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’.
Genre: Family
Blue Badge Bunch
“The disability ‘Taskmaster!’” Ever tried drawing with your feet? Made your lunch one-handed? Had a go at audio description? It’s trickier than you think…! The perfect way to spend your afternoon, whatever your abilities. Join your host, comedian Benny Shakes, as two teams battle it out to come up trumps in a game show where disadvantage is an advantage!
★★★★★ “Lots of fun” – MixUpTheatre.com
★★★★ “Engagingly interactive.” Three Weeks
★★★★ “An abundance of charm & humour” Theatre & Art Reviews
Lyn Gardner’s VAULT Festival 2023 Top Picks. Produced by Ingenious Fools Ltd
All children aged under 14 must be seated with an accompanying adult (18+) when watching a performance.
The Dinosaur That Pooped
When Danny and Dino’s favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets. But with a villainous band manager lurking, nothing goes to plan. Will the band perform? Will Danny rock out? Or will Dino’s rumbling tummy save the day?
Adapted from the number 1 best-selling books by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, the whole family will have a poopy good time enjoying a brand, new story for the stage. Featuring new songs by Tom and Dougie, a lot of laughs and a whole lot of poo!
Produced by Mark Thompson Productions Limited and Directed by Miranda Larson.
Family Knees Up Christmas Special
Fancy a change from Christmas carols? Grab your kids and your grandparents and join us for some festive songs at the Ol’ Johanna!
A zany, interactive family event full of festive family favourites you’ll want to sing along with and enhanced by bubbles, puppets and plenty of audience participation.
Tom Carradine (of Carradine’s Cockney Singalong fame) entertains young and old from behind the piano, with festive medleys and Christmas songs ranging from Spike Jones to Aled Jones!
“Loved it! Will recommend to others. Thank you. Feel very festive now!”
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”
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”
Create and Play – Under the Sea
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’.
Create and Play – Daring Dragons
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’.
Create and Play – Alien Adventures
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’.
Taylormania
An award-winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis a self obsessed ‘Swiftie’ with an incredible live band and dancers promises to deliver the most authentic recreation of a Taylor Swift show you will ever see.
The show has already taken ‘Swiftie’ fans across the world by storm and features all of Taylor’s much loved hits including; Shake It Off, Blank Space, Love Story, You Belong With Me, Look What You Made Me Do, I Knew You Were Trouble and more.
Please note: All children aged under 14 must be seated next to an accompanying adult (18+) when watching a performance.
