Panto season has hit Dartford and this years offering is Sleeping Beauty at Orchard West. In this panto journey we meet Fairy Christmas (Britain’s Got Talent Winner Sydnie Christmas) who using all of her powers to protect Sleeping Beauty (Lucy May Pollard) and her sister Fairy Carabosse (Larissa Alexandrovnia) who places the famous curse on her. In this story Sleeping
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Children’s imaginations are a joy to behold, witnessing a world materialize from nothing to fill their lives with play. But what happens when a child must use that imagination to escape, to fix the world they exist in and create an imagined space where they may finally find peace and safety. Michael Taylor-Broderick invites us as writer and director of
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Why do Christmas crackers go bang? How is snow formed? Questions that we need to know the answers to, especially at this time of year! Maddie delivers a fun-filled, magical, Christmas themed show in Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas that will answer all these questions and so many more! Who is Maddie Moate and why does she have so much
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This is the first time I’ve seen Beauty and the Beast performed as a panto and did I enjoy it ?… Oh yes I did! When I arrived there was a stall dedicated to Beauty and the Beast panto merch which was obviously dedicated for the kids but I couldn’t help myself and buy a jewelled wand to live my
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Being a teacher and having children, I’m no stranger to the wacky world of David Walliams, but this darker story of Awful Auntie was one that was new to me. The story is of young Stella, told her parents had been killed in a tragic accident, who believes it may not be as accidental as it first seems. With the
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Unless you have been living in a pineapple in the sea the chances are you have heard of SpongeBob SquarePants, the American animated children’s TV show which tells of life in Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob, his best friend Patrick Star and Sandy as well as Plankton, Karen and Mr Krabs. The musical takes many of these well known elements and
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On Saturday I took my three year old daughter, Harmony, to Little Angel Theatre’s production of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Based on the book by Michael Rosen, Little Angel Theatre’s production uses a combination of puppetry, lighting effects and original music to tell the story of a family going on an adventure to look for a bear. The
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David Attenborough is arguably our nation’s greatest treasure, his nature documentaries loved by viewers of all ages. How on earth can just two performers in Attenborough and His Animals, recreate his epic adventures in the natural world? Read on and all will be revealed through a show that is full of energy and charm. Fresh from a critically acclaimed run
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With so many parents having to home school their children at the moment I thought it would be useful to pull together some resources that may help with this or even just provide some family bonding time while you watch some theatre together. Theatre To Stream: Chichester Festival Theatre: Chichester Festival Theatre have announced that their next 2 shows to
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I have just witnessed the definition of a children’s comedy show. Intelligent, hilarious and so brilliantly clever The Showstoppers’ Christmas kids show is now going to mark the start of every Christmas for my family and I (no matter how old the kids get!). Having 4 children and the whole family being from a performing background, we have seen our
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