Plymouth Community History Festival 2025

 

 

 

 

This October WonderZoo is collaborating with The Box to produce the Plymouth Community History Festival for the third year running, with funding from Plymouth Octopus Project and Tamara Landscape Partnership. 

 

It will be over 3 days - 2nd, 3rd and 4th of October, and will include 6 talks, a train trip and walk to the Tamar Valley (including cream tea!) with Walks With History, a play by Beyond Face theatre company, information stalls, exhibition pods, family workshop and more. The full programme is on The Box website here.

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It will be running concurrently with a major Exhibition at The Box called 'Remember, Respond, Resist', launching on 3rd October, which looks at the contribution of Polish allies during WW2.

 

The Fringe Festival will run from 27th September to 5th November, with various talks and activities.

 

 

 

Programme of Events​​

 

Thursday 2nd October

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12:15pm - 1:15pm

Talk: Hidden Figures Project: Fostering resilience, innovation and inclusive leadership

 

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Talk: Ruby Nation: The Lesbian Voices of Plymouth project

 

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Talk: Mimi Jones: Queer Out Loud

 

 

Friday 3rd October

10:00am - 4:00pm

Walks with History: A walk from the train at Bere Ferrers, meeting at Plymouth train station,  hop on a train to the Tamar Valley to learn about its history and landscape, with a free cream tea included.

 

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Saturday 4th October

10am - 4pm

The Box Super Saturday - part of Plymouth Community History Festival.

 

11:00am - 12:30pm

Talk: Artist Goshka Macuga who has works in the Box’s ‘Remember Respond Resist’ exhibition. Her work explores themes of protest, resistance and censorship.

 

1:45pm - 2:30pm

(Doors open 1:30pm)

Theatre production: ‘Picture This’ by Alix Harris and Beyond Face Youth Company.

 

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Talk: Martin Hazell and Richard Sroka: Anglo-Polish history and heritage, with Q&A hosted by Alan Butler.

 

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