YOUR idea of bowls is probably the same as most people’s – just a group of older people pottering up and down the bowling green on a summer’s afternoon, and there is truly nothing more uplifting than being out on a bowling green on a…

BALLERZ has officially launched its first venue with big names in football among the first to visit theimmersive competitive socialising football dome – and more than 1000 visitors welcomed over the opening weekend. Ahead of opening to the public on Saturday 18 May, its star-studded…

THE TRADITIONAL charity Rugby 10s is set to go ahead this weekend. The day will be raising money for the RNLI charity in memory of Chris “Bully” Ball. The event runs from 12pm to 1130pm. Free entry. ====== Mens Rugby tournament Food vendorsBouncy castlesIce cream vanCoffee…

THE POTTER Street Fete is set for Monday May 27th on the green opposite St Mary Magdalene Church. Full details below.

TO boost the local tourism economy, Visit Essex is encouraging people to support local attractions over the May bank holiday weekend. Tourism in Essex is now on par with pre-pandemic levels and has seen a significant boost in recent times, bringing in over £3 billion…

THERE IS a tendency to start watching Steaming performed by the Harlow Theatre Company and feel it is dated. However, this is a play based in the late seventies and reveals the challenges for women at that time. It was also quite radical in its…

WHEN this play began with a scene in a nightclub, we feared it was going to be a bit of a Year 10 school play. By the time it had finished, we had seen a truly impressive body of work that touched everyone who had…

THE first ever Harlow Community Arts Festival opened with This Summer by Severn Wonders Production. The Harlow Playhouse Practitioners Programme presents the Harlow Community Arts Festival. Six emerging theatre companies from the local or surrounding area showcase new-writing, all on the brief of ‘Community’. It…

Review: A Chorus of Disapproval by Harlow Amateur Theatre Society (HATS) Harlow Playhouse: Thursday May 9th THE story follows a young widower, Guy Jones, as he joins an amateur operatic society putting on The Beggar’s Opera. He rapidly progresses through the ranks to become the male lead, while…

THE North Weald & District Miniature Railway are looking for local businesses to Epping / North Weald who may want to attend their summer fete at Harlow Garden Centre at the North Weald & District Miniature Railway Miniature and Model Fest Event 2024 – Saturday…

JUNE 6th sees the return of our popular Edinburgh preview shows where acts who are playing the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe preview their shows before heading north of the border (to Scotland not Suffolk). We will be putting on two shows each night with a special…

THEIR popular summer fare is back. The St Clare Summer Fayre returns on Saturday 13th July at their Hastingwood site, just outside Harlow. Kickstart your summer with St Clare and enjoy the fun-filled day out! Save the date and hear our latest exciting announcements by…

BACK by popular demand after last years successful tour. He will talk amusingly about his illustrious WEST HAM & ENGLAND CAREER . Everyone that came in 2018 and 2019 had a great time and we have had so many requests to do it again So…

A ONE man show that explores queer love, sex, grief and blame. When Tom is told to write to himself to understand his feelings and to deal with his emotions, we follow his summer as he falls in love, loses it, learns about himself and…