Stoke Sherlock Holmes night at Potteries Museum on June 19

AM Aisha Morgan Author 2026-06-11 17:17 Updated: 18:34 3 min read

Sherlock Holmes will step into The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery for a Friday Twilight theatre performance in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday, June 19. The event runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the museum on Bethesda Street, Hanley, with tickets priced at £15.

The performance, Friday Twilight – Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, is presented by Don’t Go into The Cellar! and features Jonathan Goodwin as Sherlock Holmes, along with a host of other characters. It is aimed at theatre-goers, Sherlock Holmes readers and anyone looking for a contained evening performance in the city centre.

Sherlock Holmes stories brought to the museum stage

The evening is built around an original stage adaptation based on Conan Doyle classics, with Golden Age detection and adventure at the centre of the performance.

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The Visit Stoke event listing says the show includes The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, where conspiracy and subterfuge drive the plot, and The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane, in which death follows the trail of the mysterious Lion’s Mane.

Jonathan Goodwin plays Sherlock Holmes and other characters, giving the performance a one-actor theatrical shape rather than a large-cast staging. That format suits the close, story-led nature of Holmes material, where deduction, voice and atmosphere carry much of the action.

The setting also gives the night a distinct local feel. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is already one of Hanley’s best-known cultural venues, and this Friday Twilight event places a classic detective story inside a museum evening rather than a conventional theatre slot.

Date, time, venue and ticket details

The source listing gives a clear two-hour performance window, making it easier for visitors to plan the evening around the show. The bar opens earlier, at 6pm, for those arriving before the performance begins.

Tickets are not listed as free-entry; the stated price is £15. The booking route is by phone or email, with the museum events contact given as the point of reservation.

What visitors should know before arriving

Access to the museum for the performance will be through the café entrance by the Spitfire Gallery. That detail matters for evening arrivals, because visitors should not assume the usual museum entrance arrangements will apply.

The venue is The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery on Bethesda Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. No additional transport, parking or accessibility information was included in the supplied event details, so visitors who need those arrangements should check directly when booking.

For a local audience, the draw is straightforward: a self-contained Friday evening theatre performance, a familiar city-centre cultural venue, and two Conan Doyle stories adapted for the stage by Don’t Go into The Cellar! The confirmed practical details are the date, the 7.30pm start, the 9.30pm finish, the £15 ticket price, the 6pm bar opening and the café entrance by the Spitfire Gallery.

Source: Visit Stoke Events

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