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The Tudor Tailor Talks

Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies currently offer a choice of 6 presentations, tailored to suit different venues and audiences. All feature the use of reconstructed garments and informal questions and answers sessions. Find out more about each of the options by selecting one of the images below.


Dressing
The Tudors

Tend Your
Needle

The Tudor
Wardrobe

The Tudor
Year

The Tudor
Household

Costume
Clinic

For information on booking the Tudor Tailor to speak at your venue click here.

Dates for the Tudor Tailor Talks are as follows:

2008

Mon 7 Jan 2008 - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Dressing the Tudors, 10am to 12pm. PRIVATE EVENT.


Mon 14 Jan 2008 - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Dressing the Tudors, 10am to 12pm. PRIVATE EVENT.
Mon 7 April 2008 - Costume Society of Scotland, Edinburgh - The Tudor Wardrobe. Venue Overseas House, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Contact: cossocscotland@hotmail.com
Tues 8 April - Coughton Court, Alcester, Warks B49 5JA - Dressing the Tudors. 2pm, followed by tea and cakes.
Contact: Claire Blackburn 01789 400777 ext 1; email claire.blackburn@nationaltrust.org.uk
Sat 10 May 2008 - Embroiderers Guild, Hagley Catholic School, Stourbridge DY8 2XL - Dressing Queen Elizabeth I. 2pm.
Contact: Jean Laidler 01562 700522; email ejlaidler@yahoo.co.uk
Thurs 22 May 2008 - Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33 9PS - Dressing the Tudors. 10am, followed by lunch.
Contact: Kay Donachie 01366 328258; email kay.donachie@nationaltrust.org.uk
Sat 7 June 2008: Embroiderers Guild, Bloomfield Community Centre, Redstone Road, Narberth, Pembrokeshire - The Tudor Wardrobe. Time to be confirmed.
Contact: Judith Colley 01646 672441. email jscolley51@hotmail.com
US East Coast tour - postponed until 2009.
Please contact jane@jmdandco.com if you would like The Tudor Tailor to visit your venue.
Sat 4 October 2008 - Norwich Costume & Textile Association, Castle Museum auditorium - Dressing the Tudors. 2pm.
Contact: Vivienne Weeks 01379 641187.
Sat 11 Oct 2008, West of England Costume Society (Janet Arnold Study Day) - Tudor women and their clothes: not making but wearing. Venue and time to be confirmed.
Contact: Jean Scott email jean.scott@btopenworld.com

2007

Thurs 3 May (7pm) - Powis Castle, near Welshpool - Dressing The Tudors
Contact: Jennifer Knight 01938 551 929 powiscastle@nationaltrust.org.uk


Saturday 19th May 10.30am-12.30pm - The University of Nottingham, Centre for Continuing Education
The Tudor Wardrobe (Ninya Mikhaila only)
Room A34
The Dearing Building
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Rd.
£4.50 payable on the door

Thurs 24 May (10am plus coffee and lunch) - Oxburgh Hall, near King's Lynn - The Tudor Household
Contact: Lloyd Taylor 01366 328258 oxburghhall@nationaltrust.org.uk

Fri 1 June - CSA symposium, San Diego, California (7pm)
Click here to visit the Costume Society of America website

Sun 3rd and Mon 4th June - Fullerton College, Brea, LA

Sunday, June 3rd - The Tudor Wardrobe
Monday, June 4th (AM) - Tudor Hair/Hats/Headdresses
Monday, June 4th (PM) - Fitting Tudor Bodices/Doublets

Contact: Mela Hoyt-Heydon

Click HERE to Download the booking form

Tues 5 June - Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona (eve) - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Dennita Sewell 602-257-2119 dennita.sewell@phxart.org

Thurs 7 June (11.30am) - Vets Hall, Santa Cruz, California
The Tudor Wardrobe and Tudor Hats, Hair and Headdresses.
Contact: ninya@ninyamikhaila.com
Click here for more information and to buy tickets

Fri 8 June - St. Alban's Episcopal Church. 1501 Washington Street, Albany, California.
10am-12pm: Fitting Tudor bodices and doublets. 1pm-3pm Costume Clinic
Tickets for the day $95 (space is limited)
Contact: Christy Gordon Baty: cgordonbaty@att.net
For more information click www.tudortailorinberkeley.com
Sat 9 June (10am & 2.30pm) - The Vallejo Music Theatre, Vallejo, California - The Tudor Wardrobe (am) and workshop sessions (pm)
Click here to visit the website.

Sat 23rd/Sun 24th June and Sat 30th June/Sun 1st July - Kentwell Hall, Suffolk
Michael Perry and Ninya Mikhaila will be running a reconstructed tailors shop during this recreation of Tudor life. Kentwell is run as a first person event. Michael and Ninya will adopt the characters of the tailor, Thomas Sawcer, and his wife Gatty. They will be happy to discuss aspects of Tudor tailoring and life in general in the sixteenth century. 21st Century information is more readily available at the other Tudor Tailor Talks!

Tues 4 September (2pm) - Coughton Court - Dressing the Tudors
Contact: Emma Stokes 01789 400777 coughtoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wed 12 September (7pm) - Stonor Park - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Sue Gill 01491 638587 administrator@stonor.com

Sat 29 September (time tbc) - Dorothy Dunnett Readers Association, Oxford - Clothing the characters in the Lymond series - (Members only)
Contact: Olive Millward OMillward@aol.com

Tues 9 October (2pm plus tea) - Chirk Castle, near Wrexham - Dressing the Tudors
Contact: Joanne Jones 01691 777701 joanne.jones@nationaltrust.org.uk

Thurs 18 October (time TBC) - Mumbleys Hill Women’s Institute - Dressing Queen Elizabeth I - (Members only)
Contact: Patricia Hurley 01454 413352 aphurley@btinternet.com

2006

Tues 9 May (afternoon) - Parham House, Sussex - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Pat Kennedy 01903 742021 - FULLY BOOKED

Wed 10 May (evening) - Sutton House, Hackney - Dressing the Tudors
Contact: Daniel Ferguson 020 8525 9055; daniel.ferguson@nationaltrust.org.uk

Thurs 11 May (lunchtime) - The Vyne, Basingstoke - Dressing the Tudors
Contact: Kellie Coughlin 01256 883858; kellie.couglin@nationaltrust.org.uk

Thurs 11 May (evening) - Southern Counties Costume Society, St Mary's Church, Ash Vale, Nr Aldershot
Contact: Caroline Johnson carolinejohnson@ntlworld.com

Fri 12 May (morning) - The Mary Rose, Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Mary Kinoulty 0705 750521; m.kinoulty@maryrose.org

Sat 13 May & Sun 14 May (afternoons) - Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Demonstrations
Contact: Christina Shannon 020 79422205; c.shannon@vam.ac.uk

Mon 22 May (evening) - Blickling Hall, Nr Norwich - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Anna Johns 01263 738029; anna.johns@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tues 23 May (lunchtime) - Costume & Textile Study Centre, Carrow House, Norwich - Talk to be confirmed
Contact: Cathy Terry cathy.terry@norfolk.gov.uk

Tues 23 May (evening) - Ingatestone Hall, Chelmsford, Essex - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Lord Petre 01277 353010

Weds 24th May - Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Marlene Moyes 01473 433554

Thurs 25 May (all day) - Oxburgh Hall, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk - Tend your Needle (am) & The Tudor Wardrobe (pm)
Contact: Lloyd Taylor 01366 328258; oxburghhall@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wed 7 June - Tudor Merchant's House, Tenby, Pembrokeshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Alyson Bush 01834 842279

Thurs 8 June (morning) - Assembly Rooms, Bath, Somerset
Contact: Lindsay Braidley 01225 477068; lindsey_braidley@bathnes.gov.uk

18th & 19th June* and 24th & 25th June* (all day) - Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Sun 30th July (all day) - Acton Court, Nr Bristol - The Tudor Wardrobe & Dressing the Tudors
Contact: 01454 228224 ; info@actoncourt.com

Tues 1 Aug - Falkland Palace, Cupar, Fife (evening) - Dressing the Tudors
Contact: Karen Caldwell 01337 857397; caldwell@nts.org.uk

Wed 2nd Aug (evening) - Charlcote Park, Nr Warwick - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Dawn Bagley 01789 470277 charlecoteprk@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wed 9 Aug (lunchtime) - Bodelwyddan Castle (National Portrait Gallery), Rhyl - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Morrigan Ellis 01745 584060; education@bodelwyddan-castle.co.uk

Thurs 10 Aug - Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Peter Francis- Wemyss 01938 551929; powiscastle@nationaltrust.org.uk

Fri 11th Aug - Leicester - venue TBC - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Andrea Bridge 01383 724333 abridge@leics.gov.uk

Mon 4 Sept (morning) - Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Sian Watson 01327 860044; sian.watson@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tues 5, Wed 6 & Thurs 7 Sept (lunchtimes) - Sudeley Castle, Nr Cheltenham - Tend your Needle, Dressing the Tudors & The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Danielle Wade 01242 602308

Wed 13 Sept (evening) - Stonor Park, Nr Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: John Weaver 01491 638587; jweaver@stonor.com

Tues 19 Sept (evening) - Hardwick Hall, Nr Chesterfield, Derbyshire - The Tudor Wardobe (eve)
Contact: Cassa Townsend 01246 858411; cassa.townsend@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wed 20 Sept (lunchtime) - Tissington Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Sir Richard Fitzherbert 01335 352200; tisshall@dircon.co.uk

Thurs 21 Sept - St Mary's Church, Bottesford, Nottinghamshire - Dressing The Tudors
Contact: Revd Stuart Foster 01949 843615; padre_foster@yahoo.co.uk

Fri 22 Sept (evening) - All Saints’ Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Peter Robinson 01629 812616

Wed 1 Nov (time TBA) – Harvington Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire – Dressing the Tudors Contact: Sherida Breedon 01562 777846

Saturday 11 November (all day) - Loseley Park, Goldaming, Surrey - Faerie Queen or Fading Spinster? Dressing Queen Elizabeth in the 1590s.
Contact: Caroline Johnsone 01252 645090
More information HERE

Tues 14 November (morning and lunchtime) - Uppark, Nr Petersfield, Hampshire - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Marie Perkin 01730 825873; marie.perkin@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tues 21 Nov (afternoon) - Platt Hall, Manchester - Tend your needle
Contact details: Miles Lambert, 0161 224 5217, M.Lambert@manchester.gov.uk

POSTPONED!! Wed 22 Nov - Culross, Fife (lunchtime) - The Tudor Wardrobe
Contact: Sheila Mackay 01383 724333. Watch this space for a new date in 2007!

29th January - 30th April 2007
Ninya Mikhaila will be teaching an exciting new course at the University of Nottingham in 2007. 'Dressing the Tudors: A Social History of 16th Century Dress' is a part-time undergraduate course running from 29th January - 30th April. There will be 10 sessions held on Monday afternoons from 2pm-4pm.

For further information or to request a brochure please contact:

The Undergraduate Office
Centre for Continuing Education
School of Education
The University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham NG8 1BB

Telephone 44 (0)115 846 6466
Fax 44 (0)115 951 6556
email enquiries


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