"I've Put a Spell On You" - Burlesque Workshop with Hattie Go Lucky

Back by popular demand, Hattie Go Lucky is once again returning to Swarthmore!!

Join us for a fun filled evening and learn some of the basic principles of burlesque whilst embracing your fearless side!

For those of you who joined Hattie in their first session here, you will be shown some more fabulous moves and will build on your previous experience.

You can wear your comfy clothes for the session or wear your best burlesque glam, we ask that you bring a robe with you and we'll provide the feather boas.

Hattie will definitely put a spell on you!

Balbir Singh Dance Company | Love & Spice

An elderly couple, still very much in love, look back on their lives together, reliving key moments through memories of the meals they shared.

With the couple’s advancing age, each has lost one of their senses: he the sense of smell; she the sense of taste.

Can spices – in particular Black Pepper and Cardamom, the king and queen of spices – help them recapture what has been lost?

Love and Spice combines different art forms, cultural traditions and food recipes in surprisingly delicious ways.

Old Gods, New Tricks with Ashley Thorpe - Author Talk

Join Ashley Thorpe, author of the action-packed middle grade adventure The Boy to Beat the Gods, for an event that explores how stories of old have evolved to make the new. Learn about how Ashley took inspiration from the incredible pantheon of Yoruba gods – the Orishas – and how it crosses over with mythology from across the world.

Part of The Leeds Storytelling Festival 2025.

A pay-what-you-decide family friendly event recommended for children aged 7+. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

How to Write Funny Fiction with Burhana Islam - Author Talk

Join the author of the hilarious Laugh Out Loud book series and the hugely popular Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World find out more about writing funny fiction. Plus, Burhana will read some extracts from her book and share her experiences of being a children's author.

Part of the Leeds Storytelling Festival 2025.

A pay-what-you-decide family friendly event recommended for children aged 7+. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Play with Paint

Join us to be creative, messy and experimental with paint. This monthly event is all about having fun and playing with paint. Let go of your inhibitions and splash colour on our walls. No creative ability is required, this is all about the process and enjoying the freedom of getting messy.

Start-up and Grow: Two day Creatives Workshop

Recently had a go at crafting your own products and thinking you'd be able to turn them into a side hustle or business venture?

Join this workshop to get the skills you'll need to take your craft business to the next step.

In this two-day workshop we'll be joined by expert speakers who'll be going through some of the 'need to knows' as a maker, creator or crafter. From pricing your products to taking photographs and boosting your digital presence.

Over the two-days we'll have core talks and breakout rooms covering:

Day one – Friday 10th January

Dressed To Kill

You wanted the best? You got 'The Best' - The Ultimate tribute to KISS!

DRESSED TO KILL - Europe's First, and the world's longest-running tribute to KISS - and since 1990 they've played clubs and theatres throughout the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, and in Japan, replicating with scary accuracy the look and sound of a KISS show, right down to between-song chatter (in accent). 

A two-hour set of hits and classics, bloodspitting, firebreathing and special fx. 

Jim Ghedi

In his new album Wasteland, Jim Ghedi has created something huge. Intense, brooding, bold, at times apocalyptic, and remarkably vast. A profoundly bold sonic statement that is some of the most rich, far-reaching and ambitious work that Ghedi has created to date - pushing the boundaries of what what folk music can be in 2025.

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