With over 20 million views online, MC Hammersmith is a multi-award-winning freestyle rap comedian. He is the world’s leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based entirely on your suggestions. You’ll leave astounded at the speed of his brain, the spontaneity of his punchlines, and the stability of his upbringing.

Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches about the big things in life, like owning an air fryer, watching a David Beckham documentary, and the excruciating experience of trying to do a jigsaw with your kid. Now he’s bringing his brand new stand up show to the stage. It won’t just be about parenting though, because he has done loads this year. He’s bought a new hoover, watched some more stuff on Netflix… loads. Between #makingmemories with his kids, George has also appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live, written a best selling book (Don’t Panic! All the stuff the expectant dad needs to know) and has supported Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Russell Kane and Josh Widdicombe on their national tours. So, activate the parents’ WhatsApp groups, dump the kids with whoever is willing to have them, and join George for a brilliant night out.

5-star award-winning entertainment from the tip-top Queen of Comedy. Join ordinary housewife extraordinaire Barbara Nice for a laugh-out-loud joyful get-together as we reconnect with what makes life worth living. Barbara says In these dark days, we need to find fun whenever we piggin' can. Expect Barbara's unique comic insights into the current state of play on how we are all getting on. This smashin' show is suitable for anyone aged from fourteen to four score & ten, guaranteed to lift the spirits and put a spring in your step. Edinburgh Festival regular and comedy circuit headliner Barbara Nice brings out the hidden joy in all of us.

Mow Cop Players proudly presents Jack and The Beanstalk

Marking the City of Stoke-on-Trent's Centenary, this exhibition is a snapshot of the varied collections The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery cares for. Of the many objects acquired over the last century, including ceramics, social history, archaeology, natural sciences, decorative and fine arts, a selection has been chosen, one for each year from 1925 to 2025. The exhibition features several objects acquired with the generous support of PMAG Friends.

Mini, maxi, plastic fantastic! Mary Quant was one of the most dynamic and influential designers of the 1960s. Her bold, bright styles made haute couture look to the high street for inspiration. In Mary Quant - Fashion Icon, Lucy Ridley browses the rails of History Wardrobe's Quant collection, exploring key trends of the era and showcasing fabulous fashions, including frocks, tights, boots, make-up and the intriguingly titled Booby Trap...

The National Gallery is one of the greatest art galleries in the world, founded by Parliament in 1824, it houses the nation's collection of paintings dating from the late 13th to the early 20th century. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the first partner in the National Gallery's new national touring project, The National Gallery: Art on Your Doorstep. Fifteen printed masterpieces will be installed in an outdoor exhibition in Bethesda Gardens, opposite The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, bringing people and paintings together as part of the City's Centenary celebrations. Each framed painting is reproduced at life size so you can look closely and discover the hidden details. Maybe you'll spot something no one else has ever noticed before! Organised by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in collaboration with the National Gallery, London.

The brainchild of Emily Johnson, 1882 Ltd.'s creative director and co-founder, as well as fifth generation of Stoke's famous Johnson Brothers pottery family, this specially commissioned collection of plates has been hand decorated by 1882 Ltd.'s potters, working from a piece of artwork donated by 60 of the UK's leading artists, architects, designers, musicians and creative polymaths. Each one celebrates the marriage of contemporary design with traditional but timeless handcrafted and industrial ceramic techniques, many of which we are in serious danger of losing if we do not encourage and champion a new generation of craftsmen into our incredible potteries industry. A signed collection of plates will be auctioned to raise money for the development of an 1882 Ltd. apprenticeship scheme ensuring the invaluable skills of Stoke's artisans not only survive but thrive and a limited-edition run of unsigned plates will also be available to buy. 15% of funds raised will also go to The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) to fund opportunities for Stoke-on-Trent school children to experience working and playing with clay.

On the A la Puppet Carte menu is a duo or trio of pop up puppet stages built onto the back of electric tricycles. Each mobile stage has a show full of surprises, fun and a heart-warming story of friendship and a sense of home. In The Story of the Scary Noise, a doting daddy finds the unexpected (and adorable) source of a mysterious sound. In The Magic Samovar, a Persian tea urn reveals a compelling puzzle of secrets, objects and characters. Maisy and the Corn tells the story of an exuberant gardener and her very hungry chicken.

In June 1942: the small Czech village of Lidice, 12 miles from Prague was destroyed, its inhabitants murdered or deported and the village wiped from the map. The atrocity was a reprisal for a top-secret operation code-named Operation Anthropoid, planned by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). The goal of which was to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a high-level Nazi official who was instrumental in the Final Solution. On 9th June, the day of Heydrich's state funeral in Berlin, Hitler ordered retaliatory measures against the Czech population. That very evening, German police and SS officials surrounded Lidice. The horrors that ensued were all caught on film, and it caused an international outcry. In this talk Dr Kate Vigurs, a Second World War Historian who specialises in Resistance and the Holocaust will trace the story of Lidice from the beginnings of Operation Anthropoid to today, and reveal its very special relationship with the city of Stoke on Trent.

Stoke native Robbie Williams has worked with ceramic design brand 1882. Ltd at its factory in Barlaston to transform two of his 'inkling' drawings into four vibrant, abstract ceramic works of art. It is a collaboration that has given the singer a natural connection to the place where he grew up - and where many of family worked in the industry - and the art he is now making. Transforming the singer's flat, squiggly drawings made with posca pens on paper into generously scaled, robust 3D ceramic works proved no small feat. It took 1882 Ltd.'s artisans almost three months to build each piece through hand clay coiling and then a series of drying and firings, painting and glazing. Williams first turned to making art to quieten what he calls his 'crowded mind'. Now, it is something he feels compelled to do every day.

An original and authentic recreation of the great author's dramatic performances, adapted from some of his shorter tales, including ghost classic The Signal-man and comic selections taken from The Pickwick Papers. Dickens is for life, not just for Christmas!

A lost and lonely traveller is granted sanctuary in a remote homestead during a blizzard. There his strange host regales him with tales of ghosts and eerie supernatural occurrences. Jonathan Goodwin performs in a show adapted from the works of Amelia B Edwards and other writers of the uncanny.

Following her sell-out show of 2023-25, Mrs Smith is back with a brand-new show... 1, 2, 3, Eyes on Me'. Ever wondered what your teacher was thinking? Let Facebook's Mrs Smith enlighten you! Mrs Smith was an ordinary teacher in an ordinary school until she went viral on Facebook and accidentally became a stand-up comedian. 'Mrs Smith transforms the stage into a classroom of laughter and nostalgia'