10 of the best

Your guide to events you must not miss this week

1 Pancake racing Peterborough Cathedral, March 5, at 12noon

Teams of four are invited to compete in the relay race which takes a route around the Cathedral Precincts. The winning team will be judged on their successful pancake flipping, as well as the speed with which they complete the course. Organisations’ mascots are also invited to take part individually, in a separate race around the Cathedral Green. Pancakes and frying pans will be provided.The entry fee is £20 per team of four, and free of charge for the Mascot Race.

2 Comedy Night Castor and Ailsworth Village Hall, March 2

Enjoy an evening of standup comedy to raise money

for the National Literacy Trust, which is working to improve the literacy levels of disadvantaged children in the Peterborough area. Tickets are £12.50 in advance, and £15 at the door.

Tickets from Darranda at 07835 831 054 or John at 07738 083 233.

3 Beyond The Barricade The Cresset, March 2

Celebrating 20 years of touring, the UK’s longest running musical theatre concert tour features past principal performers from Les Misérables delivering over two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End.

www.cresset.co.uk 4 The Herd Stamford Arts Centre, March 5-9

The Stamford Shoestring

bring to the stage Rory Kinnear’s The Herd, a warm, witty and heartfelt look at a family falling apart – and pulling together – when life doesn’t turn out quite the way they hoped.

5 Georgie Fame Key Theatre, tonight

In this very special and intimate evening, the audience will be treated to Georgie’s hits, alongside music from the artists that have influenced him.

6 Rebellious Sisterhood -

John Clare Theatre, March 1

A new play for the centenary of women gaining the vote takes a rare glimpse behind the scenes at the private lives of the leaders of the Suffragettes.

7 Peterborough Arts Cinema John Clare Theatre, tonight

Nae Pasaran charts the incredible true story of the Scottish Rolls Royce factory workers who managed to ground half of Chile’s Air Force, from the other side of the world, in the longest single act of solidarity against Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship in 1974.

www.peterborough-cathedral. org.uk

www.stamfordartscentre.co.uk

Tickets : vivacity.org

broadhorizonstheatre.co.uk

peterboroughartscinema.co.uk

8 The Best of WHAM! Key Theatre, March 1

Featuring the best of George, Andrew, Pepsi and Shirlie, with sensational vocals, choreography, costumes and a live band.

9 Bye Bye Baby The Cresset, March 3

Having performed in over 400 venues since 2013, Bye Bye Baby is a jaw-dropping tribute to the timeless, iconic music of Frankie

Valli & The Four Seasons.

It’s a musical journey through the career of this iconic group, whose story is told in music and film hit Jersey Boys, and their songs have graced such films as The Deer

Hunter, Dirty Dancing and Grease.

10 Exhibition Norman Cross Gallery until March 2

There is still time to explore this solo exhibition by Margie Nottingham, a graduate of the internationally recognised Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition, which opened on February 15, f eatures a collection of her abstract works.

Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am – 4pm

Tickets at vivacity.org

Tickats at www.cresset.co.uk