Wheee! Children's Festival 2014

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ARACALADANZA (spain) in associaTion wiTh MOKO DANCE presenTs Uk premiere:

ALL TICKETS £8 EXCEPT WHERE STATED

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wheee! is part of the city-wide neat festival this year and so you can buy your tickets at lakeside’s box office on 0115 846 7777 or online at www.lakesidearts.org.uk or you can buy them at the neat box office by calling 0115 941 9419, visiting nottingham playhouse box office (wellington circus, nottingham) or online a www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

SUNDAY 1 JUNE 1pm and 3.30pm rUnning Time: approximaTely 55minUTes sUiTable for: 4+ and Their families multi-award winning international company aracaladanza consistently delights audiences throughout europe with their extraordinarily magical dance theatre made especially for children and families.

when visiting lakeside you can also enjoy the University of nottingham museum of archaeology at lakeside, perminder kaur’s exhibition, hiding out in the djanogly gallery at lakeside and of course a bite to eat or a scrumptious cake in either of lakeside’s cafes - The gallery café or The pavilion café. check the website for details: www.lakesidearts.org.uk

in constellations, choreographer enrique cabrera has taken the brilliantly abstract work of artist Joan miro as his starting point and repeatedly fills his imaginary blank canvas with vivid colours, shape and movement. wonderful dance, ingenious puppetry, and terrific digital visuals are delivered with the trademark playfulness, creativity and style which mark this company out as one of the most accessible, and one of the best.

Join us for a fun-filled weekend of free activities and performances. bring a picnic to eat by the boating lake and enjoy a weekend which includes make and do activities, performances and general silliness from lots of artists and performers. you can have a cup of tea delivered morecombe and wise or James bond-style by maison foo’s tea ladies; help little cauliflower’s bowler-hatted gentlemen of national odour security england collect smells; laugh at the slapstick comedy of Three half-pints; look out for creature feature walkabouts in the park and check out matti hemming’s incredible stunts in bmx flatland, reckoned to be breakdancing on a bike! alongside drumming workshops, singing, aerial acrobatics, lakeside youth Theatre performances, and lots to make and do, there’s also architects of air’s amazing luminarium, and indoor performances from replay and aracaladanza. lots of surprises and lots to delight the entire family!

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12 noon - 5pm WHEEE! FREE EVENTS

12 noon - 5pm WHEEE! FREE EVENTS

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Three half pinTs - slapsTick workshop creaTUre feaTUre - sqUawk! walk aboUT pif-paf - someThing To hold maTTi hemmings - bmx flaTland

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6-24 DECEMBER TickeTs £8.50 - £10 0115 846 7777 or online aT WWW.LAKESIDEARTS .ORG.UK

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LAKESIDE The UniversiTy of noTTingham’s pUblic arTs cenTre UniversiTy park noTTingham, ng7 2rd www.lakesidearTs .org.Uk

free family weekend

SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED 5+ AND THEIR FAMILIES

BOOKINGS: 0115 846 7777 | WWW.LAKESIDEARTS.ORG.UK

SATURDAY 24 MAY - SUNDAY 1 JUNE

appearing ThroUghoUT The day 12noon - 5pm 12.15-12.30pm 12.30pm - 1pm walk aboUT 1pm - 1.15pm performance 12.55pm - 1.15pm 12.35pm - 12.55pm 1pm - 1.20pm 1.15pm - 2.15pm 1.35pm - 2.05pm 1.45pm - 2.15pm 2pm - 2.20pm 2.15pm - 2.30pm 2.15pm - 2.40pm 2.35pm - 2.55pm 2.45 - 3.15pm walk aboUT 3.15 - 3.10pm performance 3pm - 3.20pm 3.30pm - 4.30pm 3.30pm - 4pm 3.35pm - 4.05pm 4.10pm - 4.40pm walk aboUT 4.40pm - 4.55pm performance 4.15pm - 4.45pm 4.20pm - 4.40pm 4.35- 5pm 4.50pm - 5.10pm

frank wilcoTT - TwiTcher new sTreeT TheaTre - songs from oh whaT a lovely war liTTle caUliflower - n.o.s.e. liTTle caUliflower - n.o.s.e.

Three half pinTs - slapsTick comedy maTTi hemings - bmx flaTland maison foo - The Tea bar hUbbUb TheaTre company - village green anTics can’T siT sTill - a small chance of showers lakeside yoUTh TheaTre - The resTaUranT mark evans - drUmming circle pif-paf - someThing To hold liTTle caUliflower - n.o.s.e. liTTle caUliflower - n.o.s.e. maTTi hemings - bmx flaTland maison foo - The Tea bar can’T siT sTill - a small chance of showers pif-paf - someThing To hold Three half pinTs - slapsTick comedy mark evans - drUmming circle

appearing ThroUghoUT The day 12.15-12.30pm 12.30pm - 1pm walk aboUT 1pm - 1.15pm performance 12.35pm - 12.55pm 1pm - 1.20pm 1pm - 2pm 1.15pm - 2.05pm 1.35pm - 2.05pm 2pm - 2.30pm 2.15pm - 2.45pm 2.30pm - 3.05pm 2.45pm - 3.15pm walk aboUT 3.15pm - 3.30pm performance 2.55pm - 3.15pm 3.05pm - 4.05pm 3.30pm - 4pm 4.15pm - 4.40pm 4.15pm - 4.35pm 4.45pm - 5.15pm TimeTable sUbJecT To change

LAKESIDE ARTS CENTRE & MUSEUM UniversiTy park, noTTingham www.lakesidearTs.org.Uk

welcome To ocToville FRIDAY 23 MAY - SUNDAY 6 JULY WALLNER GALLERY FREE sUiTable for all marc parrett - who brought an amazing exhibition of puppetry last year is back with a brand new show which will have its world premiere at wheee! This year he is creating the mechanical micro town of octoville. marc promises a fabulous installation with weirdly shaped tall buildings, and curious puppet inhabitants, some of which you can interact with. audiences will be invited to play and to add their own elements to this fantastical cityscape.

archiTecTs of air exxopolis SATURDAY 24 MAY - SUNDAY 1 JUNE 11am - 5.15pm (lasT admission) THURSDAY 29 MAY - 5.30 - 7.30pm (child-free session) £3.50 all TickeTs VISITS AT PEAK TIMES: 15 MINUTES SUITABLE FOR ALL BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER 16’S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

wheee! wouldn’t be complete without our friends architects of air and their amazing structure of colour and light, the luminarium. in 1992, eggopolis was built in nottingham, the first structure toured by architects of air. it laid the foundation for a success that has seen the architects of air luminaria visited by over 2 million people in 40 countries around the world.

WHEEE! LAKESIDE’S INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATRE & DANCE FESTIVAL

in 2012, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, architects of air created its twentieth structure titled exxopolis. The name acknowledges eggopolis, the 'gg' having been replaced by 'xx' to celebrate both the anniversary and the twentieth luminarium design. with exxopolis , alan parkinson aimed to return to his roots and to involve local community groups in its construction. The main dome brought together different elements of design and sectors of the community to create a celebratory centerpiece named the ‘cupola’. inspired by the circular space of the chapter house of southwell minster, the ‘cupola’ features perpendicular style windows that were made by different community groups and that are made up of small pieces of coloured plastic designed to create a ‘stained-glass’ effect. The design of these windows is based on penrose tiling discovered by mathematician and physicist roger penrose. This particular tiling has an organisation similar to that found in islamic tile patterns.

BOOKINGS: 0115 846 7777 | WWW.LAKESIDEARTS.ORG.UK

SQUARE PEG CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS (Uk) presenT

CAS PUBLIC (qUébec) presenT

MACROBERT AND FROZEN CHARLOTTE (Uk) presenT

REPLAY (norThern ireland) presenT

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Too many pengUins?

a boy & his box

HIGHFIELDS PARK SATURDAY 24 MAY 6pm SUNDAY 25 MAY 3pm and 6pm sUiTable for all. approximaTely 55 minUTes FREE, bUT please book TickeTs aT box office

MONDAY 26 MAY 1pm & 3.30pm rUnning Time approximaTely 50 minUTes sUiTable for 4+ and Their families

FRIDAY 30 MAY 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm rUnning Time: approximaTely 35 minUTes sUiTable for: 1 - 4 years

firm favourites at wheee!, we are delighted to welcome back cas public with their fabulously inspirational work for our younger audiences.

frozen charlotte delighted audiences at wheee! 2013 with their beautifully gentle paperbelle, and we’re warmly welcoming them back with another great show.

Taking the glen gould recording of the goldberg variations by Johan sebastian bach as their inspiration, cas public have created a playful, funny and cleverly quirky piece of dance theatre for children.

how many penguins are too many penguins? mr polaro thinks that one is more than enough, thank you very much. but penguina wants someone to play with. Just one friend, well maybe two, or three… come and see just how many turn up in this charming show for our youngest wheee! audiences.

Rime is a new circus show devised and collectively made by square peg contemporary circus and based on samuel Taylor coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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bring something to sit on (in case of damp ground) and something to wrap up in (in case of poor weather), and enjoy this thrilling acrobatics, song and story, circus, theatre and dance. set to a driving, norse-inspired soundtrack, the company use group acrobatics and human towers, chinese poles, ropes, and flips and tricks to tell their beautiful haunting tale.

an east midlands children’s Theatre and dance network promotion

FRIDAY 30 MAY AT NEW ART EXCHANGE 10am & 11.30am SATURDAY 31 MAY AT LAKESIDE 1.30pm, 3pm & 4pm SUNDAY 1 JUNE AT LAKESIDE 11.30am 1.30pm 3pm & 4pm all TickeTs £6 rUnning Time: approximaTely 40 minUTes sUiTable for: 4-8 years This hugely entertaining live-drawing and projection experience brilliantly tells the story of a boy and his box and his vivid imagination! expect some truly cheesy tunes and some fabulously ridiculous sound effects. after watching the boy’s story, the audience are invited to decide what their box might be and to see their idea appear around them! a brand new show for children everywhere who play with cardboard boxes. created by illustrator patrick sanders and video artist, conan mcivor, and introducing performer dan leith.

winner of a 2012 bank of scotland herald angel little devil award

SATURDAY 24 MAY - SUNDAY 1 JUNE

“a little bit of theatrical magic” ★★★★

WHEEE! LAKESIDE’S INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATRE & DANCE FESTIVAL

BOOKINGS: 0115 846 7777 | WWW.LAKESIDEARTS.ORG.UK

SATURDAY 24 MAY - SUNDAY 1 JUNE

“my son ran home and started drawing and two days later he’s still drawing!”

Audience member

Post-performance drawing activities will be actively encouraged!

also on ToUr as parT of NEAT14: THURSDAY 29 MAY 11am, 1.30pm & 3pm CHASE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE FRIDAY 30 MAY 10am & 11.30am NEW ART EXCHANGE