Museum of Primitive Methodism

  • Friday Forum Theatre: The Window

    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Weston, Crewe, United Kingdom

    A mother waits at the window for the return of her sons from the Great War. The chapel and streets are festooned with flags now there is peace. How will the chapel and community welcome them back – one a soldier…one a conscientious objector? Join us for a dramatic reflection on the tension between duty […]

  • “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens

    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Weston, Crewe, United Kingdom

    An atmospheric retelling by candlelight of Charles Dickens’ most famous tale, performed by professional storyteller Elizabeth Morris. “A Christmas Carol” tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an uncaring miser whose outlook is transformed after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. “A Christmas Carol” carries a strong Christian message centered […]

  • Friday Forum Theatre: Strike! The Potteries Riots Of 1842

    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Weston, Crewe, United Kingdom

    Millicent is a slip-caster working in the Potteries in 1842. A member of the Women’s Chartist Movement, she is a fervent supporter of strike action to further the Chartist cause, but the events of 16th August in Burslem are not what she expected… Join us for the first Friday Forum Theatre performance of 2026 in which […]

  • Friday Forum Theatre: The Ardour Of William Clowes

    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Weston, Crewe, United Kingdom

    In this dramatisation of the remarkable life of the once-dissolute potter who became one of the founders of Primitive Methodism we look at William Clowes' zeal as a new convert and his emerging gifts as an orator that would mark him out as one of the greatest evangelists of the 19th century. Join us for […]