Empire Soldiers: A Black History Month VR experience
Drop in to Moor Park Library to experience Empire Soldiers – an immersive storytelling experience tribute to the often overlooked contributions of Caribbean and South Asian troops during WW1. Young people under the age of 13 require parental consent to use VR. 21 Oct, 10am -12 noon, Moor Park Library. Free. Under 13s need parental […]
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 […]
Gold & Delicious: Student showcase
Celebrate the first assignment exhibition from Creative Practice students at Blackpool School of Arts at Abingdon Street Market. Inspired by the theme “Gold & Delicious”, this exhibition showcases the creativity, imagination and fresh perspectives of emerging local artists. From bold ideas to unexpected interpretations, this exhibition celebrates the students’ first steps in their creative journeys. […]
Dame Harriet Walter leads RSC’s all-female Julius Caesar to Blackpool school
Phyllida Lloyd’s acclaimed production, set in a women’s prison, takes up a week’s residency at St Mary’s Catholic Academy, with two community performances and a post-show conversation on creative health and young people Dame Harriet Walter is to lead the Royal Shakespeare Company’s landmark all-female production of Julius Caesar at St Mary’s Catholic Academy in […]
Lightpool Festival lights up for it’s 10th birthday
Thirty artworks, 10 world premieres, the return of Carnival Magic and 10-metre comminity-sewn tapestry – Blackpool’s biggest light-art party turns 10 this October half term, running from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 31 October. Ten years ago, Lightpool Festival started as an idea – that Blackpool’s illuminated heritage could stretch further than the seafront and that […]