Primary Times North London Summer 18

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Apollo Theatre Shaftsbury
Avenue
Box Office: 03303 334 809
2 Aug – 1 Sep
Barmy Britain –Part Four!
Be reduced to rubble by the ruthless
Romans! Would you be shaken
or stirred by Richard the Third? Will
Queen Elizabeth Iendure her terrible
teeth? Would you be hanged by
King James Ifor being awitch? It is
time to prepare yourselves for Horrible
Histories live on stage with a
brand new show featuring all new
scenes in Barmy Britain –Part Four!
Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Tottenham Green
Box Office: 020 8365 5450
Until 13 Jul
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Small Wonders
In this magical, interactive experience
for children aged 5-11 years
and their families, Bella invites you
to join Nanny Lacey in her flat in
Tottenham and explore the tiny
worlds she has created. This new
family show explores the power of
our imagination and how the little
things in life are sometimes the
most important.
Chickenshed Southgate
Box Office: 020 8292 9222
www.chickenshed.org.uk
18 Jul – 5 Aug
Mr Stink
The very kind, but lonely, 12 year
old Chloe invites the homeless ‘Mr
Stink’ and his dog to leave behind
the wooden bench where they have
taken up residence and secretly
move into her family’s shed. Matters
become more complicated when
Chloe’s mother –who has unfulfilled
political ambitions –tries to take
credit for Chloe’s generosity. And
precisely who is Mr Stink, anyway?
Ages 6+.
1 Jul – 4 Aug
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Tales from the Thousand and
One Nights
A cornucopia of adventures, travellers’
tales and exotic mysteries will
all be revealed as Tales from the
Shed re-imagines one of the world’s
oldest and greatest story collections,
with well-known tales spun
afresh and new stories woven onto
old patterns. With music, dance,
puppetry and much, much more,
there’s a1,001 reasons to join us at
this show. Ages 3-7.
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The Cockpit Theatre NW8
Box Office: 020 7258 2925
www.thecockpit.org.uk
28 Jul
Little Red Riding Hood
This much loved story is reinvented
as aplayful pantomime
for little ones. Moon On AStick
combine enchanting puppetry and
absorbing storytelling with all the
traditional pantomime elements in a
gentle, imaginative show designed
especially for our tiniest audience
members. There’s plenty of live music,
audience interaction and even
smells to delight the whole family.
25 Aug
Beastly Monsters and
Monstrous Beasts
In this original theatrical show for
children and young families, we
invite you to join fearless monster
hunter Alice Quatermain, as she
recounts several of her daring escapades
from the Edwardian era. Be
thrilled as you encounter marauding
monsters, deadly dinosaurs and
fiendish fauna!
Forty Hall Estate Enfield
Box Office: 020 8807 6680
13 Jul
Pride and Prejudice
Join Heartbreak, the Bennet sisters,
and ahost of charming, young bachelors
(yes, Mr Darcy will be there), for
an evening of comedy, romance, and
more than one come-uppance, as we
learn how to behave...ahem, properly.
Please note that this performance will
be taking place outside on the back
lawn. Ages 8+.
19 Aug
The Midnight Gang
When everyone else is sweetly
sleeping, the Midnight Gang gather
in the middle of the night in the
name of magic, mischief, and
memory making. Join the gang on
this crucial mission to overcome
our greatest fears and uncover
the magic ingredient to afantastic
friendship. Please note that this
performance will be taking place
outside on the back lawn. Ages 7+.
Hackney Empire E8
Box Office: 020 8985 2424
18 – 1 9 Aug
Teletubbies Live
Join Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa
and Po in ashow full of love and
laughter as they explore the magical
world of Teletubbyland.
Leicester Square Theatre
WC2H
Box Office: 020 7734 2222
www.leicestersquaretheatre.com
21 Jul – 2 Sep
The Scarecrows’ Wedding
Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay
are excellent scarecrows. Their
wedding plans are all coming
together until Harry leaves
Betty’s side and the devilishly
smooth Reginald Rake tries to
take Harry’s place. Will Harry
make it back in time to save their
special day? This heart-warming
and award-winning adaptation
of Julia Donaldson and Axel
Scheffler’s bestselling book
is bursting at the seams with
Scamp Theatre’s inimitable style.
Little Angel Theatre N1
Box Office: 020 7226 1787
www.littleangeltheatre.com
Until 29 Jul
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
This adaptation of the story of
Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm
conjures a dreamlike fantasy of
palaces and forests, ogres and
fairies, princes and babes. It tells
the story of a King and Queen
desperate for a child, and a fairy
who grants their wish. But when
the fairy is not invited to baby
Rose’s christening, she casts a
different kind of spell – on her
16th birthday, the young princess
will prick her finger and everyone
in the kingdom will fall asleep for
100 years. Ages 4-9.
The 02 Greenwich
Box Office: 08448 560 202
13 – 14 Jul
The Muppets take The O2
Kermit and the ultimate diva herself
- Miss Piggy will be joined by very
special celebrity guests for musical
performances, sketches and lots
more.
14 – 19 Aug
Walking with Dinosaurs
The show depicts the dinosaurs’
evolution with almost cinematic
realism. It has scenes of the interactions
between dinosaurs, how
carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to
walk on two legs, and more.
Open Air Theatre Regents Park
Box Office: 08448 264 242
3 Aug – 15 Sep
Little Shop of Horrors
For the misfits of Skid Row, life is
full of broken dreams and dead
ends. But there’s hope on the
horizon for flower shop assistant,
Seymour, when he discovers
a mysterious new plant with
killer potential. Will his newfound
fame and fortune win the
attention of kind, sweet, delicate
Audrey? Can he finally break
free and be happy…whatever the
consequences?
14 Aug – 9 Sep
Dinosaur World Live
Grab your compass and join the
intrepid explorer across uncharted
territories to discover a prehistoric world
of astonishing (and remarkably life-like)
dinosaurs. Meet ahost of impressive
creatures, including every child’s
favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus
rex, aTriceratops, Giraffatitan and
Segnosaurus, to name afew!
Prince Edward Theatre W1D
Box Office: 08444 825 151
Until 9Feb
Aladdin
Featuring the timeless songs from the
classic film including AWhole New
World, Friend Like Me and Arabian
Nights along with new music written for
the production, Aladdin is an extraordinary
theatrical event you will want to
experience. Ages 6+.
Puppet Barge W9
Box Office: 020 7249 6876
Until 8 Jul
Red Riding Hood
The Granny is arty but forgetful, Red
Riding Hood is fearful but feisty and the
Wolf as dark and mysterious as his forest.
Using acombination of marionettes
and shadow puppets, this is amagical
show that will enchant both children and
adults alike. There will be acaptioned
performance on 9Jun at 3pm and a
relaxed performance on 16 Jun at 11am.
Ages 3+.
Southbank Centre SE1
Box Office: 020 3879 9555
7 – 1 2 Aug
Monstersaurus
Follow the young inventor Monty as he
creates awhole world of wacky inventions
and incredible monsters. But now
that he has made them, how is he going
to get rid of them all? Ages 3+.
23 – 2 7 Aug
How to Catch aStar
Once there was aboy who was always
looking up. He dreamt of having astar
as afriend. This is the story of his adventure.
Ages 4+.
DON'T FORGET
TO TELL THEM
YOU SAW IT
IN PRIMARY
TIMES
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