Events Archive

A Christmas Carol

(Joseph Wright Hall)
Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th December

Be whisked away with the best loved and most famous of Charles Dickens works. Who can ever forget those immortal words “Bah, Humbug!”? A new local Drama Group, Friends at Barton, will be presenting this classic tale of the mean old miser Scrooge. Throw in a few Ghosts and you have the perfect evening’s entertainment in a venue that could not be more in keeping…..The Joseph Wright Hall, built in Victorian times. Paul Tate, originally from Barton has adapted the story for the stage and cannot wait to get you all in the Christmas SPIRIT! Every pun intended!

Shows start at 7.30pm. All tickets £5. Book on 01652 635172 or in person from the museum.

There are only a few seats left for each performance!   All remaining tickets are now ONLY on sale at the museum.

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Christmas Past

1pm – 5pm
Immerse yourself in a traditional Victorian Christmas with things for the kids to do and make, and a chance for the grownups to enjoy traditional Christmas fare in the Old School Canteen coffee shop.
Free (Victorian Father Christmas £3.00 includes a stocking gift)

If you have booked a table in the indoor market  or table top sale you can set up from 11am – tables will be in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the museum.  Pop in to museum reception first to register.

The sales will run from 1pm – 5pm.

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Remembering the First World War

11am – 4pm (Wilderspin Schoolroom)
An exhibition of memorabilia from the Great War. Admission £2.

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Museums at Night Quiz

7pm for 7.30pm in the Wilderspin Schoolroom
Register your team of up to six for another evening of brainteasers and fun. £2 per person. Bar and raffle.

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Penny Dreadful! Or Mrs. Lovett’s Revenge!

2.30pm (Wilderspin Schoolroom)
Chills and chuckles in abundance with this original one-woman show featuring Sweeney Todd’s partner in crime, Mrs. Lovett! Be appalled by a plethora of other grotesque characters from the cheap and grisly pages of the Victorian era’s penny dreadful papers, in a theatrical comedy suitable for children and the young at heart. Go on – have a close shave with Mrs. Lovett… She’d love to have you for dinner!
Tickets £9, Concessions £8, Children £5

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