What's On guide

English Touring Opera present La Calisto at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £28-£36.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Quiz night at the 19th Hole, Buxton, from 8.30pm.

Friday, November 18

English Touring Opera presents Ulysses’ Homecoming at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £28-£36.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

An Evening with Ben Fogle at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £18.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Saturday, November 19

Germaine Greer focuses on The Disappearing Woman in her talk at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 10am. Tickets £10.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Matthew Parris presents a selection of the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 2pm. Tickets £10.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Simon Jenkins focuses on England’s cathedrals in his talk at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 12 noon.

Award-winning comedian and popular science writer Helen Keen will be uncovering the astounding science behind the world’s most popular television show in her talk at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 4.30pm. Tickets £10.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

English Touring Opera present Xerxes at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £28-£36.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

David Bramwell, John Higgs, James Burt and Jo Keeling present an inspired medley of Antarctic exploration, literary hoaxes and wild avant-garde art at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £16. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Sunday, November 20

Matthew Dennison will talke about the life of Beatrix Potter and Marina Warner will give A Short History of Fairy Tales at a literary lunch at Buxton’s Old Hall Hotel at 12noon. Tickets £62. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Endellion Theatre Company presents South Downs & The Browning Version double bill at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £14-£16. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Monday, November 21

Buxton Film present Hail, Caesar (12A) at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £4.50. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Tuesday, November 22

Maximum R ‘n’ B with The Manfreds at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £29.50-£32. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Blazin’ Fiddles play at Buxton’s Pavilion Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £18. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Wednesday, November 23

Dr Hook - starring Dennis Locorriere at Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £33-£36. Contact 01298 72190 or www.buxtonperahouse.org.uk