UK Productions and Fairfield Halls are on the hunt for local talent for this year’s enchanting pantomime Aladdin, which will play at the Ashcroft Theatre from 16 Dec 2023 – 07 Jan 2024. Starring EastEnders’ Davood Ghadami as ‘Aladdin’, Milkshake! Favourite, Croydon local, and Brit School graduate Kiera-Nicole as ‘Princess Jasmine’ and panto favourite Charlie […]
International Orchestral Performances announced for Fairfield Halls’ 2023-24 series, include Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra (12 Sept 23), the Symphony Orchestra of India (5 Dec 23), China Shenzen Symphony Orchestra (22 March 24), and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (16 May 24) Fairfield Halls’ Associate Director Jonathan Higgins is delighted to announce the latest set of […]
Ahead of this year’s Wimbledon season, budding young tennis players are being encouraged to pick up a racket and give the sport a go. Portsmouth Tennis Centre (Alexandra Way) is run by registered charity BH Live in partnership with Portsmouth City Council. More than 200 players aged between 5 to 16 regularly play at the city sports centre […]
Local schools in Croydon have been invited to apply for free tickets for selected performances of the Snow Queen (Fairfield Halls) as part of a new partnership with S4K International, a Surrey-based international company with deep Croydon connections. They will rehearse and launch productions, including the forthcoming musical adaptation of THE SNOW QUEEN, at the […]
In 2022, thanks to the generosity of customers, teams across BH Live Active’s leisure centres collected hundreds of chocolate eggs for life-limited and life-threatened children in across Dorset and Hampshire. This year the team at BH Live are once more collecting chocolate eggs for children at Julia’s House, Naomi House and Jacksplace; unanimously chosen by the team […]
Residents in Portsmouth are invited to enter a Facebook competition to name a brand new inflatable aqua park attraction which opens at Mountbatten Leisure Centre in the city next month. The inflatable aqua park opens at Mountbatten Leisure Centre on Sunday 16 April 2023. The 25-metre double run is packed with thrills. Exciting and daring features to climb […]
A host of talented organists and pianists are set to entertain audiences at Bournemouth Pavilion. Installed in 1929 for the opening of Bournemouth Pavilion, the venue’s prestigious Compton Organ has been at the heart of the theatre for nearly 100 years. Starting Thursday 23 March 2023, until the end of August, a number of talented […]
This March, the Swedish Philharmonia (Gävle Symphony Orchestra) perform the second event in the 2023/24 International Orchestra Series at Fairfield Halls, with virtuosic Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic playing Tchaikovsky’s concerto. Radulovic, whose recordings of the same work was recently commended in Gramophone Magazine, has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras. The ensemble, directed […]
Half of adults believe learning to swim is intimidating as swimming sector launches stigma-busting campaign New research released today reveals that more than half of adults feel it’s intimidating to learn to swim as an adult, with this number increasing to nearly 3 in 5 (57%) amongst those who have never swum. The new statistics, […]
Bournemouth’s Pavilion will be welcoming members of the local community with a free-to-attend open day on Sunday 19 March 2023 between 10am and 5pm. Celebrating the magic of theatre, music, and film, the open day will give a revealing look inside the life and times of this iconic theatre. The open day is organised BH […]