LINKS TO ARTS ORGANISATIONS
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Contacts
Arts Council North West, Manchester House, 22
Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3AB (0845 300 6200)
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Blackburn Arts
www.blackburn.gov.uk/artsnews
Chorley Arts Partnership, Chorley Community
Centre, Railway Street, Chorley, PR7 2TZ (01257 277703)
www.theartspartnership.co.uk
Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
(01772 499425)
www.newcontinental.net
Derian House Children's Hospice, Chancery Road,
Astley Village, Chorley (01257 271271)
www.derianhouse.co.uk
Fylde Arts Association, Eddie Taylor, 17 St. Thomas Road, Lytham St. Annes, FY8
1JL (01253 729982)
eddietaylor99@aol.com
Gujarat Muslim
Welfare Society,
Mohammed Amirat, 72 Coniston Road, Fulwood, PR2 8AY (01772 791600)
www.gmws.org.uk
Lancashire
www.creativelancashire.org County Council Arts Unit, County Hall, PR1 8XN (01772 531292)
arts.unit@ed.lancscc.gov.uk
Mid-Pennine & East Lancashire Arts
www.midpenninearts.org.uk
www.creativityworks.info
www.panopticons.uk.net
www.land.uk.net
Prescap
(Preston Community Arts Project),
5a Walton's Parade, PR1 8QT (01772
887785)
prescap@prescap.co.uk
www.prescap.co.uk
Preston Arts Association: Secretary:
Gwen Weiss,
11 Baxendale Grove, Bamber Bridge,
PR5 6SZ
(01772 629770)
gwenweiss@btinternet.com
www.prestonarts.com
Preston City Council Cultural
Development Manager Samantha Blackburn (01772 903612)
s.blackburn@preston.gov.uk
Preston FM local radio station
on 103.2 with Preston Art Scene at 7pm Mondays repeated at 10am Sundays
www.preston.fm
Preston
Minster, Parish Office, St. John's Minster, Church Street, PR1 3BT (01772 901313)
pcc@prestonparish.plus.com
www.ppaet.co.uk
Preston Town Talk.
Your
guide to your town centre, with everything you need to know to make your visit
even more enjoyable. From shops and local businesses to the latest news and
events, TownTalk has it all. http://www.preston.towntalk.co.uk
Preston & District University
of the Third Age (U3A) Meets at 2pm Thursdays monthly at St.
Cuthbert's Church Centre, Lytham Road, Fulwood (01772 791940 or 795807 or
700038)
www.u3a.org.uk
South Ribble Arts Forum, Courtyard Gallery,
Worden Park, Leyland
www.southribbleartsforum.org
Dance
Lamb &
Flag/Rapper & Longsword Dancers Morris dancing group
Venue
Ashton Institute, 12 Wellington Road at 8pm Mondays
Lancaster Ludus Dance, Assembly Rooms, King Street, Lancaster, LA1 1RE (01524
35936) www.ludus.org
Leyland Morris
Men Contact: Mike Bailey (01772 337999)
Preston Circle Dance Group
The group dance together to beautiful and inspiring music from many lands
Venue
Galloway Hall, 131 Brackenbury Road,
Fulwood at 7pm 1st & 3rd Tuesdays (not January, June or July)
Contact Rosemary Forrest, 1 Ribble House, Samuel Street, PR1 4YH
(01772 793658)
rosemary.forrest@talktalk.net
Preston Community Circus School Learn circus skills for family or friends, shows and street entertainment
Venue
St. Michael's Church, Egerton Road, Ashton at 3pm Sundays
Preston Folk Dance Club
The club holds folk dancing nights for anyone to enjoy
Venue
Galloway Hall, Brackenbury Road, Fulwood at 7.30pm on Mondays
Venue St. Andrews Primary School, Tulketh Road, Ashton
at
7.30pm on Wednesdays
Contact
Jeff Thomas, Chapel House Farm, Chapel Lane, Coppull, PR7 4LZ
(01257 791323) twojaysatchf@tiscali.co.uk
Venue St.
Anthony's Social Centre, Cadley Causeway, Fulwood at 7.30pm Tuesdays (Irish
country)
Royal Preston Morris Dancers
Learn and perform traditional morris dancing
www.salsanorthwest.co.uk
at
Lonsdale Club, Fulwood Hall Lane on Mondays & Bello's Restaurant, Friargate on
Thursdays (01772 752081)
Drama
Amateur stage magazine
www.amstage.cvtheatre.co.uk
Amateur theatre groups in NW England
www.theatrenw.co.uk
Broughton Players
Since 1946, the group has performed three plays a year and has rehearsals on
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Venue The Playhouse,
Market Street West at
7.30pm
Preston Folk Dance Club
The club holds folk dancing nights for anyone to enjoy
Venue
Galloway Hall, Brackenbury Road, Fulwood at 7.30pm on Mondays
Venue St. Andrews Primary School, Tulketh Road, Ashton
at
7.30pm on Wednesdays
Contact
Jeff Thomas, Chapel House Farm, Chapel Lane, Coppull, PR7 4LZ
(01257 791323) twojaysatchf@tiscali.co.uk
Venue St.
Anthony's Social Centre, Cadley Causeway, Fulwood at 7.30pm Tuesdays (Irish
country)
Certain Curtain Theatre,
Unit 128, Oyston Mill, Strand Road, PR1 8UR (01772
731024)
Professional group performing socially-aware productions
www.cctheatre.co.uk
www.chorleytheatre.com
Dark Nights Theatre Company
Specialise in murder mysteries Rita (01772 617895)
Grimsargh Players
Established in 1927, they meet and produce plays a number of times a year
Venue The Playhouse,
Market Street West at 7.30pm
Contact Matthew Forrest
,
11 Cedar Close, Grimsargh,
PR2 5LT
(01772 652764)
matthew@forrest8.freeserve.co.uk
www.prestonplayhouse.com
Hall Players
Formed 40 years ago, the adult group also runs a Junior Hall Players for 11-18 year olds who also produce their own shows and participate in the pantomime
Venue Parish Hall, Broadway,
Fulwood at
7.30pm Tuesdays & Thursdays
Horse and Bamboo Theatre, Waterfoot, Rossendale,
BB4 7HB (01706 220241)
www.horseandbamboo.org
Lancaster Duke's Theatre/Cinema, Moor Lane,
Lancaster, LA1 1QE (01524 598505)
www.dukes-lancaster.org
Limelights Theatre Company
Producing 12 - 15 productions a year with membership is open to college dance and drama students and performances open to the public
Venue Cardinal Newman College, Lark Hill, PR1 4HD
Contact
Peter Hartley
(01772 460181)
phl@cnc.hope.ac.uk
www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk
National
Operatic & Dramatic Association
www.noda.org.uk
www.northernactorscentre.co.uk
Players Drama School
Formed in 1994, two groups meet weekly who study and perform acting, dancing and singing
Venue The Playhouse,
Market Street West (Juniors 6-12 at 10am Saturdays & Seniors 13-16 at 7.30pm
Wednesdays)
Contact
Deborah Carter,
Rose Villa, School Lane, Lostock Hall, PR5 5JR
(01772 697100)
dmt11428@hotmail.co.uk
www.prestonplayhouse.com
Playhouse Theatre, Market Street West, PR1 2HB (01772 252288) or
hire theatre (01772 723236)
200 seater theatre hosts local drama groups
www.prestonplayhouse.com
Preston Drama Club
Formed in 1933 and annually produce five plays and a Christmas pantomime
with rehearsals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Venue The Playhouse,
Market Street West at 7.30pm
Contact
Matthew Butler, Flat 2, 16 Rose Terrace, Ashton, PR2 1EB
(07707371884)
www.prestondramaclub.co.uk
www.prestonplayhouse.com
Preston Guild Hall & Charter Theatre, Lancaster Road, PR1
1HT
administration
(01772 203456) & box office (0845 344 2028)
www.prestonguildhall.com
Preston Guild Hall
Youth Theatre Bluestreak Arts provides drama based
workshops open to all including acting, dance, singing and directing
Venue
Guild Hall, Lancaster Road
Contact Bluestreak Arts, Suite 3a, 170 Corporation Street, PR1 2UQ
(01772 555478)
www.bluestreakarts.com
Preston Performing Arts Network, Bluestreak
Arts, Suite 3a, 170 Corporation
Street, PR1 2UQ (01772 555478) Graham Easterlow (07863304718)
graham@bluestreakarts.com
SATA Theatre Company
A drama group based in Ashton
Venue St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Tulketh Road, Ashton
at
7.30pm Mondays
Screaming Theatre Provocative Preston-based company who
produce contemporary plays in pubs and other venues
Seriously Entertaining Theatre
Based in Lancashire presenting contemporary plays and musicals
www.seriouslyentertaining.co.uk
www.thestage.co.uk
National weekly magazine
www.stageplays.com
Theatre bookshop
www.whatsonstage.com
Festivals in Preston
Brownedge
Festival annual arts summer festival at
St Mary’s Priory
Church, Brownedge Lane Bamber Bridge
Preston Arts Festival
annual October week-long festival with all
art forms represented
Contact
Preston Arts Association
Preston Caribbean Carnival
annual
May festival with street parade and music
Contact Nguzo
Saba Centre, 3 Union Court, PR1 2HD
(01772 883733)
www.prestoncarnival.co.uk
Preston City
Council, Festival & Events Officer, Chris Selkirk (01772 903663)
c.selkirk@preston.gov.uk
Preston Mela
annual June festival with music and dance
Contact
Nagina Ali, 48
Fishwick Parade, PR1 4XQ (01772 702090)
Preston One Act
Festival annual June drama festival held at The Playhouse
Preston Riversway
Festival annual July festival with live music and dancing
www.prestonriverswayfestival.co.uk
Preston Tringe
Festival annual
July festival based on Edinburgh Fringe with comedy, literature, magic, music
and theatre (01772 253731)
www.tringe.co.uk
Further Education Colleges
Alston Hall, Alston Lane, Longridge, PR3 3BP
(01772 784661) Day and
weekend courses
www.alstonhall.com
Lancashire College, Southport Road, Chorley, PR7
1NB (0845 600 1331) Day and
weekend courses
www.lancashirecollege.com
Literature
Audible spoken-word books
www.audible.co.uk
British Library
www.bl.uk
Free books
www.bookcrossing.com
www.books.google.com
www.boingboing.net
www.gutenberg.net
Lancashire Libraries, Harris Library, Market Square, PR1 2PP (01772
532675)
www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries
Lancaster
Litfest, 26 Castle Park, Lancaster, LA1 1YQ (01524 62166)
www.litfest.org
Preston Historical Society
Meet and invite speakers to talk about the city's past
Venue
Central Methodist Church, Lune Street
at 7.15pm on Mondays monthly
Contact
Pat Eaves, 4 Hoylake Close, Fulwood, PR2 7EB (01772 861637)
pateaves1@talktalk.net
Preston Poets
Forum for the enjoyment and writing of poetry and members are encouraged to compose their own poems and read and comment on members’ work
Venue St. Wilfrid’s
Parish Centre, Chapel Street
at 7.30pm 1st Thursdays monthly
Contact
Dorothy Nelson, 16 Greenslate Avenue, Appley Bridge, Wigan
,
WN6 9LG
(01257 254331)
dnelson48@blueyonder.co.uk
Writers Inc.
Creative group for all ages, poetry or prose, and offering encouragement from
other writers
Venue St. George's Hall, Lune Street at 7.30pm 2nd Mondays monthly
Contact Mike Cracknell, 25 Aspels
Crescent, Penwortham, PR1 9AN (01772 748547)
mikecracknell@blueyonder.co.uk
Music
BDP Music Society
For over 30 years the society has brought outstanding musicians to the town
Venue
University of Central Lancashire, Media Factory, Kirkham Street, off Fylde Road
at
7.45pm monthly
Contact Judith Stringfellow,
Overleigh House, East Cliff, PR1 3JE
(01772 253545)
normanscott25@aol.com
City of
Preston Pipes & Drum Band Formed in 1970 and play at
carnivals, galas and weddings
Venue
Primary School, Church Lane, Broughton at 7.30pm Tuesdays
Contact Robert Scott, 5 Oban
Crescent, Ribbleton (01772 792478)
Company of Voyces
Chamber choir perform sacred, secular,ancient and modern music and previously known as the County Hall Singers
Venue
St. John's Minster, Church Street at 12.30pm Thursdays
Contact
Jean Miller, 46 Janice Drive, Fulwood, PR2 9TY (01772 718064)
alexandermiller32@btinternet.com
Cre8
Theatre Combine both singing and dancing with a cast of talented young adults
in either performance or dinner cabaret
Elizabethan Singers
For 25 years the singers have performed a wide repertory of songs from the age of Elizabeth I to the present day
Venue
St. Edwards Church
Hall, Marlborough Drive, Fulwood at
7.30pm Mondays
Contact Mary Chapman,
9 Conway Drive, Fulwood,
PR2 3EL
(01772 717797)
Feast of Jazz
Live bands and workshops in the Preston area
Contact
Brian Gumbley,
12 Churchfield, Fulwood, PR2 8GS
(01772 712861)
Fifty Three
Degrees Concert, club night and comedy venue
Venue
Fylde Road, PR1 2TQ
Friends of Folk
Local organisation run by Ken Linford and Jim Minall
bringing folk artists and bands to the Preston area
Galloways
Community Choir
Venue
Galloway's Society for the Blind, Howick House, Howick
Park Avenue, Penwortham, PR1 0LS at
9.30am Mondays
Contact Shelagh
Bindloff, 53 Beechway, Penwortham, PR1 0XS (01772 749591)
bindy1@talktalk.net
Harris Music Club
Music recitals from visiting artistes take place from September to May annually
Venue
Minster Church of St. John, Church Street at
1.00pm Wednesdays monthly
Lancashire
Sinfonietta Professional orchestra with Lancashire
musicians performing concerts & workshops
Contact Fiona Sinclair, c/o
Lancashire Adult Learning, PO Box 61, West House, County Hall, Preston, PR1 8RJ
National Operatic & Dramatic Association
www.ncdt.co.uk
One Voice Community Choir About 40 members perform mainly
inspirational and gospel singing with no music accompaniment
Venue County Hall,
Fishergate at
7.00pm Wednesdays
Preston Cecilian Choral Society
Members study, learn and perform a wide range of choral music
Venue St. Augustine’s School Hall, St. Austin’s Place
at
7.30pm Mondays
Preston Comhaltas
Live Irish traditional music performances at venues
Venue
Unicorn Pub, North Road at 4-7pm 2nd Sundays & Moorbrook Pub, North Road at
8.30pm 4th Thursdays
Contact
Peter Savage,
20 Bury Lane, Withnell, PR6 8RX
(01254 830331) or (01772 725580)
www.prestoncomhaltas.org.uk
Preston Concert Band
A wind band who perform in public regularly
Venue Friends Meeting Hall, 189 St. George’s Road at
7.00pm Thursdays
Preston Flute
Group A small group that rehearses for concerts
Venue
Woodplumpton at 7.30pm Fridays fortnightly
Preston Folk Club
Meet and socialise with other folk music fans
Venue
Moorbrook Inn, North Road
at
8.30pm Fridays
Contact Rob Malaney,
13 Cheam Avenue, Chorley (01257 231463)
www.lancashirefolk.co.uk
Preston Friends of the Phil
Local support for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue Guild Hall,
Lancaster Road
Contact Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, 60 West Cliff, PR1 8HU
(01772 555824)
milena@philfriends.demon.co.uk
Preston Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Stages at least one of the Savoy Operettas every year in January at The
Playhouse and has a concert season too
Venue St. Michael’s Church Hall,
Tulketh Road, Ashton
at
8.00pm Tuesdays
Preston Musical Comedy Society
It stages traditional & modern musicals with a large cast & orchestra at the
Charter Theatre
Venue
Harris Primary School, Wychnor, off Lightfoot
Lane, Fulwood
at
7.30pm Mondays & Thursdays
Preston Opera
Company
Since 1967 the society has presented staged productions of grand opera and to stage these productions
it needs singers, instrumentalists, scenic and costume makers
Venue
Carey Baptist Church Centre, Pole Street
at 7.30pm Thursdays
Contact
Barbara Walsh, Albion House, Cumeragh Lane,
Whittingham, PR3 2AL (01772 784578)
www.prestonopera.org.uk
Preston Orpheus Choir
Formed in 1929, the choir meets, rehearses and performs choral music to the public
Venue St. Pius School, 200 Garstang Road,
Fulwood at
7.45pm Tuesdays
Contact Mrs D
Nicholson, 1 Longworth Street, Bamber Bridge
(01772 323194)
www.prestonorpheuschoir.com
Preston Recorded Music Society Meet and listen to lectures and talk about all kinds of music and words recorded on disc
Venue
St. George's Hall,
Lune Street at
7.30pm Fridays
Contact Stuart Sillitoe,
37 Holme Slack Lane, PR1 6EX
(01772 705220) or (07821378688)
stuartsillitoe@tiscali.co.uk
Rawstorne Singers Meet, socialise and perform the best of
choral music in all kinds of venues
Venue
St Ambrose Church Hall, Moss Lane, Leyland at 7.30pm Wednesdays
Red Rose Brass Band & Silver Bell Band
Formed in the 1960’s, the bands performs in New Orleans style at NW events
Red Rose Chorus
Male four-part harmony group with no music accompaniment
Venue BACEE Social Club, South Meadow Lane, at
7.30pm Thursdays
Red Rosettes
Female harmony group with no musical accompaniment
Venue Methodist School, Canberra Road, Leyland
at
7.30pm Wednesdays
Robert Bamber
Singers Formed in 1990 & enjoy singing & performing from
sacred music & spirituals to songs from the shows
Venue
Fulwood Methodist Church, Watling Street Road, Fulwood at 7.30pm Mondays
Contact Robert Bamber (01772
863147)
Visual Arts
www.theartnewspaper.com
what's on at exhibitions around the world
Astley Hall Museum & Art Gallery, Astley Park,
Chorley (01257 515927)
Open Fridays - Sundays 12pm-5pm (April - October)
www.chorley.gov.uk
British Woodcarving Association (Lancashire
Branch),
Wesham Community Centre, Kirkham on 3rd Saturdays monthly
Contact
Ivan Chatterton, 15 Whitecotes Drive, Lytham, FY8 4HH (01253 739659)
ivan_chatterton@dsl.pipex.com
....Mitchell & Kenyon Cinema, Foster
Building, University of Central Lancashire, Corporation Street, Preston, PR1 2HE
(01772 892713)
www.uclan.ac.uk/cinema
....Odeon Cinema, Riversway, PR2 2YQ (08712 244007)
www.odeon.co.uk
....Palace
Cinema, Market Place, Longridge, PR3 3RR (01772 785600)
www.thepalace-longridge.co.uk
....Vue Cinema, Capitol Centre, Walton-le-Dale, PR5 4AW (08712
240240) www.myvue.com
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Market Square, PR1
2PP (01772 258248)
Open Mondays - Saturdays 10am-5pm
www.harrismuseum.org.uk
Ingol & Tanterton Art Group
The group welcomes new members who are interested in drawing and painting
Venue
Tanterton Community Centre, Kidsgrove, Ingol
at 10am & 1.45pm Thursdays
Contact John Livesey,
2 Marshall Grove, Ingol, PR3 3YN
(01772 727189)
Lancashire Art & Craft Guild, Haydock Farm,
School Lane, Burscough, L40 4AE (01704 897491)
www.artandcraftguild.co.uk
Lancashire Artists' Network
mail@celia-cross.co.uk
www.lanarts.com
Lancashire Creative Industries
www.creativelancashire.org
& East Lancashire
www.creativityworks.info
Lancaster Storey Gallery, Storey
Institute, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH (01524 844133)
www.storeygallery.org.uk
Museum of Lancashire, Stanley Street, PR1 4YP (01772 534075) Open 10.30am-5pm except Thursdays,
Sundays &
Bank Holidays
www.lancashire.gov.uk/museums
National Art Collections Fund
(Lancashire Branch) The branch holds 4 annual lectures in
Preston & visits to national art galleries & houses
Venue St. George's Church,
Lune Street at 7.30pm
Contact
Rosemary Jolly, Naze House, Freckleton, PR4 1UN (01772 632285)
National Football Museum, Sir Tom Finney Way,
Deepdale, PR1 6PA (01772 908442)
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays
10am-5pm & Sundays 11am-5pm
www.nationalfootballmuseum.com
North West Design Collective
www.northwestdesign.org
Photographs
www.bipp.com
Preston Art & Design (PAD), 10-14 Birley
Street, PR1 2AR (01772 903471)
Open Tuesdays - Fridays 10am
- 5pm & Saturdays
12pm - 4pm Gallery with items for sale
www.padshopandgallery.com
Preston Art Society
Encourages the enjoyment, appreciation & practice of the visual arts with
talks and workshops
Venue Queens Drive Primary School, Black Bull Lane,
Fulwood at
6.45pm Tuesdays fortnightly & workshops at 1pm 3rd
Saturdays monthly
Preston Cardmakers
Meet to make and decorate greetings cards sharing experiences and ideas
Venue
St. Christopher's Church, Blackpool Road, Lea at 1.30pm 3rd
Wednesdays monthly & 7pm 1st Wednesdays monthly
Contact
Kath Derbyshire, 23 Winfield Lane, Ashton, PR2 1NQ
kcderbyshire@aol.com (01772 463670) or (01772 555512)
Preston Creative Industries
www.creativelancashire.org
Preston Embroiderers Guild
Promotes embroidery and related crafts both contemporary and historical and
has visiting tutors demonstrate and assist members in the art of stitching
Venue Christ Church Hall, Victoria Road,
Fulwood at
10am-4pm 1st Saturdays monthly (Young
Embroiderers Group at 10am-12.30pm)
Preston Lacemakers
Now 20 years old, the self-help group meets and hold workshops, invite speakers,
visit lace days and exhibitions
Venue
United Reformed Church Hall, Liverpool Road, Penwortham at 10am - 4pm 1st Saturdays
monthly
Preston Life
Drawing Weekly workshop for artists of all abilities
Venue
Galloway Hall,
131 Brackenbury Road,
Fulwood at
7pm Wednesdays
Preston Movie Makers
Open to anyone interested in individual and group video film making from beginner to advanced and hold talks, competitions and social nights
Venue Galloway Hall,
131 Brackenbury Road,
Fulwood at
7.45pm Thursdays
Contact
Pauline Harrison,
12 Mill Lane, Fulwood, PR2 3HD
(01772 729770)
www.prestonmoviemakers.co.uk
Preston Photographic Society
Formed in 1905 and is open to all interested from amateur to professional and holds talks, competitions, practical portrait evenings and has visiting speakers
Venue Conservative Club, Blackpool Road/Garstang Road junction
at
7.45pm Thursdays
Preston Pottery Studio, Unit 2, Chorley Road,
Walton-le-Dale, PR5 4JN (01772 203060) Create your own
pottery
www.fired4u.co.uk
Priory
Patchers Producing
variations of patchwork, quilting and appliqué for exhibitions
Venue
Hutton Village Hall at 7.30pm 2nd Wednesdays
Contact
Margaret Wooller, 38 Inglehead, Fulwood, PR2 3NS (01772
718337)
mjwooller@btopenworld.com
Quilters Guild of Great Britain, Judy Wilson
reg13@quiltersguild.org.uk
www.quiltersguild.org.uk
Red Rose Woodturning Club
Members meet with an interest in the hobby and improve their skill by arranging demonstrations,
competitions and visits to shows
Venue
Bilsborrow Village Hall, Garstang Road
at
7pm 3rd Mondays monthly
Contact Chris Thorpe,
13 Greenford Road, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3JT
(01704 579368)
www.redrosewoodturningclub.co.uk
Sculpture:
www.nothingtoseehere.net Public Monuments & Sculpture
Association
www.pmsa.org.uk
www.sustrans.org.uk
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, Church Road, Leyland (01772 422041)
Open Tuesdays & Fridays 10am-4pm, Thursdays 1pm-4pm, Saturdays 10am-1pm
www.southribble.gov.uk