The Creative Emporium

26/08/2026

We hosted this event at the shop!! What wonderful news..

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨
We are thrilled to announce that The Magical Toy Hospital has officially secured Arts Council England funding! 🧸✨

Thanks to players and , we’ll be taking our chaotic, heartwarming emergency department on tour next year! 🩺🎭

📅 Now booking for Spring/Summer 2027!

Venues, Festivals, Councils, Arts Centres & Empty Shop Units: Looking for high-energy family theatre complete with an interactive, immersive experience?

Primary Schools: Looking to deliver the updated RSHE curriculum guidance on loss, change, and grief in a gentle, age-appropriate way?

Through our interactive toy 'patients', we help children build emotional literacy and navigate tough conversations safely and creatively.

(All we need is a flat surface that we can roll around on!)

📩 Drop us a message or email [email protected] to request our touring / educational pack! (We’ll send it over as soon as we've made it!)

26/08/2026

September events!!

Tues 8th ART for adults with additions needs £7 1.30-2.30

Tues 22nd ART for adults with additions needs £7 1.30-2.30

Sat 26th MAKERS MARKET support local makers in Festival Place 11-4 contact [email protected] for more info or to book a stall.

Sun 27th SLIME TIME 5+
Lets us sort out the mess while you kids make various types of Slime! £10 per child

https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/slime-time

Would you like to host an event get in touch to discuss!

Are your children OBSESSED with slime?! 🫧✨Then come and join Becky from Scratch Built Productions for a super squishy, stretchy, messy-fun SLIME WORKSHOP!🌈…

13/08/2026

Great opportunity

🎨 Calling all Art Tutors, theatre companies, dance troupes, Choir Leaders & any group Organisers in Basingstoke! 🎶

Have you been wanting to start a weekly workshop, choir practice, life drawing class, or book club, but got scared off by upfront room hire costs?

We get it—building a new community group takes time, and we want to help you get off the ground risk-free.

At Scratch Built Productions, we’re going to be opening up the Creative Emporium for a Zero-Risk 4-Week trial:

✨ No upfront hire fees
✨ 70/30 revenue split (you keep 70% of ticket sales)
✨ Free promotion in our shop window, social media & newsletter
✨ Access to tables, chairs, and possible limited storage

Whether you teach watercolour, run an acoustic singing circle, host board game nights, or direct a choir—we want to host you!

💬 Interested? DM us or drop an email to [email protected]. Spaces are limited.

You must have your own PLI and DBS/ safeguarding policy if working with young people or vulnerable adults.

We currently have regular classes of Taiji, Capoeira, West Coast Swing, Art Club for adults with disabilities and Little learners.

So what could you add to our Creative Emporium?

13/08/2026

Five stars from us 👏✨

10/08/2026

🎨 Calling all Art Tutors, theatre companies, dance troupes, Choir Leaders & any group Organisers in Basingstoke! 🎶

Have you been wanting to start a weekly workshop, choir practice, life drawing class, or book club, but got scared off by upfront room hire costs?

We get it—building a new community group takes time, and we want to help you get off the ground risk-free.

At Scratch Built Productions, we’re going to be opening up the Creative Emporium for a Zero-Risk 4-Week trial:

✨ No upfront hire fees
✨ 70/30 revenue split (you keep 70% of ticket sales)
✨ Free promotion in our shop window, social media & newsletter
✨ Access to tables, chairs, and possible limited storage

Whether you teach watercolour, run an acoustic singing circle, host board game nights, or direct a choir—we want to host you!

💬 Interested? DM us or drop an email to [email protected]. Spaces are limited.

You must have your own PLI and DBS/ safeguarding policy if working with young people or vulnerable adults.

We currently have regular classes of Taiji, Capoeira, West Coast Swing, Art Club for adults with disabilities and Little learners.

So what could you add to our Creative Emporium?

12/06/2026

🐉 FRIDAY 19 JUNE - THE PARADE OF MYTHICAL BEASTS 🐉

Join us in celebrating the uniqueness of being just a little bit different! From glittery unicorns to fiery phoenixes, there's a place for every misfit, dreamer and wanna-be hero.

Come and release your inner beast!

📅 FRIDAY 19 JUNE
⏰ Parade starts 5:30 PM
📍 Meeting points: Outside Willows Coffee Shop & Willis Museum
🏁 End point: Amphitheatre near Vue Cinema

🎨 WHAT TO WEAR? Anything animal themed!

FREE performances for the whole family at the end of the parade!

See you there!

20/05/2026

The Beast of Basingstoke competition deadline is getting close! Have you designed your creature yet?

Look at the incredible entries we're already receiving—from dark fairies to colour-changing protectors, the imagination is flowing!

Will your beast be next? Draw it, paint it, write it—whatever you can imagine!

📝 Deadline: Saturday 30 May
🎭 Opening Parade: Friday 19 June, 5.30pm

Enter your design: https://forms.gle/w8zh5UmGmEiztDZf6

19/05/2026

17/05/2026

ART COMPETITION NOW OPEN have a look at just a few of our entries!

Design the Beast of Basingstoke!

Liverpool have the Liverbird, Wales have a Dragon... what will Basingstoke have? 🐉

This is YOUR chance to create the star of the Basingstoke Festival opening parade (19 June, 5.30pm). Will your beast be scaly? Furry? Spiky? How will it protect our community?

Draw it, paint it, write it—entries can be anything! The winning design will be brought to life by local puppet maker Nick Ash and featured in the opening parade. All entries displayed at The Creative Emporium, Festival Place.

📝 Deadline: Saturday 30 May
🎭 Parade: Friday 19 June, 5.30pm

Enter here: https://forms.gle/w8zh5UmGmEiztDZf6

More info: https://www.scratchbuiltproductions.com/whatsson

Questions? [email protected]

We can't wait to meet your Beast! ✨