Community Theatre Taster Session
Performers – Are you interested in: Working together with other locals to make a new play for stage? Being part of a theatre company where your ideas, creativity and input are valued and actively shape the work produced for audiences? Exploring big, challenging concepts and responding artistically to them; promoting discussion and inviting others to […]
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 […]
Murmurations: creative workshops for women
This autumn Blackpool Grand is hosting a new series of Murmurations – interactive sessions for women aged 18+ who are interested in connection and creatively exploring what it means to be a woman living in Blackpool today Across four Saturdays between September and November, the group will work through herstory, comedy, activism and Shakespeare to […]
Sweetness and Light: Grundy serves a three-course feast for Autumn
Three autumn exhibitions, including a confectionery-inspired glass show by Liverpool artist Linny Venables, open as the gallery marks its 115th birthday Rock, ice-cream and illuminations have long been Blackpool’s trade. This autumn, Grundy Art Gallery is making them the centrepiece of a trio of exhibitions. Threy open at the Queen Street gallery on Saturday 24 […]