Sherlock Holmes night in Stoke-on-Trent on June 19

Sherlock Holmes will take the spotlight at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday, June 19, with a one-night Friday Twilight theatre performance built around Conan Doyle classics.

Friday Twilight – Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the museum on Bethesda Street, Hanley. Tickets are £15, and booking is by calling 01782 232323 or emailing MuseumEvents@stoke.gov.uk. The bar opens at 6pm, with access to the museum through the café entrance by the Spitfire Gallery.

For anyone planning a local evening out, this is a compact theatre performance rather than a full-day event: a two-hour adaptation, a city-centre museum setting, and clear booking details ahead of the night.

Sherlock Holmes at The Potteries Museum on June 19

The performance is presented by Don’t Go into The Cellar!, with Jonathan Goodwin playing Sherlock Holmes and a host of other characters in an original stage adaptation.

The source material comes from Conan Doyle’s detective fiction, with two stories named in the event listing: The Adventure of the Three Garridebs and The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane. The billing points to a stage version shaped around Golden Age detection, conspiracy, subterfuge and the darker mystery of the Lion’s Mane.

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery gives the evening a distinctive local setting. Rather than placing the performance in a standard theatre space, the event sits inside one of Stoke-on-Trent’s best-known cultural venues, with practical entry arrangements specified for the night.

Time, tickets and venue details

The timing leaves space for visitors to arrive before the performance, with the bar opening an hour and a half before curtain time. The event listing does not give additional accessibility, parking or age guidance, so those details should be checked directly when booking if they matter to your visit.

Two Conan Doyle cases in one evening

The named stories give the performance its shape. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs brings conspiracy and subterfuge into the evening, while The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane is introduced through the image of death following the mysterious Lion’s Mane.

Jonathan Goodwin’s role is broader than a single-character appearance. The listing says he plays Sherlock Holmes and a host of other characters, suggesting a performance built around quick shifts of voice, scene and perspective rather than a large cast.

For local audiences, the draw is straightforward: a Sherlock Holmes theatre adaptation in Stoke-on-Trent, staged for one Friday evening, with a fixed 7.30pm start and a clear £15 ticket price.

Booking before the Friday Twilight performance

Tickets for Friday Twilight – Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are £15. To book, call 01782 232323 or email MuseumEvents@stoke.gov.uk.

The performance runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Friday, June 19, 2026. The bar opens at 6pm, and access to The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will be via the café entrance by the Spitfire Gallery.

Source: Visit Stoke Events

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