Live & Local
Prepare yourself for an adventure paved with gold this Christmas as Cambridge Arts Theatre’s award-winning pantomime returns with the purrr-fect festive treat: Dick Whittington and his Cat! Fed up living life with empty pockets, our plucky hero Dick Whittington arrives in London seeking fame, fortune, adventure… and his one true love! Alongside his trusty companion […]
This festive season, Cambridge Corn Exchange will once again play host to spectacular presentations of two of the world’s most popular classical ballets, accompanied by a live orchestra to complete the experience. Swan Lake is the tragic tale of love that triumphs over evil, as Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, Queen of the […]
A longstanding Cambridge Junction event offering emerging bands the opportunity to play on the J1 stage. Line up: Oli Harris and the Lonely Hour/ Substation/ Fuze/ Elgeeuu/ Paper Grenades. Fiver provides an opportunity for local bands to gain their first experience of the professional music industry, with professional mentoring and advice from the Cambridge Junction […]
Cam Skate Presents Skateboarding In The Corn Exchange! Beginners skateboarding coaching, Girl Skate Cambridgeshire session, and open skate jam in the Corn Exchange. First ever indoor half-pipe in Cambridge, plus other skate obstacles. (11am to 12pm: Beginners coaching and Girl Skate Cambridgeshire session, 12pm to 3pm: Open skate jam) Open to ages 7 to 70+, all […]
A great day out for all the family. Have all your senses stimulated by magnificent engines running in public following an extensive restoration program. This has been made possible by many 1000s of volunteer hours and over £100,000 funding from local donations, Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic England. We will also have other visiting steam […]
Roll up, roll up! Feast your eyes on stories of supernatural magick, sensational highway women, and the creatures that lurk in the streets and back alleys of the city. The Victorian city’s populations are rapidly expanding and they are hungry for entertainment, whether it’s the spectacle of the theatre, or the latest scandals hot off […]
Learn how to identify our native trees using bark, buds, shape and form (& leaves / seeds when available!). Guided walk around Wandlebury with one of our Wardens. Meet at the noticeboard in the car park. Free but donations welcome. Wandlebury County Park, Gog Magog Hills, Cambridge, CB22 3AE For info go to https://www.cambridgeppf.org/Event/winter-tree-walk-at-wandlebury-jan23
The President’s heart: a Second World War secret. Franklin Roosevelt’s health is irreparably damaged but his focus is on the aftermath of the war and establishing the United Nations. While recovering his ailing strength in the care of his close confidante, Daisy Suckley and his beleaguered cardiologist Dr Bruenn, Franklin welcomes a phone call from […]
London based company Xameleon Theatre is bringing a magical Christmas show The Snow Queen to Cambridge Junction. Based on a famous classic by Hans Christian Andersen this show is performed in Russian and created by an multi-cultural team of artists originally from Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia and Turkmenistan. The crooked mirror shattered and its fragments […]
With Cambridge Philharmonic A family concert at 4.00pm this year explores the magic of dance, with the dynamic dancing duo of Lorena Randi and Alice O’Brien. Cambridge Philharmonic’s newly-appointed Principal Guest Conductor Lucy Hollins will take you on a whistle-stop tour around the world, featuring music and dance from every corner of the globe, a […]
Pedigree Fun. Agile as a tapir! Cunning as an ant! The self-styled supervarmint returns! Harry is back with brand-new amazing jokes in an all-singing, all-dancing one-man spectacular. “I hadn’t realised how much I missed performing live until lockdown stopped me from doing it,” says Harry, “It’s great to be going back on stage and the […]
From 7.30 pm. A night of 60s Soul, R and B, Motown, Northern, Reggae and Ska. With Sotty, Skin and Gonzo. Free entry. For further ino e-mail thealleyclub@gmail.com
The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo are back! The world premiere adaptation of The Lavender Hill Mob, the classic Ealing Comedy starring Alec Guinness, is heading to a venue near you! Come and see one of the “greatest British films of all time” (BFI) brought to life with “witty wordplay” (Guardian) […]
Waterstones are welcoming in the New Year with plenty of events. Waterstones Cambridge pleased to welcome the return of Mega Manga Monday. On Monday, 16 January from 5pmby popular demand, be charting Taiju's plans to restart civilization in Dr. Stone. Come and browse the many series on offer. See games, figurines and other products based […]
Presented by The Maple Academy of Performing Arts The students of the Maple Academy of Performing Arts express their joy of dance with their long-awaited show “Dancetopia”, a cabaret style production with ballet, tap, modern and contemporary performances. Sun 22nd Jan 2023 at 2:00 PM Tickets - £14.00 - £16.50. For info go to https://www.junction.co.uk/events/dancetopia/
Me and Lyn, Ned and Joy, we live six feet apart. It's the same house. But round theirs everything's backwards. You're in our lounge, need a slash, come out, do a left. You do that next door and you end up in the kitchen." Two couples. Next door neighbours in a perfectly identical housing estate […]
Marquis Drive From the deepest, darkest parts of the West Midlands comes the sound of frustration, dreams and hard work. Upbeat to the point of euphoria, anthemic choruses set amongst verses of everyday life. Yes, Marquis Drive just might help you to escape the 9 to 5 and remind you that there is a Friday […]
Miss Marple returns to the stage… 1960s England and a wind of change is blowing through the land. It has even reached the sleepy village of St Mary Mead. There’s a new housing estate to make the villagers curious and fearful. And even stranger, a rich American film star has bought the Manor House. Jane […]
To whom it may concern - Thank you for taking the time to apply for this role that you so clearly wanted. Unfortunately, this time we are not going to be able to..." Experiencing a bit of déjà vu? Reluctant recognition? Want to cry? Can we interest you in laughing instead? More specifically: want to […]
Britain’s oldest boy band, with a combined age 401 (and three-quarters) return to Cambridge. They have nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book, a TV documentary, they’ve played for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans in sell-out tours year in year out… No, it’s not The Beatles, […]
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