Creative Arts East

Creative Socials and Afternoon Events

Dragon Hall

115-123 King Street

Norwich

Norfolk

NR1 1QE

United Kingdom

Creative Socials and Afternoon Events provide monthly participatory workshops and bi-monthly live performances and cinema screenings which are free to people aged 50+ in Attleborough, Thetford, Dereham, Great Massingham, Great Yarmouth and Hunstanton.

Creative Socials include a dynamic range of activities including music making, visual arts and crafts, contemporary movement, and Caribbean dance, to name a few! Advance booking is recommended and voluntary donations are welcomed.

Creative Socials – Singing & Songwriting with Tessa Wingate 🎤

Join Tessa for some singing and lyric-writing. The lyrics will be combined with those from other Creative Social groups to create original songs on the themes of new beginnings and winter comforts.

  • Monday 8 January – Hunstanton Community Centre, 1-3pm
  • Thursday 11 January – Attleborough Town Hall, 1-3pm
  • Friday 12 January – Thetford Library, 1-3pm
  • Wednesday 17 January – Great Massingham, Village Hall, 1-3pm
  • Friday 19 January – Dereham Library, 1-3pm

Afternoon Event – Terence Blacker’s The Shock of the Old🎶

In this hilarious and spirit-lifting new show, songwriter and author Terence Blacker celebrates one of the great challenges of life – the art of ageing with style.

  • Monday 29 January 2024 – Dereham Memorial Hall, 1-3pm

Creative Socials – Natural Leaf Printing with Rachel Burchell🍂

Join Rachel for a relaxing, absorbing workshop exploring the inherent beauty of leaves using natural inks, from foraged or discarded natural materials.  A simple technique opens up a forest of possibilities.

  • Tuesday 6 February – Great Yarmouth, St George’s Theatre Café, 1-3pm
  • Thursday 8 February – Attleborough Town Hall, 1-3pm
  • Friday 9 February – Thetford Library, 1-3pm
  • Monday 12 February – Hunstanton Community Centre, 1-3pm
  • Friday 16 February – Dereham, Trinity Methodist Church, 1-3pm
  • Wednesday 21 February – Great Massingham, Village Hall, 1-3pm

Creative Socials – Egyptian Dancing with Kay Wheatley

Join Kay to explore different moves, seated and standing, and music relating to Egyptian dance, to promote a sense of wellbeing and creativity whilst increasing fitness and flexibility.

  • Tuesday 5 March – Great Yarmouth, St George’s Theatre Café, 1-3pm
  • Friday 8 March – Thetford Library, 1-3pm
  • Monday 11 March – Hunstanton Community Centre, 1-3pm
  • Thursday 14 March – Attleborough Town Hall, 1-3pm
  • Friday 15 March – Dereham, Trinity Methodist Church, 1-3pm
  • Wednesday 20 March – Great Massingham, Village Hall, 1-3pm

Want to come along?

All events are free to attend with tea and cake provided – Voluntary donations welcomed.

Find out more…

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