Join us for our third Drawing Social event taking place at Granby Winter Garden on Monday 26 June from 5pm – 6.30pm ✏️ The Drawing Social is a new bi-monthly, […]

Join the Read-Through by booking a ticket here!  We* are putting on an exciting theatrical production ABOUT Southend pier and ON Southend pier - for schools and for the public […]

Book a free ticket here! Myths of Essex  Essex boys, witchcraft, forgotten histories and a home like no other...  An evening at Chalkwell Hall with four brilliant writers, artists and […]

Book to attend the launch here! The first novel from Essex writer and author Rose Cleary, published by Weatherglass Books. An opportunity to hear from Rose and purchase your own […]

As part of this year's Leigh Art Trail, we commissioned local writers group Estuary Writers to take over the waiting room on Platform One at Leigh-on-Sea train station.   Estuary […]

Come and create with us! Professional street artist Karl Sims will give you a taster of working with the medium of spray can art. In Chalkwell Park, next to Metal’s […]

Thursday 20 July 7pm - 10pm £20 + booking fee BOOK HERE! Scared of Shakespeare? Hated it at school? Or perhaps you like Shakespeare but want to learn to love it? […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions.    The sessions:    We are offering free 1:1 sessions for artists who live and/or work within our local […]

Introducing our first food residency! Mother and daughter duo, MumTas, will be in residence with us, cooking across the weekends of August in our pop-up café space in Southend. Takeaway […]

We are excited to be a host of the Black British Book Festival UK Book Tour this summer! As a part of Black British Book Festival author Jacqui Rose is […]

Come and learn a Shakespeare play in a day with Platform Theatre Arts, hosted at Chalkwell Hall! On Tuesday 15 August, get to know Shakespeare's Macbeth in these creative, fun […]

Bristol based artist Tom Marshman is gathering communities to explore the impact of Section 28 legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. Tom will host a series of tea parties […]

Come and learn a Shakespeare play in a day with Platform Theatre Arts, hosted at Chalkwell Hall! On Thursday 17 August, get to know Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in […]

We’re excited to be hosting our next reading group as part of the Growing Together in Peterborough: Exploring and Celebrating Food Systems programme. Over the past year, Metal has been […]

Magical Living with John Tarrow, creator of Talliston House and Gardens  Thurs 7 Sept 6.30pm - 9.30pm Metal Southend (Chalkwell Hall, SS0 8NB) Book your ticket here, directly through the […]

Polyvinyl Craftsmen present an evening of alternative music, live and on record at Chalkwell Hall. The Routes are a surf garage band from Japan and The Silk Cuts are an […]

Lucky Dip is back at Chalkwell Hall to spice up your creative calendar! This quarterly event is a chance for local artists and creatives to connect and celebrate the joy […]

We’re excited to welcome artist Martha Cattell to host an Alternative Process Photography workshop as part of our Future Network programme. During the workshop we will think about how you […]

In 1974, the contraceptive pill was made available to single women on the NHS for the first time. What has changed since then? What if child-free/childless women were at the […]