Entertainment

The Purge: Anarchy (15) review When it comes to sequels, bigger isn’t always better – but sometimes it’s the only way to go. That’s the case in The Purge: Anarchy, where the grim concept of the 2013 original gets a sizeable steroid injection and delivers all out chaos. For those of you unaware of the first film, here’s the rough ...

If you fancy chilling out in the sunshine with some live music this weekend Holbeach Music in the Park is the perfect solution. The event takes place at Holbeach United Football Club on Sunday and with eight bands and musicians on the line up, there promises to be something to suit all musical tastes. The gates open at 12.30pm, with ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3D (12A) review Isn’t it great when a massively hyped film actually delivers? I haven’t looked forward to a film as much as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for quite some time – and it was everything that I wanted and hoped for. Set around ten years after the events of ...

Transformers: Age of Extinction 3D (12A) review I’ve never really understood the hate often directed at director Michael Bay and the direction he’s taken the big screen version of the Transformers franchise. Regular negatives seem to be that the scripts ‘aren’t believable’, that Bay ‘indulges himself too much with explosions and/or destruction’ and that the films are simply ‘too long’ ...

Alice in Wonderland South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday, 6.30pm and Saturday, 1.30pm and 6.30pm Tickets £11/£10/£40 (family) Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk Rehearsals are almost complete for Polka Dot Academy’s younger students, as they prepare their next wonderful show – Alice In Wonderland. Alice In Wonderland is a magical story about a young girl called Alice who is bored of ...

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie (15) review It’s only fair to kick-off this review by revealing that I’m not a fan of the very popular Mrs Brown’s Boys TV show in any shape or form. So, in the interest of objectivity, I took the bold step of inviting my mum to watch ‘D’Movie’ at Boston’s West End Cinema with me – ...

Forget Glastonbury – there’s a music festival happening much closer to home this weekend. The Bell at Weston Hills hosts its annual free music festival on Sunday and with loads of fantastic bands on the bill, it promises to be a great event. The music starts from 3pm and there will be seven live bands playing including The Soundinjectors, Sleeve ...

There’s something for everyone at the QV Foods funday this Sunday. The event takes place at Holbeach United Football Club from noon to 6pm. Attractions include a rodeo bull, a 60ft assault course, kids’ and adult’s bouncy castles and a penalty shoot-out. There will be dance, Zumba and kickboxing displays, live music, charity stalls and face painting. Refreshments on offer ...

3 Days To Kill (12 A) review I can’t remember the last time I saw Kevin Costner as the lead in an action flick – so for that reason alone, 3 Days To Kill grabbed my attention from the off. It seems a long time since his glory days of JFK, The Bodyguard and (dare I say) Waterworld back in ...

Real to Reel a Neon Youth Theatre production South Holland Centre, Spalding Thursday, June 26 and Saturday, June 28. Tickets are free Box office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk When the boredom of living in a small town threatens to sabotage the school holidays for five teenagers, an intriguing invitation from a mysterious professor of physics, with an unhealthy obsession for film, ...

Rainbow Summer Solstice Festival The Five Bells, Tydd St Mary Saturday, June 21 Free entry 11am to 8pm. Whatever your musical taste, there is bound to be something to suit at the Rainbow Summer Solstice Festival this Saturday. To mark the longest day of the year, The Five Bells in Tydd St Mary is hosting a huge summer party. The ...

A Small Family Business Encore screening from the National Theatre South Holland Centre, Spalding Tuesday, June 24, 7pm Box office 01775 764777 A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play. Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a ...

Frank Lee Speaking By Mary Benzies Stamford Senior Youth Theatre Stamford Arts Centre Friday, July 11, 7.30pm, Saturday, July 12, 7.30pm Tickets £8 (£6) Box office 01780 763203 Frank Lee Speaking is Stamford Senior Youth Theatre 2014 original touring production. This play is for anyone who is sitting, has sat, or is yet to sit a major exam. The play ...

Roll Out The Barrel Thursday, June 26, 2pm Blackfriars Theatre and Arts Centre, Boston Tickets £12 Box office 01205 363108 Roll back the years and bring back the memories with this gloriously happy show that has been lighting up theatres all over the country. Featuring over 65 songs that you know and love, from music hall classics to show songs, ...

Master of horror Stephen King has delighted his fans by announcing – just days after the launch of his latest novel Mr Mercedes – that it is to be the first novel in a trilogy featuring the book’s main characters. The basic storyline of the first instalment is “tried and tested” – a retired detective going after “the one that ...

Carnaby Street – The Musical King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Sunday, June 22 Tickets £23.50 Box office: 01553 764864 www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk Following two fabulous tours of the UK, “Carnaby Street The Musical” has assembled some of its incredible cast members to perform the great songs from the 60s in full costume for One Night in the Marquee, the famous 60s club, birthplace ...

Totally 80s Act II Youth Theatre Company South Holland Centre, Spalding Saturday, June 21, 7.30pm Tickets £9.50 (£8) Box Office: 01775 764777 Grab your leg warmers, perm your hair and rediscover your inner Fraggle as the young singers from Act II take you back to this totally rad decade. Featuring a live band of dudes, you’ll rock out to everything ...

Up Pompeii Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston Saturday, June 28, 7.30pm Tickets £12 (£10) Box office 01205 363108 www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.uk Based on the original characters created by Talbot Rothwell and Sid Collins for the Frankie Howerd BBC comedy, this hilarious romp through ancient Pompeii brings back all the television favourites in this full length play. As Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue ...

RSC Live: Henry IV Part II South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday, June 20, 7pm Tickets £13 (£11.50) Box Office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk South Holland Centre hosts the latest live screening of the Royal Shakespeare Company with its performance of Henry IV Part II from the Bard’s hometown of Stratford Upon Avon. King Henry’s health is failing as a second rebellion ...

Flashdance – The Musical The Cresset, Bretton, Peterborough Wednesday, June 25 Tickets £13.50 Box Office: 01733 265705 www. cresset.co.uk Set in Pittsburgh USA, Flashdance tells the story of 18 -year-old Alex, a welder by day and “flashdancer” by night, whose dream is to obtain a place at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy. Based on the Paramount Pictures film (screenplay by ...