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  • Shakespeare for Beginners with Anne Odeke

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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? Good news! Coming to Metal on Thursday 20 July is a one off, 3 hour Shakespearean workshop with Southend based, professional actor and playwright, Anne […]

    £20
  • Mooncup Theatre’s Morning Rave

    Metal Liverpool Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Mooncup Theatre presents the fifth edition of their Morning Rave at Metal Liverpool. Dance, wake up your body & then brunch! Wake your body up, revitalise, let go and dance yourself into the weekend alongside a bunch of other wonderful souls. Followed by some yummy vegan brunch to replenish you. 10am - Arrive (options for […]

    £8.30
  • Malchamech album launch with Pete Smyth

    Malchamech are a “power trio for the 21st century” from Liverpool and Manchester. They’re releasing their new record from the building they rehearse in, Metal - located inside the buildings at Platform 1 of Edge Hill train station. In support will be Pete Smyth performing a solo set. The event is free but donations are […]

  • Metal Open Advice Sessions for Artists

    Metal

    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 areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to discuss.     Sessions may include:   - Discussing your creative practice  - Talking […]

    Free
  • MumTas: Open every Friday & Saturday in August

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 only (there are benches throughout the park). Get ready to have your taste buds tickled and your belly filled with delight! These homemade Indian snacks […]

  • Black British Book Festival Book Tour – Workshop by Jacqui Rose

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    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 hosting a workshop at Metal, taking you on a gripping journey into the dark and dangerous world of her latest crime novel, “The Women". Behind […]

    Free
  • Black British Book Festival – illustration workshop by David Anson

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    We are excited to be a host of the Black British Book Festival UK Book Tour this summer! As a part of their book tour, Black British Book festival are hosting David Anson llustration workshop at Metal, supported through our Future Network Programme. Get your free ticket here: Peterborough, BBBF Book Tour Tickets, Sat, Aug […]

    Free
  • Shakespeare in a Day – Macbeth

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 and exciting drama workshops hosted by local youth theatre, Platform Theatre Arts (for 11 - 19 year olds). Each workshop will explore the story, characters […]

    £25
  • ‘Section 28 and Me’ Tea Party with Tom Marshman

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    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 with Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, Strike a Light, Voices Gloucester, Trinity, Bricks and Metal Peterborough, to discuss the impact of Section 28 on the LGBTQIA+ community. […]

    Free
  • Shakespeare in a Day – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 these creative, fun and exciting drama workshops hosted by local youth theatre, Platform Theatre Arts (for 11 - 19 year olds). Each workshop will explore […]

    £25
  • Metal Peterborough Reading Group with the Growing Together Programme

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    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 hosting a series of reading groups. These provide a space to connect, discuss and explore the themes of a book published by The Left Book […]

    Free
  • Magical Living with John Tarrow

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 Talliston website! A talk and workshop with award-winning author and creative director John Tarrow, the man behind the twenty-five year transformation that turned the UK’s […]

    £10
  • Polyvinyl Craftsmen present The Routes & Silk Cuts

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 indie pop band from Devon. PVC DJs will also be playing live on the night. Book tickets here.

    £8
  • Custodians of Our Culture

    Metal Liverpool Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    A celebration of Liverpool Black Archive Hub (LBAH). Join Liverpool African Diasporic Filmmakers Network (LADFN) for an evening of film and conversation celebrating Liverpool Black Archive Hub.

    Free
  • Lucky Dip: Life Drawing with a difference

    Metal Southend Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

    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 in art. Book free tickets here. Lucky Dip is formatted as an evening of two halves: First up, a surprise creative session led by our […]

    Free
  • Future Network – Alternative Process Photography with Martha Cattell

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    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 can have a more sustainable art practice with a focus on alternative process photography and testing out multiple ways of making camera-less photography. We will […]

    £3
  • Hosted at: Cine-Sister presents The Baby Question (Film & Discussion)

    Metal Peterborough Chauffeur's Cottage, St Peter's Road, Peterborough

    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 centre of that narrative? The Baby Question is a theatrical film exploring the narratives of women who are child-free by choice or circumstance, set in […]

    Free
  • Workshop with Diabel Cissokho

    Metal Liverpool Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Africa Oyé and Metal present a workshop and performance with griot and world-class Kora player, Diabel Cissokho.

    Free
  • Style Wars – film screening at Edge Hill station

    Metal Liverpool Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    As part of our Black History Month programme, Liverpool Hip Hop Festival and Metal are proud to present a special screening of Style Wars at Edge Hill train station, Liverpool.

    Free
  • Balancing the Light & Dark: an afternoon of yoga & life drawing

    Metal Liverpool Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    As the clocks go back, join us to reset body and mind with a balancing Hatha Raja Vinyasa Krama yoga practice and an immersive life drawing. Hatha Raja Vinyasa Krama yoga is a complete practice. In this class we work to bring the body and mind into stillness, withdrawing from our surroundings and moving towards […]

    £27