Tag: Spode Works

Claybody Theatre to Stay at Spode Works

Stoke-on-Trent’s Claybody Theatre is going to stay at The Dipping House on the historic Spode Works site in Stoke-upon-Trent’s town centre.

The theatre has taken a 15-year lease on The Dipping House, which has been its home since 2023. Deborah McAndrew, the theatre’s co-artistic director, said:

We absolutely delighted to have secured the future of the Dipping House.

The Dipping House has proven to be a great space for us and we have already welcomed thousands of visitors who have come to watch our performances and participate in workshops and other events.

In going forward we will continue to collaborate with the City Council to develop the venue for theatre, arts and community events right in the heart of this incredible and historic site at Spode Works.

British Ceramics Biennial Returns

The British Ceramics Biennial returns to the former Spode Works in Stoke in September. The event lasts for six weeks, from 6 September to 19 October.

Free exhibitions and talks will spotlight international contemporary ceramic artists and introduce new talent by drawing on Stoke-on-Trent’s industrial heritage.  

The Biennial’s Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Clare Wood, says, “It is wonderful to be back at Spode.” 

Since 2009, the British Ceramics Biennial has been helping to transform and regenerate Stoke-on-Trent. It uses artists’ commissions, learning, and community projects to achieve its vision of making change through clay.