Yorkshire Craft Centre - Events
Dates for your diary ...and occasions to remember ... events at the Yorkshire Craft Centre
History Wardrobe - a series of events bringing history to life
We are delighted to present the first three in a series of events exploring the past through the past the costumes and anecdotes of each age...presentations are based on a wealth of intelligent research, presented in a witty style, with beautiful original and replica costumes.
Tickets for each of the three events are priced at only £3 and students concession £1.50.
Further information and tickets Tel: 01274 438965 or in person at the Yorkshire Craft Centre
Tuesday 9th February 2.00pm in the Henry Mitchell Hall, Old Building
Votes for Women
The sensational stories of suffragettes and flappers are made vivid through costumes and readings from the Edwardian age, the Great War and the 1920s - a time of extraordinary political change and remarkable personal histories.
Enjoy coverage of Votes for Women here
Tuesday 9th March 2.00pm in The Henry Mitchell Hall, Old Building
Fab Fifties
Bullet bras, sugared petticoats and Liberty bodices... A glamorous ‘Cinderella’ transformation set in the decade that reinvented dazzle.
Coverage follows soon!
Thursday 6th May at 3pm in The Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre
Undressing Mr Darcy
Returning from a stroll about town, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy prepares to undress...
Is he a Rake, a Beau or a ‘Pink of the Ton’? (Nearly) all will be revealed as our historical costume expert takes off the layers before your very eyes in this hugely popular presentation about the clothes of a Regency gentleman.
Highlights from previous seasons:
Bradford School of Arts & Media's Fashion Shows 2009
Multi & Multiples
Paper Zoo Theatre Company perform an Orton double bill
Waiting for Godot
Opera North