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What’s On

  • All
  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
  • Performance
  • Readings/Lectures
  • Workshops

Thursday Sewing Bee

Thu 11th Jan - Thu 13th Dec

Come along to our weekly sewing bee and join us in creating beautiful pieces.

‘Household Commotion’: Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘awful treasure’ of her servants, 1832-1865.

Wed 30th May - Sun 31st Mar

A new exhibition about the servants at 84 Plymouth Grove

Victorian Book Group – The Masterpiece

Thu 21st Jun

The Victorian Book Group meets every third Thursday. All Welcome.

Crafternoon Tea – Paisley Woodblock Printing

Thu 21st Jun

Learn to print onto silk or cotton fabric to make a notebook cover or card.

Poetry-writing Workshop with Rommi Smith

Fri 22nd Jun

Bespoke one-day poetry-writing workshop with international writer Rommi Smith

Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and at Plymouth Grove

Fri 22nd Jun

Elizabeth Gaskell Walking Tour

Plymouth Grove Writing Group – June

Thu 28th Jun

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Teacher Open Evening

Thu 28th Jun

Teachers are invited

Pen Portraits

Sun 1st Jul

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

The Elgar Society present Elgar’s Piano Quintet

Sat 7th Jul

Members of the Pleyel ensemble will perform Elgar's piano quintet

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 8th Jul

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Story and Play

Wed 11th Jul

Story and play session for under fives

Victorian Book Group – A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains

Thu 19th Jul

The Victorian Book Group meets every third Thursday. All Welcome.

Plymouth Grove Writing Group – July

Thu 26th Jul

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and Plymouth Grove

Fri 27th Jul

An exploration of Manchester city centre locations connected to Elizabeth

Edward Lear’s Stuff And Nonsense

Wed 1st Aug

Family-friendly theatre featuring Edward Lear's world of fun and nonsense

Pen Portraits

Sun 5th Aug

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Sketching Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Fri 10th Aug

Learn how to capture special places using pen, pencil & watercolour

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 12th Aug

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Plymouth Grove Writing Group

Thu 23rd Aug

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and at Plymouth Grove

Fri 24th Aug

Exploration of Manchester city centre locations connected to Elizabeth

Pen Portraits

Sun 2nd Sep

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Story and Play

Wed 12th Sep

Stories and play for under 5s in the Servants Hall

Victorian Book Group – The Way We Live Now

Thu 20th Sep

The Victorian Book Group meets every third Thursday. All Welcome.

Plymouth Grove Writing Group

Thu 27th Sep

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and at Plymouth Grove

Fri 28th Sep

Exploration of Manchester city centre locations connected to Elizabeth

Raucous Afternoon Teatime

Wed 3rd Oct

Laughs, mouth-watering cake and riotous tales about Manchester characters

Pen Portraits

Sun 7th Oct

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 14th Oct

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Victorian Book Group – Victoria the Queen

Thu 18th Oct

The Victorian Book Group meets every third Thursday. All Welcome.

Plymouth Grove Writing Group

Thu 25th Oct

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Lunch-time Talk: Frankenstein

Wed 31st Oct

Join us for a Halloween lunch-time talk on Frankenstein

Pen Portraits

Sun 4th Nov

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 11th Nov

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Victorian Book Group – New Grub Street

Thu 15th Nov

The Victorian Book Group meets every third Thursday. All Welcome.

Revolutionary Women Around the World: Art Exhibition and Discussion

Wed 21st Nov

Discuss revolutionary women such as Queen Amina of Zaria as part of MACFest

Plymouth Grove Writing Group

Thu 22nd Nov

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

Pen Portraits

Sun 2nd Dec

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 9th Dec

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

New cooks always want their own peculiar little odds & ends for cookery

Elizabeth Gaskell 1863