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13 06, 2019

Musical in a Week: Matilda & Friends (Week Ticket)

Musical in a Week: Matilda & Friends

Calling all wanna be West End Stars!

Join us for a week of Musical Theatre and Performance as we explore the world of Roald Dahl with revolting rhymes and songs from Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The workshops are suitable for 7 – 16 year olds and will run daily from 10 – 4 with a performance on Friday 9th August (with the option of an extended day starting at 9 and finishing at 5). Come along and make new friends, bring lots of energy and imagination so that we can bring Dahl’s stories to life.

No experience necessary | Bring a packed lunch and water

For children aged 7-16 years old

Whole week ticket – Save £30 booking for the whole week!

5 sessions 10am-4pm PLUS performance at 6pm on Friday 9 August

Early drop off available from 9-10am for an extra £12 for the week
Late pick up available from 4-5pm for an extra £10 for the week (doesn’t include Friday)

12 06, 2019

Kids Craft – A Day at the Beach!

Kids Craft – A Day At The Beach

Why not try your hands at making everything you could need for a day at the beach in a fun and friendly atmosphere? We’ll have different craft stations where you can make Ice Cream Magnets, Scratch Art Windmills, Beach Bags and more…

For ages 4+

*includes a drink

12 06, 2019

Illustration Workshop with Anne-Marie Conway

Unicorn Girl Illustration Workshop with Anne-Marie Conway

This is a fun, interactive workshop that has children creating wonderful graffiti art – and discussing some of the issues that most of them will have experienced at some point (starting a new school, feeling left out, worrying about something happening in their family etc). The message of the workshop is positive; that everyone has obstacles they can overcome. It uses three of the book’s original black-and-white illustrations to explore Ariella’s journey from loneliness and uncertainty to confidence and inclusion.

About the book:
Unicorn Girl is a sensitive, heartfelt middle grade novel about a lonely girl, Ariella, and the friendship she builds with a lost unicorn, Albert. They are both outsiders. Ariella has moved to a new house and school – where she is being bullied – while at home, her parents are preoccupied with her baby brother, who has a life-threatening illness. Albert is also an outsider, because he has tumbled out of the magical world where he belongs. Over the course of the book, Ariella helps train him to jump the scary, high wall that will take him back to his home. As she trains him, she gains confidence that helps her break back into her own world.
For children aged 7+
12 06, 2019

Wonky! by Really Big Pants Theatre

Wonky! by Really Big Pants Theatre

Really Big Pants are back – and cooking up a storm with their new show, WONKY!

Take a large handful of nutrition, a healthy dash of PE, a hearty portion of PSHE, and mix them together with (clean) green fingers. Bake for 55 minutes against the glittering backdrop of a dance competition. Add a dollop of peer pressure, serve with some celebrity culture and a garnish of gender equality… et voilà!

Can you help Olive and Messy Jesse save the day as they encounter top chef Monsieur Nincompoop, cool rapper Rapper Scool Yo, and the enigmatic pop star Solar Pa’nelle – as Olive’s so-called best friend Trixie tries to thwart them at every turn?

Plant a seed… and see what grows.

There’s cooking! There’s dancing! There’s rapping! Not all at the same time.

For ages 7+

12 06, 2019

Writing Workshop with Amber Lee Dodd

Join Amber for a writing workshop, which is sure to get your ideas whizzing!

“Adventure, mystery and a zap of magic – this is a warm-hearted, engaging story with a heroine you’ll love” Robin Stevens

“Lee-Dodd writes with tenderness and thunder, and her storytelling is a bolt of brilliance.” Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling author of The Girl of Ink and Stars

Amber Lee Dodd was born and grew up in Portsmouth, where she rode the waltzers, swam in the winter sea and lost her wellies in the marshes. Her plays have been performed at Chichester Festival Theatre, the New Theatre Royal and the Edinburgh Fringe and her first novel, We Are Giants, was nominated for ten awards including the Branford Boase.

Find out more about Amber at amberleedodd.com

For ages 8+

28 11, 2018

February Mini Fest – Wilbur Dawburn “Illustration Workshop”

 

Wilbur Dawburn, illustrator extraordinaire, will be running an illustration workshop just for you! Wilbur is extremely versatile: gag cartoonist, comic stripper, book illustrator, political cartoonist, caricaturist, editorial cartoonist. He has worked for Penguin, Random House, The Times, Spectator, Reader’s Digest, The Beano, and The Dandy, to name but a few.

Recommended for ages 7+

**PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS HELD AT CHICKEN & FROG BOOKSHOP ON ONGAR ROAD**

 

28 11, 2018

February Mini Fest – Really Big Pants Theatre Company “PLUNDERED!”

Ahoy there!  Really Big Pants Theatre Company are setting sail for Brentwood again – this time with PLUNDERED!

Whilst searching for hidden treasure, a famously selfish pirate captain has left a once beautiful tropical island littered with rubbish and its inhabitants struggling to survive.  It’s up to Maggie and Roy to save it.  The trouble is… they’re REALLY not friends.  Teleported from their school trip at a maritime museum into the centre of a swashbuckling adventure in the Amazon, can they learn to work together, win the race to find the legendary gold – and restore the place to its natural glory?

Can YOU defeat this dastardly litterbug pirate…?

And come dressed as a fearsome member of his crew if you dare!  Arrrrrrrr!

Recommended for ages 6+

 

28 11, 2018

February Mini Fest – Michelle Harrison “Creative Writing Workshop”

 

Join Michelle Harrison for a magical creative writing workshop. Here’s a little about Michelle’s latest book, ‘A Pinch of Magic’: On the isle of Crowstone, set upon eerie marshes with a prison as its closest neighbour, the Widdershins sisters set out to break a deadly curse which has haunted their family for generations.

But the curse isn’t the only unusual thing about the Widdershins. Each of them possesses a magical object that’s been passed down the family…

Recommended for ages 10+

28 11, 2018

February Mini Fest – Maz Evans

 

Maz Evans presents a fun-filled family fiasco as she uses the world of Who Let the Gods Out? to introduce Greek Mythology – as you’ve never seen it before.

Packed with giggles and games, this theatre presentation features Maz’s quest to find the King or Queen of the Gods from her willing *and talented* adult audience members.

The winners will then face the toughest challenge known to immortal kind. They must battle each other in Maz’s Mythological Mallet, the word association game that separates Gods from mortals…using a large squeaky hammer.

Recommended for ages 7+

28 11, 2018

February Mini Fest – Gareth P Jones

Gareth P Jones’ lively interactive performances combine irreverent humour, unbridled energy and original songs inspired by his books (and played on a whatever instrument come to hand.) He works hard to demonstrate that reading, writing and story-telling should be, above all else, fun!

Recommended for ages 7+

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