The Royal Exchange’s mobile pop-up theatre, The Den, is making a highly anticipated return to Stalybridge Civic Hall here in Tameside, running every weekend from 9 May to 1 June 2025.
This year’s festival, titled The Den Festival: Exchanging Culture, Community and Creativity in Tameside, promises a vibrant mix of music, workshops, theatre, comedy, dance, drama, family activities, and more.
Weekend-by-Weekend Guide
📅 Opening Weekend (10 & 11 May) – The opening weekend features circus skills, aninteractive pub quiz-cum-theatre showand lots of dance!
Saturday 10 May 10am – 9pm
Sunday 11 May 10am – 7.30pm
🥁 17 & 18 May – This weekend sees Grooves in the Den kicking off with the first of the drumming workshops, a play all about Tameside and a day for Tameside Creatives.
Saturday 17 May 10am – 9pm
Sunday 18 May 10am – 9pm
🎭 24 & 25 May – See the work of budding young playwrights inTameside on this weekend, as well as HER Productions’ remount of their highly successful rendition of one of Shakespeare’s most polarising comedies.
Saturday 24 May 10am – 8pm
Sunday 25 May 10am – 10pm
🎤 Closing Weekend (31 May & 1 June) – A celebration ofthe festival’s achievements in a spectacular finale with a comedy night and the biggest Den show yet!
Saturday 31 May 10am – 9.30pm
Sunday 1 June 10am – 8pm
🔗 Full festival details and tickets:
https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/welcome-to-the-den-in-tameside-2025/
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