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The Friends of Redbridge Music Service invite you to Music on a Summer’s Day at John Savage Centre.
Featuring bands and ensembles from Redbridge Music Service. Plus wood fired pizza, licensed bar, soft drinks, cakes, & other refreshments.
Tickets via Eventbrite or office at music school.
Reviving the art of Block Printing! Come and join in for free and try out block printing and henna. See how our AWAAZ group has created and made use of this traditional art in so many household items.
Light refreshments will be served.
Do you have a green thumb?
Our planters on the Central library patio need some care and rejuvenation ready for the summer. Help us tend to them and fill them with new plants and seeds.
Don’t forget to visit the library regularly to see how much they have grown!
All ages welcome, young children must be accompanied by an adult
FREE, Drop-in
Please note: This activity is dependent on the weather and may be postponed or delayed in bad weather conditions
Come and have your face painted, and celebrate Fabula Festival in style. Choose from one of 3 designs.
Or have a small design on your hand instead.
Face painting charges:
Face Painting – £3 per child / £5 for two
First come, first served
There’s always fun to be had around the duck pond, come rain or shine. Let’s see what we can find!
An intimate, interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — featuring sensory objects, rhymes and stay-and-play. Take a trip to feed the ducks. What will you see? What will you feel?
Please note: during your visit to The Duck Pond, there will be some sensory water play. It is advisable to bring a change of clothes, just in case.
Co-Created by Discover Story Builders: Charlie-Anne Bruce and Diana Redgrave
Meet Supertato, the world’s first potato superhero!
A super storytelling adventure for ages 3-7 and their grownups — based on Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet’s bestselling picture books and blockbuster animated series.
Whenever the chips are down in the supermarket vegetable section, Supertato is there to save the day. But now there’s a pea on the loose. A very, very naughty pea.
Has Supertato finally met his match?
Produced by Discover Children’s Story Centre, and based on the book & blockbuster series Supertato by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.
By arrangement with Simon & Schuster. Written and Directed by Ashley Joseph.
This activity is BSL interpreted
Join Trish Cooke, the bestselling author of So Much and Full, Full, Full of Love as she introduces her new Rapunzel inspired story The Magic Callaloo.
Inspired by stories of enslaved Africans who used patterns in their cornrowed hair as maps to escape their enslavers, this storytelling event will inspire creativity from even the smallest readers!
Trish Cooke writes multi-racial children’s books, scripts for theatre, television, radio and film. She is also an actress. Her series of inter-racial adaptations of children’s fairy tales have been popular at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Cinderella (2007) was the first pantomime to be nominated for an Olivier Award. Trish lives in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
This activity is BSL interpreted
Join illustrator Pete Williamson for an in-depth look at how to create imaginative, unique and entertaining book characters.
Pete Williamson is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. His work ranges from fun and wacky to strange, beautiful and everything in-between. He is best known for illustrating the acclaimed Stitch Head series by Guy Bass, including the recently released graphic novel version.
“I spy with my little eye…” Maya is playing her favourite outdoor game and suddenly discovers not one, not two… but three colourful stones. Where are they from, who do they belong to and what can they do?
Join Maya on a journey through a bustling market of pots and pans, apples and pears, ribbons and silks and bows.
An adventure full of fun and surprises for children aged 2-5 and their families.
Devised, written and directed by Naomi Cortes
Designed by Hannah Sharp
The 11.30am session is BSL interpreted