Things to do

Spalding is set for the first major event of its kind – in a bid to get local people putting themselves first. Exhibitors and demonstrators will come together at the South Holland Centre on Saturday, March 28, to showcase ways of feeling good, looking after your health and getting yourself fit and active. The show is free and runs from ...

A special event has been organised to raise money for two good causes. The fundraising night takes place at Spalding Consti Club on March 14 and will feature local bands A Story To Tell and One For The Road. Tickets for the event are £10 each and proceeds will go to Spalding’s Garth School and the British Heart Foundation. For ...

TODAY South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local health trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, open to 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers Group, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad ...

Nursing Lives South Holland Centre, Spalding Saturday, February 28, 7.30pm Tickets £12/£10/£7.50 Box Office 01775 764777 Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, are bringing their national touring production of Nursing Lives to the South Holland Centre. Nursing Lives is a love story set in early 80s Britain which harks back to the hard-working, heart-breaking, swing-dancing world of ...

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 ...

TODAY South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local health trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, Theresa 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm. Open to 14-18 year olds. Visit www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office 01775 764777 Three Wise Monkeys Wednesday, 2pm. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 Fascinating Aida Today (Thursday), 7.30pm. Rumours of Fleetwood Mac Saturday, 7.30pm Paul Carrack Sunday, 7.30pm Milkshake! Live Monday, 1pm and 3.30pm Stamford Arts Centre Box office 01780 763203 Broke, The Paper Birds Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm So Comedy Live Tomorrow ...

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, ...

Get back to nature with a guided walk around Whaplode St Mary’s churchyard. There’s a chance to experience thousands of snowdrops in their natural setting in a secluded area of the churchyard, where you may also see some very attractive aconites. The church committee organise a series of walks around the beautiful grounds every year. The walks take place between ...

Everybody’s favourite marmalade-eating bear comes to the big screen at the South Holland Centre cinema during February half term. Paddington Bear has been at the heart of fundraising for Action Medical Research since his creator, Michael Bond, met the charity’s founder, Duncan Guthrie, in 1976. Spalding’s Action Medical Research committee will be at the centre for some of the screenings ...

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 ...

Guests will be shaken, not stirred, at this year’s James Bond-themed annual ball in aid of Johnson Community Hospital. This year’s Thunderball event is at Springfields Events and Conference Centre in Spalding on Saturday, July 4, and will be the final one organised by Johnson Community Hospital Ball Committee. It will once again raise money to directly support patients, visitors ...

By Nigel Chapman The radio advert screms at us: “The best Disney film since Frozen!” Now, it might be due to the fact that you can’t so much as boil an egg in the time between hearing any number of squawked renditions of Let It Go, but Frozen still seems pretty fresh to me (in fact it was released in ...

Pinocchio Blackfrairs Arts Centre, Boston Saturday, April 4, 11am and 2.30pm Tickets £12 (adults), £10 (concessions), £40 (family) Box office 01205 363108 Geppetto longs for a son of his own and so builds a puppet boy named Pinocchio who is magically brought to life by a beautiful Fairy. To become a real boy, Pinocchio must first prove he is brave, ...

Dinosaur Zoo Key Theatre, Peterborough Wednesday, February 25 and Thursday, February 26, 1.30pm and 4.30pm Tickets £12.50, danger seats £16. Box office 01733 207239 Dare to get up close and personal! Direct from the West End, Dinosaur Zoo brings these awesome prehistoric creatures to the stage as you’ve never seen them before! From cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants, observe ...

TODAY South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Moulton Seas End Youth Club, 6.30pm-8.30pm, £1.50 for ages seven to 16, contact Margaret Hains on 01406 371796. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, contact Theresa Lewis on 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding ...

If you were putting money on Mark Wahlberg’s latest offering The Gambler, I’d strongly suggest hedging your bets. A remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan, I found the film hard going in places. Mark Wahlberg plays Jim Bennett, a literature professor with a severe gambling addiction. He ends up owing $260,000 to Lee (Alvin Ing), the proprietor of ...

Claire Martin, Ray Gelato & the Dave Newton Trio in Concert – A Swingin’ Affair South Holland Centre, Spalding Today (Thursday), 7.30pm Tickets £19.50/£18.50 Box Office 01775 764777 Visit www.southhollandcentre.co.uk   Friends for 30-years, multi award-winning vocalist Claire Martin OBE and legendary saxophonist and vocalist Ray Gelato have combined their love of all things “swing” and joined forces for their ...

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 The Elvis Years Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm. Norfolk Symphony Orchestra Sunday, 3.30pm. The Cresset, Peterborough Box office 01733 265705 Omid Djalili Today (Thursday), 8pm. Key Theatre, Peterborough Box office 01733 207239 Royal Opera House present Andrea Chenier (Live Screening) Today (Thursday), 7.15pm. The Johnny Cash Story Saturday, 7.30pm. My Dog’s Got No Nose ...