Unity Theatre are thrilled to bring a series of free workshops and performances for families this summer!
Workshop & Show tickets are free for all children, but please book via their website to ensure a place!
Performances: all children free, adults £6, please email us as we have some free adult tickets available.
The lineup:
WORKSHOPS
Puppet making Altered Scale
Wednesday 31 July, 11am-12.30pm
Ages 7-11
Join Altered Scale theatre for a puppet making Workshop! Using Recycled materials, including cardboard and fabrics, they will create tabletop puppets with tonnes of character and have a go at bringing them to life.
Being Rubbish with the Rubbish Shakespeare Company!
Wednesday 31 July 4-5pm
Ages 6-9 and 10-12
Hey kids and young people, are you looking to get your silly on whilst delving into the magical world of Shakespeare? Well, here’s your chance! Join the Rubbish cast of Romeo and Juliet, for a Shakespearean workshop with a difference. They’ll focus on all things comedy! From big characters, to physical comedy, to making fun of a supposedly serious tragedy, they’ll work on drawing out that brilliant idiot who lives inside of you, and have a tremendous amount of fun while doing so! And as for you parents and/ or guardians out there, consider this workshop something very precious indeed – an hour of free childminding services!
Under the Sea and Above the Clouds – Travelled Companions
Thursday 1 & Friday 2 August, 11am-12.30pm
Ages Up to age 6. Babies and toddlers welcome
An interactive play session exploring the outside world around us. They will embark on an adventurous journey together where they will explore life under the ocean and above the clouds through simple storytelling, live music and play.
This is a 45 minute session for little ones and their grown-ups to move their bodies, discover exciting stories and make a little something to take away.
Family Tap- Sole Rebel
Saturday 3 August
Ukrainan Dance
Fun Ukrainian dance workshop will give you and your family and amazing opportunity to find out more about Ukrainian social and folk dance. They will travel all across Ukrainian regions to learn different techniques and moves
Family Drama Workshop: Wild Storytelling- Mariana Pires
Saturday 3 August
Ages Up to age 6- 11 (Parents/carers welcome to join too!)
Join this exciting session of creativity, connection, and fun! Through a series of playful drama and improvisation games, we’ll dive into new ways of storytelling without words. Experience the joy of improvisation as you create spontaneous scenes and turn simple ideas into adventures.
Come play, create, and discover the magic of wild storytelling together!
SHOWS
Romeo and Juliet – Rubbish Shakespeare
Wednesday 31 July
Enemies. Balconies… Sausage Rolls?!?!
Three award-winning fools tackle Shakespeare’s epic love story with nothing but a box of bargain bin wigs, a
flowery dress, and a burst air mattress they found by the bins…
Described as ‘like Horrible Histories but funnier’ (Primary Times), the ‘delightfully wacky’ Rubbish Shakespeare Company return to their Liverpool home, fresh off their smash-hit turns at the Edinburgh Fringe and the West End! Riotous and interactive, this “Rubbish” take on Romeo and Juliet isn’t your granny’s Shakespeare, it’s a joyously anarchic, family-friendly treat.
Up & Away! -Tmesis Theatre
1 August
An interactive family friendly show using words, puppetry, and physical theatre, in a celebration of hope and dreaming the impossible!
Join them on an exciting journey as we take you on a journey of the discovery of flight and the hot air balloon!
This show will feature a special post-show drawing session on featuring the themes of the play
Pirate Princess
2 August
Pirate Princess is a heart warming story of hope against adversity told with physical theatre, clowning and circus. This brand new solo show by circus performer and professional idiot Gemma Bond tells the tale of poor shipwrecked Princess Poppy. Can she overcome a big dress, extreme weather and the ultimate test of strength to see her way to safety?
Inspired by strong and inventive women of history Poppy must transform physically and mentally if she is to have any hope of rescuing herself from eternity on an island in the ocean. The show encourages all to reuse, repurpose and recycle as Poppy reinvents her outfit and her mindset to overcome her predicament.
A visual feast of colourful costume and a unique crow’s nest on a pole prop, this is a fun filled show for children aged 5 to 11 and their families.