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