Kids’ pick: Attractions for the whole family
Tudor Half Term Fun
1-5 June, Speke Hall
Step back in time at Speke Hall as the grand old venue celebrates the Tudor period with five days of fun, games and family activities, all with a historic twist. The event is free to attend, with normal admission costs for the National Trust venue applying.
Pick n Mix Theatre Robin Hood
1 June, Sefton Park Palm House
Pick N Mix Theatre follows up its successful ‘Grimm Tales’ and ‘The Snow Queen’ productions with a comedy adaption of ‘Robin Hood’. This family-friendly take on the story of the man who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor includes music, singing and dancing.
Science Blast
18 June, Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens
Lights, lasers, explosions, experiments and the odd cheese sandwich are on the menu at the Citadel Arts Centre as the St Helens venue takes families on a journey through the lives of history’s nine most influential scientists in an attempt to establish who was the greatest of them all.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
9 July, The Atkinson
The Disney film you know and love as you’ve never seen it before comes to Southport’s Atkinson. A cast of children and young people aged between four and 16 years from the theatre’s Birkdale-based academy will bring the classic tale to the stage.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Family Day
24 July, Sefton Park Palm House
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) and Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) have partnered to shine a spotlight on Arabic music and culture at this free event in Sefton Park’s Palm House. Part of the wider LAAF, the family day also includes child-friendly activities such as storytelling, Henna, and children’s crafts.
The Gruffalo’s Child
30 July, Floral Pavillion
Tall Stories Theatre Company brings Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s award-winning sequel to ‘The Gruffalo’ to life at New Brighton’s Floral Pavillion. Based on the animated short of the same name, ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ is a musical adaptation that whisks theatregoers off to the depths of a deep, dark wood.
