Scratch the surface of all the tales we have heard since childhood and we find they are dark, nasty and full of dubious intention… A slight twist reveals the terrible, the silly and the downright incredible ’truths’ hidden in plain sight. Gav Cross: Storyteller, Show Off and Chief Idiocy Wrangler vividly brings these old fables …
Hazelsong Theatre present The House that Jack Built - a high energy puppet show for children and families. Come and watch the two bungling performers try to control their wayward puppets popping up in all the wrong places. They are going to need help to stop everything falling apart… Age guide 3+ Free event - …
Hazelsong Theatre present The House that Jack Built - a high energy puppet show for children and families. Come and watch the two bungling performers try to control their wayward puppets popping up in all the wrong places. They are going to need help to stop everything falling apart… Age guide 3+ Pay What You …
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The Festival teams up with Little Bird Artisan Markets to bring you colourful characters, music and puppetry throughout the day. Watch out for the Have-a-Go Pirates, Monsieur Monsieur the Mime Artist and characters from Alice in Wonderland mingling with buskers and community performers. Highlights of the day include tricycle-pulled puppet shows from Thingumajig Theatre and …
A whole day of family entertainment in the attractive surroundings of the Spa Gardens. With open-air theatre for all ages, puppet shows, interactive games and even a chance to practice your circus skills, this will be a boredom-free zone. The professional programme will be complimented by music, drama and dance performances from local groups inside …
A mermaid is an amazing gift for a young adventurer. But what do you do when it just won’t stop growing? A chance meeting, an act of kindness and an unusual present lead a lonely young girl on the most unexpected journey. This new play by Gemma Curry (The Sleep Pirates) will take you on …
A modern retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale, full of red-related surprises, a pinch of feminism and a mini mob of original puppet characters; all crammed into one large, furry suitcase! When Gran and Red contemplate their fate inside the wolf’s stomach, a flash of motivation leads our heroine to ‘see red’ and …
Join Rhubarb Theatre as you shrink into the gardens of the Queen of Hearts to find yourselves amongst her large lawn games. Once there you might get knotted up in the Alice-themed twister, go crackers with the croquet, or become champions of the chequers board. But watch out for her court jokers, bringing mayhem and …
School assembly favourites Open the Book present a pop-up open-air theatre version of the famous Old Testament story in front of the bandstand. Let’s hope the deluge remains imaginary. Free event - just turn up
A drop-in session for all ages. Have a go with juggling balls or clubs, plate-spinning, diabolo, hula hooping and more. A great way to spend some time before the next show begins! Drop in any time between 12.30 and 2.30 Free event - just turn up
On the menu is not one, not two, but three pop up puppet stages built onto the backs of electric tricycles. Each mobile stage is a show full of surprises, fun and heart-warming stories of friendship and a sense of home. Stories include the Story of the Scary Noise and the Magic Samovar. Presented by …
The adventure of a lifetime turns into a disaster for this fisherman! But when a friendly whale shows him the truth of the sea, his life is changed in ways he could never have imagined. The ocean comes to life around him with more beauty than he knew existed and as time passes it changes …
