Culture Vulture: Halloween Half Term Workshops & Events

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Halloween at Tudor House & Garden

Friday 30 October / 10am - 9pm / Admission Free! 

The home of Halloween! Meet our friendly spirits in the banqueting hall, pick up your witch trail, have your face painted and make spooky craft items. Why not join one of our ghost tours which are running throughout the day? The Museum will be open from 10am until 9pm so you can pop in for the evening. Admission is FREE!

Our Halloween event is part of Museums at NightSmall charges will apply to craft activities & tours.


Torchlight Tours

Halloween Torchlight Tours

Fri 30 Oct, 4pm & 7pm and Sat 31 Oct, 7pm / Start at Tudor House / £5 / Pre-book on 023 8083 4536

This Halloween, why not take a Torchlight Tour and explore Southampton's Old Town at night starting at Tudor House, including some of the spooky medieval vaults. Please bring a torch with you to ward off ghosts! 


Half Term at Tudor House

We've also got two great workshops at Tudor House this half term, including:

  • Plagues & Potions for 5-11 year olds on Tues 27 October at 10am or 1pm: £5 per child. Discover the horrible history of health and sickness in Tudor times. Handle real artefacts, get mucky creating herbal medicines using natural ingredients, and make a plague mask.
  • Egyptian Mummies and Monsters for 6-13 year olds on 29 October from 10am - 1pm - £12 per child. Find out about Egyptian mummies by mummifying an orange, have a go at dressing up and make an clay Canopic jar. 

Pre-booking essential: Call 023 8083 4536 to reserve a place.

Mummies


Frozen Castles

Frozen Castles at SeaCity Museum

Age 3+ / Weds 28 Oct / 10am - Midday / £5 / Pre-book

Love Disney’s ‘Frozen’? Join us for a sing-a-long then create wonderful Frozen-inspired castle fit for Elsa herself! This event is part of the SO: To Speak, Southampton's Festival of words.

We've also got a special spooky Halloween Toddler Time at SeaCity for 1-6 year olds on Thursday 29 October from 10.30am - just £3.50 per child! Pre-book on 023 8083 4536.


Workshops at the Art Gallery this Half Term

Get creative on these two great workshops - book today by calling 023 8083 4536!

  • Day of the Dead Fabric Printing for 7-13 year olds on Tues 27 October from 10am - 1pm: £15 per child. Taking inspiration from the sugar skulls of Día de Muertos celebrated in Mexico, we’ll be making colourful Day of Dead prints on fabric and tote bags!
  • Horrific Halloween T-shirts for Ages 5+ on Thurs 29 October at 10am or 1.30pm: £7 per child. Come and create some frightening fashion for your Halloween Party or Trick or Treat adventures. One t-shirt supplied per child.

You can find all of our adult and kids activities at on our website.


Frankenstein

SO: To Speak activities at the Art Gallery

Pre-book by calling us on 023 8083 4536.

Minion Money Boxes (Age 4+) 

Mon 26 Oct / 10am-12noon / £6 

Have you got plenty of pennies? Join us for a fun workshop creating a Minion to store your millions. 

Monster Mash Up (Age 7-13)

Wed 28 Oct / 10.30am-3pm / £18 

From Greek Myths and Frankenstein to the modern day Toy Story, all the best books and films have a monster or two. Let your creativity flow during this fun sculpture workshop and join us to dissect and reassemble some old toys into truly horrific hybrids! 7 year olds must be accompanied by an adult.


Tales From The Heffalump: A face off with the office elephant

Sat 10 Oct / Committee rooms 3 & 4, Southampton Civic Centre / Times 2pm-3pm & 3.30pm-4.30pm / free, tickets must be booked in advance.

Places are still available for two special productions this Saturday at the Civic Centre. In these free sessions, Forum Theatre will bring the issue of mental health stigma into sharp focus through an entertaining, challenging and engaging performance. 

Prepare to become a part of an interactive experience that explores some of the complex issues around mental health in the workplace and our attitudes and reactions towards it. Forum Theatre invites audiences to leave the comfortable certainty of their seats to observe, interact and discuss taboos around our and others' mental health. Tickets are available here.


K6 Gallery

K6 Gallery opening this Friday

K6 Gallery is a new exhibition space in the centre of the city, which makes use of a pair grade II listed red phone boxes on Castle Way. For the inaugural exhibition, artist collective Stair/Slide/Space will be investigating the very particular and peculiar set of circumstances that make up this new art space. Join them this Friday from 6.30pm for the launch! Find out more.


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