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LINCOLN

FEBRUARY - 29th MARCH

SPRING BULB DISPLAYS AT

DODDINGTON HALL

Spectacular display of spring bulbs, beginning in February with snowdrops and winter aconites, Cyclamen coum, and Crocus tommasinianus, continuing through March and early April with drifts of Lent lilies and heritage daffodils (including rare Edwardian varieties). The spring bulb pageant was started in the 1950s by owner Claire Jarvis’s grandparents and the family has planted or moved 150,000 bulbs in the last 25 years, including 5,000 snowdrops by Claire’s team. n Gardens open Wednesday and Sunday, 10am-4pm, £8.50/adult, call 01522 694308 or see www.doddingtonhall.com.

Lincoln Symphony Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY, WAGNER, GRIEG & BRAHMS, LIVE AT THE DRILL IN LINCOLN, COURTESY OF LINCOLN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LINCOLN

SUNDAY 19th MARCH

LINCOLN SYMPHONY

Orchestra At The Drill In Lincoln

A live performance including Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, Greig’s Peer Gynt and Brahms’ Symphony No4. Conducted by Aric Prentice with leader Caroline Siriwardena.

The LSO can trace its beginnings back to 1880 and former members include Sir Neville Marriner.

n The Drill, Lincoln, £14/adults, call 01522 534160 or see www.lincolndrill.co.uk.

GRANTHAM

WEDNESDAY 1st MARCH

PHONEY TOWERS n From 7.30pm, tickets £16, Grantham Guildhall Arts Centre, call 01476 406158, or see www.guildhallartscentre.com.

Based around the classic TV show everybody loves, a super tribute show, performed in the style and variety of Fawlty Towers.

GRANTHAM

WEDNESDAY 15th MARCH

- SATURDAY 18th MARCH

NINE TO FIVE n From 7.30pm, tickets £16, Grantham Guildhall Arts Centre, call 01476 406158, or see www.guildhallartscentre.com.

Live version of the hit musical based on Dolly Parton’s hit soundtrack.

BOSTON

FRIDAY 17th MARCH

A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN n Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston PE21 6HP. £16/adults, 01205 363108, www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.uk.

Take a wry, amusing, and incisive trip through the history of literature, feminism, and gender. Meet Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, and Shakespeare’s sister too with Dyad Productions.

SPALDING

SATURDAY 25th MARCH

SOUL TRAIN n From 7.30pm, £22/adults, South Holland Centre, Spalding, PE11 1SS. Call 01775 764777 or see www.southhollandcentre.co.uk.

Soul, motown and disco, live at Spalding’s South Holland Centre.

LINCOLN

THURSDAY 2nd MARCH,

TUESDAY 21st MARCH,

WEDNESDAY 22nd MARCH

OPERA AT LINCOLN’S NEW THEATRE ROYAL n See newtheatreroyallincoln.co.uk.

A trio of performances beginning on Thursday 2nd with Bizet’s Carmen, by Dnipro Opera of Ukraine and its 30-piece orchestra, plus the thrill of fiery passion, jealousy, and violence of 19th century Seville.

Later in the month, on Tuesday 21st March Ballet Theatre UK presents Romeo & Juliet, a live performance with stunning costumes and sets, transporting audiences to Renaissance Verona.

And finally, on Wednesday 22nd March, The Royal Opera House presents a live-screening to Lincoln of Puccini’s Turandot featuring the aria Nessun Dorma.