Almost 90 years on, The Pavilion Theatre in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool opened its doors again to become a cinema for the nights Aunty Social’s Halloween Screen event. As the ghouls, vampires and werewolf’s began to take their seats it was evident that picking the Best Dressed for the evening was not going to be […]
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Travels With My Bogart is a fantasy story based on the ghostly legends of Lancashire (including Blackpool). The central character is young World War II evacuee from the Channel Islands. This funny and sometimes poignant tale has characters and events that are true to life in 1940’s Lancashire. Jacqueline and Louise will lead a Directors’ […]
Unfortuntely, due to predicted adverse weather expected tomorrow, the Haunted Blackpool switch-on and anthology book launch is moving location. Aunty Social have kindly offered us space at the Pavillion Theatre, Winter Gardens prior to their Halloween Screen event. Please join the Dead Good Poets as they perform their new work and launch the eagerly awaited ‘The […]
We are very excited to be welcoming Professor Popups Puppet Theatre to the Wordpool Spooky Fun Family Day at The Oracle tomorrow afternoon. The performance of The Pied Piper of Hamlyn is performed with mechanical toys, clockwork boxes, glove and shadow puppets, gentle music and lighting. The Pied Piper is charming show especially written for children […]
In celebration of the 1st anniversary of the Tea Dance at Central Library, specially commissioned dance cards have been made to make this an extra special occasion! Based on an original from the Winter Gardens in 1895, the dance card has a list of dances which will be ‘called’ (and learnt if you don’t already know […]
A feast of new perfomance awaits at Moor Park Library on Thursday 15th November from 6pm-7.3o. There will be performances of original monologues from award winning local writers David Riley, Ian Simpson, Jennifer Smethurst and Ruth White. The monologues are set in many diverse settings from the bus to the Spanish Civil war. Norman Hadley […]
Preparations are underway for the last rehearsal of the 2Day project at The Oracle ahead of the performance at the Spooky Family Fun Day on 31st October 2012! Pupils from Revoe Primary School have been working with Poet Craig Bradley and Dance Artist Jody Blunden on a creative performance project exploring the theme of diaries […]
If Adrian Mole had you howling, Allen Clarke raised your eyebrow and Nella Last pulled at your heartstrings now it’s your turn to have a go. The Blackpool diary project is a unique chance for you to become a diarist for a day and help preserve a snapshot of Blackpool life on the 31st October 2012 […]
First and Second Year BTEC Fashion students at Blackpool & The Fylde College are very excited to be part of the Wordpool festival. The creative student designers have researched, developed ideas, problem solved and created a beautiful and insightful installation of masks and garments for Blackpool Central Library. Pierrot masks/hats/accessories and garments form the […]
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