Street Entertainment

Let us entertain you!

There’s a raft of exciting and uplifting entertainment on offer at Worcester’s traditional Victorian Christmas Fayre this year.

Our costumed characters will journey with you as you experience the sights, smells and sounds of a Victorian Christmas, accompanied by street magicians, stilt walkers and brilliant musicians on every street corner. A festive treat for all the family!

Gin Lane

Bringing you shamefully back to a time when the alley dwellers inhabited the streets, Gin Lane is back welcoming you into our alley at a time of pickpockets,
magic music halls and many unsavoury sorts. This is the dark and playful world of ‘Gin Lane’: a Victorian alleyway with its debauched inhabitants, how the other ‘arf live, some might say. We’re always looking to make a quick sixpence or two!

Make your way down the Shambles and look for this precarious alleyway to hang out amongst the hawkers and flower sellers, magic and alchemy, urchins, gin addiction, singing and dancing. Gin Lane produced by Clik Clik Collective combines the talents of local artists and performers. Come sing along with ‘Play It Again Dan’ (Dan Bramhall) tinkling the ivories to bring the old Music-halls back to life while the ‘Penny Girls’ and ‘Lee’s Fleas’ will keep you entertained. Watch those pockets as the urchins from Worcester Theatre Makers are prowling.

Gin Lane produced by Clik Clik Collective combines the talents of local artists and performers. Come sing along with ‘Play It Again Dan’ (Dan Bramhall) tinkling the ivories to bring the old Music-halls back to life while ‘Lee’s Fleas’ will keep you entertained. And watch those pockets as the urchins from Worcester Theatre Makers are prowling……

You can find Gin Lane between New street and The Shambles Friday 5pm-9pm and Sat 4pm-8pm.

Dancefest

Join Dancefest for a pop-up dance performance on your high street! Dancefest create outdoor performances in unusual spaces, and provide opportunities for anyone to take part in contemporary dance. They’ve worked with local community dancers to create a very special dance in a day performance.

Temperance Lady

Beware of our Temperance lady as she tries to get you to sign the pledge in denouncing the demon drink. She has the skills to sneak up on you when you least expect it, and will use her wit and charm to make you leave the fun and festivities behind. Is she really as loyal to the cause as she suggests?