A new production of the 1964 stage musical Hello Dolly is playing a limited summer season at the London Palladium. It stars Dame Imelda Staunton in the lead role along with a full cast. The plot sees 'meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi travelling to Yonkers, New York to find a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder. He is a miserly, and...

Sadler's Wells was the venue for Carlos Acosta's Carmen Ballet production from his Dance School, Acosta Danza. Indeed, Carlos Acosta is a highly revered figure in the industry, with a desire for entertaining audiences with classical and contemporary dance.Back In 2016, Carlos Acosta, produced a one-act version of Carmen for the Royal Ballet and dec...

The second major production in the 2024 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre season is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It runs until 20 July 2024 Images : Alex Brenner This is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911. A classic of English children's literature, this is a new version by Holly Robinso...

Trentham Monkey Forest, in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire is the UK's largest primate enclosures. It has launched a mobile app designed to enhance the visitor experience at the attraction. The new app provides visitors with an interactive guide as they explore the forest among the free-roaming monkeys. Home to 140 Barbary macaques The fore...

Durness is a village in the remote north-west of Scotland that lies on the North Coast 500, an 830-kilometre scenic route along Scotland's northern coast that begins and ends in the city of Inverness. The landscape is truly wild around Durness with a rugged, rocky coastline and windblown cliffs interrupted only by expansive sandy beaches. A driving...

Following the success of its inaugural year, Classical Pride will stage a five-day festival from 3 to 7 July 2024. The festival begins on Wednesday 3 July with Classical Drag taking over Outernet in the heart of Soho to showcase some of the biggest names in drag and classical music. The festival also embraces : •a choral concert featuring the world...