Half Term Fun on Demand at Watermans

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Lots of ideas and things to do to keep children entertained

Dust. Picture: Stephen Beeny

Venues like Watermans are still closed due to the lockdown but that has not stopped it from giving audiences lots of ideas and things to do to keep children and families entertained for the week ahead.

First off is Dust for ages 4-9 years, a co-production by Half Moon and Z-arts, featuring music by Hugo White from The Maccabees. Streaming online from Saturday 13 - Sunday 21 February at 3pm, for 60 minutes approximately. Tickets are £5 per household.

A young girl, Titch, arrives at the house of a lovable and flamboyant hoarder Nelly. Together the pair discover they have more in common than they first thought and that friendship can heal hidden wounds.

Written by acclaimed award winning children’s author Laura Dockrill (Darcy Burdock book series, Big Bones) Dust uses exquisite poetic language to explore a story about love, loss, identity and memory.

This live-recorded play has closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing audiences and is also available with British Sign Language.

Alongside this production of Dust there will be three online creative learning workshops for audiences to take part in at home, exploring the themes of the show.
For more information see this link.

Persephone from Myths and Adventures From Ancient Greece

There is still time to watch the free commissioned children's theatre shows Myths and Adventures From Ancient Greece for ages 4- 8 years. The four stories include Pandora, Persephone (pictured above), Midas and Theseus and the Minotaur in a miniature world of adventures free to watch on YouTube. Each show is approximately 10 minutes.

Kevin Spencer award-winning international magician

Last but not least, there is a Magic and Myths Workshop with Kevin Spencer on Tues 16 February 2pm for ages 5-11 years and Thursday 18 February, 2pm for ages 12+ years. He is an award-winning magician with years of experience inspiring children with magic, and he's a whizz at making it fun on Zoom! In these two workshops, Kevin takes Greek Myths as his inspiration for tricks you can learn to amaze your family. The workshops are 75 minutes long and tickets are £8. Book your tickets for the workshops here.

For the full all information and to book tickets about the Watermans' February Half Term click here.

Watermans Box Office is contactable via email info@watermans.org.uk or Telephone: 020 8232 1010 2pm - 7pm daily.

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February 12, 2021