What’s on | Editor’s pick – May 2017
Dramatic delights
Eastern Angles’s latest production yet again breaks creative boundaries, mixing up folk tunes, poetry, story-telling and drama. This show tells the story of the eponymous Prudencia Hart, a young woman on a musical journey of self-discovery…
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Thursday, 4 May, 7.30 pm
The Undercroft, Serpentine Green, Peterborough
www.easternangles.co.uk
Amazing!
Lovely, lovely, lovely Brian Cox. Did we mention he’s lovely? He’s also a particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research fellow, he works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland, and is a professor at the University of Manchester. And he’ll be LIVE at Peterborough Arena this May, opening up a whole cosmic world of wonder…
Professor Brian Cox Live
Thursday, 4 May, 8pm
Peterborough Arena, East of England Showground, Peterborough
www.peterborougharena.com
Dirty, dirty rats
Test yourself to the limit with the world’s biggest assault course – 20 miles or, for the faint of heart, 13 miles (ahem). A festival-style after-party awaits those who complete or even attempt the challenge, complete with music, lots of food and plenty of drink.
Rat Race: Dirty Weekend
Saturday, 6 May, all day
Burghley House, Stamford
www.ratraceentries.com
To laugh or not to laugh
The RSC (that’s Reduced Shakespeare Company) have been wowing audiences with their deft and highly energetic performances for decades now. The boys in tights (and trademark sneakers) are still going strong, with a brand new show to delight fans old and new.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company: William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play
Tuesday, 9 May, 7.30 pm
Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough
vivacity-peterborough.com
Take to the floor
An extra-special treat from the good people at Peterborough Cathedral, a night of Strictly-themed grace and glamour with two of the show’s most popular contestants: local Olympic superstar Louis Smith and the inspirational former Marine medic Cassidy Little. Expect masses of good humour, breathtaking moves and show-stopping routines. And sequins. Lots and lots of sequins…
Strictly Cathedral with Louis Smith and Cassidy Little
Fri 19th May 2017 7:00 pm
Peterborough Cathedral, Minster Precincts, Peterborough
www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
