Saturday Live Children’s Loyalty Card Bonus
Why not pick up a Saturday Live Loyalty Card and
ask for a special sticker every time you bring a child to see a show. When you
have collected 6 stickers bring the completed card to our Box Office to
claim a special goody bag!
FREE BIRTHDAY PARTIES!
Why not turn a birthday into something special with a trip to the theatre?
On
Saturday mornings Central Studio is pleased to offer one of its
rehearsal spaces as a venue to a children's birthday party.
Bring a party of 10 children or more to a Saturday Live theatre
performance, plus your cake and nibbles and the birthday party (lasting
up to an hour) can take place after the show.
Telephone Gabrielle on 01256 418318 or email gabrielle.hennig@qmc.ac.uk to ask for a booking form.
Saturday 25th
February at 11am
Theatre
of Widdershins present
THE ELVES &
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 another Classic fable using magical puppets, intricate
design, original music and the simplest of dialogue.
www.theatre-of-widdershins.co.uk
Tickets: £7.15
adults, £4.60 children
Saturday
10th March at 11am
Garlic
Theatre present
LITTLE
RED ROBIN HOOD
“What big eyes you have…sheriff…sorry…Grandma”
A merry mix up in the forest involving glove
puppets, false teeth and a frying pan. Why is Robin Hood wearing girls clothes
and what is lurking behind the trees? Is it the Sheriff of Nottingham or the
big bad wolf?
Two classic tales are interwoven in a fast and funny
family show. Garlic Theatre entertain audiences with generous helpings of
slapstick, clowning and musical delights
“Truly funny and captivating…a holy fool of a
performer” Beverley Puppet Festival
“We were treated to an amazing
feast of puppets, with slapstick, suspense, audience participation, high humour
and an occasional frisson of fear ...” Organiser Walsham Le Willows Village
Hall
Duration: 45
minutes
Suitable for
ages: 4+
www.garlictheatre.org.uk
Tickets: £5 for
all
Saturday
24th March at 11am
Noisy
Oyster present
THE
CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
Performed by leading puppeteers Nik Palmer and
Sarah Rowland-Barker, with a sound track beautifully narrated by Pip Utton.
This play of light and shadow, the most ancient
of all the puppet arts, tells the classic Just-So story of Rudyard Kipling.
Inspired by traditional paintings of North-east India, these moving shadows
beautifully re-create the story of the time when the world was young, and Woman
tamed Man, Dog, Horse and Cow but . . . did she tame Cat?
Narrated with gentle humour, this magical performance
is created using simple technology and will entrance all those over the age of
five.
Also included in the programme is a short piece
"The Big Surprise", an original and slightly whacky tale of
gastronomic adventure. Two overhead projectors are used to create a live,
gentle and colourful animation.
Duration: 45
minutes
Suitable for
ages: 5+
Tickets: £5 for
all
Saturday
21st April at 11am
Lempen
Puppet Theatre Company
JOURNEY
OF TURTLE
In the beginning turtle was
shiny and fast, always impatient, always in a hurry, but then one day he had a
terrible accident…
A
beautiful story about following your dream, told with shadows, table-top puppets,
traditional storytelling and atmospheric sound-scape. This charming tale,
created through the imagination of two children and the atmosphere of a special
hill, follows the story of one crazy turtle.
An
imaginative, evolutionary journey of this most fascinating and ancient
creature.
Duration: 50
minutes
Suitable for
ages: 5+
Tickets: £5 for all
Saturday
12th May at 11am
Flying
Pizza Theatre Company
LUCKY
THE POLAR BEAR
Lucky the Polar Bear is
very hungry. This is because the ice is late. Without the ice, he can’t catch
any nice, fat seals and without seals, he will starve.
As he waits for the sea
to freeze, a ghostly figure appears in a canoe; an ancient Inuit ghost, called
Knut, who has been awoken from his long slumber under the ice when he started
to thaw. Knut tells Lucky that People are causing the Earth to warm and that’s
why the ice won’t come. They both decide that someone must tell them and set
off on a magical journey to the Big City!
Much to their surprise,
the People of the Big City don't want to know. Can Lucky and Knut persuade them
to mend their ways? Will petrol head Dave agree to ride a bicycle? Will Guzzler
and Grime Rubber Company stop making their black smoke? Can one small person -
a child even - make a difference? Find out when you join us for this magical
and humorous story that explains the problem of global warming and gives us
hope that, together, we can solve it.
Duration: 50
minutes
Suitable for
ages: 4+
www.flyingpizza.net
Tickets: £5 for
all
Saturday 26th May at 11am
Dr Palfi presents
THE REALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY SHOW
The
Really Dangerous Safety Show goes down a treat with children and adults
alike. Dr Palfi arrives with his huge bag of tricks and no one
ever knows what he's going to bring out next! What can be
promised is that it will be hilarious and he will incorporate as many
children in the audience as possible to make sure everyone has
the best time they've ever had at a show.
He
may attempt to demonstrate, with masses of assistance and advice from
volunteer junior practitioners from the audience, how to perform
the most dangerous tricks in the universe such as the handling of
invisible Mexican jumping fleas or the balancing of the world's tallest
umbrella on his chin or he may introduce everyone to the world's
largest balloon or even get all the children in the audience to
join his impromptu orchestra. If you're really lucky he may even
prove the dangerous and exploding nature of ordinary drinking
water.
Great fun promised!
Whilst
adults appreciate the verbal gags, the children are desperate to get on
stage to assist the apparently vulnerable Palfi, who fails to
perform 'dangerous' tricks like catching keys and whose sore back
means he is unable to pick up the litter he (repeatedly) drops.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for ages: 3+
www.drpalfi.co.uk
Tickets: £5 for all
Thursday
7th June at 11am & 2pm
THE
MISSION
Can you complete “The Mission”?
Award
winning, international theatre company, Proteus, have created an exciting new
show for younger audiences aged 3 -9 years old. The Mission is based on an
original story – a story that has yet to be written! This ground-breaking
performance will take the winner of proteus’ ‘The Mission’ story competition
for ages 3-9 and turn it into a brand new live theatre show! Using all the
famous hallmarks of proteus’ work the show will utilise puppetry, music, circus
and our unique blend of theatrical magic to create a funny, fast paced show
that is literally out of the mouths of babes!!
www.proteustheatre.com
Tickets:
£5 for all
Look for the jelly bean image in our Theatre sections for other shows suitable for the whole family.
