Entertainment

  • Macclesfield Barnaby Festival 2016

    Macclesfield Barnaby Festival 2016 has set SPACE as the theme for 2016. The multi-faceted, science-based programme of activities will include opportunities for aspiring astronauts of...

  • £1m Lottery grant to boost Tatton Park farm

    Cheshire East Council has been awarded a £1m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to revitalise Tatton Park’s farm attraction. Tatton Dale Farm offers families...

  • And you think you’re having a bad day . . .

    . . . just so you know, it isn’t only you who has bad ones! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Email Reddit Tumblr

  • Cheshire Police Band off to the National Brass Band finals

    Members of the Cheshire Constabulary band are celebrating after qualifying for the National Brass Band finals in September. The band qualified following success at the...

  • Gargantuan stage for Young Company at Buxton

    Buxton Opera House’s Young Company has won a place to compete in the National Theatre’s Connections Festival alongside some of the most talented young actors...

  • Champions of Magic

    One of Britain’s top professional Mind Readers to visit Buxton Opera House If you like Derren Brown you may want to check out Alex McAleer, one...

  • It’s Treacle Sunday today!

    Last Sunday of the month means just one thing in Macclesfield – Treacle Market. The sun is shining and visitors will be flooding in to...

  • Peppa Pig live on stage

    It’s a lovely day and Peppa Pig is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig has got a surprise for her and...

  • Rewind music festival returns to Capesthorne

    80’s music fans from across Cheshire won’t have far to travel to attend one of the world’s largest retro music festivals this summer. Following two hugely successful...

  • La Lune at Barnaby 2016

    Delve into the spellbinding tale of La Lune this Barnaby Festival and find out why we need to fill the town with starlight. The Astronomer’s Story is an...

  • ‘Spice up Spring’ at Little Moreton Hall

    If you plan to cook up a special dinner for Mother’s Day, a visit to Little Moreton Hall may provide some tasty tips for the...

  • Barnaby announces national arts commissions for 2016

    Four critically acclaimed artists have been invited by Barnaby Festival to exhibit as part of an ambitious visual art programme for Barnaby 2016, in Macclesfield. Bedwyr Williams, Liliane Lijn, Hondartza...

  • Riotous and very naughty – Lysistrata

    Riotous and very naughty – Actors of Dionysus are back in Buxton with a revival of their eye-popping, trouser-dropping comedy, Lysistrata. In a high octane, hugely enjoyable and...

  • Miss Marple to be Sleuthing in Buxton

    “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October the thirteenth, at little Paddocks – at six-thirty p.m.” This is the advert that...

  • Jewish life, art and enterprise in Macclesfield during World War II

    Main image: The Weinberg family, who came to Macclesfield as refugees escaping persecution, soon integrated into Macclesfield life. Joe, on the far left, established Weinberg’s tailors...

  • It was 50 years ago today . . .

    An exhibition by six artists who studied together at Stockport Art College in the 1960’s. Featuring the works of Bryan Barlow, Joe Beard, Doug Broadhurst,...

  • Spring into action this half-term with the National Trust in Cheshire

    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2016 National Trust places in Cheshire are getting ready for one of their busiest times of the year and...

  • Your wellington boots are made for walking!

    Families need to get their wellies ready for a half term walk at Quarry Bank. Daily Welly Walks in the woods near Styal are being organised...

  • Best of Gilbert and Sullivan

    G&S fans are in for a treat this week when the esteemed Tarantara brings two concert performances of the 19th century duo’s greatest operettas, HMS Pinafore and Iolanthe. Both...

  • Flare Path

    Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path, an evocative portrait of life during World War II will be brought to the Buxton Opera House stage in February as part...