Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.

A round-up of the latest film releases to help you decide what to watch at the cinema, plus you can view the latest trailers.

There’s something very special about Alan Bennett’s writing.

She’s been to Benidorm and she’s been to the Jungle – and now Crissy Rock is returning to Blackpool play a one-night comedy spectacular, Live and Loud (From Benidorm to the Jungle and Back), at North Pier Theatre on Saturday June 30.

Blackpool’s Jodie Prenger is returning to the Grand Theatre in the award winning play One Man, Two Guvnors.

Ultravox follow the forthcoming release of their album Brilliant with a tour which visits Blackpool Opera House on Saturday, October 6. This will be the first time the band have played live since their Return To Eden reformation shows of 2009.

Alan Bennett has a very unusual neighbour. Parked at the bottom of his garden is a van. With a lady in it.

There’s another chance to see students from Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College present their response to a visit to Auschwitz.

Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer and her friends will be taking over The Globe Theatre at Blackpool Pleasure Beach this summer.

Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.

Warming up for the 40th anniversary of Fylde Folk Festival, Fleetwood Folk Club is staging a special folk night on board the famous trawler The Jacinta, on Saturday.

Layton Institute is celebrating its centenary year with a new look summer season show.

Nobody in the Hull Truck Company’s production of Alan Bennett’s The Lady In The Van is more looking forward to the curtain going up at Blackpool Grand Theatre tomorrow than Sean McKenzie.

Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.

A fortnightly Cafe Del Mar session successfully launched at the Indigo Bar in The Dalmeny, St Annes, last Sunday with chilled out music, cocktails, tapas and more.

Aurovine – a new online music platform with its roots in Blackpool – launches today.

The latest autism friendly film screening comes to Blackpool on Sunday.

Lancaster’s Dukes Theatre is to present outdoor walkabout theatre again in Williamson Park the summer of 2013 – by public demand.

This summer’s outdoor theatre season at Lancaster’s Williamson Park has been handed to visiting companies.

A young Christian-based theatre group is bringing its latest production to Blackpool and Thornton.