Family Knees Up

Cor Blimey, Guv’nor, it’s a good old-fashioned East-End knees up!

Fancy a change from nursery rhymes? Grab your ‘basin of gravy’ and your ‘dustbin lids’ and join us for some songs at the Ol’ Johanna!

Baby Knees Up is a zany, interactive family event with bubbles, puppets and plenty of singing along for adults, babies and children aged 0 – 100.

Tom Carradine (Carradine’s Cockney Singalong) 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!

Sing-A-Long-A-Matilda

Calling all revolting children and their parents–come and be a little bit naughty at Sing-a-Long-a Matilda the Musical.

From the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman. Now is your chance to interact with this incredible tale of a little girl making her great escape! Find the “magic” inside of you and join our gang of revolting children at the latest film to get the singalong treatment

Our host will help you have “a holiday in your head” as they teach you some dance moves, show you how to use your free props bags and have you booing the villains and championing the heroes

YOU the audience are the stars! It couldn’t be easier or more fun! The first rule of Sing-a-long-a is THERE ARE NO RULES! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation essential. Do you want to change your story and be a little bit naughty? Well, this is your chance… Please note this is a screening of the movie not a live stage show

Dinosaur Adventure Live

Join our intrepid rangers on a quest to recover the data crystal, restore power to the island and save the Dinosaurs! Stomp, Roar and Swish your tail as we introduce you to some of the most incredible species ever to have lived on planet Earth. An unforgettable Jurassic experience for all the family to enjoy.

Learn their history with our amazing Dino-facts, meet our beautiful baby dinosaurs and even feed them, but watch out…. You could be on the menu. Feel the excitement as you come face-to-face with a T-Rex and hear it’s roooooooarrrrrr! This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. You won’t want to miss this adventure of a lifetime, so hold onto your kids as this show will blow them away!

Dinosaur Adventure Live Promotional Video from Red Entertainment on Vimeo.

The Instrumentals

Taking place at MyPlace, RM3 9EN

Get ready to groove with The Instrumentals

When Belle is feeling down she slips into her grandfathers basement and discovers his old dusty instruments. But far from being junk, The Instrumentals are pure funk, and they teach Belle to ‘get down’ in a whole new way. Bursting to life with brilliant puppetry and bold music, the Instrumentals is full of love and laughter, about the memories we hold and how we celebrate life.

This is a show for all children with characters, story & inspiration from the African-Caribbean diaspora. It’s full of uplifting original music with soulful sounds and seventies grooves. Combined with innovative puppetry and lots of comedy, this fun musical journey will have audiences dancing in the aisles!

 

A Blouse & Skirt!, Goblin, Little Angel Theatre & Mercury Theatre co-production

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Create and Play Spring Chickens

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 Egg-celent 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’.

Bossy

Beth is confident, clever and wants to become the world’s best leader. But people keep calling her bossy.

When Beth decides to run for Head Girl, she must embark on a quest to find out who she really is, what she stands for.

On a hunt to find a role model she can call her own, she finds herself bopping with pop stars and mingling with mermaids. But Beth soon realises that what’s really important might be found in her roots a little closer to home.

Multi-award winning Zoo Co presents this brand new show celebrating Black culture. Featuring a kick-ass Caribbean soundtrack, and performed in BSL and English, you’ll leave this show feeling pumped up and powerful!

Sing-a-long-a Encanto

From the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Frozen, the brand new smash hit film musical of 2021 about the Family Madigral with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing.

Sing your heart out with our live host, who will teach you some dance moves, help you create some magic and show you how to use your free interactive props bag.

YOU the audience are the stars.

And remember we don’t talk about Bruno no no no!

The Hero Next Door

From the award winning author of The Boy At The Back Of The Class, Onjali Q. Raúf MBE (Sunday Times Bestseller, winner of the 2019 Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, winner of the 2019 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize); The Hero Next Door is a ground-breaking new production created especially for 7 – 10 year olds celebrating difference, friendship and working together to do the right thing.

Meet Musa, who happens to be a refugee; Haley, an autistic girl who adores frogs; and a would-be bully by the name of Melody. This unlikely bunch come together to save an elderly neighbour from a con-woman posing as a carer, with thrilling and hilarious results.

The Hero Next Door uses film, animation, music and physical theatre to be accessible to all. As a leading inclusive theatre company, Face Front has been proud to assemble a diverse collective of cast and creatives, including disabled, non-disabled and culturally diverse actors.

Dick Whittington

A purrr-fect magical rags to riches tale

Join plucky Dick Whittington and trusty cat on their quest for fame and fortune. Arriving in London, disaster strikes, as the streets aren’t paved with gold, but overrun with rats unleashing hell across the city…

So as Dick sets out on exciting escapades far afield, he’s going to need more than the help of Cherry Bakewell and cheery cook Sherrie Trifle if he’s to fulfil his magical destiny to become Mayor of London!

Hot on the heels of last year’s record breaking Sleeping Beauty, winner of the Off West End 2023 Best Pantomime award, this festive sparkling favourite with side splitting jokes, fabulous actor musician musicality and traditional mayhem, is guaranteed to delight all ages.

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