Woodland Wander Exhibitions

– Green Woodworking

Coach House Art Gallery – Free entry

July

Join us for a wander through the local woods, where by the magic of green woodworking, fallen trees and branches come to life.

EXHIBITION OPENING TIMES

10am to 3pm

FREE PARKING

Easy access to the gallery for people with limited mobility by lift.

Please note that for the duration of the Chorley Flower Show (Friday 26 – Sunday 28 July), Astley Hall, Coach House Gallery and onsite businesses will be open only to show ticket/wristband holders.

Find out more about the groups below

Green Woodworking

Website:- www.greenwoodworking.co.uk

Chorley Flower Show

Friday 26, Saturday 27, Sunday 28 July 2024, Astley Park, Chorley

Come and see some of the finest professional exhibitors, national and local societies displaying their plants and running regional competitions, demonstrations by professional gardeners, local and national horticultural traders, live entertainment, a great selection of food and drink traders, and new for 2024, the Pup Up Café, where you and your pooch can enjoy some new treats and activities. Plus you can get involved in this fantastic event by entering one of our competitions.

https://www.chorleyflowershow.com/

Woodland Wander Exhibitions

– Green Woodworking

Coach House Art Gallery – Free entry

July

Join us for a wander through the local woods, where by the magic of green woodworking, fallen trees and branches come to life.

EXHIBITION OPENING TIMES

10am to 3pm

FREE PARKING

Easy access to the gallery for people with limited mobility by lift.

Please note that for the duration of the Chorley Flower Show (Friday 26 – Sunday 28 July), Astley Hall, Coach House Gallery and onsite businesses will be open only to show ticket/wristband holders.

Find out more about the groups below

Green Woodworking

Website:- www.greenwoodworking.co.uk

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck  – Quantum Theatre

Friday 2 August 2024

 4:30pm gates open (last entry 5:15pm)

Performance 5:30pm to 7:00pm 

Quantum Theatre is back with a brand new adaptation of the much-loved Beatrix Potter Tale, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.

Prevented from hatching her eggs at the farm, foolish Jemima goes in search of a nesting place in the forest and soon she meets a charming ‘gentleman’ who offers her the perfect nesting place in his wood-shed.

But why is his wood-shed full of feathers and why is he asking her to collect the herbs for roast duck? Kip the farm dog fears the worst…

Join Jemima on her feather-ruffling adventures in this delightful new adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s family favourite.

Adults £15, Children 3-16 £10 (2yrs and under go free), Family £40 (2 Adults and 2 Children)

Tickets are available online at Skiddle: https://skiddle.com/e/39034381 with paper tickets also on sale at the Astley Hall Giftshop!

What you need to know…

• This is an outdoor event and will go ahead in all weathers, so please bring suitable clothing if required.
• Seating is not provided. Please bring your own blankets or picnic chairs
• The theatre is set in the walled garden which provides plenty of space for ample social distancing
• You can bring your own picnic
• Refreshments and snacks will be available to purchase
• Well behaved Dogs are permitted
• Gates open from 4:30pm (last entry 5:15pm)
• Performance starts 5:30pm
• The performance is 1 hour 45 minutes with a 15 minute interval.
• Performance is amplified

If you have any further questions or would like to discuss any of the answers provided here please contact astleyhall@chorley.gov.uk 

Recurrent Themes

– Paul Mason Exhibition

Coach House Art Gallery – Free entry

7th to 18th August

A retrospective exhibition by artist Paul Mason, exploring Recurrent Themes in his work over the past 50 years as he returns to Astley Hall where it all began.

A word from the artist…

I had my first professional exhibition at Astley Hall in 1974. Now, 50 years later, it’s exciting to be able to show the development of my studio practice since then. The primary objective of this exhibition is to demonstrate the various paths my lines of enquiry have taken me down over the years.

I have attempted to show examples that are key elements in my work over a period of forty plus years and although it would be impossible to show everything in the space provided I feel that the salient points have been covered.  I have had my work published in several books and specialist magazines on fine art ceramics and have been included in exhibitions in Hungary, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, USA, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the UK.

During my postgraduate ceramics degree I became really interested in the technology of warfare from the development of medieval armour to the machinery usd in WW1, this has been a recurring theme in my work because of its ferocity and futility and the incredible melancholy associated with it.

Following this I specialised in printmaking on ceramic surfaces. The work has since developed into multi media assemblage incorporating ceramics with wood, metal and incidentally found objects.

Connected to this is a lifelong interest in all aspects of the natural world and how animals reptiles ,fishes, birds and insects have evolved to sustain their own lives and protect themselves from natural predation, I have considerable collections of fossils, bird and animal skulls and shells, these provide me with primary source material for drawing and producing moulds from which to construct three dimensional forms.

Most recently my attention has been drawn to the various ways that the human world population is impacting the natural world, ranging from the very well publicised pollution caused since the development of plastics in the early 20th century to the environmental damage inflicted by the mining of tin in Indonesia and Malaysia to that of Lithium mining in South America. Although there have been several conferences attempting to address the issues of world climate change and environmental damage, I feel that we have passed the point of no return and that all we can
do now is follow a damage limitation exercise.

The work shown will include ceramics, drawing, printmaking, multi media assemblage and collage.

Paul Mason

EXHIBITION OPENING TIMES

TBC

FREE PARKING

Easy access to the gallery for people with limited mobility by lift.

Find out more about this artist British Ceramic Artist | Paul Mason Art | Lancaster (pmasonart.com)

Last Night of the Proms – Outreach Opera

Saturday 7th September 2024

 5:00pm gates open (last entry 5:45pm)

Performance 6:00pm

*the full performance will be amplified

Tickets: Adults £18, Children 5-16 £10 (4yrs and under go free), Family £46 (Additional fees may apply)

Tickets available on Skiddle https://skiddle.com/e/39034400 and via the Astley Museum Gift Shop

What you need to know…

• This is an outdoor event and will go ahead in all weathers, so please bring suitable clothing if required.
• Seating is not provided. Please bring your own blankets or picnic chairs
• The theatre is set in the walled garden which provides plenty of space for ample social distancing
• You can bring your own picnic
• Refreshments and snacks will be available to purchase
• Well behaved Dogs are permitted
• Gates open from 5:00pm
• Performance is amplified

If you have any further questions or would like to discuss any of the answers provided here please contact astleyhall@chorley.gov.uk