This season has been sponsored by Darlington Building Society and takes you from the frosty start of 2023 right the way through to the spring warmth of April. Our programme is packed with magical things for you to see and do with your little ones.
Meet Me a Tree
Thurs 26 & Fri 27 January – 10am / 11.30am / 1.30pm
Sat 28 January – 9.30am / 11.30am / 2pm
0-2 years and their grown-ups
Meet Me a Tree is a brilliant first theatre experience for 0-2 year olds and their grown-ups with beautiful singing and music at its core.
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Play in Two Days
Mon 20 & Tues 21 February, 10am-3pm
6-10 years
Making up, breaking up. We all need friends.
Join Claire and Kieran to create a performance piece inspired by a wonderful Oliver Jeffers’ story that explored friendship.
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Fabulous Friends: Storytelling with Elena
Wed 22 February
10.15am & 11.15am: 2-4 years and their grown-ups
1.30pm: 3-7 years and their grown-ups
Join our wonderful storyteller Elena Joy-Miller as she shares stories about having fun with friends.
Expect giggles, games and songs as well.
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Fairytale Forest
22 March – August 2023
0-10 years and their grown-ups
FREE
Step inside some of our favourite fairytales and get into character – a chance to make believe in our magical forest.
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Space to Play
13 March – 21 March 2023
0-5 years and their grown-ups
FREE
Whilst we make way for our Fairytale Forest Creative Play, we’re making sure that play can still happen at the Hullabaloo!
Come and join us in the theatre for lots of fun, including tunnels, a ball pool, a slide and more!
Puppet Making Workshops
Tues 4 April – 10am & 1pm
6-10 years (drop off)
Join expert puppeteers to create your own rod puppet using sustainable materials.
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Fri 14 April – 9.30am / 11.15am / 1pm
4 + years
Make your own newspaper puppet and bring it to life with Pinocchio puppeteer, Steve Tiplady.
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How Long is a Piece of String?
Fri 24 February – 11am
Sat 25 February – 11am & 2pm
3-7 years and their grown-ups
String and Strong can’t get along.
But what if you could show them how?
What are the things that create a friendship?
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The Dark
Sat 11 March – 11am (Relaxed Performance) & 2pm
5 + years and their grown-ups
A brave young boy befriends the darkness in this fantastic and humorous show for the whole family based on the tale by Lemony Snicket.
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Pinocchio
Sat 15 April – 11am & 2pm
4 + years and their grown-ups
This much-loved tale sees Steve Tiplady, as Geppetto, use the objects of a carpenter’s workshop to tell the tale of the puppet that wants to be a real boy, and the puppet-maker who wants to be a real father.
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