Join scare actor Adrian Williams for some nerve tingling exercises this Halloween. Learn why Halloween has become so popular, how fear shows itself in physical as well as emotional symptoms and learn how scare acting is so completely different to any other form of acting. Drawing on Blackpool’s Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) we will look at how buildings and the environment are a key element to our trade and how to utilise them in some nerve tingling acting exercises.
Join scare actor Adrian Williams in some fun family friendly activities that will make you all look at Halloween in a different way. Learn why Halloween has become so popular, how fear shows itself in physical as well as emotional symptoms and learn how scare acting is so completely different to any other form of acting. Take part in some fun family friendly activities and games that will make you all look at Halloween in a different way and get a spooky makeover at the face painting station.
Blackpool Social Club is building a community of Wikimedians to improve Blackpool’s online cultural presence. As part of our current residency with Wikimedia UK, we are hosting a day-long Wikithon – a period dedicated to writing and editing Wikipedia content about Blackpool. We are seeking people with local knowledge or interest as well as photographers and archivists to help us represent the best of Blackpool to the online global community. We’ll learn how to edit Wiki articles and upload images to Wiki Commons. We’ll look at the existing pages for Blackpool and all things associated with it and identify areas…
Am dram and musical theatre companies from the Fylde Coast collaborate for a night of West End and Broadway hits. A tribute to the timeless allure of musicals spanning decades as well as to the wealth of talented local performers.
Judge Jules and Dave Pearce headline this nostalgia fulled Halloween dance party. Ultra Nate and Sonique are among the acts performing live.
Boy George takes the role of the villainous Captain Hook in this big budget production – a mix of cirque and spectacular with hints of traditional panto.
The Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival returns for its 73rd anniversary in 2023, covering Classical, Modern and Latin Sequence Dancing. The festival accommodates both Children and Adult competitions and the British Sequence Championships are held on all three evenings. There is plenty of opportunity for social dancing in between the competitions and also on Sunday and Tuesday afternoon.
The celebrity chef holds an audience as he makes mouth-watering dishes from the biggest and best bacon and cheese butty, huge Yorkshire puddings and even his own take on the retro Funny Feet ice-cream.
Indie pop trio Scouting for Girls perform with special guests to raise funds for Cash for Kids charity.