Things to do

Military Fireworks Spectacular Springfields Outlet Shopping, Spalding Tomorrow (Thursday, November 6) Gates 6pm, fireworks 8pm. As the nation marks 100 years on from the start of the First World War the organisers of the annual Springfields firework display have a special treat for visitors. The focus for this year’s display is to commemorate our servicemen and servicewomen from World War One ...

If you’re looking for a unique Christmas gift, why not visit a craft and gift fair? The Action Medical Research Christmas Gift Fair takes place at Springfields Events Centre, Spalding, on Monday, November 10, 2pm to 9pm and Tuesday, November 11, 9am to 4pm. There will be unusual and exclusive gifts including cookware and food stalls, jewellery, fashions, shoes and ...

Ouija (15) review If you’ve lost count of the amount of horror movies that star relatively young characters doing incredibly stupid things, it’s because the genre is pretty much flooded with them. In a nutshell, that’s essentially what is wrong with Ouija, which doesn’t really bring anything at all new to the table during its near 1.30hrs run time. That’s ...

The People’s Theatre Company presents Old MacDonald Had A Farm King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Friday, October 31, 2.30pm Tickets £10.50, children £9.50, family (4) £36 Box office: 01553 764864   Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O. But Old MacDonald’s animals have gone missing! Can you help a friendly scientist and his amazing time machine get them back for him? Presented ...

TODAY (THURSDAY) South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start and end at Holbeach Library, 01522 870252. Moulton Seas End Youth Club, 6.30pm-8.30pm, £1.50 for ages seven to 16, 01406 371796. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; ...

Alan Davies – Little Victories The Cresset, Peterborough Thursday, November 6 8pm Tickets £21.50 Box office: 01733 265705   Following the sell out success of his long-awaited return to stand up, Alan Davies returns with his highly anticipated follow up show, Little Victories. Much lauded as resident dunderhead on QI or the charming but reticent crime solver Jonathan Creek, Davies ...

This Friday sees a unique free event take place on the Memorial Field in St Thomas Road, Spalding Rugby Club’s ground. Tulip Radio are compering a free firework display which is being organised with assistance from Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough and Roger Tuby Funfairs. The event starts at 4.30pm with free rides on the funfair courtesy of Roger Tuby ...

Stones in His Pockets Key Theatre, Peterborough Sunday, November 9, 7.30pm Tickets: £25 Box Office: 01733 207239   Following a sell-out run on Broadway, four and a half years in the West End and on tour, the worldwide sensation Stones in His Pockets returns with Ian McElhinney, the original director at the helm. Seen by over two million people, don’t ...

Funhouse Comedy Club South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday, October 31, doors 7.30pm, show 8.30pm Tickets £10 Box office: 01775 76477   Funhouse Comedy Club brings another night of laughter to the South Holland Centre, Spalding, tomorrow (Friday). Headlining is the inimitable Joe Lycett, who in 2012 was a nominee for the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since ...

The South King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Thursday, November 6 7.30pm Tickets £21 Box office: 01553 764864   The Beautiful South the legacy continues. When great British pop institution, The Beautiful South split in 2007, several members of the band weren’t ready to let it go. So two years later, singers Dave Hemingway and Alison Wheeler, alongside life long members Damon ...

A charity Christmas gift fair has become so popular that it has moved to a larger hall. The Spalding Committee of Action Medical Research is holding its 12th annual event at Springfields Event Centre. This year’s fair – on Monday, November 10 (2pm-9pm) and Tuesday, November 11 (9am-4pm) – will have around 60 stalls. That has meant, for the first ...

Soap stars Gaynor Faye and Jamie Shelton will be bringing light to Springfields Outlet Shopping when they flick the switch on this year’s wonderful Christmas lights display. The pair, who play Megan and Robbie in ITV’s Emmerdale, will be switching on the Christmas lights on Thursday (Oct 30). The fun-filled festive evening kicks off at 6pm with lots of great activities for ...

Fury (15) review If ever you needed reminding just how grim World War II was, Fury serves as a chilling return to one of our darkest times. David Ayer’s (Training Day) epic follows a battle-hardened Allied tank crew of American soldiers during the final months of Nazi-occupied Germany. Films of this genre may have been done to death over the ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (12A) review If – like me – you had your younger years in the 1990s, you’ll need no introduction to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I quite literally lived and breathed the heroes in a half-shell as a kid. Be it watching the television series, pretending I was Leonardo in the playground or playing Turtles In ...

Kinesonic South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday, November 7, 1.30pm and 7pm Tickets £7.50, £25 family Box office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk A spectacular family friendly show by new British circus theatre company Vagabond’s Hat At the heart of every piece of music there is a machine that keeps each tune alive. If that machine stops the music is lost forever. In ...

There’s loads of spooky Halloween fun to be had during half term in Spalding. The Halloween holiday club will be held at The Umbrella, Westlode Street, for children aged from four to 11. On Wednesday, October 29, there will be a woodland swamp party, creepy crawly craft session and ghostly games. On Thursday, October 30, there will be a Monster ...

Barb Jungr Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen Friday, November 14, 8pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £15.50, £14.50 over 60s, disabled and companion, £7.50 under 26s Box office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk Known as one of the country’s most passionate and charismatic interpreters of song, Barb Jungr returns to Lincolnshire fresh from sell-out dates in New ...

The Maze Runner (12A) review You may feel that the young adult (YA) movie market is getting a little crowded at the moment. We’ve had Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent (to name but a few) in recent years – and, depending on your taste, you may have already tarred The Maze Runner with the same brush as one of ...

Hugless Douglas Saturday, November 1, 11am and 2pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £7.50/ £28 family of four Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk Bring your favourite teddy to hug during this warm cuddly show for children aged three to seven and their families Hugless Douglas is a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of ...

Following a very successful first Moulton Chapel Pumpkin Party in 2013, the Moulton Chapel Tuliptime Committee is holding its second Pumpkin Party on Saturday, October 25. The event will been at Moulton Chapel Community Centre from 7pm to 11pm. Tickets cost £5 each or £15 for a family, to include a jacket potato supper. The evening includes a disco, a ...