Things to do

The St Nicolas Players are back on the South Holland Centre stage this week with their latest show, A Bunch of Amateurs. The comedy written by Have I Got News For You’s Ian Hislop is being staged at 7.30pm tonight (Wednesday), Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. The Spalding-based group is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and this show ...

Polar Star – The Expeditions of Roald Amundsen will be the final lecture of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society (SGS) winter season. Historian Alastair Goodrum will speak about the great Norwegian explorer at Broad Street Methodist Church from 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday). Amundsen picked up many firsts including to reach the South Pole, and fly across the Arctic Ocean and North Pole. ...

Professional entertainer Alan Bolt will be talking about his career in the U3A Sutton Bridge’s next lecture. The Market House in Long Sutton will host the comedian and musician on April 5 from 1.30pm to 2pm. It’s to be followed by Britain’s first firefighter Josephine Reynolds at the Curlew Centre in Sutton Bridge on May 3. Theatre consultant, lecturer, historian ...

Who’s at the door? It’s only the West End stage adaptation of Judith Kerr’s beloved story The Tiger Who Came to Tea. And it’s heading to The South Holland Centre for a feast during the school Easter holidays. A spokesman for the South Holland Centre said: “The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. ...

Handforth Parish Council nemesis Jackie Weaver, Songs of Praise host Pam Rhodes and local author Christina James are just some of the names heading to the Deepings Literary Festival. It’s due to run from April 27 and May 1 in and around the Deepings with Bookmark in Spalding involved has brochures as does the South Holland Centre. A spokesman for ...

My hopes were high for The Batman after what looked like top choices on both the director and cast – and, thankfully, it delivers big time. With a dark detective-like storyline, an incredible sound track, a brutally brilliant Batman and perhaps the best version of The Riddler yet, Matt Reeves has delivered a truly great film for DC fans. And ...

I don’t know why, but crazy disaster films that are about 7/10 at best are one of my favourite genres – especially at the cinema. Moonfall has always looked to have that kind of potential, especially given that it’s directed by Roland Emmerich, who is the absolute Don when it comes to this kind of movie. The likes of Independence ...

Considering the quality of the material out there, it’s a mystery as to why video game hits seem to struggle to convert to the big screen. As a regular gamer, I can tell you with absolute certainty that some of the best stories I’ve seen told exist in that medium. One of the biggest modern franchises, which is exclusive to ...

Holbeach Town Band will be opening its doors for Learn to Play Week. For the 19th year, the band will be holding sessions from 2pm to 4pm for the week beginning Monday, April 4. Anyone interested in learning a brass instrument is welcome to go along for free. The week has been arranged to coincide with the schools’ Easter break ...

St Nicolas Players take to the stage next week with their latest production A Bunch of Amateurs and you could see the show for free. We have three pairs of tickets for any night to give away. The show takes place at the South Holland Centre, Spalding, from March 16-19. Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Chapman, A Bunch of ...

A top local guitarist is heading to Whaplode this week to play a free gig. Antoine Fleuriot is heading to The Elizabethan Centre Social Club this Saturday (March 5) and is set to perform his fantastic cover versions honed over decades of touring the country.Doors at the Parsons Lane venue open at 7.30pm for the gig which is free to ...

Mark Steel heads to King’s Lynn Corn Exchange next month for a rescheduled show on April 7.His sell-out show, Who Do I Think I Am? revealed his father was a world backgammon champion.Mark’s also the star of Radio 4’s Mark Steel’s in Town and a newspaper columnist of the year.He toured the show around the UK and he has also ...

The next Spalding Gentlemen’s Society lecture is dark matter.Ed Daw, Professor of Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter Physics at Sheffield University, will introduce a talk on the latest theories behind the mysterious substance that makes up 90 per cent of the known universe.It takes place at Broad Street Methodist Church at 7.30pm on Friday, March 4.There’s an admission fee of ...

A free day of fun-filled activities is being promised for later this month including a petting farm, virtual reality experiences, vintage rides and live entertainment. South Holland District Council will be encouraging families to Spring into Spalding on Saturday, March 26.The event, which will run from 10am until 2pm, will have activities for all ages, running alongside the usual traders ...

King’s Lynn & District Ostomy Support Group has resumed following the pandemic.The group meets at the Reffley Community Hall in King’s Lynn from 2pm-4pm on the first Saturday in March, June, September and December.The group covers North & West Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and is run by colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy patients for patients, their families and friends. Informative talks ...

The Spalding Festival organising committee in 2019.

Fifty five years after they shared a Spalding stage with Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Pink Floyd, a local band is repeating the trick with another classic 60s band this Saturday. The Swinging Blue Jeans are heading to the South Holland Centre at the weekend and they’ll be joined there by local band Sounds Force 5 who famously played at the ...

From Abba and Elton John to the 1980s and Coldplay, there’s something to cater for all music tastes coming up at the Cresset Theatre. The Peterborough venue has a number of musical shows on offer throughout March, starting with Arrival – The Hits of Abba on Thursday, March 3. This high energy show features the vast catalogue of hits loved ...

Jeremy Vine, one of the UK’s best known broadcasters, is appearing at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange in April. In more than 30 years at the BBC, he has presented Newsnight, Panorama, Crimewatch, Eggheads and Points of View – as well as his daily Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, the UK’s most listened-to radio news programme. Plus he ...

Around Christmas time a friend recommended we watch a film called Sing. Released back in 2016, this animated hit from Illumination (the studio which brought us Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets) was an instant hit in our house, with gorilla Johnny becoming a firm favourite with our five-year-old son, Isaac. Fortunately being a bit late to the ...