Primary Times Warwickshire Summer 2017

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Your Family Theatre Guide
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Belgrade Theatre
CV1 1GS
Box Office: 024 7655 3055
www.belgrade.co.uk
12 & 16 July
All Our Tomorrows - Pay What You
Can
6:00pm The Festival of Young Theatre
Makers will consist of young companies
from Coventry and beyond, who are
creating theatre in a pre-professional
context. Adults £12.50, Child £10.50.
www.freemandance.co.uk
24 – 26 July
Room On The Broom
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Join the
Witch and her cat on their mission to
defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical,
musical adaptation of the classic picture
book by Julia Donaldson and Axel
Scheffler. Songs, laughs and scary fun for
children aged 3 and up and their grownups.
Adult £13.50, Child £11.50.
11 – 16 Sept
The Railway Children
When their father mysteriously disappears
with two strangers one evening, the lives
of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are turned
upside down. E. Nesbit’s classic novel The
Railway Children is brought thrillingly to
life in a stunning new stage production.
Beautiful period costumes, ingenious
designs and packed with intrigue,
adventure, joy and jubilation.
13 – 16 Sept
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her
mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could
it possibly be? What they certainly don’t
expect to see at the door is a big, stripy
tiger! Packed with oodles of magic, singa-long
songs and clumsy chaos! Suitable
for ages 3+.
Birmingham Hippodrome
Theatre B5 4TB
Box Office: 0844 338 5000
www.birminghamhippodrome.com
19 – 22 July
The Red Shoes
A tale of obsession, possession and one
girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in
the world. Victoria Page lives to dance
but her ambitions become a battleground
between the two men who inspire her
passion. Suitable for ages 5+.
Jungle Book
Spectacular street-dance and breathtaking
circus combine to bring Kipling’s classic
tale crashing into the 21st Century. Mowgli
is finding her way in the urban jungle.
With a beat-loving bin man Baloo, graffiti
artist Bagheera and a skateboarding Wolf
crew, this heart-warming coming of age
story will astonish and amaze. Suitable for
ages 8+.
9 – 12 Aug
Landscapes
10:30am or 12:30pm or 2:30pm or
4:30pm An intimate, magical theatre
presentation for children set inside a
beautiful white dome. Audiences are
taken in a journey to four lovingly realised
landscapes from the desert to the
rainforest from under the sea to Antarctica.
Using no words, Mimika Theatre combine
ingeniously crafted puppets with an
original musical score and stunning visual
effect. Suitable for ages 4-11. Adults £10,
Child £8.
15 – 16 Aug
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
7:45pm STOP! It is of vital importance that
you stop what you’re doing and read this
very carefully. Your life may depend on
it…You must have all heard by now of the
recent novel, ‘Dracula’, that was released
three years ago in 1897 by that dreadful
man Bram Stoker, yes? Professor Abraham
Van Helsing gave Mr Stoker his research
notes, letters, diary entries to write up to
warn you…It wasn’t a fictional story at all,
no! It was fact, true, real. Suitable for ages
8+. Adults £12, Child £8.
The Attic Theatre
CV37 6YY
Box Office 07952 819557
www. treadtheboardstheatre.co.uk
Alice in Wonderland
3 Aug - 3 Sept
Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole where
she meets the colourful characters of
Wonderland. After a lively tea party, an
unusual game of croquet and a nail-biting
trial to find out who stole a very special plate
of jam tarts, will Alice find her way home?
Adults £15 – Concs: £12, Family £45
Brueton Park B91 3HA
Box Office: 0121 704 6962
www.thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk
25 – 26 July
Billionaire Boy - Outdoor Theatre
7:00pm Bring your picnics, blankets
and fold up chairs and come to the
helicopter pad outside at Bumfresh
Towers. Hear David Walliams story
presented by Heartbreak productions
of how Mr Spud made his billions, lost
it all and how Joe became the richest
boy in the world. Suitable for ages 7+.
Coughton Court B49 5JA
Box Office: 0344 249 1895
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
21 July
Comedy Of Errors - Outdoor Theatre
7:30pm-10:30pm The Lord Chamberlain’s
Men, perform in the gardens of this
beautiful house. Adult £15, Child £8.
19 Aug
The Lost World - Outdoor Theatre
7:30pm-10:30pm Illyria present this
Jurassic adventure with prehistoric thrills,
monster laughs and life-size dinosaurs,
performed in the gardens. Adult £15,
Child £8.
Foundry Woods Outdoor
Classroom CV32 6AF
Box Office: 01926 430307
www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk
23 Aug
A Secret Garden - Outdoor Theatre
2:30pm-5:00pm This timeless children’s
classic is the perfect family outing this
summer. Adults £13, Child £10.
mac birmingham
Outdoor Arena B12 9QH
Box Office: 0121 446 3232
www.macbirmingham.co.uk
20 July
How Time Flies
11:00am or 2:00pm Join the eccentric
team of archaeologists inside their field
tent, as they guide you through a dig to
find long lost artefacts. . An interactive
show by Handmade Theatre bursting with
puppets, songs, facts and fun, suitable
for the whole family to enjoy! Suitable for
ages 3-11. Tickets £3.50.
27 July
Curious Creatures
11:00am or 2:00pm Animals are
amazing! Expect to meet curious
creatures of all shapes and sizes: Learn
about how animals evolved, how their
amazing adaptations help them survive
in the wild, and how animals can help
us learn more about ourselves. Using
puppets, comedy, slapstick and live music
Suitable for ages 5+. Tickets £3.50.
30 July
Taking Flight
11:30am or 3:00pm A family friendly
piece of aerial theatre created particularly
for visually impaired audiences.
Accompanied by fully accessible aerial
and ground based circus workshops for
all ages, specifically aimed at visually
impaired and disabled audiences.
Workshops run for 1 hour after the shows
take place. There are also touch tours
(open to all) 30 minutes before show
starts. Tickets £6.
6 Aug
Circus Raj
1:00pm or 3:00pm Hailing straight from
Rajasthan, India, a cast of dancers,
illusionists, aerialists, acrobats and rope
walkers, present a colourful, vibrant, fastmoving
extravaganza Tickets £3.50.
12 Aug
Comedy Club 4 Kids
2:00pm or 4:00pm The best stand-ups
and sketch acts from the international
circuit do their thing for an audience of
children (aged 6+) and their families…
Tickets £3.50.
17 Aug
Caty Wompus
1:00pm or 3:00pm A physical dynamic
contemporary dance piece incorporating
circus and parkour and set to an original
Bluegrass score performed live. A home
that has seen better days. Once this house
was a place full of laughter and brimming
with the love of a complete family but
things change and those days long gone.
Can they show Pa that with a new day
comes fresh hope? Tickets £3.50.
24 Aug
Ariel On The Cliff
1:00pm or 3:00pm Ariel is a daydreamer.
From her perch way up at the top of the
cliff, she introduces us to all her airborne
friends (like Buzz the Bee and Squawk the
Seagull), Cloud Cuckoo Land put children
right at the heart of the story in this brand
new participatory performance. Suitable
for ages 7 and under. Tickets £3.50.
26 Aug
Peter Pan
2:00pm Join Wendy, Michael and John
Darling on their adventures with Peter, far
away on the magical island of Neverland.
In aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children’s Charity. Tickets £3.50.
Old Rep Theatre B5 4DY
Box Office: 0121 359 9444
www.oldreptheatre.org.uk
22 July
Peter Pan Jr
7:30pm Sparkling High energy musical
of this classic tale. Complete with pirates,
mermaids, lost boys and a sprinkle of fairy
dust. Starring talented 8-16 year olds.
Adults £12.50, Child £8.50.
Packwood House
B94 6AT
Box Office: 0344 249 1895
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
29 July
Outdoor Theatre - Wind In The
Willows
7:30pm-10:00pm Join Ratty, Mole, wise
old Badger and of course Mr Toad of Toad
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