Theatre

A blonde moment is providing a local theatre group with its return to the stage. Act II are back and bringing their production of the comedy Legally Blonde to the stage next week.The show was originally meant to be staged in April 2020, but two years after first rehearsals the group are finally bringing it on stage at Spalding Grammar ...

Around 100 people descended on Spalding Market Place this lunch time to show their support for the South Holland Centre, the staff for which are subject to redundancies. Operators South Holland District Councils say the number of roles at the centre is being reduced from 24 to seven and the loss of many of the technical staff has led to ...

Easter holidays are here and the South Holland Centre has a packed schedule of entertainment across the whole two weeks. Entertainment on offer includes films and a show. First up is Early Man, starting today (March 28) and running until April 5. Early Man is the latest film from Bristol-based studio Aardman Animations, best known for their lovable creations, Wallace ...

Youth theatre group Act II brought the thrills and fun of a portmanteau horror to Ayscoughfee Hall in an innovative and triumphant three-night run of Ghostly Tales. In the tradition of classic anthology horror films like Dead of Night and Dr Terror’s House of Horrors – which usually had a chiller, a thriller and a lighter tale – Act II ...

The cast has been revealed for this year’s pantomime at the South Holland Centre and tickets are selling fast, organisers say. Aladdin is produced by Polka Dot Pantomimes and stars Vince Williams as Widow Twankey. Panto regulars will recognise Vince from his turn as Dame in the 2016 production. Josh Davis plays Aladdin and the Genie is played by West ...

A novel Halloween happening takes place in the spooky surroundings of an old hall this weekend. The Ghostly Tales show at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum in Spalding will feature a 41-strong cast and ghost story telling a local legend. Written and performed by theatre group Act II, Ghostly Tales tells six spooky stories suitable for secondary school age and up. Act ...

Tomorrow (Thursday, October 12) comes the chance to explore Edwardian Sussex with a merry band of men who on their four-day trip travel 92 miles and polish off 300 pints of beer. The journey will take place on the stage of the South Holland Centre and takes the form of The Four Men, a play adapted from a story by ...

Spalding theatre group Act II will perform the stage version of Sister Act at the South Holland Centre. Director Karl Gernert describes the show as “two hours of unashamed fun” and he says the music by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors/Disney’s Beauty and The Beast) is “outstanding.” “They take the best bits of the film and add a great ...

Organist Elizabeth Harrison will play a two-part concert at the Burtey Fen Collection organ theatre in Pinchbeck on Sunday. The Lancashire organist and keyboard player will begin the concert playing the brightly-lit vintage 1934 Compton Cinema organ and finish on the iconic Wurlitzer built in 1929. Elizabeth is one of the busiest performers on the circuit, thanks to her 25 ...

Spalding’s South Holland Centre will be hosting a darkly funny and moving theatre production this month that’s fresh off the back of sell-out runs in London, Edinburgh and Germany.   Adrian Berry’s acclaimed production From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads tells the tale of Martin – a socially awkward young man with a head full of sound and vision and ...

St Nicolas Players are looking to build on their award-winning success when their latest production launches at the South Holland Centre next week. They are producing Blackadder Goes Forth – The Darling Diaries which runs from Wednesday, October 19, until Saturday, October 22. The performance comes on the back of winning the best drama gong at the recent regional National ...

Stamford Shakespeare Company presents Wind in the Willows at the beautiful Tolethorpe Hall this summer. This stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic novel captures vividly the idyllic world of the river bank and the distant Wild Wood where wily weasels lie in wait. Nautical Ratty, modest Mole and wise old Badger are determined to save the irrepressible Mr Toad from ...

A pair of British theatre talents take to the stage for Almeida Live’s first ever broadcast, Richard III, tonight (Thursday) at 7pm at Spalding’s South Holland Centre. This explosive new production is screened live with Ralph Fiennes as the villainous Richard III and Vanessa Redgrave as the vengeful Queen Margaret. Tickets are £13.50, £12 concessions, £10 under 26s, schools and ...

Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man South Holland Centre, Spalding Thursday, June 23, 7pm £13.50, £12 concessions Box Office 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk Dance fans will have the opportunity to watch an incredibly powerful reworking of a classic opera at the South Holland Centre’s screening of The Car Man. Performed by Matthew Bourne’s Dance Company, New Adventures, award-winning The Car Man is ...

Crowland Amateur Dramatic Society is ready to take to the stage at South View Primary School with the farce Flying Feathers on Friday and Saturday.(June 10 and 11) Rehearsals have been something of a rollercoaster with the leading lady having to pull out through ill health. A spokesman said: “We were delighted a week later when one of the young ladies ...

Amidst the shot, smoke and din of battle, a surgeon, a midshipman, a gunner and a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory strive to destroy the Combined Fleet of France and Spain. Their fate – and that of their country – lies in the hands of one man – Horatio Nelson. At the South Holland Centre on Thursday at 7.30pm Nicholas Collett ...

‘With A Little Bit of Luck’ – Theatre You Can Rave To! South Holland Centre, Spalding Tomorrow (Thursday), 8.15pm Tickets £10, £7.50 for groups of four or more Box Office 01775 764777 Paines Plough Theatre Company deliver a touch of musical nostalgia with their latest work giving audiences a chance to relive those carefree clubbing days of the late nineties ...

There is reasoning behind the bushy sideburns currently being sported by Spalding pub landlord Pete Williams. He’s playing Bill Sikes in Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society’s production of Oliver!, which begins a four-night run at the South Holland Centre on Wednesday.(May 18) Few people might know that Punchbowl owner and South Holland district councillor Pete went to drama school ...

Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society (SADOS) have been busily preparing for their next production Oliver! This year they have been working with the kids from The Biz Theatre School in Boston on this fantastic family show. Let them transport you to Victorian London for a timeless tale about the boy who dared to ask for more… After escaping Mr ...

The next Lincolnshire Rural Touring event coming to the Market House in Long Sutton is a welcome return visit from Ginny Davis. Fashionably Late continues the exploits of the Rich family. Ginny Davis and James Goldsworthy skilfully perform 13 characters in this delightful show. The Rich family are planning joint birthday celebrations for Dad’s 60th and Fred’s 18th. Granny insists ...