10 things to do in and around Biggleswade

1 FAMILYEaster Creature Hunt, Jordan’s Mill, Biggleswade, April 5-15Youngsters can follow the trail around the mill garden, madow and woodland, choose one item from each of the 10 boards to create their very own magical Easter creature.www.jordansmill.com2 FAMILYWild things at Easter, The Lodge, Sandy, April 5-15It’s a wild day for the family at The Lodge. Follow the Signs of Spring Easter trail and use the clues to work out which bird laid each different egg. Stop and take part at the activity stations along the trail. Try to make a bird nest just like a real bird - it’s harder than you think, and we have hands and fingers. People can also make a den at the den building station and imagine what it’s like to be tucked up like a bird inside a tree.www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/the-lodge3 THEATREThe Magic of Hollywood, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, April 5-6This amazing new show, created by Strictly Come Dancing favourite Pasha Kovalev alongside another pro Anya Garnis. It is jam packed with sequins, glitz and glamour as Pasha takes to the stage with his sensational dancers and they perform Oscar worthy performances all set to a Hollywood theme.www.gordon-craig.co.uk4 THEATREQuartet, Cambridge Arts Theatre, April 5-7Quartet is the charming tale of four ageing opera singers. Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred reside in a magnificent retirement home in Kent, where the rumour circling the halls is that the home is soon to play host to a new resident and word is, it’s a star. Jean arrives and old rivalries resurface, secrets are revealed and chaos unfolds, but in true theatrical tradition - the show must go on. Paul Nicholas, Wendi Peters, Sue Holderness and Jeff Rawle star.www.cambridgeartstheatre.com5 MUSICIndifference, Red Lion, Biggleswade, April 7A five-piece band playing popular covers from a range of eras from the 1970’s to present day and a range of genres from pop, rock and punk to indie.

6 MUSICDeLorean, The Roundabout Club, Sandy, April 7A 70’s and 80s rock act from Hertfordshire will be playing an two hour set packed with songs by the likes of Queen, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Bad Company, Guns n’ Roses, Van Halen and Def Leppard.www.deloreanband.co.uk7 MUSICThe 88s, Potton and District Club, April 7This four piece band from the Northampton and Bedford area will play songs from the 1960s through to the present day. It will be their first gig of the year.www.the88s.info8 MUSICThe Illegal Eagles, Milton Keynes Theatre, April 8This group of musicians have been touring for more than two decades and remain true Eagles fanatics. Their longevity and continued international acclaim are due in no small part to their extraordinary mastery of the Eagles’ distinctive sound. Featuring the very best from the Eagles’ repertoire including Hotel California, Take it to the Limit, Life in the Fast Lane, Take It Easy, Lyin’ Eyes, Desperado and plenty more.www.atgtickets.co.uk/miltonkeynes9 THEATREHairspray, Milton Keynes Theatre, April 9-14It’s Baltimore, 1962 where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams. Tracy’s TV audition makes her a local star and soon she is using her new-found fame to fight for equality, bagging local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way.wwwatgtickets.co.uk/miltonkeynes10 FAMILYCircus Vegas, Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, April 10-15Housed inside its huge stars and strips big top Circus Vegas merges all the elements of circus with all the glitz, glamour and spectacle that you would imagine when you think Vegas. With jaw dropping acts, scintillating costumes and the funniest of clowns this show brings performers from all over the world, you will be sitting on the edge of your seat when not falling off them with laughter.www.circusvegasuk.com