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Type Family fun
Location
Cutty Sark
Date and Times Weekends and Fri-Mon in school holidays
Prices Included with entry to Cutty Sark

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Meet colourful characters from Cutty Sark’s past, and hear astonishing stories about life at sea in the age of sail.

You can find the characters onboard the ship for roaming encounters at 11:30am and 2:30pm and for static performances in the Dry Berth at 12:30pm and 3:30pm.

Please note: Characters do not perform on the first weekend of the month. Instead we have performances from our resident Sea Shanty Singers!

Find out more about the characters you could meet below, and keep an eye out for them during your visit.

  

Suitable for ages 3+

Who's who?

Meet the captain

Meet Captain Woodget, Cutty Sark’s longest serving master, to learn about life on board the fastest tea clipper.

Nannie the Witch

Find out how the ship got its name, as Nannie the Witch shares amazing stories about Cutty Sark.

James Robson

Join Cutty Sark's cook James Robson for fun and games, and find out what the crew ate for dinner!

Jock Willis

Meet Jock Willis, the man who built Cutty Sark.

The dockworkers

Find out about life along the London Docks, as two dockers, Conor O’Hare and Raj Fernandes, share their stories.

Mrs Ray

Mrs Ray misses her boy Clarence, a young ship’s apprentice, but she is comforted by the letters he sends to her from around the world. Find out more about their lives and his letters from Cutty Sark, as Mrs Ray tells you about why her son went to sea and what it takes to be a young apprentice.

Encounters coming up

DateCharacter
28-SepCaptain
29-SepCaptain
12-OctJames Robson
13-OctJock Willis
19-OctDockworker
20-OctJames Robson
26-OctMrs Ray
27-OctMrs Ray
28-OctJames Robson
1-NovDockworker

 

 

What’s On

Shipkeeping in action
Talks and tours

Shipkeeping in action

This is your chance to meet the team who care for and conserve Cutty Sark
Monthly | See page for details
Free for Cutty Sark ticket holders
Cutty Sark
Wonders in the Deep
Talks and tours | Member events

Wonders in the Deep

Hear stories from the world-famous underwater archaeologist, Mensun Bound.
Thursday 10 October 2024 | 6.30pm-7.30pm
Free for Members | £8 for non-Member tickets SOLD OUT
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark Rig Climb
Experiences

Cutty Sark Rig Climb

Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
Weekends 10am-5pm | Closing 31 October
Adult: £55 | Child (10-17): £45 | Under 25/Student: £49
Cutty Sark
Meet the characters of Cutty Sark
Family fun

Meet the characters of Cutty Sark

Meet colourful characters from Cutty Sark’s past and hear astonishing stories about life at sea in the age of sail
Weekends and Fri-Mon in school holidays
Included with entry to Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark concert: Fairport Convention
Events and festivals | Museum Lates

Cutty Sark concert: Fairport Convention

Don't miss your chance to see Fairport Convention underneath the copper hull of Cutty Sark - this will be a night not to be missed! 
Sunday 27 October 2024 | 7.30pm - 9.45pm
Adults: £40 | Members: £36
Cutty Sark
October half term at Cutty Sark
Family fun

October half term at Cutty Sark

Join us on board the famous tea clipper this October half term for some family fun!
29 October - 3 November 2024 | Selected times
Free with entry to the ship
Cutty Sark
Sea shanty singers
Family fun

Sea shanty singers

Join our resident sea shanty groups at Cutty Sark on the first weekend of every month as they sing traditional maritime songs
First weekend of every month
Included with entry to Cutty Sark: £20 Adult | £10 Child
Cutty Sark
Echoes of the Sea and Sky
Events and festivals | Museum Lates

Echoes of the Sea and Sky

Join us in the month we celebrate Cutty Sark’s 155th birthday for a beautiful chamber choir concert underneath the ship’s magnificent hull.
Thursday 14 November 2024 | 7.30pm - 9.15pm
General admission: £15 | Members, Students and Under 25s: £10
Cutty Sark
Attention All Shipping
Events and festivals | Museum Lates

Attention All Shipping

To mark Cutty Sark’s 155th birthday, join us on board to watch Charlie Connelly's one-man show based on his bestselling book 'Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecast'
Friday 22 November 2024 | 7-9pm
Adult: £20 | Member: £18
Cutty Sark
Sea Shanty Festival 2024
Events and festivals

Sea Shanty Festival 2024

Visit Cutty Sark for a fantastic day of sea song performances and workshops in celebration of the tea clipper's 155th birthday
Saturday 23 November 2024 | 10am - 4.30pm
Free with entry to ship
Cutty Sark

Set sail for Greenwich

Visit Cutty Sark, the celebrated historic sailing ship and fastest of its time

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