Members get 10% off tickets at Storyhouse. Moonlight Flicks and Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre. £4 month, no commitment, priority booking, no fees, instant access, two tickets per member.
Storyhouse Summer Club is a completely free 4-day Summer Club (10-2pm each day except for one day where they will be taken to Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre and so the day will be longer) at Storyhouse for 5-11 year olds who are in receipt of means-tested benefits. Each day will be filled with games and fun, and lunch and a snack will be provided!
Who is eligible?
Children aged 5-11 years whose parents/guardians are in receipt of:
Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit – (if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year)
If your child is aged 7+, they may also receive free school meals.
How do I register my interest for a place?
SUMMER CLUB IS NOW FULL
Week 1
Tuesday 2 August: 10am-2pm
Wednesday 3 August: 10am-4pm
Thursday 4 August: 10am-2pm
Friday 5 August: 10am-2pm
Week 2
Tuesday 9 August: 10am-4pm
Wednesday 10 August: 10am-2pm
Thursday 11 August: 10am-2pm
Friday 12 August: 10am-2pm
Where will it be?
Summer Club will be based at Storyhouse in Chester City Centre (Hunter Street, Chester, CH12AR). Find out how to get to Storyhouse here.
Who will be running Storyhouse Summer Club?
Storyhouse’s Creative Learning Practitioner Jacob will be running the Summer Club each day. In term-time, Jacob runs sessions for Storyhouse at local primary schools. You can find a little more out about Jacob here.
find out more
1 hr 24 | A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family
1 hr 54 | Therese, a shop assistant in a 1950s New York department store, becomes fascinated by a beautiful and enigmatic customer, Carol.
1 hr 37 | After a chance meeting on a train, Bruno suggest he murders Guy’s unfaithful wife, while Guy disposes of Bruno’s hated father.
2 hrs 20 | Ripley is sent to Italy to bring home his acquaintance, the errant playboy Dickie. Seduced by the glamorous and moneyed lifestyle, Ripley becomes obsessed and slowly infiltrates his life
1hr 40 | In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.
1 hr 32 | AD | With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to stop his plans from conquering the world.
This workshop will explore leadership, identity, communication, and employability skills through discussion and participatory exercises.
1 hr 28 | AD | Mummies is a fun family animated adventure that follows three Egyptian mummies who accidentally enter the modern world.
Let Storyhouse whisk you away to the ball this Christmas with a seasonal spectacular which celebrates the most famous fairy-tale of them all – Cinderella.
Put down that device and join us for some old-fashioned fun with boardgames in The Den! Will you be the Scrabble Supremo, the Jenga Jubilant or the Card Game King?