11 things to do this week in the Peterborough area

PETERBOROUGH CAMRA BEER FESTIVAL

The Embankment, August 23-27

The 43rd festival showcases the best real ale, real cider, key keg beer, wine and gin from the UK. The festival atmosphere will be enhanced with live entertainment every day and a wide choice of food vendors. You will also find a children’s funfair, pub games, the CAMRA shop, a T-shirt stand and traditional sweets stall.

PETERBOROUGH PRIDE

August 20

The colourful parade will leave Stanley Park in the city centre at 3pm heading for the Green Back Yard on Oundle Road.Then from 3.30pm through until 8pm enjoy an afternoon of camp entertainment at the Green Back Yard from the LGBTQIA+ community, hosted by Teddi the Drag Queen and Alexa Vox with headliner Queefy Cabaret.More details at www.facebook.com/PeterboroughPrideUK

OPEN DAYExotic Pet Refuge, Station Road, Deeping St James, August 21The charity run centre is home to more than 250 animals which will be on view at the latest open day between 10am and 4pm. Entry is £7 for adults, £4 for children (under-4s free).

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Key Theatre until Saturday

Kindred Drama present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s mega hit show , which features Musical Theatre classics like ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’, ‘Gethsemane’ and the iconic ‘Heaven On Their Minds’.

JURASSIC LIVEThe Cresset, August 18 and 19Jurassic Live is a thrilling new fun, educational and interactive stage show where you’ll meet and learn about dinosaurs from including the Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops and T-Rex!

DINOSAUR ADVENTURE LIVEKey Theatre, August 22 (2pm and 4.30pm)Join the intrepid Dinosaur Adventurers as they journey to a world of living, breathing, life-like dinosaurs. Meet real life-like dinosaurs face-to-face and hear the roar of a T-Rex .

THE THREE MUSKETEERSPeterborough Cathedral Cloisters (outside), August 19 at 6.30pmThis production for all the family contains a mix of amazing adventure, magical music, comical characters and swashbuckling sword fights.

THE SOUND OF SPRINGSTEENThe Cresset, August 20With a passion for the work of "The Boss", the 8 piece tribute brings their years of live performances and recording to rock you with Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits and deep cuts.

FAMILY FILMS: THOR – LOVE AND THUNDERKey Theatre, August 21 (11.30am)Thor embarks on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement gets interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a

SILVER SCREENING: WHERE THE CRAWDADS SINGKey Theatre Studio, August 21 (11am)Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumours of the marsh girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community.

JOHN COOPER CLARKEStamford Corn Exchange, August 22In celebration of his autobiography ‘I Wanna Be Yours’, this is a breath-taking rollercoaster of poetry, spoken word, off the wall chat, riffs and wicked stories drawn from his incredible life.