Children, Families and Schools
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Thursday 1st April 2pm & 5pm
High School Rocks!
A high energy, foot stomping, totally interactive production featuring all the very best hits from High School Musical 1, 2, & 3, Hannah Montana and Camp Rocks!
The High School Musical phenomenon which has smashed box office records everywhere, together with Miley Cyress who hit the TV screens in 2006 with Hannah Montana – The Movie, released 2009, and the stars of the hugely successful film Camp Rock - The Jonas Brothers, are all paid tribute to in this amazing show.
Join the superb cast for a rollercoaster ride of fun, as they invite you to the ultimate party to celebrate all of these awesome teen sensations in one fantastic concert.
Don’t forget your dancing shoes and be prepared to rock out as HIGH SCHOOL ROCKS! Wildcats - Get ready to PARTY!
Tickets £12 / £10 concessions / £40 Family Ticket
Wednesday 7th April 1.30pm
Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company with Salisbury Playhouse present
Across the deep blue Sea
A tiny boat, a little lost man and the great wide ocean. How did he get there, how can he get home, and why do those fish keep biting him on the bottom! Singing whales, pestering Pirates and a multitude of deep sea creatures swim to the surface in this fantastic aquatic adventure for everyone aged 3 and over.
Across the Deep Blue Sea is a theatre journey like no other – comic, touching, slightly surreal and full of inventive mechanical staging!
Tickets £5.50 / £4.50 concessions / £18 Family Ticket
Suitable for ages 3+, 50 minutes
Tuesday 4th May 1.30pm & 6pm
Wednesday 5th May 10.30am & 1.30pm
The Grufallo - Live on Stage
Based on the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Following its sell-out success in the West End last Christmas, The Gruffalo is back on UK tour and coming to town!
Since its premiere in 2006, this smash hit production has delighted thousands of youngsters worldwide; touring across England, Scotland and Wales - to as far as Poland, North America and beyond!
Join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the deep dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. (“A modern classic” The Observer).
Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined? Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-shaking, party-mad Snake… and, of course, The Gruffalo!
Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 to 300!
‘Monstrous fun!’ Daily Mail
‘Irresistibly charming’ **** The Times
www.gruffalolive.com
All Tickets £10
(£8.50 schools – book 10 tickets get 1 free)
55 Minutes
Saturday 22nd May 11.30am + 1.30pm
Theatr Iolo presents
Finding leaves for soup
A new play for the very young.
Finding leaves for soup is a tale of adventures in a forest...”It’s all trees and with stingies!” of making mucky magic soup – for tomorrow, of sleeping in a scratchy tree – snoring like a camel, and of looking for owls and pandas…only pretend ones, of course!
A delightful intimate performance with live music.
Tickets £3.50
Suitable for ages 3 to 4, 40 Minutes
Thursday 3rd June 1.30pm
How the Koala learnt to hug
By Steven Lee
The People’s Theatre Company Steven Lee runs The People's Theatre Company and is author of children's favourites The Witch's Bogey and Bink And The Hairy Fairy.
How The Koala Learnt To Hug has been adapted from his first collection of short stories which has just been published under the title How The Koala Learnt To Hug and Other Australian Fairytales.
Written especially for parents to enjoy with their children, How The Koala Learnt To Hug is a charming, tale about the magic of family and, of course, the importance of a nice warm hug!
So join Steven and a host of wild characters including Natascha the Witch and Karen the Koala for some great stories, sing along songs, superb games and first class hugging.All you need are your ears.
(And your arms!)
Steven will be available to sign copies of How The Koala Learnt To Hug and Other Australian Fairytales which will be on sale at a specially reduced rate after the show.
All Tickets £5
Running time 1 hour with an interval, suitable for ages 4+