FIVE things to do in Stoke-on-Trent this week (5 - 11 December)

Our top tips for what’s on and what to see and do in Stoke-on-Trent this coming week (5 -11 December)… For even more ideas, visit our  What’s On page.

V&A Wedgwood Collection Festive Archive & Tour

  

World of Wedgwood – 9 December

Get up close with festive designs in the V&A Wedgwood Collection archives and discover stories from Wedgwood Christmases gone by. From historic seasonal patterns to Christmas party speeches, this experience will certainly leave you feeling festive and a short guided tour of the galleries will bring some of these stories to life.

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The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan

  

Regent Theatre –  9 to 31 December

Join Stoke-on-Trent’s King of Panto Jonathan Wilkes as Smee and Torchwood’s Kai Owen as Captain Hook as they set sail on a brand new adventure this Christmas. With amazing special effects, stunning sets, beautiful costumes and barrel-loads of laughter, The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan will take your whole family on a swashbuckling trip to Neverland like never before!

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Tale Trail to Wonderland

  

New Vic Theatre – 10 to 31 December

Created by the New Vic Education Team and You! The New Vic's interactive storytime adventure for young children and their families is back for more festive fun!

Alice has fallen down a rabbit hole and is lost in a curious new world full of sights, sounds and places to explore. Alice would love you to share her adventure in a wonderland of fantastic characters who all want to play and have the most surprising stories to delight us! Come and join us for Christmas capers in a fun filled land and help to get Alice safely home again.

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Ragged Victorians

  

Gladstone Pottery Museum - 11 December

Not all Victorians celebrated Christmas with decorated trees, presents and festive dinners. Meet some characters from the lower levels of society and discover the harsh reality of life for the Victorian poor. The Ragged Victorians are an award-winning living history group, re-enacting the lower classes of Victorian England in the 1850's. See the rag-n-bone man, fisherman's wives, match girls, road sweeps, rat catcher, prostitutes, petty thieves and many more. Free with museum admission.

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Meet the Nativity Animals at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

  

Emma Bridgewater Factory -11 December

See, hear, feel and smell the Christmas story in the Factory courtyard with our good friends The Farm on Wheels! Come along in your nativity play costume for a great seasonal picture and receive a tasty treat.