5 things to do in the East Midlands this weekend

1. British Synchronized Skating Championships 2017
The British Synchronized Skating Championships will return to the National Ice Centre and Motorpoint Arena Nottingham this weekend. The event is biggest on the skating calendar, with teams from all over the UK taking part. Synchronized Skating is expected to become a Winter Olympic event in the future, so head along and see what it is all about.

2. Ramin Karimloo and the Broadgrass Band
Olivier and Tony Award nominee Ramin Karimloo, who is best known for playing leading roles in The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables in the West End, brings his show jam packed with theatre hits to Leicester’s Curve Theatre. The show will celebrate songs that tell stories and will feature musical theatre hits including Bring Him Home, Oh What a Beautiful Morning and Music of the Night.

3. Sunny Afternoon
Head back to the swinging 60s this weekend. ‘Sunny Afternoon’ will take to the stage at Derngate Theatre in Northampton this weekend and tells the tale of how one of Britain’s greatest bands, The Kinks, rose to stardom. The show will feature iconic hits including You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset.

4. Pencil Artwork Exhibition
The Sock Gallery in Loughborough is playing host to a unique exhibition until April 29. The solo exhibition by Jon Allcock will include a wide range of his pencil drawings and after being encouraged by his family and friends, he has decided to showcase his first ‘proper’ drawings at Sockette in Loughborough Town Hall.

5. Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom
Rapunzel and the Tower Of Doom takes to the stage on Sunday at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham. Tangles? Split ends? Frizzy? Flyaway? It’s bad enough having a bad hair day but poor Rapunzel spends her life in a tower with some strange woman using her locks as a stepladder. The Theatre of Widdershins return with their fabulous puppets for the popular tale that the whole family will enjoy.

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