If you have been on a Blackpool Ghost Walk with The Victorian Ghost Hunter you may have heard tales of hauntings within Dirty Blondes and the lane it is situated in. Explore the building and see if you can uncover what really is going on there... and you'll get pizza and a drink when you arrive before we beginning your mini-investigation.
Join artist Lisa Wigham for a walking tour of Blackpool to discover the town's unique signage and typography before taking part in a sign making workshop. Lisa will share skills from this tradition to get you started on layout of text and colour. Make your own sign on reclaimed wood to take away for your home or garden. Suitable for curious beginners or experienced makers.
Join Wyre's Great Outdoor Team for an action packed 24 hours assessing and exploring the habitats and species of the Wyre Estuary.During every BioBlitz, wildlife experts and general public work together to find and identify as many species of plants, animals and fungi as possible within the 24 hours. All the data that is collected will be documented and passed onto national databases that monitor wildlife. Plus, don't miss the Great Big Green Get Together on the Saturday, where you can enjoy arts and crafts, free family theatre and live music! No need to book.
If you like your Ska & Reggae toasted just right, join Skafull for a good skanking.
Join Blackpool artist, Joseph Doubtfire as he explores the fascinating story of Colonel Barker, a Blackpool sideshow which caused a sensation in the 1930s. Before they became a Blackpool sideshow in 1937, Colonel Barker’s name made headlines many times over. Raised a woman, at 28 they began living their life as a man. Colonel Barker lived many lives. 3 marriages, time in jail, lies and bankruptcy. This fame led them to appear in Blackpool and pull in the crowds. But what did their sideshow look like and what does this story means to us now?
Spot On Festival, run by Lancashire’s rural and library touring network, unfolds across Poulton this for three days. There’ll be theatre, music, dance, a makers market and family shows both indoors and out across the town with a marketplace festival stage as the centrepiece.
Following a summer of Let’s Play workshops led by teachers in their classrooms with support from local writer and poet Ant Briscoe, a cast of professional actors will perform scripts, devised by year five and six pupils from four primary schools, set in and inspired by Blackpool. Come and see the culmination of our all their work in this unmissable performance of local stories directed by National Theatre Director Ruth Mary Johnson.
A bold, brand new piece of theatre developed by a company of women through a broad range of creative techniques including writing, movement, music, puppetry, dance, sculpture and singing. Built out of research into formative female stories, both ancient and modern, the resulting performance is a fierce and playful invitation to audiences to consider recurring themes throughout his-story.
The origin story of Britain; founded by Brutus, is well known. But there is an earlier, alternative female-born story. In this pre-show talk to MYTHS hosted by Reclaim Blackpool, we will explore the modern day parallels of representation of women in mythology and how the experiences of today’s Blackpool women have informed this performance based on myths from the past.