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: Feral

Ever wondered if you missed your chance to be wild? Sonya has been spinning a lot of plates recently; she’s really good at it but she’s definitely not the untamed woman she thought she’d be by now. Sometimes she feels like a feral beast backed into a corner.  There’s no escaping social expectation and she fears she’s missed her chance. In September 2017 Sonya headed off on a hitchhiking mission to Oban to find 60’s folk legend and

: Beethoven and Schubert Cello Sonatas

We are delighted to welcome back Isabel Williamson and Jonathan Ellis who previously performed at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in June. Beethoven composed five sonatas for cello and piano, spanning his entire career. Together they chart out a map of his life; from youthful exuberance in his two early sonatas, through deafness and suffering at the time of Op 69, to the exquisite and enigmatic late sonatas, Op 102. The Opus  5 sonatas in F major and G minor

: Thrills & Quills – Jane Austen’s life in letters by LipService

***** both performances have now sold out ********** Celebrate Christmas with Jane Austen & Mrs Gaskell in Thrills & Quills LipService theatre make a seasonal return to Elizabeth Gaskell's House to take a comic look at Jane Austen's letters, examine the vagaries of the Georgian postal system and wonder what witty words Jane could have conjured up with a Twitter account. With extracts from Jane Austen's novels, letters to family members and wickedly funny observations on her neighbours.

: Kettel & Blacke

Elizabeth Gaskell and her family are on holiday in Silverdale and have asked their ‘observant’ spinster neighbours Misses Kettel and Blacke to house sit whilst they are away. Join them for humorous observations and songs around the piano at 12.30 and 2.30 in the Drawing Room. Read the Biographies of Kettel and Blacke Suitable for all ages. Included in your admission

: Muppet Christmas Carol and Family Crafts

*** sorry this event has sold out ****   Get into the Christmas spirit and join us as we show one of the best (in our opinion) family Christmas films, The Muppets Christmas Carol, here at Elizabeth Gaskell's House! We'll also have family Christmas crafts in the servants hall, plus mince pies and mulled wine on sale in the tea room.  And you can pick up some last minute stocking fillers in our shop. We're decked in holly,