Unmissable events

April 9–23 ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition (right), Acearts, Somerton, Somerset. Illustrations by Emma van Zeller, commissioned by COUNTRY LIFE magazine (01458 273008; www.acearts.co.uk)

April 19 and 28 Dawn Chorus Walks, Great Comp Garden, Platt, Kent. See the sunrise with wildlife expert Simon Ginnaw (01732 885094; www. greatcompgarden.co.uk) April 15–18 ‘Art & Ornament’ exhibition, Dalkeith Palace,

Edinburgh. Present-day art and craft recognising Grinling Gibbons, alongside two of his own fireplaces (0131–654 1666; www.dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk)

April 29–30 Jungle Book: Reimagined, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street. Dance-theatre retelling of Kipling’s classic (0844 338 5000; www.birmingham hippodrome.com)

June 16–17 The Teapot Prince, Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Reworking of the lost 18thcentury Ballet des Porcelaines, also at Brighton’s Royal Pavilion, East Sussex, from June 19–21 (01296 820414; www.waddesdon.org.uk)