Hadleigh Old Fire Station

Hadleigh Old Fire Station Arts. Culture. Community. High Street, Hadleigh, Essex. SS7 2PA

Hadleigh Old Fire Station (HOFS) was refurbished and re-opened in 2011 ahead of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. HOFS is now a vibrant and well-used community hub and home to up to fifteen resident artists and a base for several community groups. HOFS is managed by ACAVA, an arts education charity, and has been developed by Essex County Council with the support of Castle Point Regenerat

ion Partnership. HOFS is a founder member of the Essex Network of Artists' Studios and a registered Arts Award Centre.

Elite 4 | Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Demonstration📆18 - 20 September 🕙10am - 4pmElite 4 is an Artistic group who wil...
07/09/2026

Elite 4 | Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Demonstration
📆18 - 20 September
🕙10am - 4pm

Elite 4 is an Artistic group who will always surprise and impress our visitors with the high standards of our works.

Join them at HOFS for a three day exhibition with demonstrations of their mixed media work.

Hear from them below;
“ We are a group of four ladies with various Artistic interest, such as Watercolour and Acrylic paintings, Pastel and pencil drawings.

With wide and varied styles of a variety of subjects.

As well as paintings and drawing, two of our group create Artistic Knitting, Quilting and sewing, from stuffed toys, bags, gloves to quilts. “

- Ann, Eileen, Margaret and Rose.

Hadleigh Community Group are hosting their fab market at HOFS next Thursday 3rd September - don’t miss it!🍎This is a mon...
28/08/2026

Hadleigh Community Group are hosting their fab market at HOFS next Thursday 3rd September - don’t miss it!🍎

This is a monthly market, on every first Thursday of the month from 10 - 2⭐️

The car park will be full of stalls! No parking will be available on site.

NT LIVE IS BACK AT HOFS!🎭The Misanthrope📆Thursday 24 September🕢7.30PM (doors 7PM)🎟️£12 Directed by Indhu RubasinghamAwar...
27/08/2026

NT LIVE IS BACK AT HOFS!

🎭The Misanthrope
📆Thursday 24 September
🕢7.30PM (doors 7PM)
🎟️£12

Directed by Indhu Rubasingham

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s
classic dark comedy.

Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.

Running Time: 150mins

BBFC Certificate: 15

hofs.org.uk/tickets

Get Going, Get Sewing🪡A weekly sewing class for ALL levels ⭐️Ran by experienced seamstress Kate Hughes Bring along your ...
26/08/2026

Get Going, Get Sewing🪡

A weekly sewing class for ALL levels ⭐️
Ran by experienced seamstress Kate Hughes

Bring along your machine, fabric choices can be provided!

Don’t have a machine but are interested in these classes? Get in touch with us, we may have one available.

Classes:
17th September
24th September
1st October
8th October

📍Studio One, The Art House, Hadleigh Old Fire Station

Book your spot at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hadleigholdfirestation/2333354

Kingsway Community Cinema presents…🎬The Christophers 📆Wednesday 9 September🕖7pm (doors 6.30pm)🎟️£5The children of a once...
25/08/2026

Kingsway Community Cinema presents…

🎬The Christophers
📆Wednesday 9 September
🕖7pm (doors 6.30pm)
🎟️£5

The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they’ll have an inheritance when he dies.

Tickets £5 available now via Ticket Tailor (fees apply)

Alternatively, tickets can be reserved by texting 07362 325298 with your name and number of tickets required. Tickets can then be paid for on the door with no additional fees.

Rated 15

Runtime 1hr 40mins

hofs.org.uk/tickets

Sooo this fab group called The Puppet Place run a 48hour puppet film challenge each year and this year HOFs is gonna sub...
22/08/2026

Sooo this fab group called The Puppet Place run a 48hour puppet film challenge each year and this year HOFs is gonna submit a film!

Join us on the following times as we receive the prompts, devise the story, make the puppets and record the film!

Friday 11th Sept 7-9pm
Saturday 12th Sept 10-1pm
Sunday 13th Sept 2-7pm

Wanna be involved ?! No experience necessary and don’t worry if you can’t make every session.

Email [email protected] if you’d like to join in, just so we know how many people are coming 🎬🎬

What happens when a group of volunteers of all ages come together to create something new?Back in April, HOFS created th...
22/08/2026

What happens when a group of volunteers of all ages come together to create something new?

Back in April, HOFS created their first ever community film project. They met weekly for a month to create a concept, script? and act in a one-shot film focused on the history of Hadleigh Old Fire Station, from a functioning fire station to the modern-day HOFS!

If you’re interested in this, we have an exciting announcement coming up this afternoon!

The Waves ‘All is experiment, all is adventure’ 📆Friday 18 September - Sunday 20 September🎟️Free entry🕙Opening times:Fri...
21/08/2026

The Waves 
‘All is experiment, all is adventure’ 
📆Friday 18 September - Sunday 20 September
🎟️Free entry

🕙Opening times:
Friday [6pm-8.30pm]
Saturday [10am-5pm]
Sunday [10am-4pm]

Blending visual art, spoken word with a spirit of ‘all is experiment, all is adventure’, this weekend event celebrates Virginia Woolf’s book The Waves.  An exhibition by eight artists will showcase imaginative interpretations and responses to this 20th century classic of literature. Woolf wrote ‘painting and writing have much to tell each other’ This exhibition takes up the conversation that was such an absorbing topic for Woolf. 

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Poetry Social Club Spoken Word
📆Saturday 19 September
🕙2pm

The group will be presenting new work based on the theme of Waves. .club

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Mark making with Natural Materials Workshop
📆Sunday 20 September
🕙11am-12.30pm
🎟️£20 (booking required)

Have you ever wanted to draw but been daunted by the blank page? Or perhaps you are wanting to find new ways to ‘loosen up’ your drawing skills? If so, then this workshop is for you. 

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Participating artists:
Lola Swain, Chris Ruston, Louise Swain, Gwen Simpson, Nicola Parry, Sally Chinea, Karen Apps, Jane Woollatt
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HOFS Pop Up Theatre weekend continued with three amazing events🤩On Saturday, there was a scriptwriting workshop from pla...
21/08/2026

HOFS Pop Up Theatre weekend continued with three amazing events🤩

On Saturday, there was a scriptwriting workshop from playwright Anne Odeke , followed by a table read of a new play ‘For the Children’ by Ellie Hyde!📝

On Saturday night, Cheek & Cherries Cabaret 🍑🍒 took over the space with a cheeky comedic cabaret 🍒

Sunday afternoon we had vibesandversesuk sharing poetry and spoken word 🎤

Thank you to those who held an event, and to everyone who came along!!

See you all at the next one: October 30 - November 1!

BATTLE OF THE BANDS🎸🎤HOFS transformed into a music venue to host our very first Battle of the Bands!With music from an...
18/08/2026

BATTLE OF THE BANDS🎸🎤

HOFS transformed into a music venue to host our very first Battle of the Bands!

With music from and .smith_

Congratulations to our winner 🏆

Huge thanks to all contestants for taking part 🖤

We are so excited to bring more music to HOFS soon!!

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