Event type: Workshop

Get Creative! Free children’s fa...

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.

July Writing Advice Desk

The Writing Advice Desk is back!

The Windows Project Writing Advice Desk service is returning to the Liverpool Central Library to offer help for any and all writers!

The Advice Desk will be conducted on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of every month

July’s writing advice desk will be run by Dave Ward from The Windows Project and Dr Eleanor Rees from Liverpool Hope University

For more details, contact them at windowsproject@btinternet.com or 07710644325

Introduction to UV Screen Printing

Learn the basics of UV screen-printing, a popular & versatile printing process that can be used on fabric & paper.

During this one day course you will learn the basics of screen printing, including learning about the materials used and processes involved in creating a UV exposed screen. After preparing and exposing your own screen, you’ll get time to draw your own image to print, or you can bring a *suitable image with you. You’ll finish the workshop by using their screen-beds to ink and print your 2 colour designs onto paper in a small edition that you can take home with you.

The course runs for one day (11:00am – 5:00) with a break for lunch.

All materials you will use are included in the cost of the course, but you are welcome to bring along your own if you choose.

Our studios are environmentally friendly where possible and use greener methods of screen printing, such as water-based acrylic inks. Completing this course will act as an Induction. After becoming a Bluecoat Artist Member you will be able to book into their Screen Printing Studio should you wish to.

(Attendees must be 18+)

Tickets: £70

Introduction to Copper Sulphate Etchin...

Learn the basics of etching, one of the oldest & most unique printmaking processes, at the historical Bluecoat Print Studios.

Sat 10 Aug, 11am – 5pm

During this one day course you will learn the basics of copper sulphate etching, including learning about the history, tools & materials of etching and the chemical processes involved in creating a copper sulphate etched plate, as well as inking and printing your design on our fabulous century old Hughes & Kimber Etching Press.

On this course for beginners you will be guided through every step of the etching process from start to finish, leaving with having created a finished edition of prints. All materials are provided on the day as well as a booklet to take away detailing the processes learnt.

The course is available to book on the following dates:

Sat 10 Aug, 11am – 5pm

Tickets: £80

Summer Botanical Cyanotype Workshop

Learn the intriguing process of Cyanotype Printing this Summer using our beautiful Bluecoat garden as a source of inspiration.

Sat 3 Aug, 11am – 1pm & 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Cyanotype is a camera-less photographic printmaking technique that creates beautiful blue and white images.

On this short and informative course you will learn all about the process of cyanotype and what chemicals and materials are needed. You will be given an opportunity to collect leaves and flowers from our beautiful summer garden to create your prints, or you can bring your own. After preparing, exposing and creating your own botanical cyanotypes you will have the knowledge to continue this amazing process at home, as well as your prints you’ve made on the day.

The course runs for 2.5 hours per session.

All materials you will use are included in the cost of the course, but you are welcome to bring along your own if you choose. Our studios are environmentally friendly where possible and use greener methods of screen printing, such as water-based acrylic inks.

(Attendees must be 18+)

There are two sessions available:

11am – 1pm

2:30pm – 4:30pm

Tickets: £30

Write to Work

Calling all aspiring writers! Want to be part of creative discussions, connect with professional writers and gain access to resources aimed at taking your writing skills to the next level? Sign up for this FREE award-winning, one-day Write to Work course and immerse yourself in a day filled with knowledge, inspiration, and valuable resources.

Write to Work is a FREE course for economically inactive residents from the Liverpool City Region, looking to gain confidence in their writing skills and meet a creative community.

The next course will take place ONLINE, Wednesday 3 July 2024. Leading the workshops will be multi-talented artist Blue Saint and writer and performer Helen Jeffery.

Yalla Neحky – Storytelling and ...

The team are thrilled to welcome Hadi-Badi co- founders, Hend Badawy and Raneem Soliman, back to the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival to lead an interactive storytelling session for children aged 4-8 years.

The session will introduce participants to good-quality Arabic children’s books that talks about what the ports could bring us in a fun and interactive way, engaging children and their parents or guardians. The storytelling will be followed by a creative activity linked to the book. The workshop will be conducted bilingually both in Arabic and English

Hadi Badi is an initiative that was launched in 2019 by three Egyptian women based in the UK, France, and Egypt respectively. Hadi Badi’s mission is to make Arabic Children’s Literature accessible to all through engaging reading experiences. The initiative targets children and young adults either directly through interactive activities or indirectly through awareness-raising and capacity-building activities for adults working with and for children of Arab heritage worldwide.

Free. Booking required.

Part of the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2024 collection

Urban Sketch and Zine Making

Join Liverpool Independent Art School as they explore the historic Rialto area of Toxteth and draw the fascinating architecture to produce a zine as a visual diary of the day.

Materials supplied.

Clowning Workshop

An Introduction To Clowning with Simone Lewis

Thursday 4 July 2024, 10am-5pm

COST: £30

The foundation of all clown is play. In this workshop, participants explore the basic principles of clown by immersing themselves in the world of play and the ridiculous. In doing so, they create a safe yet provocative space while we explore the joy of failure, the use of rhythm as a tool for humour, how to let go and simply be in the moment. You will learn how to discover what makes your audience laugh while supporting and caring for your fellow clowns; all with the help of a little red nose.

If you would like to book a spot at the workshop, please email harvey@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com, with the subject heading “Clowning Workshop”.

Simone Lewis is a Gaulier trained physical performer who has worked extensively across the UK and Europe as an actor, clown, puppeteer, theatre maker and director. The theatre Simone creates is devised and collaborative, incorporating non-verbal storytelling for all ages.

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To read more about Simone and her work, please visit her website:
https://simonelewis.co.uk/about/