Swam Juice Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 6+ and families (but please note some scenes may frighten under 7s)
Welcome to a swamp like no other, where there are bickering toads, overbearing fairies and a rather gentle swamp monster. Using fiendishly clever shadow puppetry, and a stunning 3D finale which has audiences screaming with laughter, horror and delight simultaneously, Jeff Achtem’s acclaimed new show is quite simply stunning theatre for audiences of all ages. Following a sell-out, five5 star run at the Edinburgh Festival 2011, we are delighted to be promoting this Total Theatre Award-winning show as part of our 2012 Festival. “A joyous hour of five-star genius” Donald Hutera, The Times “Madly enjoyable” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 18 May South Holland Centre, Spalding 3, 4 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 6, 7 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 8 June Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
Michael Rosen, the children’s novelist and poet, and Mike Kenny, writer and playwright, are the patrons of Jump In. Michael, who was the fifth Children’s Laureate until 2009, has written around 140 books including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and The Michael Rosen Book of Nonsense. Mike won an Olivier Award and the Broadway World UK Award for his adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children which sold out in York and London.
“I am delighted to be asked to be patron of Jump In. Theatre and dance are the most exciting ways of engaging us all, young people in particular, in ideas, feelings, movement, language and music. Whether you participate directly in theatre and dance or simply watch it, you have a sense of thought-in-action unfolding and that even just sitting in your seat, that you are part of it. It is also a highly collaborative, co-operative process giving people a chance to work out what they can do together to get things done and to make things that affect others. The East Midlands has been a wonderful centre for young people’s theatre for many years and I’m delighted to see that this tradition is flourishing.”
Michael Rosen
VENUES & FESTIVALS
MAY- JUNE 2012
2012 “What a rare treat! To be able to experience the best of international theatre and dance for young people on our doorstep. Usually, you literally have to travel far and wide to see such gems. Children and parents will love it, and it is an opportunity for teachers and theatre professionals to watch and learn. Thank you!”
Mike Kenny
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN Box office: 0845 127 2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Lincoln Drill Hall Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY Box office: 01522 873894 www.lincolndrillhall.com
2012
The Core at Corby Cube George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG Box office: 01536 470 470 www.thecorecorby.com
South Holland Centre
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SS Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
www.jump-in.org.uk
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
jumpin2012
as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Box office: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Jump In Children’s Festival
Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival Cultural Quarter, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB Box office: 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk Festival info: www.sparkfestival.co.uk
Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF Ticket office: 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk
Déda Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU Box office: 01332 370 911 www.deda.uk.com
Royal & Derngate Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP Box office: 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
DESIGN: WWW.TOMPARTRIDGE.CO.UK
BUNK PUPPETS (Canada) and SCAMP THEATRE present
Welcome! The East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium has been working together since 2005 to bring high quality international work aimed at children and families to the region. In 2012, we have gone a giant step further. And we are thrilled to bring four fantastic companies to the East Midlands as part of the regional Cultural Olympiad.
With funding from Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition, and Arts Council England, the consortium has expanded to introduce this brilliant, colourful and vibrant work to Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. The performances - from Scotland, Italy, Canada and Spain - are all award-winning. Each one is different, and ticket prices suit all pockets. The performances are made especially for children and their families; so whether you’re aged two or 92, Jump In will knock your socks off!
From the Jump In team.
2012
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
ARACALADANZA (Spain) presents
CATHERINE WHEELS THEATRE COMPANY (Scotland) In association with BRUNTON THEATRE, Musselburgh presents
CRYING OUT LOUD presents
Nubes (Clouds)
White
Kindur
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for ages 4+ and families Inspired by the work of the surrealist artist René Magritte, this fabulous international dance theatre company play with the theme of clouds in the most magical and entertaining way. Expect the company’s trademark playfulness in which the most extraordinary objects are imaginatively brought to life, a flipper dance which is laugh-out-loud funny, and a dance with ladders which takes your breath away.
This is vintage Aracaladanza, proving yet again why they are MAX Awards Winners and Winners of the Madrid Theatre Prize for Children and Family Audiences. www.aracaladanza.com 29 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton 31 May Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln 2 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 8 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 10 June Derby Theatre, Derby
Running time: approx 35 mins Suitable for 2-4 year olds and families Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue... White is a playful and highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.
Catherine Wheels is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed children’s theatre company. ‘The high wire act of Scottish children’s theatre’ Times Educational Supplement
www.catherinewheels.co.uk 31 May, 1, 2 June Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Festival 5 June Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House, Buxton 7 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 9 June Déda, Derby 12 June Royal & Derngate, Northampton 14, 15, 16 June The Core at Corby Cube, Corby
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 5-8 year olds and their families This lovely show charms from the moment the children arrive and are given a white woolly heart, and when their heart glows, it’s time to take an active part in the show! The audience follow the Kindur (Icelandic for sheep) on their adventures through the dramatic and magical landscapes and myths of Iceland, through the dark and snowy winter into spring and summer by way of lush meadows and gigantic waterfalls, rocky landscapes, and bubbling volcanic springs.
(the adventurous life of Icelandic sheep) by TPO Company (Italy)
Three dancers interact with the gorgeous digital imagery for which TPO are renowned, making this a wonderful performance and participatory experience for everyone. “Rippling…touch sensitive images that chimes, buzzed or swooshed” The Herald 31 May The Core at Corby Cube, Corby 8 June South Holland Centre, Spalding 9, 10 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Swam Juice Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 6+ and families (but please note some scenes may frighten under 7s)
Welcome to a swamp like no other, where there are bickering toads, overbearing fairies and a rather gentle swamp monster. Using fiendishly clever shadow puppetry, and a stunning 3D finale which has audiences screaming with laughter, horror and delight simultaneously, Jeff Achtem’s acclaimed new show is quite simply stunning theatre for audiences of all ages. Following a sell-out, five5 star run at the Edinburgh Festival 2011, we are delighted to be promoting this Total Theatre Award-winning show as part of our 2012 Festival. “A joyous hour of five-star genius” Donald Hutera, The Times “Madly enjoyable” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 18 May South Holland Centre, Spalding 3, 4 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 6, 7 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 8 June Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
Michael Rosen, the children’s novelist and poet, and Mike Kenny, writer and playwright, are the patrons of Jump In. Michael, who was the fifth Children’s Laureate until 2009, has written around 140 books including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and The Michael Rosen Book of Nonsense. Mike won an Olivier Award and the Broadway World UK Award for his adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children which sold out in York and London.
“I am delighted to be asked to be patron of Jump In. Theatre and dance are the most exciting ways of engaging us all, young people in particular, in ideas, feelings, movement, language and music. Whether you participate directly in theatre and dance or simply watch it, you have a sense of thought-in-action unfolding and that even just sitting in your seat, that you are part of it. It is also a highly collaborative, co-operative process giving people a chance to work out what they can do together to get things done and to make things that affect others. The East Midlands has been a wonderful centre for young people’s theatre for many years and I’m delighted to see that this tradition is flourishing.”
Michael Rosen
VENUES & FESTIVALS
MAY- JUNE 2012
2012 “What a rare treat! To be able to experience the best of international theatre and dance for young people on our doorstep. Usually, you literally have to travel far and wide to see such gems. Children and parents will love it, and it is an opportunity for teachers and theatre professionals to watch and learn. Thank you!”
Mike Kenny
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN Box office: 0845 127 2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Lincoln Drill Hall Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY Box office: 01522 873894 www.lincolndrillhall.com
2012
The Core at Corby Cube George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG Box office: 01536 470 470 www.thecorecorby.com
South Holland Centre
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SS Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
www.jump-in.org.uk
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
jumpin2012
as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Box office: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Jump In Children’s Festival
Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival Cultural Quarter, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB Box office: 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk Festival info: www.sparkfestival.co.uk
Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF Ticket office: 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk
Déda Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU Box office: 01332 370 911 www.deda.uk.com
Royal & Derngate Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP Box office: 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
DESIGN: WWW.TOMPARTRIDGE.CO.UK
BUNK PUPPETS (Canada) and SCAMP THEATRE present
Swam Juice Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 6+ and families (but please note some scenes may frighten under 7s)
Welcome to a swamp like no other, where there are bickering toads, overbearing fairies and a rather gentle swamp monster. Using fiendishly clever shadow puppetry, and a stunning 3D finale which has audiences screaming with laughter, horror and delight simultaneously, Jeff Achtem’s acclaimed new show is quite simply stunning theatre for audiences of all ages. Following a sell-out, five5 star run at the Edinburgh Festival 2011, we are delighted to be promoting this Total Theatre Award-winning show as part of our 2012 Festival. “A joyous hour of five-star genius” Donald Hutera, The Times “Madly enjoyable” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 18 May South Holland Centre, Spalding 3, 4 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 6, 7 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 8 June Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
Michael Rosen, the children’s novelist and poet, and Mike Kenny, writer and playwright, are the patrons of Jump In. Michael, who was the fifth Children’s Laureate until 2009, has written around 140 books including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and The Michael Rosen Book of Nonsense. Mike won an Olivier Award and the Broadway World UK Award for his adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children which sold out in York and London.
“I am delighted to be asked to be patron of Jump In. Theatre and dance are the most exciting ways of engaging us all, young people in particular, in ideas, feelings, movement, language and music. Whether you participate directly in theatre and dance or simply watch it, you have a sense of thought-in-action unfolding and that even just sitting in your seat, that you are part of it. It is also a highly collaborative, co-operative process giving people a chance to work out what they can do together to get things done and to make things that affect others. The East Midlands has been a wonderful centre for young people’s theatre for many years and I’m delighted to see that this tradition is flourishing.”
Michael Rosen
VENUES & FESTIVALS
MAY- JUNE 2012
2012 “What a rare treat! To be able to experience the best of international theatre and dance for young people on our doorstep. Usually, you literally have to travel far and wide to see such gems. Children and parents will love it, and it is an opportunity for teachers and theatre professionals to watch and learn. Thank you!”
Mike Kenny
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN Box office: 0845 127 2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Lincoln Drill Hall Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY Box office: 01522 873894 www.lincolndrillhall.com
2012
The Core at Corby Cube George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG Box office: 01536 470 470 www.thecorecorby.com
South Holland Centre
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SS Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
www.jump-in.org.uk
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
jumpin2012
as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Box office: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Jump In Children’s Festival
Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival Cultural Quarter, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB Box office: 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk Festival info: www.sparkfestival.co.uk
Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF Ticket office: 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk
Déda Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU Box office: 01332 370 911 www.deda.uk.com
Royal & Derngate Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP Box office: 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
DESIGN: WWW.TOMPARTRIDGE.CO.UK
BUNK PUPPETS (Canada) and SCAMP THEATRE present
Welcome! The East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium has been working together since 2005 to bring high quality international work aimed at children and families to the region. In 2012, we have gone a giant step further. And we are thrilled to bring four fantastic companies to the East Midlands as part of the regional Cultural Olympiad.
With funding from Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition, and Arts Council England, the consortium has expanded to introduce this brilliant, colourful and vibrant work to Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. The performances - from Scotland, Italy, Canada and Spain - are all award-winning. Each one is different, and ticket prices suit all pockets. The performances are made especially for children and their families; so whether you’re aged two or 92, Jump In will knock your socks off!
From the Jump In team.
2012
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
ARACALADANZA (Spain) presents
CATHERINE WHEELS THEATRE COMPANY (Scotland) In association with BRUNTON THEATRE, Musselburgh presents
CRYING OUT LOUD presents
Nubes (Clouds)
White
Kindur
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for ages 4+ and families Inspired by the work of the surrealist artist René Magritte, this fabulous international dance theatre company play with the theme of clouds in the most magical and entertaining way. Expect the company’s trademark playfulness in which the most extraordinary objects are imaginatively brought to life, a flipper dance which is laugh-out-loud funny, and a dance with ladders which takes your breath away.
This is vintage Aracaladanza, proving yet again why they are MAX Awards Winners and Winners of the Madrid Theatre Prize for Children and Family Audiences. www.aracaladanza.com 29 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton 31 May Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln 2 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 8 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 10 June Derby Theatre, Derby
Running time: approx 35 mins Suitable for 2-4 year olds and families Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue... White is a playful and highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.
Catherine Wheels is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed children’s theatre company. ‘The high wire act of Scottish children’s theatre’ Times Educational Supplement
www.catherinewheels.co.uk 31 May, 1, 2 June Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Festival 5 June Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House, Buxton 7 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 9 June Déda, Derby 12 June Royal & Derngate, Northampton 14, 15, 16 June The Core at Corby Cube, Corby
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 5-8 year olds and their families This lovely show charms from the moment the children arrive and are given a white woolly heart, and when their heart glows, it’s time to take an active part in the show! The audience follow the Kindur (Icelandic for sheep) on their adventures through the dramatic and magical landscapes and myths of Iceland, through the dark and snowy winter into spring and summer by way of lush meadows and gigantic waterfalls, rocky landscapes, and bubbling volcanic springs.
(the adventurous life of Icelandic sheep) by TPO Company (Italy)
Three dancers interact with the gorgeous digital imagery for which TPO are renowned, making this a wonderful performance and participatory experience for everyone. “Rippling…touch sensitive images that chimes, buzzed or swooshed” The Herald 31 May The Core at Corby Cube, Corby 8 June South Holland Centre, Spalding 9, 10 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Welcome! The East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium has been working together since 2005 to bring high quality international work aimed at children and families to the region. In 2012, we have gone a giant step further. And we are thrilled to bring four fantastic companies to the East Midlands as part of the regional Cultural Olympiad.
With funding from Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition, and Arts Council England, the consortium has expanded to introduce this brilliant, colourful and vibrant work to Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. The performances - from Scotland, Italy, Canada and Spain - are all award-winning. Each one is different, and ticket prices suit all pockets. The performances are made especially for children and their families; so whether you’re aged two or 92, Jump In will knock your socks off!
From the Jump In team.
2012
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
ARACALADANZA (Spain) presents
CATHERINE WHEELS THEATRE COMPANY (Scotland) In association with BRUNTON THEATRE, Musselburgh presents
CRYING OUT LOUD presents
Nubes (Clouds)
White
Kindur
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for ages 4+ and families Inspired by the work of the surrealist artist René Magritte, this fabulous international dance theatre company play with the theme of clouds in the most magical and entertaining way. Expect the company’s trademark playfulness in which the most extraordinary objects are imaginatively brought to life, a flipper dance which is laugh-out-loud funny, and a dance with ladders which takes your breath away.
This is vintage Aracaladanza, proving yet again why they are MAX Awards Winners and Winners of the Madrid Theatre Prize for Children and Family Audiences. www.aracaladanza.com 29 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton 31 May Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln 2 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 8 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 10 June Derby Theatre, Derby
Running time: approx 35 mins Suitable for 2-4 year olds and families Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue... White is a playful and highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.
Catherine Wheels is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed children’s theatre company. ‘The high wire act of Scottish children’s theatre’ Times Educational Supplement
www.catherinewheels.co.uk 31 May, 1, 2 June Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Festival 5 June Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House, Buxton 7 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 9 June Déda, Derby 12 June Royal & Derngate, Northampton 14, 15, 16 June The Core at Corby Cube, Corby
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 5-8 year olds and their families This lovely show charms from the moment the children arrive and are given a white woolly heart, and when their heart glows, it’s time to take an active part in the show! The audience follow the Kindur (Icelandic for sheep) on their adventures through the dramatic and magical landscapes and myths of Iceland, through the dark and snowy winter into spring and summer by way of lush meadows and gigantic waterfalls, rocky landscapes, and bubbling volcanic springs.
(the adventurous life of Icelandic sheep) by TPO Company (Italy)
Three dancers interact with the gorgeous digital imagery for which TPO are renowned, making this a wonderful performance and participatory experience for everyone. “Rippling…touch sensitive images that chimes, buzzed or swooshed” The Herald 31 May The Core at Corby Cube, Corby 8 June South Holland Centre, Spalding 9, 10 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Welcome! The East Midlands Children’s Theatre Consortium has been working together since 2005 to bring high quality international work aimed at children and families to the region. In 2012, we have gone a giant step further. And we are thrilled to bring four fantastic companies to the East Midlands as part of the regional Cultural Olympiad.
With funding from Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition, and Arts Council England, the consortium has expanded to introduce this brilliant, colourful and vibrant work to Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. The performances - from Scotland, Italy, Canada and Spain - are all award-winning. Each one is different, and ticket prices suit all pockets. The performances are made especially for children and their families; so whether you’re aged two or 92, Jump In will knock your socks off!
From the Jump In team.
2012
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
ARACALADANZA (Spain) presents
CATHERINE WHEELS THEATRE COMPANY (Scotland) In association with BRUNTON THEATRE, Musselburgh presents
CRYING OUT LOUD presents
Nubes (Clouds)
White
Kindur
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for ages 4+ and families Inspired by the work of the surrealist artist René Magritte, this fabulous international dance theatre company play with the theme of clouds in the most magical and entertaining way. Expect the company’s trademark playfulness in which the most extraordinary objects are imaginatively brought to life, a flipper dance which is laugh-out-loud funny, and a dance with ladders which takes your breath away.
This is vintage Aracaladanza, proving yet again why they are MAX Awards Winners and Winners of the Madrid Theatre Prize for Children and Family Audiences. www.aracaladanza.com 29 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton 31 May Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln 2 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 8 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 10 June Derby Theatre, Derby
Running time: approx 35 mins Suitable for 2-4 year olds and families Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue... White is a playful and highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.
Catherine Wheels is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed children’s theatre company. ‘The high wire act of Scottish children’s theatre’ Times Educational Supplement
www.catherinewheels.co.uk 31 May, 1, 2 June Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Festival 5 June Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Opera House, Buxton 7 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 9 June Déda, Derby 12 June Royal & Derngate, Northampton 14, 15, 16 June The Core at Corby Cube, Corby
Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 5-8 year olds and their families This lovely show charms from the moment the children arrive and are given a white woolly heart, and when their heart glows, it’s time to take an active part in the show! The audience follow the Kindur (Icelandic for sheep) on their adventures through the dramatic and magical landscapes and myths of Iceland, through the dark and snowy winter into spring and summer by way of lush meadows and gigantic waterfalls, rocky landscapes, and bubbling volcanic springs.
(the adventurous life of Icelandic sheep) by TPO Company (Italy)
Three dancers interact with the gorgeous digital imagery for which TPO are renowned, making this a wonderful performance and participatory experience for everyone. “Rippling…touch sensitive images that chimes, buzzed or swooshed” The Herald 31 May The Core at Corby Cube, Corby 8 June South Holland Centre, Spalding 9, 10 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Swam Juice Running time: approx 50 mins Suitable for 6+ and families (but please note some scenes may frighten under 7s)
Welcome to a swamp like no other, where there are bickering toads, overbearing fairies and a rather gentle swamp monster. Using fiendishly clever shadow puppetry, and a stunning 3D finale which has audiences screaming with laughter, horror and delight simultaneously, Jeff Achtem’s acclaimed new show is quite simply stunning theatre for audiences of all ages. Following a sell-out, five5 star run at the Edinburgh Festival 2011, we are delighted to be promoting this Total Theatre Award-winning show as part of our 2012 Festival. “A joyous hour of five-star genius” Donald Hutera, The Times “Madly enjoyable” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 18 May South Holland Centre, Spalding 3, 4 June Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham - as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival 6, 7 June Curve Theatre, Leicester - as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival 8 June Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
Michael Rosen, the children’s novelist and poet, and Mike Kenny, writer and playwright, are the patrons of Jump In. Michael, who was the fifth Children’s Laureate until 2009, has written around 140 books including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and The Michael Rosen Book of Nonsense. Mike won an Olivier Award and the Broadway World UK Award for his adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children which sold out in York and London.
“I am delighted to be asked to be patron of Jump In. Theatre and dance are the most exciting ways of engaging us all, young people in particular, in ideas, feelings, movement, language and music. Whether you participate directly in theatre and dance or simply watch it, you have a sense of thought-in-action unfolding and that even just sitting in your seat, that you are part of it. It is also a highly collaborative, co-operative process giving people a chance to work out what they can do together to get things done and to make things that affect others. The East Midlands has been a wonderful centre for young people’s theatre for many years and I’m delighted to see that this tradition is flourishing.”
Michael Rosen
VENUES & FESTIVALS
MAY- JUNE 2012
2012 “What a rare treat! To be able to experience the best of international theatre and dance for young people on our doorstep. Usually, you literally have to travel far and wide to see such gems. Children and parents will love it, and it is an opportunity for teachers and theatre professionals to watch and learn. Thank you!”
Mike Kenny
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN Box office: 0845 127 2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Lincoln Drill Hall Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY Box office: 01522 873894 www.lincolndrillhall.com
2012
The Core at Corby Cube George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG Box office: 01536 470 470 www.thecorecorby.com
South Holland Centre
East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival
Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SS Box office: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
www.jump-in.org.uk
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
jumpin2012
as part of Wheee! Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Box office: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Jump In Children’s Festival
Curve Theatre, Leicester as part of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival Cultural Quarter, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB Box office: 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk Festival info: www.sparkfestival.co.uk
Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF Ticket office: 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk
Déda Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU Box office: 01332 370 911 www.deda.uk.com
Royal & Derngate Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP Box office: 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
DESIGN: WWW.TOMPARTRIDGE.CO.UK
BUNK PUPPETS (Canada) and SCAMP THEATRE present