.30pm Wendy Cope “Love, Death and the Archers” – Poetry/Talks Sunday, 7pm Pint of Poetry in the Cellar Bar – Poetry/Talks Wednesday, ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office 01775 764777 Act II Theatre Company presents Into the Woods Today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, 2.30pm (Saturday only) and 7.30pm. Bolshoi Ballet – Ivan The Terrible (Live screening) Sunday, 4pm The Boy Who Bit Picasso Tuesday, 11am and 1.30pm Maxine Peake as Hamlet – screening from Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre Tuesday, 7pm Vincent ...

The students of Act II Theatre Company are taking to the stage this month with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s deliciously dark yet sumptuous musical based on a number of Grimm fairy tales. Director Charlotte Gernert said: “It’s an ambitious project, with some very complex music, but one that we are relishing with much enjoyment.” Like the trees in the ...

It’s been a while since I’ve really rated a Keanu Reeves film – but John Wick serves as a massive return to form for one of the top male actors in the business. Reeves has starred in a number of films I’ve loved over the years, be it Devil’s Advocate, Johnny Mnemonic, The Matrix trilogy or even Constantine. But I’ve ...

I’ve got a lot of love for the Fast and Furious series. It almost feels like I’ve grown up with Dom Toretto, Brian O’Connor and the crew, with the first film in the collection released way back when I was at secondary school. The series belongs in the ‘acceptably crazy’ bracket. A lot of what you’ll see in the previous ...

If you’re a regular reader of my reviews, you’ll probably have gathered by now that Cinderella – or anything Disney – isn’t really my bag. However, there’s no doubting that the remake of one of Disney’s most popular stories is the big film of the week. So, in the interest of fairness, I went to see Cinderella with my wife ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office 01775 764777 Limelight Youth Theatre presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday), Saturday and Sunday, 1.30pm and 6.30pm Spalding Folk Club presents Red Moon Road Wednesday, 8.15pm King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 Comedy Club Today (Thursday), 7.45pm Roy Orbison & Friends Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm Magic of the Beatles ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Thursday (March 26) until Sunday South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £11 Box office 01775 764777 Polka Dot Academy is proud to present Limelight Youth Theatre in their production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colours comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical ...

It’s fair to say that the movie market is flooded with young adult (YA) offerings at the moment. The excellent Harry Potter films opened the door for others in the genre, with the likes of Twilight, The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner coming to the fore in more recent years. Insurgent, the second of the four-part Divergent series, falls ...

Can we all agree that Liam Neeson pretty much has his own genre now? Ever since Taken back in 2008, Neeson has become the best in the business at portraying the ageing bad-ass with a heart of gold. With that in mind, Run All Night ticks all of the boxes for one of his recent films. His character Jimmy Conlon ...

I’m a bit of a sucker for Neill Blomkamp movies. District 9 (released in 2009) remains one of my all-time favourites of any genre, while 2013’s Elysium – although not quite as good – succeeded in bringing something fresh and interesting to the table. With that in mind, Chappie has been on my radar for quite some time. As well ...

Author Elly Griffiths will be at Bookmark talking about the latest book in her Ruth Galloway series, The Ghost Fields, on Tuesday, March 31 at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £3.50 to include a glass of wine or juice.

Jean Martyn, the bubbly blonde organist who wowed the judges on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent in 2011 is returning for her annual concert at the Burtey Fen Collection in Pinchbeck, playing the theatre organs. Jean was the only female artiste to reach the BGT finals that year and is currently proving a big hit on the internet channel Sun Bingo ...

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Will Smith movie masterclass, but Focus certainly serves as a return to form for one of the most charismatic male leads in the business. It’s fair to say that Smith’s bid to get son Jaden over in 2013’s After Earth didn’t really go down too well – and he’s not really been ...

When one particular film arrives in cinemas with the hype machine firmly behind it, there will always be others that fly well under the radar. That’s certainly the case with Project Almanac, which has endured the unenviable task of going up against the mighty Fifty Shades of Grey movie. The travesty of this scenario is that this Dean Israelite-directed sci-fi ...

The high flyers and bad guys descend on Holbeach next weekend for another night of international professional wrestling action. RebelPro Wrestling brings its show to Holbeach Community Centre in Fishpond Lane on Saturday, March 7. The show, which is family friendly, will feature championship and tag team tournament matches. Wrestlers scheduled to appear include ‘Dangerous’ Danny Steel, Captain Rick Wildfire, ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office 01775 764777 NT Live: Treasure Island Saturday, 2pm & 7pm Acoustic Café Tuesday, 6pm The Physical Fellowship & Club Red Wednesday, 7.30pm King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 The Chuckles of Oz Tomorrow (Friday), 2pm ELO Experience Saturday, 7.30pm Key Theatre, Peterborough Box office 01733 207239 Paul Foot Today (Thursday), 8pm Songbird: ...

I’m not sure what I was expecting ahead of Fifty Shades of Grey. As somebody with no interest or prior knowledge of the popular erotic romance novels by E.L. James, I had it in my head that I was off to see some kind of soft porn flick. As it turns out, that would have been preferable than the reality ...

There was a time when I’d leg it to the cinema at the faintest murmur of the Wachowskis’ involvement. The Matrix trilogy remains one of my favourite of all time, while the likes of Bound and V For Vendetta are also right up my street. It’s fair to say that 2012’s Cloud Atlas didn’t reach such heights (in my mind, ...

Students from Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School are organising events to raise money to fund a trip to Tanzania in the summer. The latest of these events are an under 18s UV Party at Loaded on Friday night. The event runs from 7pm to 10pm and tickets, priced at £5, are available from AlleyCatz in Spalding. The following Thursday the students ...