Young People’s free half-term workshop

Radical print: from page to stage

Victorians like the writer Charles Dickens were masters of advertising, with posters and playbills covering the streets. This free series of workshops for 12- to 16-year-olds explores the culture of advertising through theatre playbills or posters which captured Dickens’s radical ideas.

Join us to explore the museum’s current exhibition Showtime! create your own playbills, and craft your own zines exploring issues that are important to you. The second session of this two-day workshop will include a free Letterpress Poster Printing Workshop at the St Bride’s Foundation.

All materials and refreshments provided, and no crafty printing skills required just a readiness to get creative!

1.30-5.00pm, 28 and 29 October 2025.

For ages 12-16 years.

This workshop is part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund sponsored exhibition Showtime!