Blog (2018) - Visit Lancashire

Thanks to the BBC, nine year old Thornton school boy and avid animal lover Austin Trickett has had a dream come true… to work alongside his father as zoo keeper for the day.  The children’s BBC TV Channel CBeebies approached Ribby Hall Village’s Wild Discovery which is an educational and interactive wildlife centre and zoo. 

Indie Favourites To Join International Dance Music Legend Sasha and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard In Festival Never Seen Before In Lancaster.

Brand new stage musical Summer Holiday is set to tour the UK from May 2018, with the famous red double-decker bus making its stop at the Opera House Blackpool from Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 July 2018.

The final piece of track was installed in Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s new £16.25 million rollercoaster – ICON yesterday (14 February).

SHREK THE MUSICAL® has arrived, stomping into 2018 with a critically acclaimed new UK and Ireland tour and the release of the official full-length trailer to celebrate its star cast in action on the hit West End and Broadway musical. With additional dates added by popular demand, SHREK THE MUSICAL® is now out on the road on a 24-venue national tour until January 2019, arriving at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre this week. 

To celebrate 50 years one of the world’s favourite films, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical of the same name will be coming to Blackpool and will have audiences of all ages flying high with its mixture of madness, intrigue and exuberance.

Alice Broadway, a writer from Buckshaw Village, has been nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious accolades in the world of children’s books. Announced today, Wednesday 7th February, Broadway is shortlisted in the Older Fiction category for her book Ink.

Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals is returning to venues across the country from May 2019 for a 35 date UK tour. Heading to the Opera House Blackpool on 15 May 2019,  Tickets for this dance spectacular will go on general sale on Thursday 15 February at 10am.

Britney Spears adds extra dates to European "Britney: Piece Of Me" Tour including Blackpool date!

EastEnders’ Rita Simons, Lucie Jones, who represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with ‘Never Give Up On You, and Bill Ward, star of Coronation Street and Emmerdale are to star in a major new UK tour of  the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical Legally Blonde The Musical.