Dickens 2012 – 7 Feb

On Tuesday 7th February 2012 Peterborough will be turning Dickensian!

This Bicentenary Celebration Re-enactment and Talk will celebrate the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the bicentenary of his birth in 2012.

Dickens visited Peterborough on a number of occasions, to hold his famed ‘public readings’ in the city. This event is being held on Dickens’ birthday (7 February) Local Historian Richard Jones will be speaking on Dickens, in full costume, re-enacting the man himself, talking about his life and performing readings from some of his best known works. He will be joined by Stuart Orme from Peterborough Museum revealing Dickens’ many links to Peterborough, which well-known Dickens character may have been based on a Peterborough resident, and much more.

For more information visit: www.vivacity-peterborough.com or call 01733 864776.