Things to do

There’s an opportunity for anyone to learn more about knitting, embroidery, crocheting and other needlecrafts in Spalding on Saturday, June 14. Freelance artist Carol Parker is organising an Art On The High Street workshop called #craftarmy. Embroiderers, weavers and spinners will be on hand to show visitors the basics of the craft. Or people can just drop in for a ...

A concert on Friday, June 14 by Holbeach students – and organised by two of them – will raise money for learning disability charity Mencap. The University Academy Holbeach’s chamber choir and three soloists are playing a concert, including African and contemporary music, at Holbeach Methodist Church at 7pm. The event has been arranged by Chloe Plaice and Abigail Howard as part ...

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 ...

22 Jump Street (15) review I’ll level with you from the outset – I haven’t seen 21 Jump Street, so I watched this sequel with fresh eyes. From what I’ve read elsewhere, 22 Jump Street is pretty much a carbon copy of the original. One of my big bugbears with some reviews is that sequels often aren’t judged on their ...

If you are looking for a wet and wild day out for all the family, Twinlakes has everything you could want without having to travel too far. Near to Melton Mowbray, Twinlakes will take you about an hour to get too from Spalding – so even the most easily bored travller won’t have too much to moan about. And with ...

The weather’s warming up, so it’s time to party at Spalding’s Loaded nightclub with their series of Big Nights Out. The next one, this Saturday, sees the club kicking off with its England v Italy World Cup party. England’s first match of the tournament kicks off at 11pm, so Loaded is inviting fans to go along and watch it on ...

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, contact Donna Lill on 01522 870252. 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, ...

The Fenland branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has been supping pints for 40 years – and is planning to brew a beer called Fenland 40 to celebrate. Back in 1974 the first informal meeting was held, at The Bull in Pinchbeck. On June 21 that year Fenland branch was formed at The Bull Inn at Market Deeping, with ...

Spalding’s cycle action group has a leisure ride to Crowland as part of the forthcoming national Bike Week. PEDALS is inviting anyone to join members for the 20-mile ride on Sunday, June 15. Meet at The Vista (in front of Spalding parish church) at 2.30pm. Adults are asked to accompany riders under 13 and all bikes should be roadworthy.

A parade and service of remembrance for the D-Day Landings is being held in Spalding on Sunday. Organised by the Spalding Royal Naval Association, fall-in for the parade is 10.30am at Ayscoughfee Gardens cafe. The service will take place at the garden’s war memorial at 10.45am. Ex-service organisations are invited to attend with their standards. A Spalding RNA spokesman said: ...

If you head down to Nene Valley Railway you’re sure of a big surprise. For every bear that ever there was … loves steam trains apparently and on July 5 and 6 Nene Valley Railway is hosting a Teddy Bears’ Picnic weekend. Children are invited to take along their favourite teddy and jump aboard the steam-hauled Teddy Express for a ...

Mario Kart 8 review   I’ll be honest with you, I was playing Mario Kart 8 pretty much all weekend after picking up my copy from Game at Springfields last Friday. Last week I mentioned that all of the hype surrounding Nintendo’s latest trip to the track suggested that this was the best title in the series. And I’m happy ...

Edge Of Tomorrow 3D (12A) review Live, die, repeat. For once, the tag line for a film sums it up pretty perfectly – but that’s not to say Edge Of Tomorrow isn’t a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Tom Cruise’s latest venture into the sci-fi genre isn’t a totally new concept, but it’s certainly one of his best movies to date. You ...

TODAY (THURSDAY) South Holland Singers, 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Paul’s Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding, 01775 761106. Moulton Seas End Youth Club, 6.30pm-8.30pm, £1.50 for ages seven to 16, contact Margaret on 01406 371796. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, contact Theresa on 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm. Open to 14-18 year olds. ...

Your young Chris Packhams and Michaela Strachans can spread their wings with a family fun day at the RSPB’s Frampton Marsh nature reserve on Sunday. The day is themed around butterflies and dragonflies, with lots for your kids to do. Help attract butterflies to your own garden by making a butterfly feeder or create your own butterfly puppet. Your kids ...

Ug-A-Lug: Four Caveman and a Prehistoric Pencil is the perfect picture book to sit down and share with your little one. It’s my grandson’s favourite book (he is four) and he knew it inside out within a couple of days of having it – so it comes highly recommended! Colin, Clive, Carlos and Flint are four cavemen drawn by a ...