For children 0 - 13 years
10 - 16 February 2020
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9am 9.30am - 2.30pm 11am 1.30pm 2.30pm
School Programme Launches! Poetry Slam Nest Nest Nest
Various schools The Y Theatre Attenborough Arts Centre Attenborough Arts Centre Attenborough Arts Centre
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10.30am 11am 1.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm
It's Hot, It's Not Nest Nest It's Hot, It's Not Nest
Curve Attenborough Arts Centre Attenborough Arts Centre Curve Attenborough Arts Centre
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Wed 12 February
10.30am 1.30pm 7pm
It's Hot, It's Not It's Hot, It's Not Our World
Curve Curve The Y Theatre
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Thur 13 February
10.30am 1.30pm 6.30pm
Charmane Charmane The Day I Fell Into A Book
Curve Curve Curve
11 11 12
Fri 14 February
10.30am 11am 1pm
The Day I Fell Into A Book Snow Mouse Snow Mouse
Curve Attenborough Arts Centre Attenborough Arts Centre
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10.30am 11am 11am 11am - 4pm 11am - 4pm 11am - 4pm 11am - 3pm 11am - 3pm 11.30am 11.30am - 1pm 12pm - 4pm 12pm - 4pm 12pm - 6pm 12pm - 6pm 1pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 2pm 2pm 2.30pm - 4pm 3pm 3pm 4.30pm 5.30pm
Tidy Up Snow Mouse Plock! Plug and Play Family Day Family Day Spark Take Over Family Day Spark Take Over Family Day Same Same... But Different Drawn Together - Circles Printmaking Playground Tracing Faces Family Takeover Family Takeover Snow Mouse Digital Art / 3D Art Workshops Music Production / Turntablism Plock! IndoJazz Drawn Together - Triangles Mr Swing & The Beat Rangers Same Same... But Different Tidy Up IndoJazz
Pork Pie Library Attenborough Arts Centre Curve Phoenix Pork Pie Library St Barnabas Library Curve New Walk Museum & Art Gallery The BRITE Centre Leicester Gallery Leicester Print Workshop Two Queens BRITE Centre Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre & Library Attenborough Arts Centre Pedestrian Pedestrian Curve The BRITE Centre Leicester Gallery The Y Theatre Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre St Barnabas Library Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre
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11am 11am 11am - 1pm 11am - 4pm 12pm - 4pm 12pm - 4pm 1pm 2pm 2.30pm - 4pm
Plock! Snow Mouse Drawn Together - Squares Plug and Play Family Takeover Family Takeover Snow Mouse Plock! Life Lines
Curve Attenborough Arts Centre Leicester Gallery Phoenix BRITE Centre Belgrave Library Attenborough Arts Centre Curve Leicester Gallery
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Tue 11 February
Sat 15 February
Sun 16 February
See a Show On Your Doorstep See a Show in the City Family Takeovers & Free Events Workshops At Your School R Relaxed Performances specifically designed to welcome families who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an autism spectrum condition, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability.
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I’m going to a PARTY PARTY And it’s going to be enormous, You are all invited, JOIN US US I hope you can come and JOIN This city is our playground, it’s a roller coaster ride So it’s time to start exploring it to see what we can find.
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My library transforms Into something rather marvellous, In Belgrave or the Brite Centre At Pork Pie and St Barnabas.
All the things you need to know if you want to SEE a show Sat 15 February Peut-Être Theatre presents
TIDY UP
3-7 years
No one likes tidying up! This funny and lively show just might change your mind. It’s like a party full of surprises. Running Time 50 mins
Pork Pie Library & Community Centre 10.30am 0116 299 5480
St Barnabas Library 4.30pm 0116 299 5450
£3 (Library members), £4 (Non Library members) £10 (family of 4 must include 1 adult)
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Sat 15 February
5+ years
Sonia Sabri Company presents
SAME SAME... BUT DIFFERENT
Three dancer-musicians mix Hip Hop, Kathak, and Contemporary dance with live music and storytelling. A magical show that bonds us all.
Brite Centre 11.30am 0116 299 5476
Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre 3.30pm 0116 299 5500 (Library) Running Time 50 mins
Sat 15 February
5+ years
Arun Ghosh Group presents
INDOJAZZ Live music from the amazing Arun Ghosh and his band. Get up close to the band's instruments and hear those South Asian jazz sounds!
Brite Centre 2pm 0116 299 5476
Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre 6pm 0116 299 5500 (Library) Running Time 50 mins
£3 (Library members), £4 (Non Library members), £10 (family of 4 must include 1 adult)
SPECIAL OFFER See both - Indo Jazz & Same Same...But Different for just £4 (Library members), £5 (Non Library members) £12 (family of 4)
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ALL of OUR best
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are filling all the buildings, With lots of things to see and do Created by us children,
Sat 15 & Sun 16 February 11am - 4pm
Plug and Play Phoenix
Try your hand at making a virtual reality sculpture, change the world around you through the power of augmented reality and dance to your own tune in our mini silent disco.
The best in digital creativity. Suitable for 4+ years
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Family Takeovers & Free Events
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Festival Family Takeovers What happens when we hand over the Festival to the imagination of children and families? Find out at the Festival Takeovers.
Curve and New Walk Museum will be jam packed with the most amazing things to see and do.
Your libraries and community centres will transform - come join the adventure!
You don’t need to book Just turn up and play
Curve New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Pork Pie Library St Barnabas Library The BRITE Centre Belgrave Library and Neighbourhood Centre Sat 15 February 11am - 3pm Curve New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Suitable 4+ years
Sat 15 February 11am - 4pm Pork Pie Library & St Barnabas Library Suitable 0 - 7 years
Sat 15 February 12pm - 6pm Sun 16 February 12pm - 4pm The BrITe Centre & Belgrave Library and Neighbourhood Centre Suitable for all the family
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Family Takeovers & Free Events
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12pm - 4pm
Sat 15 & Sun 16 February
Sat 15 February
Drawn Together
Tracing Faces
Leicester Gallery
Two Queens
A weekend of shape-based fun, drawing pictures, making sculptures and playing games. 11.30am - 1pm
Circles Suitable for birth - 4 years
Sat 15 Feb
2.30pm - 4.30pm
Triangles Suitable for 5 - 11 years
Sat 15 Feb
Trace the faces you see in front of you to make exciting and dynamic artworks, then add them to the very special Spark Festival portrait wall! Suitable for 4+ years
11am - 1pm
Squares Suitable for birth - 4 years
Sun 16 Feb
Younger and older brothers and sisters always welcome.
LOOK OUT FOR THE a drawing competition for 0 - 4 years at Leicester Gallery that you can submit work to during the Festival weekend.
Little Drawing Prize
Sat 15 February
12pm to 4pm
Printmaking Playground Leicester Print Workshop
Join in with the fun and get creative at the LPW Printmaking Playground and take away your colourful prints. Suitable for 4+ years
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I’m excited to get going The adventure’s just begun ‘Cause we’re the real experts When it comes to having FUN Sat 15 February
1.30pm - 3.30pm
* Music Production / Turntablism
Learn how to mix music, spin turntables, and make loops to create your own beats and tracks. Use software used by the pros to create your own music.
* Digital Art/3D Art *
Take home a USB with your art and music
Create digital art and make a 3D portrait. Use pop up studio photography equipment and Photoshop software. Cost: £12 per person (Only 15 places per session so book early) Suitable for: 8 - 15 years
Pedestrian
booking via website thesparkarts.co.uk
Sun 16 February
2.30pm - 4pm
Life Lines
MISSING !
A life drawing class with a difference. The materials have all gone missing the model can’t keep still and the instructor doesn’t know how to draw… A topsy-turvy approach to the tradition of drawing people from life. FREE, limited spaces - must be booked in advance. Suitable for: 5 - 11 years and their carers
Leicester Gallery
To book a place email: thegallery@dmu.ac.uk
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Workshops
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I’m ready to be bewitched dazzled and SURPRISED, The best you’ve ever seen. Oh you won’t believe your eyes
11am, 1.30pm & 2:30pm
Mon 10 & Tue 11 Feb
Akin in association with artsdepot presents
NEST
0-14months
A playful journey through the seasons, using puppetry, poetry, song, movement and tactile and sensory play. Gentle, surprising and magical.
Attenborough Arts Centre 0116 252 2455
Tickets: £5 per person, or a group of 4 for £15.00 Running Time 35 mins
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Tue 11 & Wed 12 Feb 10.30am & 1.30pm reckless Sleepers presents
IT’S HOT, IT’S NOT
2-5 years
How can it be sunny and rainy all at once? Why is it when I’m hot you’re cold? This funny show is about the weather and discovering the world - wherever you are.
A Unicorn production in association with Reckless Sleepers
Curve 0116 242 3595
Tickets: £12 - £10, £2 off groups 10+ Running Time 45 mins
Wed 12 Feb 7pm
The Spark Arts for Children and Adriano Adewale presents
OUR WORLD
6+ years
Brazilian percussionist and composer Adriano Adewale and his band are joined by 90 children from Leicester city schools performing their own music in this very special festival performance.
The Y Theatre 0116 255 7066 Tickets: £5
Running Time 50 mins
Thur 13 Feb 10.30am & 1.30pm raised eyebrows Theatre presents
5+ years
CHARMANE
Join two best friends as they learn about themselves and how to truly see each other. Come and find your inner rOAr!
Curve 0116 242 3595
Tickets: £8, £2 off groups 10+ Running Time 40 mins
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Thur 13 Feb 6.30pm Fri 14 Feb 10.30am
Fuel and Lewis Gibson present
8-12 years
THE DAY I FELL INTO A BOOK A magical journey into a lost world of classic tales. Bit by bit, the stories become real as your imaginations take over. Sound, lights and projection are used to make the most amazing theatre experience. The show uses headsets to give a unique 360 sound experience. O
Curve 0116 242 3595
Tickets: £14, £2 off groups 10+ Running Time 50 mins
Fri 14, Sat 15 & Sun 16 Feb 11am & 1pm The egg and Travelling Light present
SNOW MOUSE
6 months - 4 years
Winter has arrived and the woods are covered in sparkly snow. Together a mouse and child explore, slide, tumble and laugh, keeping each other safe and warm.
A magical forest adventure full of play, puppetry and music.
Attenborough Arts Centre 0116 252 2455 Tickets: £5 per person, or a group of 4 for £15.00 Running Time 35-40 mins
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Sat 15 & Sun 16 Feb 11am & 2pm Grensgeval presents
Everyone 4 to 104
PLOCK !
This fantastic splash and splatter tribute to artist Jackson Pollock covers the audience as well as the canvas in paint. We will kit you out in an overall for this colourful, acrobatic show.
Suitable for everyone 4 - 104 years Trust us, you’ll love it!
Curve 0116 242 3595
Tickets: £12, £2 off groups 10+ Running Time 50 mins
Sat 15 Feb 3pm
The Underground Creatives presents
6+ years
MR SWING & THE BEAT RANGERS
Mr Swing dances, bends, stretches and spins while The Beat rangers drum and beat box rhythms from all over the world.
The Y Theatre 0116 255 7066 Tickets: £7 Running Time 50 mins
Don’t miss out BOOK your tickets!
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The Festival comes to our school, to help the magic start, Our Festival’s for EVERYONE and our school is in its heart.
This is the stuff happening in our schools Terra Incognita Arts presents
Arun Ghosh Group presents
Theatre Key Stage 2 & 3
Music Key Stage 1 & 2
MY FRIEND SELMA
A remarkable real-life story of one girl’s journey from war in Bosnia to safety in the UK. Barrowland Ballet presents
POGGLE
Dance Theatre Key Stage 1
An adventure into an imaginately changing world, with live music and comedy throughout.
POETRY SLAM
Poetry Key Stage 2
Four Leicester schools perform their own poems written during 10 weeks of workshops with award winning Festival poet and storyteller Owen Craven-Griffiths aka John Berkavitch. 14
At Your School
INDOJAZZ
A fantastic live music experience. Sonia Sabri Company presents
SAME SAME... BUT DIFFERENT
Dance Key Stage 1 & 2
An exhilarating dance show. The Underground Creatives presents
MR SWING & THE BEAT RANGERS
Music Key Stage 2 & 3
A beatboxing musical journey. The Spark Arts for Children and Adriano Adewale presents
OUR WORLD
Music Key Stage 2
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Enormous thanks to everyone who's working with the Festival. Partner Venues
Partners
Attenborough Arts Centre
University of Leicester LE1 7HA Tickets 0116 252 2455 www.attenborougharts.com Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre Rothley Street LE4 6LF Belgrave Library 24 Cossington Street LE4 6JD 0116 299 5500
UK Kids’ The
The Brite Centre Braunstone Avenue LE3 1LE 0116 299 5476 Curve Rutland Street LE1 1SB Tickets 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk Leicester Gallery De Montfort University, LE1 9BH thegallery@dmu.ac.uk thegallery.dmu.ac.uk
mooli equity, Queen Victoria Arts Club, The Holiday Inn, Chutney Ivy Funders
Leicester Print Workshop 50 St George Street LE1 1QG 0116 251 4174 www.leicesterprintworkshop.com New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 53 New Walk LE1 7EA 0116 225 4900 www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture Pedestrian 29a Horsefair Street LE1 5BP 0116 251 6207 www.pedestrian.info Phoenix 4 Midland Street LE1 1TG 0116 242 2800 www.phoenix.org.uk Pork Pie Library & Community Centre Southfields Drive LE2 6QS 0116 299 5480 St Barnabas Library 5 French Road LE5 4AH 0116 299 5450 The Y Theatre 7 East Street LE1 6EY 0116 255 7066 www.leicesterymca.co.uk Two Queens 2 Queen Street LE1 1QW learning@2queens.com www.2queens.com
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George ernest ellis Foundation, 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust, P&C Hickinbotham Trust, D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust John Salmon Foundation, Leicestershire & rutland Community Foundation, Persimmon Homes Building Futures campaign, Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust, Writing east Midlands, Leicestershire & rutland Masonic Charitable Association
Bray & Bray Solicitors, Celerica Ltd, LeNCASS, Next, Maber Associates Ltd, Miller Partnership, Nelsons Law, Tesco Bags of Help, Torr Waterfield, WQe College students
Donors
Thanks to our Festival poet John Berkavitch for the words in this brochure
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