Check out the top events in Warrington for January 2017:
Aladdin – Friday 6 January – Sunday 15 January (1.30pm & 5.30pm)
The classic tale of Arabian nights, a genie in a lamp and a beautiful princess will be entertaining families in Warrington in the New Year. January 2017 will see Parr Hall raise its curtains on the classic tale of Aladdin, which is sure to delight children and adults alike.
The panto cast, which features Nichola Lagan as the hero Aladdin, Cobie Scott-Ward as Princess Jasmine, Glynn Mills as the despicable Abanazar, Zoe Clarke as the Empress of China and sisters Elise and Seren Whyte as Ping and Pong, are looking forward to starring in the show which runs from Friday 6 January until Sunday 15 January.
Ticket price: £12.50/£10.50/£40 family ticket/10th ticket free
Location: Parr Hall
Ken Dodd Happiness Show – Sunday 29 January (5pm)
The nation’s favourite comedian Ken Dodd is bringing his Happiness Show to Warrington in January. The 88-year-old’s incredible and hugely-successful career as a professional entertainer now spans more than 60 fun-filled years and he’s decided it’s high time he revisited Parr Hall.
Ken is a comedian of unrivalled and legendary status who has been entertaining audiences for a lifetime of happiness and laughter. Anyone who comes along to enjoy his famous Happiness Show will be absolutely discumknockerated (that’s Knotty Ash for over the moon) by a truly tattifelarius (fun-filled) evening of laughter and songs.
Ticket price: £21
Location: Parr Hall
NEW AND ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Crafty Saturdays at the Museum (formerly Crafty Saturdays at Bank Park) – Saturday 7 January (10-11.30am)
Join us at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery for free family crafts for kids aged 3-12 and their grown-ups. One Saturday every month we will be delivering craft sessions, making a different crafty creation to take home. The sessions are free and open to children aged 3-12 of all abilities. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ticket price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Crafternoons at the Museum – Saturdays 7, 14, 21 and 28 January (1pm-3pm)
Free craft activities for kids every Saturday from 1pm. There’s something different to try at the museum every week. Last admission at 2.45pm, all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ticket price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Exhibition – Us and Them and Way Back When – 14 January – 4 March (all day)
Us and Them and Way Back When was created by young people who use the Relationships Centre in Museum Street. By researching the previous inhabitants of the 1877 building and some of the neighbouring addresses, the group explored the lives of Warrington’s teenagers over the past 130 years, comparing the support systems of the past with that available today.
Ticket price: free
Location: Pyramid Gallery
Exhibition – Slippers in the Rain – Until Saturday 28 January (all day)
Creativity helps people to face challenges like loneliness and failing health, to celebrate and share memories, and to respond to the world around them. Slippers in the Rain, named after Jenny Joseph’s classic poem Warning, reflects this and features work produced by Lymm residents in the later years of their lives.
Ticket price: free
Location: Pyramid Gallery
Exhibition – Keep the Home Fires Burning – Friday 11 November – Saturday 11 March (all day)
Our second exhibition about Warrington in the Great War of 1914-1918 looks at life on the Home Front. As Warrington’s men were away fighting in the trenches of the Western Front or other theatres of war find out what life was like back home. Munitions girls, nurses, aid workers, conscientious objectors and the women left behind fighting on the kitchen front – all had their part to play in the story of these tumultuous years.
Ticket Price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Exhibition – Your Country Needs You! – Friday 11 November – Saturday 4 February (all day)
This World War One commemorative exhibition features a fascinating selection of original WWI posters from the museum’s collection.
They were originally created by the British Government for public display as a form of propaganda to persuade men to join the armed forces after the country went to war in August 1914, and then throughout the war as it dragged on for four long years.
Brightly coloured posters with striking images and memorable slogans were the ideal means of mass communication in an age before television, the internet and social media.
Ticket Price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Art – Literally Murals – Saturday 12 November – Saturday 25 March (all day)
What happens when you cross a housebound resident with a street artist? Find out in this exhibition where Warrington’s housebound residents are given the opportunity to tell their stories in a unique and exciting way.
By working with a street artist specialising in typography, Warrington’s housebound residents will be able to communicate their thoughts, ideas and emotions to the museum’s visitors using the striking medium of graffiti.
The exhibition will also include a section dedicated to the artist explaining the process and techniques used as well as the historical origins of typographical street art.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
