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The fantasy horror, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D (15) from the king of the macabre, Tim Burton, uncovers Abraham Lincoln’s biggest secret.

The Nearly Instant Theatre Session performed Nits Looks Backstage at the Grove School’s Lilley and Stone site when 27 children joined the workshop and devised scenes about working in the theatre.

BBC1’s popular Sunday evening show, Antiques Roadshow, will be filming for its 35th series in the grounds of Newstead Abbey on Thursday, June 14, and programmemakers hope as many people as possible will bring their prized possessions to be valued.

The cool cat and chums are back on the block in Top Cat: The Movie 3D (U) a lovely animated feature film directed by Alberto Mar.

A popular Midsummer Story Walk returns to The Workhouse, Southwell, on Friday, June 8, with a Dickensian theme.

Ridley Scott is back with Prometheus (15) a film of equally epic proportions that sees the director of Alien and Blade Runner take the helm in an incredible 3D journey that reaches the furthest corners of the universe.

Rob Foxon marked 25 years of presenting the archive film series, Railways Remembered, at the Palace Theatre, Newark, with a programme entitled East Coast Mainline.

To mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the gallery at Rufford Abbey Country Park is adorned with bunting and ceramics until June 10.

In the action-packed science-fiction adventure, Men In Black 3, Will Smith returns as Agent J, accompanied as always by Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K.

Fans are in for a theatrical rollercoaster ride when the acknowledged master of pyschological illusion returns to the stage with his hit show, Derren Brown: Svengali.

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Bruno) is back in his latest comic guise that sees him play an evil tyrant with more than just a passing resemblance to Colonel Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein in The Dictator (15).

Based on the cult TV series, Tim Burton's gothic horror Dark Shadows (12A) charts the life of vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Johnny Depp, over three centuries.

Villagers turned out in force for this year’s Cowslip Sunday at Lambley. It was a great day, the sun shone and there were record numbers throughout.

There is a full festival programme of events in the run-up to summer for Lowdham. It started on Friday, May 4, with a talk from author and historian Alan Dance.

Walt Disney’s 1991 charming animated classic Beauty And The Beast (U) returns in stunning 3D.

After a sell-out Irish night in March showing The Guard, the Oxton Projection House presents its next film event. The presentations on May 5 in Oxton Village Hall will be blockbusters with a hint of romance.

Stars from the hit television series Dancing On Ice have continued to wow audiences across the country with their live tour, which finally came to Nottingham’s Capital FM arena.

In the comedy, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A) Ewan McGregor stars as a repressed British civil servant who is unwillingly coerced into an incredible scheme.

Dancing On Ice 2012 champion and Emmerdale favourite Matthew Wolfenden will head the cast on the Nottingham dates of this year’s live tour.

Youngsters aged six to 16 took part in a special musical drama at Bowbridge Primary School, Newark, culminating in a performance in front of family and friends on Friday afternoon (April 13).