03/01/2018

Victorian

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Meet the Royal couple

Lice, lamps and latrines – Florence Nightingale: the lady with the lamp describes her time at Scutari hospital and her part in the Crimean War.

Terrible tales of Jack the Ripper:
It is 1am on 30th September 1888, Catherine Eddowes has just been released from gaol – unbeknownst to her she has 45 minutes left before her life is brutally taken from

her. She spends those last precious moments engaging you, the audience in conversation, telling you about life in Victorian London, surviving on the streets of Whitechapel and her fears about the ripper.

 

Mothers ruin? – a social history of gin from a fallen woman

A Very Victorian Christmas – hear all about our festive traditions from card and crackers to Turkey and trimmings.

Pies with eyes – Mrs Lovett tells her version of her pie making business with Sweeney Todd