Getting to the Brampton Park & Museum
- Celebrate Castle will be taking place outside at The Brampton Park & and inside at the Museum, Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 OQP
- We’re asking people to park on King Street pay and display car park, a short 4 minute walk from the Brampton. This will leave the museum car park available for those less mobile
- Food will be available on the day to purchase. To beat the queues, you can pre-order your luxury picnic box at /www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/museum
- If you’re in need of a refreshment, you’re able to fill reusable water bottles in the museum
Access Information
- BSL interpretation and audio description will be available on the day of the event. More details below
- Scripts are available for some of the performances taking place on the day. Click here for the script for Ana Petrovici’s Magic Potion Workshop.
Audio Description
To use audio description, simply head to our Appetite HQ gazebo and ask for a kit. A steward or team member will then accompany you to your chosen performance and introduce you to the Audio Describer who will provide instructions on how to participate. You’ll need to make sure to hand the kit back to the steward when you have finished.
We will also have pre-recorded Audio Introductions for some performances too. Check out our event and activity page to listen to these.
The performances that include live Audio Description are:
Lunart’s Potion Work – 10.30am to 10.50am
Workshop support (as needed – please go to the Appetite HQ to speak to one of our stewards) – 10.50am to 11am, 11.45am to 12pm, 1.45pm 2.15pm & 2.45pm to 3.15pm
Elka Evalds Storytelling – 11am to 11.45am
Village Tournament – 1pm to 1.45pm
Hurried Histories – 2.15pm to 2.45pm
Knights Tournament – 3.15pm to 4pm
BSL Interpretation
BSL interpretation will be taking place during the following performances:
Workshop support (as needed – please go to the Appetite HQ to speak to one of our stewards) – 10.30am to 11.30am & 1pm to 2.15pm
Shire Court – 11.30am to 12pm
Hurried Histories – 2.15pm to 2.45pm
Playful Peasants – 2.45pm to 3.10pm
Calligraphy and Weaving – 3.10pm to 4pm
- You can also see the full access schedule here here
- Some of the performances taking place may include triggering content. Here are some details regarding performances:
Playful Peasants
They are extremely friendly and curious, however their masks can sometimes be overwhelming for audience members, and so they always approach with delicacy and friendliness, and if any audience member shows discomfort or is triggered by the masks then the Playful Peasants will keep their distance and move on.
Stilt walking knights
The knights are are unscripted/improvisational character actors with no triggering content. Although they have lances and shields, they are mostly used as props/for photographs rather than to act out anything that could be considered violent and therefore triggering
Medieval Football and combat displays
Our actors will put on combat displays and a game of medieval football for you. They’re all trying to win, but all the fighting will be pretend, and everyone has practiced not hurting each other. The town guard will come and arrest those that they can catch! One brave man will try and fight off the guards, but will be thrown clean through a market stall! Don’t worry, they’re a trained pro wrestler in real life, they do this for fun!
Shire court
Our actors will show you that medieval justice wasn’t just brutal violence (though we might get a little bit!). You’ll see the footballers tried, a coin clipper face great danger as the judge decides if she deserves mercy, a lord make a very bad decision and more.
