Eastlife Spring 2021
This is our fourth issue during the pandemic. Fourth! I can’t quite believe it. Like many other businesses we have learned to adapt. I am no longer flustered when events are cancelled at the last moment before print, it has become the norm.
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Cambridgeshire<br />
Cambs<br />
THEATRE, FILM AND SHOWS<br />
11-Mar Keep on Track with Ray Mears<br />
In this fascinating and educational show, Ray demonstrates and<br />
explains techniques that will help us improve our senses and<br />
highlights the problems nature faces today.<br />
Vivacity’s Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough,<br />
PE1 1EF<br />
01733 207239 www.vivacity-peterborough.com<br />
5-9Apr Bleak House<br />
Charles Dickens’ tale of a family who wait in vain to inherit<br />
money from a disputed fortune. Blending detective fiction,<br />
romance and satire, the story illustrates what Dickens<br />
considered to be the principle of English law... to make business<br />
for itself.<br />
ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AS<br />
01223 300085 www.adctheatre.com<br />
19-Apr Jess Fostekew: Hench<br />
Absolute powershed and regular host of The Guilty Feminist,<br />
Jessica explores her big strong strength. Ever watched a<br />
feminist try and take ‘hench’ as a compliment? It’s like watching<br />
a snake eat but funny. “<br />
The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX<br />
01223 511511 www.junction.co.uk<br />
28-Apr Rob Brydon - A Night of Songs & Laughter<br />
The award winning comedian and his eight-piece band with<br />
songs from Tom Waits to Tom Jones and Guys and Dolls to<br />
Elvis. Expect Rob’s usual humour as well as his famed gallery of<br />
voices.<br />
Cambridge Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge,<br />
CB2 3QE<br />
01223 357851 www.cambridgelive.org.uk<br />
MUSIC<br />
17-23Mar Cambridge Music Festival<br />
Ceebrating its 30th year with artists including cello/piano duo<br />
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist Stephen Hough and<br />
the Choir of King’s College. Online alternatives planned if<br />
necessary.<br />
Multiple venues in Cambridge<br />
www.cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk<br />
21-Apr Wardruna<br />
Masterful storytellers Wardruna have carved a dramatic musical<br />
landscape illuminating Norse tradition through contemporary<br />
composition. Beyond genre, theirs is a sound that must be<br />
experienced.<br />
Cambridge Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge,<br />
CB2 3QE<br />
01223 357851 www.cambridgelive.co.uk<br />
27-Apr Flook<br />
Twenty six years after their first gig, Flook continue to enchant.<br />
Taking inspiration from their Irish and English roots, their unique<br />
sound stems from the intuitive exchange between flutes, frets<br />
and skins.<br />
The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX<br />
01223 511511 www.junction.co.uk<br />
ARTS & CULTURE<br />
18Mar-25Apr Nature Exhibition – <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
A celebration of the natural world featuring craftwork, picture,<br />
handmade original print, jewellery and sculpture from a diverse<br />
collection of artists.<br />
Byard Art, 14 King’s Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ<br />
01223 464646 www.byardart.co.uk<br />
5Jan-3May<br />
The Human Touch: Making Art,<br />
Leaving Traces<br />
Drawing on works of art spanning four thousand years and from<br />
across the globe, this exhibition explores the fundamental role<br />
of touch in human experience and offers new ways of looking.<br />
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge,<br />
CB2 1RB<br />
01223 332900 www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.ukk<br />
SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
26Mar-4Apr<br />
Cambridge Festival Online<br />
The University’s new festival featuring prominent figures in<br />
science, current affairs and the arts. Free, online events tackle<br />
humanity’s pressing issues: pandemics, climate change, global<br />
economics, human rights and the future of democracy.<br />
www.festival.cam.ac.uk<br />
23-30Apr Cambridge Literary Festival Online<br />
This year’s <strong>Spring</strong> Festival brings the best authors, speakers and<br />
writers from across the world. With a successful Winter Festival<br />
Online under their belts, you can be assured of top events come<br />
what may!<br />
www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com<br />
7-10May Ely Eel Festival Weekend<br />
The annual festival with local traders, acts, demonstrations,<br />
celebrity chefs and community organisations. Highlights<br />
include the Eel Food Safari, Eel Day Parade and World Eel<br />
Throwing Competition.<br />
Ely City Centre<br />
www.elyeelfestival.co.uk<br />
16-May Mammal Tracks and Signs<br />
Wildlife Trust BCN online event, with optional outdoor visit to<br />
Hayley Wood, highlighting the mammal tracks and signs you<br />
might come across in the countryside.<br />
Hatfield Park, Great North Rd, Hatfield, AL9 5HX<br />
www.wildlifebcn.org<br />
AUCTIONS & ANTIQUES<br />
21-22May The Festival of Antiques Market<br />
A must-visit event for all antique and vintage enthusiasts. Set<br />
within four buildings and acres of outdoor pitches with furniture,<br />
jewellery, ceramics, silver, architectural salvage, fine art and<br />
more.<br />
The East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE<br />
www.festivalofantiques.co.uk<br />
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