Tom’s Tuesday: Tom’s Tiny Town – 26 May
May 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Discover Gainsborough’s House through a new lens with choreographer and dancer Tom Hobden. An imaginative workshop exploring projection, performance, miniature worlds, and the idea of home.
The session begins with a guided tour of the historic house where Thomas Gainsborough grew up, focusing on the Painting Room and Silk Room. Through storytelling, drawing, movement, and performance, participants will imagine:
“What might have been seen through the windows of Tom’s house?”
Participants will take part in creative drawing exercises while Tom interacts with AI-enhanced portraits inspired by the house and its history.
Back in the Landscape Studio, participants will build their own miniature 3D homes inspired by the tour. Together, these creations will form a collaborative “Tiny Town”; a miniature world explored through light, shadow, projection, and performance.
Using projected imagery, torches, and reflective materials, participants can place themselves within imagined scenes, experimenting with day and night environments and discovering how movement transforms a space.
Questions we will be exploring throughout the workshop include:
- What kind of people were the Gainsborough family?
- How might they have moved through the house?
- What stories could these rooms tell?
- What happens when we project ourselves into miniature worlds?
Book your space now.
Tickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold.
* Enjoy a special treat on us by collecting a voucher from your session to claim a FREE child’s meal at The Watering Place café with every adult meal purchased.
- Morning session only: 10am–12pm
Spaces for 20 children
Family drop-in sessions
£5 per child with up to two accompanying adults
Recommended age from 3–10 years
All children must be accompanied by an adult