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  • English Touring Opera heads back to Buxton

    By on April 18, 2017

      English Touring Opera is back in Buxton delivering an exciting double-bill of world famous opera, Puccini’s Tosca on Thursday 4 & Friday 5 May...

  • Robert Cray live on stage

    By on April 18, 2017

    Legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter Robert Cray is returning to the UK, performing Buxton Opera House on Monday 8 May. The concert is in support of...

  • Hawkwind

    By on April 18, 2017

    Psychedelic “space rockers” Hawkwind will be in concert at Buxton Opera House in May. Formed in 1969 by former busker Dave Brock, the group has...

  • Cheshire East connecting to voluntary, community and faith organisations

    By on April 17, 2017

    Cheshire East Council has set out a plan for how it will connect with the voluntary, community and faith (VCF) sector over the next three years. In...

  • Cinemac – National Theatre Live events

    By on April 17, 2017

    Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 This week: National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Thursday 20 April, 7pm ★★★★ ‘Hilarious’ The Times  ★★★★ ‘Fizzes with life’ Observer ★★★★ ‘A...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on April 17, 2017

    Cinemac Old Sunday School Roe Street Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Monday 17 April to Thursday 4 May Monday 17...

  • Rotary Club Swimathon

    By on April 17, 2017

    The Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle held it’s annual Swimathon at the Macclesfield Leisure Centre on recently. This is the 17th anniversary of this popular...

  • No better place this Easter . . .

    By on April 15, 2017

    There’s not many places better than Tatton to spend a day out over the Easter weekend – especially with a family like mine aged 18 months up...

  • Countdown to Buxton’s Big Session Festival

    By on April 13, 2017

    Above: Blackbeard’s Tea Party Following its sold-out success last year, The Big Session Festival will be back in Buxton this month, taking place for an...

  • Traffic-free reservoir road benefits walkers, cyclists and horse riders

    By on April 12, 2017

    Visitors to the Derwent dams, near Sheffield, are reminded that the weekend and bank holiday road closure, between Fairholmes and King’s Tree, is in force...

  • Fresh look at historic rail route

    By on April 11, 2017

    It was once a major cross-Pennine rail route, steam trains packed with freight or passengers thundering through Peak District tunnels at regular intervals. Now walkers...

  • Easter at Little Moreton Hall – Egg hunts and seed bombs

    By on April 8, 2017

    Help wake the garden with egg hunts and seed bombs this Easter at Little Moreton Hall, Congleton, Egg hunts, Fri 14 – Mon 17 April...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on April 8, 2017

    Cinemac Old Sunday School, Roe Street
, Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Saturday 8 to Thursday 20 April We have added an extra screening of...

  • Charlotte Bronte’s Thornfield Hall to let!

    By on April 7, 2017

    A piece of Peak District literary history has just come back on the letting market. North Lees Hall, the Grade II listed tower house which...

  • Mister Maker on stage in Buxton

    By on April 6, 2017

    CBeebies’ arts and crafts hero, Mister Maker is back on tour with the hit live theatre show, Mister Maker & The Shapes Live! Ready to...

  • Gangsta Granny heads for Buxton

    By on April 6, 2017

    Watch out! The cabbage-crunching, criminal master-mind, Gangsta Granny is coming to Buxton Opera House Birmingham Stage Company, the acclaimed producers of Horrible Histories, George’s  Marvellous...

  • Cheshire East taskforce to promote creative sector

    By on April 6, 2017

    Council’s Skills and Growth Company has created a new taskforce to boost the creative and digital sector across the borough. Called Weave, the industry-led group...

  • Lambs stolen from Butley Town

    By on April 6, 2017

    Eleven lambs have been stolen from a field in Butley Town, Prestbury – near Manchester Road. The lambs were taken sometime between the hours of 9 pm...

  • MP endorses Worktaste

    By on April 5, 2017

    During a recent visit to Macclesfield Town Football Club, our MP, David Rutley, gave his strong endorsement to the Rossendale Trust’s successful WorkTaste scheme. The Rossendale Trust...

  • Graham Greene’s Our Man in Havana

    By on April 4, 2017

    Image: original 50’s movie poster featuring Alec Guinness Coming to Buxton Opera House 20-22 April Innovative theatre company Creative Cow brings an evening of hilarity...