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Trailer released for new Lego Pirates of the Caribbean game
Read entertainment news as you browse for pirate fancy dress with Escapade Fans of the critically-acclaimed Lego games may be pleased to know that a trailer for the Pirates of the Caribbean-themed instalment has been released ahead of its official launch next month. It is based on the third movie - At World's End - but incorporates action from all four too, including On Stranger Tides, which is released in cinemas soon. Gamers will find plenty to do, with the trailer revealing 20 stages and more than 70 characters, as... Read more...
Put on fun fancy dress for 2011 Nightwalk
Putting on fun fancy dress outfits is a great way to raise money for charity and it seems people in Devon know this well. On Saturday (May 21st 2011), locals will choose their favourite pirate fancy dress, animal costumes or Hollywood outfits on to take part in the Nightwalk event. Ladies who want to do their bit to raise money for the North Devon Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support are going to walk between Torrington, Bideford, Barnstaple and Braunton during the night. It's a popular Read more...
Kids put on pirate's fancy dress at Blue Planet Aquarium
Kids have been putting on their best pirate's fancy dress costume when visiting the Blue Planet Aquarium over the last few days to celebrate Pirate Week. Since Saturday (February 19th 2011), the Cheshire attraction has been filled with youngsters dressed in their best children's fancy dress clobber to take part in a variety of different pirate-themed activities. Kids have been having fun by taking part in treasure trails throughout the aquarium, having their faces painted in a manner of Read more...
Pancake Day sees racers in fun fancy dress
There's always an excuse to wear fun fancy dress and Pancake Day is one of them. Bracknell residents are likely to agree as many of them will be slipping on their favourite costumes to take part in this year's Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday (March 8th 2011). The event will take place in Bracknell town centre and it will involve participants taking part in a relay race carrying a pancake in a frying pan and flipping it at the start and finish lines. Organisers have encouraged runners to wear funny... Read more...
Karen Gillan dons pirate fancy dress for Doctor Who
Karen Gillan has been spotted wearing pirate fancy dress as she filmed scenes for a new episode of Doctor Who. The 23-year-old - who plays the Time Lord's assistant Amy Pond - donned a swashbuckling outfit on location in Cornwall to film for series six of the popular BBC programme. It appeared as though a host of seadogs had taken her and the Doctor hostage in the story, but Amy manages to break free and swing across the set, which happens to be a huge wooden ship. From the action... Read more...
Celebs and royals check out pirate fancy dress at City firm's charity day
A host of celebrities and even part of the Royal family headed out to see the pirate fancy dress on show at a City trading firm's charity day this week. Employees at ICAP worked for free and donned costumes to help raise money for good causes yesterday (December 8th 2010), with Prince Charles and Prince William among those taking part. The heirs to the throne even manned the phones at one stage in order to close a £14 billion deal with a foreign exchange company. Other outfits sported by the... Read more...
Wear Halloween fancy dress and head to Kent this October
People who like wearing Halloween fancy dress and indulging in a night of fright each October 31st may want to head to Tunbridge Wells this year. Groombridge Place is hosting a special event between October 23rd and 31st 2010 that will delight kids and adults alike, Only Kent reports. Pirate fancy dress will be one of the star attractions, as the infamous smuggler Dr Syn and his evil companion Megilante will hide in the Read more...
Halloween fancy dress theme revealed for Inverness festival
Scots who want to get Halloween fancy dress costumes sorted for the Inverness Winter Festival - you're in luck. This is because the organisers have released the theme for this year's devilish event and it promises to be lots of fun for all the family. Malice in Wonderland will take place on October 29th and 30th 2010 and, as the name suggests, is a twisted take on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Performers including the Queen of Tarts and Mad Morag will be on-hand to entertain the crowds, while... Read more...
John Terry wears pirate fancy dress to forget World Cup defeat
He may have been part of a disastrous World Cup campaign, but John Terry forgot his football woes this week by wearing pirate fancy dress.The 29-year-old defender took his wife Toni and their four-year-old twins to the Magic Kingdom at Orlando's Disney World and really got involved in the fun.He sported a fake scar across one cheek and blacked-out eyes as he gamboled happily with his daughters Georgie and Summer.At one stage, he also made a valiant attempt at getting King Arthur's Read more...
Hartlepool fete reveals summer fancy dress ideas
Partygoers may be inspired to try a pirate fancy dress costume after seeing the outfits worn at a summer fete in County Durham. Dozens of people entered the fancy dress contest at the Greatham Feast near Hartlepool last weekend and several swashbuckling pirates were among the crowd, the Hartlepool Mail reports. Other imaginative costumes on show at the event included a giant sunflower, Pinocchio and members of the A-Team. However, local residents Brian Walker and Dorothy Clark proved that Read more...
Don pirates fancy dress and join the Big Toddle!
Cilla Black has urged parents of little ones to don pirates fancy dress and take part in a sponsored event to raise money for charity.Barnardo's is holding its 14th annual Big Toddle in 2010 and this year's theme is pirates and all things swashbuckling.One famous face backing the event is Cilla Black, who told the Liverpool Echo everyone should participate if they can."Take a picnic along and make a day of it with the grandchildren," she Read more...