Date
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Time
6.30pm
Tickets
£2
Running Time
Approx. 50 mins
Age Guidance
All ages
Category
Community & Family
Space
Entire building
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Did you know we are a charity? Since its opening in 1866, Shoreditch Town Hall has witnessed everything from Victorian reform and Sylvia Pankhurst’s activism, to vibrant boxing matches, and the electrifying Whirl-Y-Gigs in the 90s. Each era has left its mark on this iconic building to make it the creative venue it is today, and now it’s our turn to care for its future. Click here to find out more and donate
Join us on a history tour around our Grade II Listed building, and explore spaces that are never usually open to the public - part of the Hackney History Festival.
Led by a member of the Shoreditch Town Hall staff team, you will learn about how the use of the space developed over the years from a municipal building that opened in 1866, holding the inquest into the murder of Jack the Ripper’s last victim Mary Kelly in 1888, to becoming one of the East End's premiere boxing venues in the 60s, hosting colourful trance nights in the 1990s with the now infamous Whirl-Y-Gig, to the leading arts venue it is today with a programme of spectacular theatre, star-studded comedy, boisterous drag queens and more.
You'll find out about the architecture and design of our building, and get the opportunity to see your favourite film and TV locations in the flesh - our spaces were recently featured in Baby Reindeer and A Quiet Place: Day One.
Oh, and you might bump into a ghost in The Ditch...
There will be free refreshments and you’ll even have the chance to bag one of our History Book’s at a discounted price.
Not available? No problem! We also have an International Women's Day history tour available on Saturday 8 March. Click here to find out more.
