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Town House Open Weekend

Celebrate like the Georgians!

Sat 6th & Sun 7th December
Times 12:00noon - 5:00pm
Admission free

Pop in for five minutes or stay for the day for a touch of Regency festive magic. We are child friendly and dog friendly. We are just plain friendly.

Our celebrated Tea Room  - called the best in Brighton - will be open both days  serving homemade cakes and tea (in china cups, of course)

Don bonnets and top hats for the best holiday selfie. FREE

Join a fan-making workshop and get expert advice on how to flirt across a crowded ballroom FREE

Meet our housekeeper, Mrs Finnegan who is willing to give an opinion on everything worth knowing in 1837. FREE

Her Guide to Love, Life and Laxatives makes for the perfect Christmas present

And we have more unique and hand-crafted gifts in our Regency kitchen from delicious marmalade to exquisite Christmas cards and decorations you won’t find anywhere else.

Come on your own or bring the family. There’s nothing quite like a Regency Town House Christmas.

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens,
performed by Anthony Roberts, Director of Colchester Arts Centre.

Mon 8th December
Doors 7:00pm, performance starts 7:30pm.
(2 halves of 45mins with a 15min interval)

Tickets £18 from Eventbrite. (Earlybird £15 to end of October)

Please arrive at 7:00pm for mulled wine and mince pies. 

Anthony brings this beloved festive tale to life in a funny and dramatic word-perfect recital. Through Dickens’ own evocative language the characters come alive as we follow the journey of Ebeneezer Scrooge and his surprising encounter with the spirit world.

A timeless ghost story for all the family, it plays to sell out audiences every year.

This performance uses the original text and tells the story in Dickens own words. It plays to sell out audiences every year.

This is what they say:
"Anthony’s Directorship of the arts centre pre-dates all known fossil records. A champion of the leftfield, the new and the challenging, he offsets this celebrated nous by means of an interminable annual recital of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; an event he appears doomed to endlessly repeat due to inexplicably high public demand."
Colchester Arts Centre

Please arrive at 7:00pm for mulled wine and mince pies. The performance starts 7:30pm, comprising two halves of 45mins with a 15min interval.

Age recommendation 12yrs upwards.

Proceeds will be shared with the Wembley to Soweto Foundation to support the training of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

To exhibit at here see Exhibition and Venue Hire

See our Previous Exhibitions

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Regency houses have lots of stairs! Check our Accessibility Guide