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Family Fun
at Midlands
Arts Centre
Oodles of family fun to be had
at MAC this autumn, including
music, theatre and puppetry!
Award-winning folk duo
Megson will be presenting The
Family Folk Show, a gentle,
entertaining concert specially
for younger children on Sat 14
Sep.
Gulp! by The Bone Ensemble
will be bounding on stage
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Sep, telling a
playful, interactive, adventure
story about water.
A hilarious adventure filled with
music and puppetry, family
favourite Hey Diddle Diddle will
take the stage on Sun 29 Sep.
Looking ahead to October halfterm,
we’re thrilled to be hosting
two popular book adaptations
We’re Going On a Bear Hunt &
The Pirate Cruncher.
Book tickets online
macbirmingham.co.uk
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
How do bananas and pineapples
grow? Why is white chocolate white,
but milk chocolate brown? Are leaves
really green?
Learn the answers to these questions
and more when you book a fact-filled
and fun-packed trip to the awardwinning
Gardens.
Enjoy the new Sensational Science
session, with hands-on, plant-based
experiments for KS1 and 2, and
in December, the Chocolate Fun
teaching and tasting session is the
ideal pre-festive treat.
Get the most out of your day, with our
special offer of two teaching sessions
for just £10 (a saving of £4.80).
17,000 schoolchildren and teachers
visited us last academic year – 98%
said their trip was good value for
money!
“Fabulous – the children learnt so
much.”
“Children loved the sessions – they
won’t stop talking about them.”
Talented young singers take note!
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) are holding auditions for their
esteemed National Youth Boys’, Girls’ and Training Choirs and they want to hear
from you! NYCGB is a national champion for youth choral music with five choirs
of over 800 talented young singers aged 9-25. Auditions are taking place on
21 dates across the UK including Birmingham on Wed 13 Nov and are open
to all talented young singers. You do not need to have passed singing exams,
or to be having singing lessons, but should have a clear and tuneful singing
voice, enthusiasm and readiness
to learn. Booking Opens: Mon 23
Sept and closes: Fri 25 Oct 2019.
Visit website for more info or to
book a free place at an Open Day
to find out more: www.nycgb.org.uk
#startsomethingamazing
The Royal Albert Hall is the Principal
Supporter of NYCGB’s Auditions
Programme. www.royalalberthall.
com
Discover an exciting new after school
programme at Rush Birmingham
trampoline park! Designed for keeping
your kids active, they'll spend less
time glued to screens and more time
making friends, learning new skills
and competing in team games in the
new Rush Arena. Perfect for 5-a-side
football, zorb football and interactive
scoring, the Rush Arena also boasts
a 12.5m Air Trak sprung floor making
it perfect for budding gymnasts and
tumblers.
For more information on what's on at
Rush Birmingham, or to hire the Rush
Arena for private use visit rushuk.com
There's fun for all the family this Halloween at Dudley Canal & Tunnel
Trust, where families can explore the caverns decorated for the spooky
season on special early evening boat trips at their magical Spellbound
event.
Visitors will discover spooky
surprises underground with magical
UV light and enjoy a fun UV puppet
show from award-winning local
entertainer Krazy Kris. Complete a
spooky spotter sheet for the chance
to win a spooktacular prize!
Tickets are just £9.50 with extra
discounts available for family groups
- for more information or to book,
see the Trust's website www.
dudleycanaltrust.org.uk.
Coming Up at
Royal Sutton
Coldfield Town
Hall
● Sutton Sound Clash: SKA &
Reggae VS Punk & New Wave,
FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2019,
7:30PM
Charles Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol” at
the Crescent Theatre
is the perfect way to
get into the festive
spirit this Christmas!
In everyone’s favourite
Christmas tale, four spirits
attempt to make the miserly
Ebenezer Scrooge see the error
of his ways. Taking place in the
heart of Birmingham and full
to the brim with spectacle and
Christmas joy, this timeless story
will be presented for all ages in
the Main House of the Crescent
Theatre 3 - 14 December. Family
tickets are available, as well as
school and group offers. There
will be a relaxed performance
on 8 December.
For more information and
to book tickets, visit: www.
crescent-theatre.co.uk or call
our friendly Box Office team
on: 0121 643 5858
● Matinee: Ollie Spencer (Comedy)
& Bonnie Spencer (Songs of
the 1950s & 60s), THURSDAY 3
OCTOBER 2019, 2PM
● UK Premiere: Singalong Power
Rock! FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2019, 7:30PM
● Sutton Coldfield Musical Youth Theatre’s Peter Pan: A Musical
Adventure, TUES. 29 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2019
● Bootleg ABBA, THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2019, 7:30PM
● The Dreamboys, FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2019, 7:30PM
● Freedom ’19 George Michael Tribute + Free After Show Christmas
Party, SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2019, 7:30PM
● Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra present “Snow at Christmas” incl.
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts from “Frozen”, “Polar
Express” and Blake’s “The Snowman”, SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2019,
6:30PM
● Deck the Town Hall: Christmas Party, SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 2019,
8PM
● Christmas Pantomime: Aladdin, TUESDAY 10 – TUESDAY 31
DECEMBER 2019 (No Shows: 16, 19 & 25 December 2019)
● Town Hall Talks: Michael Portillo – A Game of Two Halves, MONDAY 16
DECEMBER 2019, 7PM
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