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Purple Pirate Party

Kick off the bank holiday weekend early by splicing your main brace, hoisting your Jolly Roger and setting sail to the Purple Pirate Party at Headway Arts.

Thursday 23rd May 2024 at Headway ArtSpace, The Old Church, Blyth.

6PM Doors

6.30PM Bell & Bullock Cabin Fever (suitable for families)

Join Captain Bullock and Bosun Bell for maritime mayhem, magic and mirth. Clap along to the swinging Indian clubs as our our seafaring mateys navigate the celestial spheres. The finale features the brave little Dove of Peace & Love being fired out of a Canon!! Come and see if she survives! It’s a nautical extravaganza of eccentric experiments, sensational circus skills, and hilarious feats of derring-do.

There’ll also be entertainment from Blyth Tall Ship Shanty Singers and Pirate Shenanigans with the Headway Arts Buccaneers.

Face painting. Hot dogs. Tropical cocktails & mocktails. Bar.

This event is part of our MISSION: AUSTRALIA fundraising – read more.

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Posted on April 30th 2024

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of all our funders which recently includes:

  • Architectural Heritage Fund
  • Arts Council England
  • Blyth Town Council
  • Community Foundation
  • Edward Gostling Foundation – RW Mann Trust – Shears Foundation
  • Erasmus+
  • Hadrian Trust – High Sheriff of Northumberland – Rothley Trust
  • Henry Smith
  • Heritage Fund
  • National Lottery Community Fund
  • North East Combined Authority
  • Northumberland County Council
  • Postcode Community Trust
  • Scope
  • Sir James Knott Trust
  • The 1989 Willan Trust – Wellesley Trust
  • the Coalfields Regeneration Trust
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund – North of Tyne Combined Authority