Watermans children brochure spring2015

box office 020 8232 1010Book Online www.watermans.org.uk

The Best in Family Theatrespring season 12 apr — 31 may

Children’s Party HireWatermans is the ideal venue to help make your child’s birthday celebrations extra special. You can easily make a group booking for one of our high quality fun children’s theatre shows or a Family Cinema screening giving your child and their friends a birthday they will never forget. Tickets including party meal are from £10 per head. Minimum party 15 people.

An Oxford Playhouse Production

What to do When You Find a DinosaurTues 27 Oct, 3pm & Weds 28 — Sat 31 Oct, 11am & 3pm 4+ years and families

‘This is a show that takes the skeleton of recorded fact and locates the funny bone.’ The Guardian

Oxford Playhouse presents the UK’s very own pre-historic story in this bone-shaking, music-making, silly show which will make history come alive. In 1824 an eccentric scientist, William Buckland, discovered a bone from a creature that no-one had ever seen before. He named it the Megalosarus and he was desperate to tell the world about it. Are you ready to join him when the amazing dinosaur story fi rst begins?

Information contained in this brochure is correct at the time of going to print. copyright Spring 2015

Watermans is managed by Hounslow Arts Trust Ltd (No. 1164904)

Registered as a charity (No. 267426) VAT No. 422352977

We would like to acknowledge the

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How to get to WatermansBy Bus 65, 237 and 267 By Train Kew Bridge/Brentford (trains from Waterloo, Clapham Junction & Hounslow. Gunnersbury London Overground).By Tube South Ealing on the Piccadilly Line or Gunnersbury on the District Line.By Car On-site car park (1st hour free). Blue Badge holders park for free.By Cycle Secure bicycle parking.

Ticket PricesUnless otherwise stated in the diary all performances £6.50 Concessions £5.50 Friends and Family £5.50 (bookings of between 4 and 9 tickets) Groups £5 (bookings of 10 or more tickets). When prices are £8 (£7), Friends and Family £7 (bookings of between 4 and 9 tickets) Groups £6.50 (bookings of 10 or more tickets).

FacilitiesWatermans has good access throughout the building with lifts to all levels, ramps inside and out and baby changing facilities.

Food & DrinkCheck out our recently refurbished bar (designed by rebeccahayesinteriors.co.uk) serving fresh coffee, tea and cold drinks, as well as delicious cakes and snacks.

Box Offi ce Opening Hours Usually 7 days a week from 1pm-9pm. Bookings made online attract a £1 transaction booking fee.

BOOK NOW FOR OCTOBER HALF TERM

April

Sun 12 3.00 Mrs. McMoon’s Tea Party — a funny and interactive storytelling experience.

Sun 19 3.00 Shoe Kangaroo & the Big Bad Boot — a fantastical journey of strapping tales.

Sun 26 1.30 One Finger, One Thumb — an exciting interactive musical and interactive performance. £8 (£7)

3.30 One Finger, One Thumb

May

Sun 3 3.00 The Dragon’s Tale — a whimsical reinterpretation of George and the Dragon.

Sun 10 3.00 Me and My Cat — play detective in this hilarious action packed story.

Sun 17 3.00 One Little Word — explores the challenges of playing together, being friends. £8 (£7)

Sun 24 3.00 Red Riding Hood — beautiful and striking mix of puppetry, music and song. £8 (£7)

Tue 26 3.00 My Friend Mole — a delightful play about the need for friends.

Wed 27 3.00 My Friend Mole

Sun 31 3.00 Signor Baffo’s Restaurant — an introduction to the world of cooking. £8 (£7)

Lots more for KidsStimulate and nurture your child’s creative mind with our weekly term time workshops that include:

Pandemonium Music Workshop Ages 0–2 yrs and 2-4 yrs Weds morningsA fun and gentle workshop introducing music to your baby, toddler or preschooler, singing songs and playing musical games.

Parent & Baby Screenings Babies must be under 1 year old Weds mornings Screenings of the latest fi lms, exclusively for parents or carers with babies.

Family Cinema Sats mornings – Capture your favourite family fi lms old and new on the big screen, where the adults go FREE with every 1 paying child.

Hunt Academy for Young Actors Ages 8–12 yrs and 13–19 yrs – A professional drama workshop that teaches methods and techniques in acting.

Parkour & Freerunning Ages 7–11 yrs and 12–18 yrs — A popular street dance workshop.

For more details of all the above please contact the box offi ce or see our website.

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Norwich Puppet Theatre present

Red Riding HoodSun 24 May 3pm 55mins 4+yrs

We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but which story do we know? Firm favourite Norwich Puppet Theatre’s retelling of this classic folk-tale with the use of beautiful puppetry, music and song, draws on the story’s origins in the oral tradition, together with versions by Charles Perrault and

the Brothers Grimm. Following the path to her grandmother’s house, through a forest filled with howling wolves, Riding Hood, a charcoal-burner’s daughter, must use her wits in order to survive.

PLUS Arts ‘n’ Crafts Family Workshop 2pm – 2.45pm & 4pm – 4.45pm

Come and have some fun making a Wolf paper bag puppet. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Age Ranges

The age ranges are used as a guide to help you choose the most suitable show for your children please contact our box offi ce if you require further assistance. Please note that children cannot be admitted without adult supervision. One adult should accompany every four children.

SPRING HALF TERM TREATS

Worboys Productions presents

Mrs McMoon’s Tea PartySun 12 April3pm 45mins 3-6 yrs.

OUTSTANDING SHOW ★★★★★ FringeReview

You are cordially invited to Mrs McMoon’s house for an entertaining tea party. Please bring mischief, surprise & laughter. Singing flowers, a Scottish jig, brewing tea and the smell of freshly baked cookies tickling

your nostrils are just a door knock away. An engaging interactive storytelling experience, exploring the world of brave and daring adventures packed with plenty of laugh-out-loud slapstick comedy.

PLUS Arts ‘n’ Crafts Family Workshop

2pm – 2.45pm & 4pm – 4.45pm Come and have some fun making Tea party headdresses. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Hand To Mouth Theatre present

The Dragon’s Tale Sun 3 May3pm 45mins 4-8yrs

The Dragon’s Tale is an original and whimsical reinterpretation of George and the Dragon, told in a series of flashbacks by the ageing Dragon himself and his troupe of glove puppets. Musical accompaniment is

provided by the equally world-weary Damsel in Distress playing the hurdy-gurdy.


Come and have some fun making a Dragon mask. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Birdsnest Theatre present

My Friend MoleTues 26 & Wed 27 May 3pm 45mins 3-6yrs

“Mole is the friend who can do things that I can’t. Mole is brave and funny: someone I play with when I’m on my own”. My Friend Mole is a delightful play about the needs of friends, a reflection on childhood and parenthood shared with wit and charm by this engaging and talented new children’s theatre company. Limited seats.

Plus FREE half term crafts workshops


Signor Baffo’s RestaurantSun 31 May 3pm 50mins 5+yrs

‘A MUST-SEE SHOW.’ Childfriendly Brighton

An interactive children’s show, Signor Baffo opens his café, introducing his audience to the world of cooking and serving food. There’s chaos

in the kitchen when Signor Baffo is left in charge. Expect plates full of fun, with generous helpings of silliness, mischief and adventure. What’s the best way to mix meatballs with spaghetti? How do you make a chicken lay an egg, and how does a sausage roll? All is revealed in the charming culinary chaos of Signor Baffo’s kitchen.

Big Window Theatre present

One Finger, One ThumbSun 26 April

1.30pm & 3.30pm 60mins

3-5yrs

One Finger, one thumb

Keep moving, we’ll all be merry and bright.

Mike Kenny, one of our leading playwrights for children, brings this charming and exciting musical and interactive performance. It actively engages the imaginations of early years children in playing out a nursery rhyme about losing, seeking and finding. Join Ruby Ring and Peter Pointer as they search for Baby Small, where a puddle becomes an ocean, a freezer becomes a winter wonderland and a hedge becomes a deep dark wood. Limited spaces.

Studio 1

Garlic Theatre presents

Shoe Kangaroo & The Big Bad BootSun 19 April3pm 45mins 4-7 yrs.

Did you ever lose a shoe?

that tumbled into a bird that flew

over the sea to an island new

where creatures strange and mysterious grew

from a wondrous, magical Shoe Kangaroo.

A strapping tale filled with shoes, which promises to be a delightful old load of cobblers. Garlic Theatre takes you on a fantastical journey to the island of lost shoes with an intimate production of clowning, mime and beautifully crafted puppets.


2pm – 2.45pm & 4pm – 4.45pm

Come and have some fun making a mini Kangaroo in a shoe. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

M6 Theatre present

One Little WordSun 17 May3pm 40mins 3-6yrs

“The excellent M6” – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

“Magical” – The Stage From one of the country’s leading theatre companies specialising in theatre for the very young, this is a touching, delicate and very appealing play about coping with the challenges of playing together, being friends and falling out.

We meet two characters who play together – exploring a new space, new objects, dressing up and taking turns - but struggles arise when one of them wants to be the ONLY Captain of the ship!

One Little Word captivates children’s imaginations with a moving story that hits that balance of humour and poignancy spot on.

A Thousand Cranes in association

with artsdepot present

Me and My CatSun 10 May3pm 50mins 6+yrs

One morning, the phone rings at the amazing Kitamura Detective Agency.

Detective K answers. It is a boy called Nicholas, but on the screen, we see a picture of a cat. Detective K is confused. Nicholas

is confused. He needs help, fast!

We follow Detective K as she starts off on an exciting and hilarious adventure, full of clues and mysterious events. Can Detective K solve the mystery and return Nicholas to his own body in time?

Using projection, puppets and bags of ingenuity, this is a fast paced, action packed story, based on the book by award winning Japanese children’s author and illustrator, Satoshi Kitamura.


Norwich Puppet Theatre present

Red Riding HoodSun 24 May 3pm 55mins 4+yrs

We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but which story do we know? Firm favourite Norwich Puppet Theatre’s retelling of this classic folk-tale with the use of beautiful puppetry, music and song, draws on the story’s origins in the oral tradition, together with versions by Charles Perrault and

the Brothers Grimm. Following the path to her grandmother’s house, through a forest filled with howling wolves, Riding Hood, a charcoal-burner’s daughter, must use her wits in order to survive.


Come and have some fun making a Wolf paper bag puppet. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Age Ranges

The age ranges are used as a guide to help you choose the most suitable show for your children please contact our box offi ce if you require further assistance. Please note that children cannot be admitted without adult supervision. One adult should accompany every four children.

SPRING HALF TERM TREATS


Mrs McMoon’s Tea PartySun 12 April3pm 45mins 3-6 yrs.

OUTSTANDING SHOW ★★★★★ FringeReview

You are cordially invited to Mrs McMoon’s house for an entertaining tea party. Please bring mischief, surprise & laughter. Singing flowers, a Scottish jig, brewing tea and the smell of freshly baked cookies tickling

your nostrils are just a door knock away. An engaging interactive storytelling experience, exploring the world of brave and daring adventures packed with plenty of laugh-out-loud slapstick comedy.


2pm – 2.45pm & 4pm – 4.45pm Come and have some fun making Tea party headdresses. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Hand To Mouth Theatre present

The Dragon’s Tale Sun 3 May3pm 45mins 4-8yrs

The Dragon’s Tale is an original and whimsical reinterpretation of George and the Dragon, told in a series of flashbacks by the ageing Dragon himself and his troupe of glove puppets. Musical accompaniment is

provided by the equally world-weary Damsel in Distress playing the hurdy-gurdy.


Come and have some fun making a Dragon mask. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

Birdsnest Theatre present

My Friend MoleTues 26 & Wed 27 May 3pm 45mins 3-6yrs

“Mole is the friend who can do things that I can’t. Mole is brave and funny: someone I play with when I’m on my own”. My Friend Mole is a delightful play about the needs of friends, a reflection on childhood and parenthood shared with wit and charm by this engaging and talented new children’s theatre company. Limited seats.

Plus FREE half term crafts workshops


Signor Baffo’s RestaurantSun 31 May 3pm 50mins 5+yrs

‘A MUST-SEE SHOW.’ Childfriendly Brighton

An interactive children’s show, Signor Baffo opens his café, introducing his audience to the world of cooking and serving food. There’s chaos

in the kitchen when Signor Baffo is left in charge. Expect plates full of fun, with generous helpings of silliness, mischief and adventure. What’s the best way to mix meatballs with spaghetti? How do you make a chicken lay an egg, and how does a sausage roll? All is revealed in the charming culinary chaos of Signor Baffo’s kitchen.

Big Window Theatre present

One Finger, One ThumbSun 26 April

1.30pm & 3.30pm 60mins

3-5yrs

One Finger, one thumb

Keep moving, we’ll all be merry and bright.

Mike Kenny, one of our leading playwrights for children, brings this charming and exciting musical and interactive performance. It actively engages the imaginations of early years children in playing out a nursery rhyme about losing, seeking and finding. Join Ruby Ring and Peter Pointer as they search for Baby Small, where a puddle becomes an ocean, a freezer becomes a winter wonderland and a hedge becomes a deep dark wood. Limited spaces.

Studio 1

Garlic Theatre presents

Shoe Kangaroo & The Big Bad BootSun 19 April3pm 45mins 4-7 yrs.

Did you ever lose a shoe?

that tumbled into a bird that flew

over the sea to an island new

where creatures strange and mysterious grew

from a wondrous, magical Shoe Kangaroo.

A strapping tale filled with shoes, which promises to be a delightful old load of cobblers. Garlic Theatre takes you on a fantastical journey to the island of lost shoes with an intimate production of clowning, mime and beautifully crafted puppets.


2pm – 2.45pm & 4pm – 4.45pm

Come and have some fun making a mini Kangaroo in a shoe. Places limited, booking required, tickets £3 per child.

M6 Theatre present

One Little WordSun 17 May3pm 40mins 3-6yrs

“The excellent M6” – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

“Magical” – The Stage From one of the country’s leading theatre companies specialising in theatre for the very young, this is a touching, delicate and very appealing play about coping with the challenges of playing together, being friends and falling out.

We meet two characters who play together – exploring a new space, new objects, dressing up and taking turns - but struggles arise when one of them wants to be the ONLY Captain of the ship!

One Little Word captivates children’s imaginations with a moving story that hits that balance of humour and poignancy spot on.

A Thousand Cranes in association

with artsdepot present

Me and My CatSun 10 May3pm 50mins 6+yrs

One morning, the phone rings at the amazing Kitamura Detective Agency.

Detective K answers. It is a boy called Nicholas, but on the screen, we see a picture of a cat. Detective K is confused. Nicholas

is confused. He needs help, fast!

We follow Detective K as she starts off on an exciting and hilarious adventure, full of clues and mysterious events. Can Detective K solve the mystery and return Nicholas to his own body in time?

Using projection, puppets and bags of ingenuity, this is a fast paced, action packed story, based on the book by award winning Japanese children’s author and illustrator, Satoshi Kitamura.


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