Looking for something to keep the little ones occupied during summer? Why not leave them with us for two jam-packed hours of creative fun involving drama games, storytelling and craft activities.
Each session is themed around a popular children’s story and includes a craft activity to take home.
Genre: Family
Create and Play – Jungle Drums
Leave the kids with us for two jam-packed hours of creative fun involving drama games, storytelling and craft activities.
Each session is themed around a popular children’s story, and includes a ‘make to take home’.
Family Knees Up
After a sell-out show last year, 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.
“We came this morning and it was brilliant! Me, my 3 year old and 3 month old enjoyed ourselves hugely – thank you so much!”
“Was lovely to see all the generations enjoying today. Will be bringing my Nan and Grandad next time”
Baby Broadway Christmas Special
The whole family can sing and dance along to seasonal showtunes from hit musicals and well-known songs from Christmas films, all performed by our West End singers.
Enjoy well-known numbers from Elf, White Christmas, The Snowman, Frozen and many more. Festive fancy dress is encouraged and – as well as singing, clapping and dancing along – you can expect bubbles, bells, flying babies and puppetry!
Open to all ages from new-borns to school age to grandparents, concerts last approximately 45 minutes.
“We LOVE baby broadway. So magical at Christmas. The children are mesmerized”
“A Christmassy delight”
Living Things Wildlife Show
Come and see how our animals behave in the wild, watch our meerkats standing on guard, see our sugar gliders glide from tree to tree and many more!
Join in the excitement and come face to face with the wonderful world of Living Things.
The animal wildlife show educates your children in a hands-on, visual, fun and exciting way.
All of the animals are rescued, and their stories and backgrounds are taught on the show. The animal wildlife show consists of an array of animals taking you on an adventure interacting and watching the animals in a very wild way.
For more information on the show, or to see the legal documents visit http://www.living-things.co.uk/wildlife-shows/
We cannot guarantee certain animals’ appearances.
Natural History Museum Presents: Dinosaurs Live
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+
Jack’s Bean Planting Party
Looking for something fun, free and creative to do this half term? Come along to Jack’s Bean Planting Party – a relaxed, drop-in afternoon of planting, crafting and panto-inspired fun for children and families, all themed around this year’s giant festive production of Jack and the Beanstalk! You can drop in any time between 2-4pm.
Join us in the QTH foyer, where tables will be set up for your little ones to explore their creativity and take home a little piece of the panto magic.
What to Expect
Bean Planting Table
Plant your very own magic bean in a pot to take home and grow – will yours reach the clouds like Jack’s?
Design a Dame Station
Create a dazzling costume for our fabulous Dame. Your artwork can be submitted as part of our Design a Dame competition, with some brilliant panto prizes to be won.
Colouring Corner
Choose from a selection of fun, fairy tale-themed colouring sheets – perfect for children who love to get arty.
Whether you drop in for ten minutes or stay for the full session, it’s a lovely, low-pressure way to enjoy a little theatre magic this school holiday.
Age guidance: Recommended for children aged 2–10, but all ages are welcome
Tickets are free, but booking is encouraged. Drop-ins are also welcome on the day (subject to space and materials).
Ministry of Science Live!
Direct from London’s West End. Over the last few years Science has led the way in getting our lives back to normal. Now, the UK’s favourite science team are back and more explosive than ever!
Join our presenters as they dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way!
They’ll take an anarchic approach to science communication whilst looking at the scientists, engineers and inventors who have shaped the modern world that we live in whilst proving that each and everyone of you have the ability to change our world for the better!
Expect 20ft LIQUID NITROGEN clouds, exploding OXYGEN & HYDROGEN balloons, FIRE TORNADOS, HYDROGEN bottle rockets, ignited METHANE and even a self-built Hovercraft!
100% Educational. 200% Entertaining. 300% Explosive. 400% Fun.
The Singing Mermaid
Did you ever go to Silversands
On a sunny summer’s day?
Then perhaps you saw the mermaid
Who sang in the deep blue bay
One day, the singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea creature friends and her peaceful home at Silversands to join a travelling circus. The audiences love to hear her sing, but the poor mermaid was tricked! Instead of the swimming pool she was promised, she is kept in a small tank by the wicked circus master Sam Sly, and she soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea.
Will she ever escape? And who will help her along the way?
Through beautiful puppetry and performance, and with music by Barb Jungr (We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, The Pixie and the Pudding, The Smartest Giant in Town, There May be a Castle), Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’s enormously popular story, The Singing Mermaid, is brought to life.
The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks is adapted for the stage by Barb Jungr and Samantha Lane with music and songs by Barb Jungr.
Age recommendation 3-8 yrs.
Surinderella
Welcome to Bolly Woods, where the naach is non-stop, the drama is bigger than your aunties’, and the romance is straight out of a filmy blockbuster!
Meet Surinder – sweet, strong, and stuck in a never-ending chore list thanks to her two selfie-obsessed, Insta-vlogging stepsisters, Lovely & Bubbly. Her only real support? The one and only Basanti, a cow with more attitude than a desi girl.
Meanwhile, Prince Kavi is drowning in shaadi pressure from his royal family. But when he accidentally bumps into Surinder, sparks fly faster than a Bollywood dance sequence!
Enter the fabulous Devi Godmother, arriving in full-on glam mode with magic, makeovers, and masala moves. With a dazzling Bollywood Ball, a mystical slipper, and a lot of bakwas, Surinder’s destiny is about to get a serious glow-up!
Get ready for an evening of laughter, romance, and larger-than-life entertainment!
