TEDDY and family fun is promised at Muncaster Castle this Easter weekend with not one but two Easter Egg Hunts to keep the kids 'sweet' and occupied. On Good Friday and Saturday there's an Easter Egg Trail in the gardens of the castle with a small prize for completing the trail. Then on Easter Sunday and Monday the famous Muncaster Giant Easter Egg Hunt takes place from 12.30pm. Registration at the Carriage House gift shop is required by 12.15pm latest. Places are limited so don't be late, and there's a small prize for all participants, too. Also, remember, Teddies Go Free, this means if children take along their favourite teddy they gain free entry; great news for mums and dads! Muncaster Castle is in Ravenglass and is open from 10.30am-5pm.
Entry: From £15 pp
THEMED fun can be enjoyed over three days this Easter at Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel. Join the fun at The Mad Hatters Tea Party as part of the Alice in Wonderland themed Good Friday. The Storytellers will lead you on an exciting journey through Wonderland in an incredible outdoor interactive theatre event. Top hats, teacups, magic potions, a speedy (and confused) White Rabbit plus you just might find yourself tangled up in the Queen of Heart's croquet game. Saturday’s activities include an Easter Egg Hunt for kids plus Easter surprise for adults. The Mad Hatter's Tea Party activities continue plus much more. Easter Sunday sees the return of the Plant Fair and Holker Food Market, so there really is something for everyone this weekend.
Entry: Gardens & Parkland £9 pp
EASTER EGG HUNTS
Ambleside: Follow the trail from today to April 28 (10am-4pm) and hunt for clues at Hill Top. See nationaltrust.org.uk.
Ambleside: Follow the trail from tomorrow (Friday) to Easter Monday (10am-4pm).
Beetham: Easter Egg Hunt in and around Heron Corn Mill, tomorrow (Friday, 11am-4pm).
Bowness: Mini Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday & Easter Monday (10am-5.30pm) at The World of Peter Rabbit Attraction.
Buttermere: Follow the trail tomorrow (Friday, 11am-2.30pm).
Cark-in-Cartmel: Follow the trail from tomorrow (Friday) to Sunday) at Holker Hall. BA.
Carlisle: Woolly Bunny Easter Egg trail at Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life at the castle, from tomorrow (Friday) to Sunday (10am-6pm).
Cockermouth: Follow the trail from tomorrow (Friday) to Easter Monday (11am-4pm) at Wordsworth House & Garden.
Derwentwater: Follow the trail on Easter Monday (11am-2.30pm).
Ennerdale: Follow the trail on Sunday (11am-2.30pm).
Grasmere: Allan Bank from today (Thursday) to April 28 (10.30am-4pm) – follow a trail and hunt for clues to earn chocolate treat.
Hawkshead: Follow the trail from today (Thursday) to April 28 (10.30am-4pm) at Beatrix Potter Gallery.
Ingleton: The Great Ingleton Easter Egg Hunt from tomorrow (Friday) to April 28 (8am-4pm) starts from Seasons Bakery.
Kendal: Follow the trail on Easter Monday (10am-4pm) at Sizergh Castle.
Newby Bridge: Follow the trail on Sunday (11am-3pm) and hunt for clues at Fell Foot Park.
Penrith: Follow the Dragons & Chocolate trail from today (Thursday) to April 28 (10am-5pm) at Lowther Castle.
Ravenglass: Muncaster Castle’s Mini Easter Egg trail in the gardens tomorrow (Friday) & Saturday.
Ravenglass: Muncaster’s Giant Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday & Monday (12.30pm). Register at the Carriage House by 12.15pm.
Troutbeck: Follow the trail from tomorrow to Sunday (1pm-4pm) at Townend Farm House.
STEPHEN Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson star in Willy Russell's wonderful Educating Rita, from tonight (Thursday) to April 27 (times vary) at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. When married hairdresser Rita enrols on a university course to expand her horizons, little does she realise where the journey will take her. Her tutor Frank is a frustrated poet, brilliant academic and dedicated drinker, who's less than enthusiastic about taking Rita on, but the two soon realise just how much they have to teach each other. This heart-warming and hilarious comedy won the Olivier award when it was produced in London's West End.
Box office 017687-74411.
Tickets from £10
AN AUDIENCE with Cannon and Ball. The comedy duo brings their own magical and unique brand of humour to The Platform tomorrow (Friday, 7.30pm), featuring their legendary sketches and routines, songs, anecdotes, as well as a question and answer session. It was in the 1960s when Robert Harper and Thomas Derbyshire found themselves working at the same factory in Oldham, Lancashire, as welders.
They got on well and as Robert had a sideline of singing in local clubs, he invited Thomas to go along with him. Robert was singing under the name of Stevie Rhythm and eventually Thomas became part of the act. They sang as a duo under the name of The Sherrell Brothers and later called themselves The Harper Brothers. Towards the end of the 60s they decided that they were earning more money from their act than they were welding and they made the decision to give up their day jobs to concentrate on the act full time. They changed their name to Cannon and Ball and turned professional. The name worked and the rest, as they say, is history!
Box office 01524-582803.
Tickets £18-£20
SOUTH Lakes Children’s Pantomime CIC presents Cinderella, taking place on Saturday (April 20) at 2pm & 7pm at Kendal Lakes Leisure.
Tickets www.stagesubs.com/southlakeschildrenspantomime/
Prices: Adults £10; children £8; concessions £8.
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