Exhibition
'Songs from Under The Pier'
4 Dec 2021 – 15 Jan 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 16:30
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 16:30
- Friday
- 12:00 – 16:30
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- 121 High Street
- Portsmouth
England - PO1 2HW
- United Kingdom
An exhibition of prints, paintings and objects by illustrators Sharon & Jonny Hannah
About
A walk along any pier is just the ticket, but the pier in Darktown has added treats awaiting... Try your luck on the penny-dreadful falls, defy death on our Darktown dodgems, & take a pop at the shooting gallery, where targets are made up of the current cabinet! But below all this, way underneath the rickety helter-skelter, follow Sharon & Jonny Hannah to where other worlds appear through the salty gloom. Duck your head under the heavy victorian ironwork to where the sea laps the sand, & you'll see the under-underbelly of daily Darktown life. It's down here that Baby Gramps sings 'the old man of the sea', & where the Queen of Darktown will happily recite her poe-e-tree. There's often a fire to keep the jolly tars on leave snug & warm, as they recount tales of monsters & Mora the Mermaid. You'll find Lost john Riley. Sea shells for sale. Cash-in-hand tattoos. And a haunted house to boot... And to get in the spirit of the season, a temporary stage with the nightly Darktown panto 'Ahoy! Ahoy!', all about the land, sea & sky. See you there, good people.…….