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The Dukes Artistic Director, Joe Sumsion, will be leaving the Lancaster theatre in February. Joe, who joined The Dukes in 2007, will be taking on new roles as a freelance director and university lecturer. The Dukes Chair, Gary Rycroft said: “On behalf of The Dukes, I congratulate Joe on the success he has had here […]

The Dukes Artistic Director, Joe Sumsion, will be leaving the Lancaster theatre in February. Joe, who joined The Dukes in 2007, will be taking on new roles as a freelance director and university lecturer. The Dukes Chair, Gary Rycroft said: “On behalf of The Dukes, I congratulate Joe on the success he has had here […]

The first major highway scheme in a programme of improvements to boost access to employment areas and future housing sites along the M65 corridor between Blackburn and Colne has been completed. The £12.1m programme of work to junctions and nearby local roads from junction 7 at Accrington to junction 13 at Barrowford is known as […]

Visitors to the annual Heritage Open Day at Gawthorpe Hall will get a behind the scenes look at what life was like at the 'Downton of the North'. Entry will be free to the Grade I listed hall at Padiham, near Burnley, on Saturday 10 September from 12 noon to 4.30pm. Redesigned in the 1850s […]

Introduction This brief has been prepared to provide information on Light Up Lancaster Festival on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November 2016 and sets out the Evaluation Management requirements. About Light up Lancaster Festival 2016 will be the fourth year of Light Up Lancaster Festival. The festival includes a light and art trail through the […]

A host of musical theatre stars will join pop star Sarah Harding and TV heart-throb Andy Moss when Ghost – The Musical heads to Blackpool. West End star Jacqui Dubois will take on the role of Oda Mae Brown which was made famous by Whoopi Goldberg in the film of the same name. Also taking […]

Blackpool Promenade will be a bike only zone on Tuesday evening for the resorts annual Ride the Lights event. The popular annual event sees the Promenade fully closed to vehicles for one night only between 7pm and 10pm to allow cyclists to get a sneak preview of the Blackpool Illuminations. This year for the first […]

TV favourite Wendi Peters and musical theatre star Dave Willets will take audiences down therabbit hole when musical Wonderland comes to Blackpool next year. The multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated show arrives at Blackpool Opera House from 10 – 15 April 2017 following sold out seasons and rave reviews in Texas, Tampa […]

The hit stage show is currently wowing audiences at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens where it has just begun a brand new production which runs until August 30. And today it is announced, that due to its popularity, Dirty Dancing will return to the Winter Gardens from Tuesday August 29 to Saturday September 2 2017. Tickets for […]

Keepers, educational officers, catering staff, admission assistants and the marketing team at Blackpool Zoo have set off on a 30,005 mile, round the world bike ride….without even leaving the resort! Armed with two static exercise bikes, kindly loaned by Fitness at Blackpool FC Health Club, the team, with the help of visitors from across the […]

The queen of British soaps and star of dozens of films and on-stage shows will pull the famous switch as part of a spectacular finale to the Switch-On party on Friday 2 September, led by Ashley Banjo, and dance group  Diversity, who are creating a very special, bespoke Illumination performance. Dame Barbara Windsor said: “Some […]

 A cavalcade of vintage buses will take over Blackburn’s multi-million-pound Cathedral Quarter in September for this year’s Heritage Open Days. Visitors can enjoy the display of vintage East Lancashire Transport buses on Saturday, 10th September between 10am and 4pm opposite Blackburn Railway Station. There will be free rides on heritage routes around Blackburn with Darwen […]