Creative Tourist Boutique.

Welcome to Creative Tourist Boutique, the events series brought to you by the team behind The Manchester Weekender. Looking for something to do in Manchester? Like the unusual, the off-beat, the downright quirky? Well, come join our club. Creative Tourist Boutique offers you occasional, one-off events — the walks, the tours, the music, artists and entrepreneurs, the cream teas and the after-hours — all the things, in fact, that we love best about art and culture in Manchester. Join our mailing list to be first in line when new details are released.

This March, Creative Tourist Boutique presents…The Hysterical Historical Tour

Join us on Sunday 4 March for a tour of Manchester unlike any other. Cult theatre company and comedy duo Lip Service are your guides on the Hysterical Historical Tour – an outdoor promenade that is part theatre, part walking tour, part tea-and-cakes and a 100% passionate tribute to the women who made Manchester.

Walk with the redoubtable Audrey and Olivia, stalwarts of the WI, as they take to the streets to meet notorious gossip Mrs Gaskell, challenge a rather contradictory Marie Stopes, and stage a protest with the ever radical Pankhursts. Nothing is sacred. Weaving in and out of some of Manchester’s loveliest buildings, the afternoon tour concludes with an elegant afternoon tea at The Midland Hotel in Audrey and Olivia’s exalted company.

Previous performances have (quite rightly) sold out so book now on this limited capacity tour.

There are two walks to choose from on Sunday 4 March: 11.15am or 2.15pm. Tours last around two hours (longer if you take tea at the Midland), and meet at the Royal Exchange Box Office, St. Ann’s Square. Both tours finish at The Midland Hotel.

Sunday 4 March, 11.15am (tour ends around 1.15pm, tea not included): £15

Sunday 4 March, 2.15pm (tour ends around 4.45pm and includes a posh afternoon tea at the Midland): £30

BOOK NOW FOR THIS UNIQUE WALKING TOUR OF THE CITY!

*Please note: this tour is now sold out. Join our mailing list to find out about future events as soon as we announce them.*

This event is one of the many highlights of the Manchester Histories Festival, a ten-day celebration of Manchester’s illustrious past. From football to Ford Madox Brown, cotton to comedy, this sprawling festival has something for everyone, from the history geek to the woman-on-the-street. Manchester’s past is what makes Manchester’s present — find out why this spring. Manchester Histories Festival, 24 February-4 March, various venues.

Be prepared. Please expect a fair bit of walking, steps, cobbles and rain, and please wear suitable clothing. We’re sorry but due to the historic nature of the buildings we visit, this tour is not suitable for buggies or wheelchair users. Commissioned by Creative Tourist. With thanks to The Royal Exchange, Waterstones, John Rylands Library, Manchester Town Hall and The Midland Hotel. Images: courtesy Lip Service and Stephen Campbell.

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