Theatre Heritage Tour – Grand Opulence
Discover the Grand Theatre’s history, front-of-house grandeur and opulence in this guided tour. This is renowned architect Frank Matcham’s masterpiece theatre, with a long and lively history. The tour includes Stalls, Dress Circle, Walkway, Royal Box & Stage Door. Click here to book.
Playwriting Course
An intensive, in-person course with a limited number of spaces available; participants should commit to attending each week as far as possible. Back for its 10th year, this popular and well tested course will develop your understanding of how to create a play for the stage. Using resources developed by professional playwrights and producing theatres, […]
Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition
Opening on 24 June and running until 2 January, this major new exhibition brings Sir Ken Dodd’s extraordinary world of comedy, laughter and happiness to Blackpool in spectacular style. Packed with iconic costumes, famous tickling sticks, rare memorabilia, original notebooks, hilarious props and interactive experiences, it’s a joyful journey through the life and career of […]
Exhibition Preview: Excavation of a Traitorous Body by Holly Kilner
Holly Kilner has made her own body the subject of her first solo show and the results don’t flinch. Excavation of a Traitorous Body previews at Abingdon Studios this Thursday. Across paintings, biomorphic forms and recurring motifs, Blackpool-based disabled artist Holly Kilner charts what she describes as an ongoing negotiation between the body, the medical […]