WORKSHOP / FAMILY / CRAFT
Free
Come and have a go at making your very own stop motion animation film using entirely natural materials. Create a character, set the scene, and animate your story using leaves, twigs, pinecones, and other bits of nature. This is for all budding animators and artists of any age and ability.
BABY OPERA
£7.00-£17.00
‘Meet Me a Tree’ is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their carers, invites you on a multisensory journey through a year in the life of a tree: singing with blackbirds, marching through fallen leaves, smelling new blossom and feeling the wind on your cheeks.
FAMILY / CLASSICAL MUSIC / STORYTELLING
£14.00-£16.00
Oh, The Things We’re For! is a joyous celebration of the better world that is not only possible, but is here today if we choose it. Fusing storytelling with a live orchestra!
FAMILY / PUPPETRY
£12.00-£14.00
Quechua theatre-maker José Navarro works with an exquisite cast of hand-made puppets to tell the story of the Peruvian Amazon. This is a tale of the region’s intricate links to the global ecosystem and to the Indigenous people who care for it.
FAMILY / PUPPETRY
Free
Zelva is the oldest and wisest giant puppet tortoise who plods along with her keeper, encouraging us all to just go a bit slower, take our time and consider our place in the world. Meet her in the foyers!
ART INSTALLION / WORKSHOP
Free
These psychedelic, man-sized termite mounds are a celebration of our elders. Far from a bleak interpretation of what it means to be ‘old’, this artwork is a joyful celebration of the elderly as mythical beings, and magical treasure troves of colourful stories and countless birthdays. Including drop-in creative workshops all weekend.
CRAFT / FAMILY / WORKSHOP
Free
Join local arists Talking Birds for some family-friendly drop in activities. Together we'll explore and imagine a better Coventry - starting with the streets that you live in and your local neighbourhood.
FAMILY / THEATRE / MUSIC
£15 (£13)
Dig out your snowshoes for an Arctic Adventure with live music and songs, 3D and shadow puppets, creative captioning, integrated sign language and song, plus the cosmic brilliance of the Northern Lights. Set somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, Soonchild is the story of a shaman known as Sixteen Face John who feels out of step with the modern world. John’s wife is expecting a baby, but the Soonchild refuses to be born until she can hear the World Songs - special music that is essential for the world to exist.
FAMILY / THEATRE / MUSIC
£12 (£10)
A flap-tastic family comedy. With frolics and foraging, flitting, flying and two unusual feathery friends, this is a madcap and touching show about birds facing changes to their habitat. The Bird Show uses music, puppetry and lots of silly bird jokes in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about conservation, migration and imagination.
