Friday 1st July marks the 175th Anniversary of the Royal Victoria Arcade, in Union Street, Ryde.

As part of the celebrations, Robert Poulter provides a nautical melodrama with his New Model [puppet] Theatre, at 5pm in the Blacksheep Bar Basement, Union Street.

If you can't make this one, there are three more performances tomorrow [Saturday].

Tickets, at £4, from Splash, Union Street.

Other events are shown in the On The Wight listings for 1st July under "Happy 175th Birthday, Royal Victoria Arcade!"

Full details of the weekend are on www.HistoricRydeSociety.com.