Press Releases – 2024
Please find below press releases on behalf of my clients. They are in PDF format and can be opened and printed as needed:
25 October: MARS AT THE MUSEUM – the Red Planet is coming to Runcorn’s Norton Priory
- Mars, Luke Jerram’s mesmerising planetary art installation, moves into a new orbit at Norton Priory Museum and Gardens in Runcorn, Cheshire, after Christmas for a six week visit from Tuesday 28 January to Sunday 9 March 2025… Read more.
23 October: Kingsley Players travel ‘Around the World in 80 Days’!
- Award-winning Kingsley Players will be taking a whistle-stop trip across the globe in a fantastic stage version of Jules Verne’s high-spirited adventure, ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, on stage Wednesday 23 – Saturday 26 October… Read more.
2 September: LIFT OFF FOR FIRST STEAMPUNK FESTIVAL AT NORTHWICH’S ANDERTON BOAT LIFT (September 28 & 29)
- All aboard for the first ever Steampunk weekend festival to be staged at the Anderton Boat Lift in Northwich, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September… Read more.
23 August: ‘NANARCHY’ COMES TO RUNCORN’S NORTON PRIORY
- Nana Funk, the Great Great Grandmother of Good Times and star of ‘Tough Old Bird’, brings her outrageous, warm-hearted wit to Runcorn’s beautiful Norton Priory and Gardens for a one-night show on Sunday 8 September… Read more.
25 July: NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM, ELLESMERE PORT, CELEBRATES AMAZING OCTOGENARIAN VOLUNTEERS WITH ‘OBE’
- A new Octogenarian Boating Ensemble (OBE) at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port was celebrated by the Canal & River Trust charity on Wednesday 24 July to mark the amazing contribution of nearly 20 volunteers, who are all over 80… Read more.
16 May: RHS Garden Bridgewater celebrates its third anniversary by extending Free Entry Tuesdays for Salford Residents
- Salford residents are invited to enjoy another year of free Tuesday entry to RHS Garden Bridgewater, as the RHS celebrates its third anniversary by extending the popular scheme until May 2025… Read more.
26 April: PIRATES, SINGING SAILORS AND A MERMAID LAUNCH BUSY SUMMER EVENT PROGRAMME AT NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM, ELLESMERE PORT (May 17 – 19)
- Ahoy there! Pirates, shanty-singing sailors and Mermaid Aurora drop anchor at Ellesmere Port’s National Waterways Museum over the weekend of May 17-19, to launch the popular visitor attraction’s best-ever summer events programme… Read more.
12 April: ANDERTON BOAT LIFT HOSTS ITS BIGGEST EVER STEAM FESTIVAL SPECTACULAR (May 11 & 12)
- Around three dozen historic steamboats and traction engines are travelling from all over the country to congregate at Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire’s historic ‘Cathedral of the Canals’ near Northwich, on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, for its biggest ever spectacular ‘Steam at the Lift’ Festival… Read more.
14 March: HORSE-DRAWN BOAT IS TOP ATTRACTION AT EASTER HISTORIC BOAT GATHERING AT NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM, ELLESMERE PORT
- Saturn, the last-surviving Shropshire Union flyboat, paired with its new horse Flower, will be joined by dozens of historic boats from across the country, congregating at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port for the annual Easter Historic Boat Gathering Festival… Read more.
7 February: LANCASHIRE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WIND ENSEMBLE ON STAGE FOR ALTRINCHAM CONCERT
- Lancashire Chamber Orchestra offers a rare chance to hear Mozart’s glorious Gran Partita (Serenade No 10) in Altrincham on the afternoon of Sunday 10 March… Read more.
1 February: Kingsley Players Youth Theatre perform ‘A Monster Calls’
- Don’t miss Kingsley Players’ award winning Youth Theatre, who will be back on stage in March, with a brilliant adaptation of Patrick Ness’s bestseller, ‘A Monster Calls’… Read more.
30 January: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HELPS TO PROTECT HISTORIC CANAL BRIDGES FROM VEHICLE STRIKES
- An innovative artificial intelligence (AI) CCTV system is being trialled by the Canal & River Trust charity on the Lancaster Canal to catch careless hit-and-run motorists, who each year cause thousands of pounds worth of damage to historic hump-back canal bridges… Read more.
9 January: Mother Goose flies in for a fabulous pantomime with Kingsley Players
- Award-winning Kingsley Players are back on stage with a fabulous family pantomime ‘The Adventures of Mother Goose’ for five performances at the end of January… Read more.
3 January: LUKE JERRAM’S ‘GAIA’ PLANET EARTH ARTWORK COMES TO RUNCORN’S NORTON PRIORY MUSEUM
- A spectacular 3D illuminated Planet Earth, Luke Jerram’s Gaia, launches an exciting new year of events at Runcorn’s Norton Priory Museum and Gardens this January… Read more.
