

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Discovery Nights: Wonder Women
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Booking essential. £10 + booking fee. Over 18s only. 

? Inspired by International Woman’s Day, this after-hours Discovery Nights: Wonder Women event celebrates remarkable women connected to the North East, with an evening of hands-on activities/crafts, live music, historical objects and archives, talks, a bar and food.

? Be the first to see Discovery Museum’s exciting new acquisition, the costume worn by actor Brenda Blethyn as TV’s eponymous Vera, the North East detective created by author Ann Cleeves - who will also join us for a short reading and Q &amp; A. 

? A chance to mingle and meet, or chill and stroll through the museum dipping in and out of activities, to enjoy the museum at night and kick back. 

Featuring

? Sketch the costume of TV’s Vera, Discovery Museum’s new acquisition and other iconic clothes from author Catherine Cookson and designer Louise Trotter

✍️ An appearance by Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera and Shetland series with a Q &amp; A 

? Material from Tyne &amp; Wear Archives and object handling
 
? Live music with Kirsty Hall

? Proggy mat making with Liz from Woodhorn Museum

? Performance by the all women drummers The Bangshees

? ? Bar café with pizza and nachos available

? Dr Beverly Prevatt-Goldstein explores the story of Dr Irene Ighodaro

?️Historian Henrietta Heald and Laura Brown of Northern Powergrid will give quickfire tributes to women engineers past and present

? Bring books for a book swap
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newcastle-upon-tyne/discovery-nights-wonder-women/200029630930826
- **Event Categories**: Art, Music, literary-art, Entertainment, Theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 25

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/events-discovery-museum/t-pqeryad?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newcastle+upon+tyne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newcastle Upon Tyne
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Discovery Museum
- **lat**: 54.969199425394
- **long**: -1.6246424001975
- **full address**: Discovery Museum, Feline Friendz, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Discovery Museum (https://allevents.in/org/discovery-museum/5876952)

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Discovery Museum, Feline Friendz, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Discovery Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, Music, literary-art, Entertainment, Theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Discovery Nights: Wonder Women ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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