Feb

Lucy’s Food and Powder Blue – Home & Garden will be hosting a unique & exciting dining experience. For 2 nights only these local businesses will be collaborating to present to you their creative combined talents. Wednesday 29th February & Thursday 1st March at 7.30pm. Canapes, aperitifs, and a 4 course meal for £30 per head. Bring...

Feb

An exhibition featuring cartoon images of iconic Leicester buildings opens this week as part of Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Leicester based cartoonist Paul Wood, whose work has appeared in Punch, Private Eye, The Sunday Express & The Independent, has produced original cartoons of buildings including the National Space Centre, Curve, John Lewis and...

Jan

Textile designer, author & tutor Ruth Singer, has won the Haymarket Shopping Centre’s Big Idea competition to kick start her creative business. Her mission is to get Leicester sewing & making by opening a studio and running sewing and craft workshops. To get to this stage, Ruth had to submit a proposal, get past the Dragon’s Den style panel...

Jan

This February, DAVE’S LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL (3 – 19 February 2012) returns to Curve with a variety of hilarious comedy offerings. Curve is one of the busiest venues of the festival with 21 shows during February. Curve’s line-up includes the best in stand-up, theatrical comedy, female impersonation, European black humour, local performers, Sing-along-a...

Dec

Last night we were invited along to De Montfort Hall to see the opening night of Peter Pan on Ice with the Russian Ice stars, and what a lovely evening we had. The show transported the audience to a magical land of pirates, native Indians and ticking crocodiles, adding an exciting twist to a classic story. The skating talents of the cast was undeniable; gliding,...