INTRICATE plots and shuddering suspense are hallmarks of Agatha Christie’s work and there is no better example than The Mousetrap, which has been running in the West End for nearly 60 years, writes John Shawcroft.

the forthcoming Think Floyd gig at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Sunday, May 19, has had to be cancelled.

Gareth Richards, Fin Taylor, Jojo Smith, Chris Mayo, are to perform at the latest Saturday Night Comedy night event, to be held at Just The Tonic’s Nottingham club - The Forum - on Saturday, May 18.

Members of Belper Junior Musical Theatre will be treading the boards at The Ecclesbourne School in Duffield on May 18-19, when they will be performing a juniors version of the classic Disney musical Beauty And The Beast.

There will be plenty of laughter in the air when the Stagefright Comedy Club returns to The Fishpond in Matlock Bath on Wednesday, May 15.

The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Nottingham’s forthcoming June to August season promises some long-awaited summer fun.

The legendary, record-breaking, box office smash hit thriller The Mousetrap returns to its Nottingham birthplace to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a star cast, this week.

Heanor Baptist Church welcomes Leo Turner and Carlos Munoz Villalobos for a Live and Local performance on Thursday, May 16, from 7.30pm.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first number one single, the live concert show The Magic Of The Beatles is coming to Derby’s Assembly Rooms.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers visit Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Tuesday, May 21, from 7.30pm.

Potfest is back in the Midlands this weekend, after a five-year absence.

Cooking With Elvis is a tricky play to get right, I would imagine.

Roger Monkhouse, Susan Murray, Joel Dommett, Tom Toal are the performers at the latest Saturday Night Comedy event, to be held at Just The Tonic’s Nottingham club on May 11.

Alex Boardman, Mike Newall, Dave Longley and Daliso Chaponda are the guest comics performing stand-up sets at Jongleurs comedy club in Nottingham on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11.

Director Jane Wilton had no qualms about making her cast of three feel uncomfortable during rehearsals for Belper Players’ latest production.

Phil Nichol, Dave Longley, Adam Vincent and Mick Ferry appear at Nottingham’s Jongleurs club on Friday, May 3.

He’s back! Jack Dee, the man dubbed ‘a little ray of sleet’ by fellow comedian Jeremy Hardy is bringing his first stand-up tour in six years to Derby’s Assembly Rooms on May 8.

Heanor Musical Theatre Company’s youth theatre group Rising Stars are performing that popular children’s show Bugsy Malone later this month.

The original star of Cbeebies will visit Derby LIVE’s Assembly Rooms on Sunday, May 12, to perform Sid’s Show from 11am.

It was wasn’t too long ago that the area was in the grip of some particularly unseasonal weather.