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: Penny Dreadful, Or Mrs Lovett’s Revenge!

Experience chills and chuckles in abundance for this family friendly show, Penny Dreadful, Or Mrs Lovett’s Revenge!, at Elizabeth Gaskell House on Wednesday 9 August by Don't go into the Cellar Theatre. This original one-woman show stars 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 all the family. Penny Dreadful! Or, Mrs Lovett's

: Victorian Photo Booth, plus meet Mrs Gaskell!

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is throwing open its doors this summer to the world of the Victorian children at play. Every Wednesday in the summer holidays, a range of activities will take visitors back in time to when the Gaskell’s daughters would have played in the House. Meet Mrs Gaskell and her housekeeper for an interactive visit to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House on Wednesday 16 August. 84 Plymouth Grove was once home to four children who played in the gardens