In preparation for Day of the Dead celebrations, join us to decorate your own Sugar Skull art to display at home.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Event Audience: Children
Using recycled materials, create your own bird feeder to help the birds this winter.
Book in advance at the library.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
The 50th Anniversary Production!
Written by Steven Lee
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly…
But The People’s Theatre Company do!
And now you can too as they bring the world’s best loved nonsense rhyme to life just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pam Adams’ best-selling book!
In this enchanting stage adaptation, aliens from a distant planet have crash-landed on earth and need our help to get home. But there’s a problem. Their rocket runs on stories, not fuel, and only the greatest story in the universe will be enough to save them!
With a captivating combination of live action, animation and puppetry, this magical re-telling of There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly is sure to surprise and delight children and nostalgic adults in equal measure.
Now you can listen to the songs from the show, including If You’re Happy and You know It, Incy Wincy Spider and many more at www.ptc.org.uk and sing along when you visit the theatre!
A great introduction to the theatre with just the right balance of sitting listening and taking part ★★★★★ – Bristol Guide
Thoroughly entertaining and brilliant fun. ★★★★★ – Patricia Goodwin, What’s on Stage
A lovely take on the nursery rhyme with lots of interaction. A truly magical 60 minutes. ★★★★★ – Andrea Murphy
For ages 3-103!
Tickets
Full Price £13.50
Family Ticket £46 (prices includes £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)
Redbridge Drama and Dance College and Ian Brandon present
Sneak and Peek: Santa’s Undercover Agents at the Academy
An endearing and entertaining musical for children of all ages. It captures the magic of Santa’s world while showcasing the determination and heart of two young elves striving to become real undercover agents.
They learn essential spy skills like gift-wrapping without making a sound, navigating rooftops with grace, and singing a lot of christmas songs that everyone can sing along to! So, gather around, get ready to be entertained, and let the spirit of Sneak and Peek fill your hearts with joy and togetherness.
Welcome to our magical world, where the magic of Christmas comes to life, and the adventure never ends!
Get Lost and Found and The Roald Dahl Story Company presents
ROALD DAHL AND THE IMAGINATION SEEKERS
All around the world Roald Dahlʼs words are disappearing, not only from books but children’s minds too!
Now only a secret organisation known as the Ancient Guild of TaleTenders can save the stories – and they need your help…
Join Terry Tibblestick from the ancient guild of TaleTenders and his assistant Brenda Bogg. We learn all about what taletending involves and how to look after stories. TaleTenders have existed since the beginning of time and their one job is to remember and recall all the words of their storyteller-but maybe Terry hasn’t been as diligent as he could have been?
Follow Brenda’s journey as she reveals her discovery of the missing words, sparking danger that they are being eaten by the dreaded Wurblegobblers. Help her as she tries to convince Terry of the real and present danger the stories are in as she challenges him to see if he’s been protecting and preserving the stories, as she tries to restore the words to the books using imagination, play and a heart full of tenderness.
Especially made for ages 5 and up, the show develops both creative and literacy skills through performance, games, and creative play, while exploring Roald Dahl’s extraordinary stories, including The BFG and The Twits along the way
Tickets
All tickets £11.50 (price includes £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)
Get into the Halloween spirit this October and explore the spooky trail here at Hainault Forest! Adventure through and discover all kinds of creepy surprises.
For just £5 children will receive an engaging activity pack to work through on the trail as well as tasty sweets and a free kids hot chocolate back on arrival.
Join Pablo Aguilar and his Mariachi band and enjoy the unique and vibrant sound of traditional Mexican music. With its exciting blend of live musicians and colourful costumes, it’s guaranteed to bring the passion of Mexico and the authentic Mexican Dia De Los Muertos to life.
Born in the neighbourhood of the ‘Plaza de Garibaldi’ – famous worldwide as the home of the Mariachis in the heart of Mexico City, Pablo grew up living and breathing the wonderful and exciting music of the Mariachis known as ‘Ranchera’ music.
The band will play at different points of the afternoon, and accompany the Wanstead Procession – so make sure you don’t miss out!
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Experience the ethereal beauty of Las Muertas with their flamboyant dresses flickering with light and bursts of colour, brilliantly standing out at night. Let them transport you to another world with their magical dancing.
Las Muertas will be appearing at different points of the afternoon, and will accompany the Festival of the Dead Procession – so make sure you don’t miss out!
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Join award-winning storyteller Minnie Wilkinson in the Long Barrow: a place where the dead are celebrated and remembered. Listen – can you hear them whispering? What adventures did they have while they were still living? Maybe, if we’re lucky, they’ll tell us their tall tales…
The 3pm show will be BSL interpreted.
Minnie Wilkinson is an award-winning storyteller and theatre maker based in London. She has a wealth of experience telling tall tales for adults and children in schools and at events, including the Bloomsbury Festival and Hay Festival, and she is a regular performer at Discover Children’s Story Centre. She is the Co-Artistic Director of The Suitcase Storytelling Company, and has also collaborated with companies including Slot Machine Theatre and Coppice Theatre to make family theatre which has toured to venues across the UK.
Insta – @_miniwilk
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Join ITZATNA Arts for their ‘October Fiesta’ – an interactive children’s theatre show inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead and reimagined traditional stories about life, death and rebirth in the animal kingdom. Through playful interaction, these stories and games support how families and adults can engage their young ones to think and talk about death and bereavement through the lens of Mexican culture.
The 1pm show will be BSL interpreted.
Made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. October Fiesta is an original concept created by Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces (OPUS) and commissioned by Twycross Zoo.
ITZATNA Arts Collective are an emerging artist collective based in the Midlands, that create intercultural collaborations between artists and diaspora communities of Mexico and Latin America in the UK.
I – @itzatna.arts