Steph and Layla warmly welcome the children into their vibrant zoo, filled with charming puppet animals, each with their own quirky personalities.
However, the peaceful zoo adventure takes an unexpected twist when a mischievous gremlin casts a spell on the sunshine, plunging the zoo into darkness.
They need your help to reverse the spell before it’s too late! Join us for an exciting morning of magic, laughter and puppetry fun!
“Packed with colourful characters, cheeky humour and brilliant puppet work, the 45-minute adventure moves at the perfect pace for under tens. There are songs to sing, puzzles to solve and plenty of chances to shout, cheer and giggle.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ indailysa.com.au (Adelaide Fringe, 2026)
“Topped off with puppetry, great comedy, and enough energy to jump start a truck” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Theweereview.com (Edinburgh Fringe 2025)
Packed with interactive stories, games, imagination and plenty of opportunities for the audience to join in.
The children are welcomed aboard for Pirate School, where they can create their own pirate names, discover their best pirate voices and take part in fun shipboard challenges. Through interactive storytelling, music, movement and audience participation, we set off on a treasure-hunting adventure that encourages children to use their imagination and discover the joy of stories and books.
It’s a lively, accessible and playful experience designed to get the whole audience involved, making it a great fit for families of different ages.
Get ready for an interactive experience where the entire family can sing and dance along to tunes from classic musicals and films, performed by West End singers.
Little ones will delight in the bubbles, charming puppets, lively actions and dance moves to copy, whilst grown-ups indulge in a delightful singalong.
“So much fun! A lovely activity for you and your littlies” – Sevenoaks Mums
“Absolutely brilliant. Actually entertaining for adults and simply magical for the kids” – daddyshortlegs
Part theatre, part comedy, with a huge sprinkling of mischief, bring your voices, silly dances, and don’t hold back from joining in the family fun!
Based in Exmouth Market, London, for over a decade they have been entertaining the young and old in schools, community centres, festivals and care centres across the UK.
Wherever they are, no matter how small or large the venue, their inter-active, unique performances have become an enriching and much-loved part of thousands of people’s lives.
Age guidance 2+
Tom Carradine returns for a Family Knees Up in Hornchurch. Tom leads from behind his piano ‘Kimberley’, and will get you and your little ones Doing the Lambeth Walk, pondering How Much is That Doggy in the Window, marching with inflatable bananas Down The Strand and much more!
A zany, interactive family event full of family favourites you’ll want to sing along with. Enhanced by bubbles, puppets and plenty of audience participation it’s a great morning out for adults, babies and children aged 0 – 100.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits! The show is family-friendly but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it’s just like a normal comedy club, but it’s on during the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is a higher-than-usual chance of the entire audience claiming to be called Bob.
Twenty years later, the company has expanded from one London residency to being countrywide, running shows and workshops all over the UK from Peebles to Portsmouth, even producing a book on how to write and perform stand-up, and hosting our own Radio Nonsense podcast to bring the sillies to families all over the world.
Age guidance 6+
This Half Term, step into the Forest of Havering for a creative woodland adventure inspired by this year’s panto, Robin Hood!
Join us for a fun-filled, FREE family event where children can get hands-on with a range of Robin Hood-themed arts and crafts. Whether you’re a crafty outlaw or a curious creature of the forest, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!
Let your imagination run wild as you explore a variety of creative activities inspired by Robin Hood, Cyril the Squirrel and their woodland friends. From colouring and decorating to making your very own creations, there’ll be plenty of opportunities for little hands to get crafty!
This is a free event taking place in our foyer, but booking is required.
Age guidance: Recommended for children aged 2–10, but all ages are welcome.
Please note that seating is limited and may not be available straight away. We’ll aim to seat everyone as quickly as possible, and crafts can also be taken away to complete at home.
This exciting event brings science to life with spectacular shows and interactive workshops designed especially for kids.
Packed with hands-on experiments, dazzling demonstrations, and crowd favourite activities like slime making, sherbet creation, and rocket launches, it’s the perfect way to ignite curiosity and inspire a lifelong love of science.
Ideal for young scientists of all ages, Sublime Science guarantees a memorable experience that’s as educational as it is entertaining!
Join the lovable dragon Zog, fearless Princess Pearl and trusty Sir Gadabout as they take to the skies with a duty to help creatures big and small.
This courageous team travel the world to help a disco loving Unicorn with one too many horns, a sneezy, wheezy Lion and a sunburnt Mermaid. But can a princess really be a doctor? The King doesn’t think so – until he himself falls ill, and only Pearl knows how to cure him.
From the producers of Zog and Stick Man and based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, this delightful production is full of heart, hilarious songs and high-flying adventures.
Age suitability: Most suitable for ages 3+ but all ages welcome.
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are a 2027 Tour Associate.
Ever since they were first identified in the 1800s, dinosaurs have sparked the imagination of kids and adults alike and for the first time ever, the world- renowned Natural History Museum has teamed up with Mark Thompson Productions to take you on a dinosaur adventure like no other.
We’ll go on a pre-historic journey together to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and watch the life-like dinosaurs come alive right on stage!
Not only that, but we’ll also find out more about fossils, time scales and how our planet has changed over hundreds of millions of years.
So get ready for a roaring experience like no other as Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live comes to a town near you.
Age guidance: 3+
