Past Events

Breaking Bard

Date: 27 June, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester, CH1 2DW
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Livemak Theatre Company and Live History presents
‘Breaking Bard’.
The year is 1608. The plague has returned and London is in lockdown – so now it looks like Will Shakespeare is going to have to put on his latest show right here…in Chester??!!

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Breaking Bard

Date: 26 June, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester, CH1 2DW
Shakespaeare-poster-crop

Livemak Theatre Company and Live History presents
‘Breaking Bard’.
The year is 1608. The plague has returned and London is in lockdown – so now it looks like Will Shakespeare is going to have to put on his latest show right here…in Chester??!!

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Sounds Good: Chester’s Audio Tours’ 

Date: 4 April, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Bishop Lloyd's Palace, Watergate Street, Chester. CH1 2LE
Bishop Lloyd's Palace, Chester

Chester’s self-guided VoiceMap audio tours, explained and described by local guides and authors.

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THE ORIGINAL FATHER CHRISTMAS – DICKENSIAN GROTTO AT THE GROSVENOR MUSEUM(CHESTER)

Date: 7 December, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Location: The Grosvenor Museum - 27 Grosvenor Street, Cheshire, Chester CH1 2DD
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Experience the sights and smells of a Victorian Christmas, set within Chester’s Grosvenor Museum.

Ticket price ÂŁ10 (includes traditional present)

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THE ORIGINAL FATHER CHRISTMAS – DICKENSIAN GROTTO AT THE GROSVENOR MUSEUM(CHESTER)

Date: 6 December, 2025
Time: 10:30 am - 4:25 pm
Location: The Grosvenor Museum - 27 Grosvenor Street, Cheshire, Chester CH1 2DD
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Experience the sights and smells of a Victorian Christmas, set within Chester’s Grosvenor Museum.

Ticket price ÂŁ10 (includes traditional present)

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THE ORIGINAL FATHER CHRISTMAS – DICKENSIAN GROTTO AT STANLEY PALACE

Start date: 8 December, 2024
End date: 22 December, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Stanley Palace - 83 Watergate St, Chester CH1 2LF
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Come and join the ‘Live History’ team at Stanley Palace, Watergate Street over the festive period, where we will be hosting the original Father Christmas and Mother Christmas.

Ticket price ÂŁ12 (includes traditional present)
Early bird ticket price ÂŁ10

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Remember, Remember…the history of Chester

Date: 4 November, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: The Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor St, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2DD?
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The Live History team are proud to announce an afternoon of  lectures on the diverse and remarkable history of Chester.

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TUDOR TALES

Date: 30 September, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Stanley Palace - 83 Watergate St, Chester CH1 2LF
Mike Farley Henry VIII professional impersoator, actor

A free event – Featuring local speakers, sharing their fascination with the Tudors and Tudor Chester.

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The Chester of Christmas Past

Date: 3 December, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Location: Stanley Palace, 83 Watergate St, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2LF
Stanley Place, Chester

The event was a fundraiser for the Friends of Stanley Palace Trust, which featured a craft fair, historic food samples and history lectures.

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Archbishop’s Palace Fundraiser

Date: 16 April, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Otford Village Memorial Hall, Otford Palace, Sevenoaks
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Thanks to Wendy Smith and NWKFHS.

The event was a fundraiser for the Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Fund.

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