Sat 16 February
Indefinitearticles presents
Claytime
Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate.
Indefinitearticles invite you to a place where the earth’s natural material meets with children’s imaginations: a world of fabulous forms, amazing animals and morphing monsters.
Each Claytime is totally unique - creating its own world, its own characters and its own stories drawn directly from its young audience.
Truly, interactive theatre at its most engaging.
Recommended age: 3-6
Tickets: £4.50 per child, 1 adult free with each child
11am, 1pm & 4pm
Wed 20 February
Little Howard and
the Magic Pencil of Life and Death
A brand new show for all the family from Big Howard and Little Howard, the world’s first human/cartoon double act!
Little Howard finally meets his maker - The Pencil of Creation, the very pencil that drew him. But with great power comes great responsibility, and on the other end ... the Rubber of Doom!
As seen on CBBC’s smash hit show The Slammer and ITV’s Comedy Cuts.
‘wonderfully silly... original,
bizarre and fun’
Chortle Families Magazine
‘Hilarious’
Three Weeks
Recommended age: 6+
Tickets: £4.50
11am & 2.30pm
Fri 29 February & Sat 1 March
The Krazy Kat Theatre Company
presents
Clownderella
The Clown Cinderella
with Kinny Gardner
Once upon a time…there was a clown who liked telling a certain fairy story…
Join Krazy Kat Kinny Gardner in imaginative clowning silliness, with tunes from Rossini’s opera, inventive puppetry, and even an operatic aria! But who will get to be the clock?
This witty work features fully integrated Sign Language.
Directed by
Caroline Parker
Music arranged by
Toby Collins
Designed by
Chris de Wilde
Recommended age: 4-8
Tickets:
£4.50
Fri 10am
Sat 11am & 2.30pm
Sat 29 March
Theatre of Widdershins presents
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Elvis Schumacher, cobbler and craftsman, has worked all his life creating the most beautiful footwear. But now he’s hit hard times…. Everyone’s buying boring shoes from the evil businessman, Bunyan Sole-less. Time is running out for Elvis. With one piece of leather left and Bunyan’s factory growing, can anyone help him?
Inspired by the exquisite Ladybird Book, which all parents will remember, Theatre of Widdershins brings you this classic fable using magical puppets, intricate design, original music and the simplest of dialogue.
Recommended age: 3-9
Tickets:
£4.50
11am
& 2.30pm
Thurs 10 April
Red Earth Theatre in Association with Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham present
The Crane
So what happens is: a tiny town builds this giant crane, the tallest crane in the world - and everyone wants to drive it. The little man who gets the job, he loves the crane so much, he climbs up there and never comes down. I mean, think of that, living your whole life on top of a crane. Brilliant. And then, loads of adventures happen.
Featuring a travelling circus, a pirate ship and a miniature steam train, this epic story is funny, inspirational, wise and clever.
Integrated theatre accessible to deaf people.
Recommended age: 6+
Tickets:
£4.50
11am
& 2.30pm
Fri 18 April
Tall Stories presents
Does a Monster
Live Next Door?
A dark and spooky whodunit...
Every day, Maud helps her parents make toys for other children. Every night, she hears the frightening noises of a monster trying to get into the house. Maud needs help... Out of the blue, help turns up – a mysterious girl who calls herself Detective Frieda.
Will Frieda discover the truth behind Maud’s strange family?
Storytelling, humour and music create a world where nothing is what it seems...
Recommended age: 6+
Tickets:
£4.50
11am
& 2.30pm
Fri 9 & Sat 10 May
Travelling Light Theatre presents
Shadow Play
An empty space: clean and bright and pristine. Add light and sound and materials. A new world is waiting for us. Now we can be explorers.
Melding together music, dance, mime and design, Shadow Play takes audiences on a wondrous journey through a world of endless possibilities and infinite inspiration.
The internationally-acclaimed Travelling Light Theatre has created a brand new show for young children, following sell-out tours of Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me, Clown and Cloudland.
Recommended age: 2-6
Tickets:
£4.50
Fri 10am & 1.30pm
Sat 11am & 2.30pm
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