Things to see
Monkey Tales
Chris Connaughton FREE, drop in 4+ Stage
Thursday 27 July
2.30pm, 3.30pm
Friday 28 July
Stage
Stage
10am, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 3pm
Hullabaloo favourite, storyteller Chris Connaughton, tells tales of naughty monkeys, foolish monkeys and a particularly wise monkey who gets the better of a very greedy crocodile!
A free, drop-in storytelling session suitable for little monkeys aged 4 years and above and their families and friends.
Hare and Tortoise
Theatre Hullabaloo
Ticketed (£5) 4+ Stage
Wednesday 26 July 10am, 11.30am
Thursday 27 July • 10am, 11.30am
Slow and steady wins the race in this new version of the much-loved tale of the flashy Hare and the modest Tortoise with integrated British Sign Language. Choose Team Hare or Team Tortoise and be prepared to help tell the story in this exciting race to the finish.
The Wild Animal Poetry Battle
Rowan McCabe
FREE, drop in 4+ Stage
Thursday 27 July
10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Sunday 30 July
11am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm
Did you know that if a grasshopper was the size of a person, it could jump the length of a football field?
Who needs superheroes when animals can change shape, turn invisible and run at 100 miles an hour. Join poet rowan mcCabe for a participatory poetry session celebrating the super-powers of our favourite animals.
Early Weaves
Hannah Lefeuvre
Thursday 27 July 11am, 1.45pm
Friday 28 July 11.30am, 2.30pm
Ticketed (£5) 2-4 years Stage Stage
Early Weaves merges dance, music and clowning, to tell a heartfelt tale of friendship. Two characters navigate their world, discovering the joy of trust and inspiring magical moments and laughter.
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Look Mum, No Hands!
Daryl & Co and Mimbre
FREE, no booking required • All ages
Thursday 27 July • 12.30pm, 3.15pm
Look mum, No Hands! Tells the story of two friends growing up and taking risks and includes the unique perspective of a wheelchair user. Expect unexpected choreography, thrilling acrobatics and a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The Lost Feather
Oily Cart
Ticketed (£5) 4+
Saturday 29 July • 11.30am, 2pm
Sunday 30 July • 11.30am, 3pm
This interactive show engages children with enchanting sights, sounds, and touchable wonders.
The tale of The Lost Feather, unravels from a cart overflowing with vibrant colours, playful textures, live music and delightful puppets.
Little WondersSwings and Roundabouts
All Ways Good Company
Ticketed (£5) 4+
Friday 28 July • 11.15am, 3.15pm
Saturday 29 July • 12.30pm, 3.30pm
Stage Stage Stage Stage
Sunday 30 July • 11.45am, 1.30pm
Swings and roundabouts features Jane and Dora, a mum and daughter circus duo who transform three ordinary park visits into extraordinary aerial spectacles.
After the performance, your little ones will have a chance to join in the fun and twirl on the aerial equipment.
This lively journey of sound and sensation welcomes children to freely explore and express themselves.
Tales from Far Far Away
Umar Butt
FREE, drop in 4+
Saturday 29 July • 12pm, 12.40pm
2.30pm, 3.15pm, 4pm
Join umar on a storytelling journey through magical worlds populated by caterpillars, butterflies, seals, alligators and porcupines!
Born in Pakistan, raised in Glasgow, and now an honorary Smoggie, umar is an internationally acclaimed storyteller who weaves enchanting tales of friendship and adventure, exploring universal themes of belonging, family, and community.
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Egg and Spoon
Lyngo Theatre
Ticketed (£5)
The Bug Hotel
HurlyBurly Theatre
Ticketed (£5)
0-2’s Stage Stage
2-4 years
Friday 28 July • 10am, 1.15pm
Saturday 29 July • 11am , 2pm
Join Percy and April as they introduce you to Birdy, hiding in his egg, waiting for Spring. Blow leaves off the tree, sleep under star blankets in Winter, and wake up for a butterfly party.
This show turns children into spontaneous performers, encouraging them to be enthusiastic and playful.
Taking Flight
Inspired by Darlington children’s own ideas, poetry and artworks, Hullabaloo in the Park is delighted to feature Taking Flight, a trail of willow sculpture birds and banners with audio poetry for you to discover within the trees at South Park.
Taking Flight has been developed across the summer term by BloominArt, a female-led community arts organisation based in Tees Valley, and Theatre Hullabaloo artists Claire rimington and Jilly Hargreaves. Creative Writer Emily Wiseman from Write up and rise Ltd is working with the children to create
Wednesday 26 July • 10am,11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm A mini musical adventure set in a stunning multisensory tent. Inspired by the wonders of the uk’s vibrant insect life right beneath our feet. With gentle guitar tunes and singing, kids will dance with Stag Beetles, fly with Tiger moths, frolic with Glow Worms, and laugh along with Woolly Bear Caterpillars.
audio poetry to accompany the sculptures. This school holiday project is supported by Darlington Borough Council’s Holiday Activity Fund.
This schools’ programme is part of In2, working with Year 6 pupils in Darlington, to give them access to creative activities and performances on the build-up to transition to secondary school.
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Things to do
Little Wonders
Little Wonders is Theatre Hullabaloo’s new commissioning programme which enables us to work with artists to develop a set of exciting new family-friendly performance or play experiences.
This year, we have selected three new Little Wonders as part of Hullabaloo in the Park. They are all very different, led by North East based artists and each a little wonder in their own right.
Little WondersElswyth’s Shed
FREE, drop in, bookable • 4+
Wednesday 26 July
10.30am, 11.50am, 1.10pm, 2.30pm
Thursday 27 July
10.30am, 11.50am, 1.10pm, 2.30pm
Friday 28 July 10.30am, 11.50am, 1.10pm, 2.30pm
Saturday 29 July • 11.10am, 12.30pm
Sunday 30 July
11.10am, 12.30pm, 1.50pm, 3.15pm
Have you ever seen a face in the bark of a tree? If you have, then chances are, you’ve been close to the elusive, mythical Perilieu!
Join Elswyth Eri, the Perileru expert in her shed and go on a journey of discovery to find these secretive creatures who protect our forests. Audio experiences are bookable or available to drop in for curious children to explore.
Little WondersWhere Are You Perilieu?
Ticketed (£5) 4+
Saturday 29 July
1.30pm, 2.45pm, 4pm
It’s just a shed. Or is it? Doors yawn and stretch open. Windows sigh and unwind. A washing line wiggles and unfurls. A chimney shakes and shimmies up to the sky… Watch as the shed unfolds and the secret life of Elswyth Eri and her quest to find the mythical Perilieu, tumbles out and all around. She’ll tell tales of her adventures & invite you to explore her unique inventions.
Both Elswyth’s Shed and Where Are You Perilieu are by Libellule Theatre.
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Little WondersGiant’s Picnic
Lynda Nelson FREE, drop in All ages
Wednesday 26 July • 11am-4pm
Thursday 27 July • 10am-3pm
Friday 28 July • 11am-4pm
Saturday 29 July • 10.30-3.30pm
Sunday 30 July • 11.30am-4.30pm
Neurodiverse friendly sessions
(FREE, bookable, all ages)
Wednesday 26 July • 10am
Thursday 27 July • 3.15pm
Friday 28 July • 10am
Saturday 29 July • 3.45pm
Sunday 30 July • 10.30am
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play amongst a Giant’s picnic? To stack the biggest cheese sandwich tower? To roll with sausages, rest under a lettuce leaf or jump in and out of doughnuts?
Artist Lynda Nelson has created a giant picnic with oversized food for supersized play potential. This is a free, drop-in play activity suitable for all ages. Bookable neurodiverse sessions available.
Messy Play
Little Learners
Stage
0-2 years:
Ticketed (£5) 0-2 / 2-4 years
Wednesday 26 July • 11am, 2.30pm
Friday 28 July • 10am, 12.15pm
Sunday 30 July • 11am, 12.45pm
2-4 years:
Wednesday 26 July • 12.45pm
Friday 28 July • 2.30pm
Sunday 30 July • 2.30pm
Let your little ones enjoy exploring their senses, developing new skills and having some messy fun in these stimulating sessions.
With 15 play stations full of fantastic messy ingredients and lots of space to have fun, this is messy play at its most inspiring and least stressful!
Don’t forget to bring a change of clothes for your little ones as they will get messy!
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Sing & Play
Bridie Jackson
FREE, drop in, 0-4 years
Hidden Treasures
FREE, bookable/ drop in 4+
Friday 28 July
10.15am, 1pm, 2.15pm
Saturday 29 July
10.30am, 11.10am, 1.30pm
Join musician and early years specialist Bridie Jackson for bugs and beasties themed songs and movement to inspire babies and children under 4.
This is a first come first served drop in activity and numbers are limited.
Things to create
Bright Woods Forest School
Happy Hammer
Hapa Zome
FREE, drop in, bookable
All ages (suggested 3+)
Available throughout the day
Wednesday 26, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 July
Craft beautiful prints using leaf pounding techniques. Gather materials from South Park and transform them into an individual piece of art. As you hammer away, see the natural dyes seep into the cloth, creating a one-of-a-kind memento.
Available throughout the day
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 July
Embark on a journey with The Society for the Protection of magical Creatures to unearth mystical objects in South Park.
Gather your team of up to 8 (including one adult), grab your headphones and smartphone, or borrow ours as you take on your mission and report your findings.
This is a drop in activity but numbers are limited so there may be a short wait.
Bugtastic Crafts
FREE, drop in
All ages
All day, every day
Dive into a world of whimsical wonders with Bugtastic Crafts, where creativity and imagination take flight! Create bug and beastie-themed masks and accessories, from antennae to wings, headbands to bug eyes.
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Critter Crowns
Adele Catchpole
Ticketed (£5)
Thursday 27 July • 10am, 2.30pm
Craft a paper flower crown or beastie headdress. rock some sparkly spiders or add a dangly daddy long-legs and you’ll be bee’s knees at the free Beastie Boogie finale event on Sunday.
Booking covers 1 adult and 1 child, both are welcome to make their own creations, additional children are £3.50
Festival Flapper
Morwenna Catt
Ticketed (£5)
4+
4+ Stage Stage
Wednesday 26 July
10am, 2.30pm
Craft charming, winged creatures from simple materials. Whether a flamboyant flamingo or a cheeky crow.
Booking covers 1 adult and 1 child, both are welcome to make their own creations, additional children are £3.50
Fly Away With Me: A winged workshop
Adele Catchpole
Ticketed (£5) • 4+
Friday 28 July • 10am, 2.30pm
Adorned fabric wings with bugs, butterflies and foliage using colourful inks. After stamping a pattern, kids can colour them in and add their own designs.
Booking covers 1 adult and 1 child, both are welcome to make their own creations, additional children are £3.50
Bouncing Bug
Morwenna Catt
Ticketed (£5) 4+
Saturday 29 July • 10am, 2.30pm
Bring an imaginary bug to life. With cards, patterned papers and a touch of glitter, craft charming insects that dance around the festival on elastic.
Booking covers 1 adult and 1 child, both are welcome to make their own creations, additional children are £3.50
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Things to see, do and create
Beetle Stage
Bumblebee Stage
Grasshopper Stage
Ladybird Stage
Butterfly Stage
Caterpillar Stage
Dragonfly Stage
Firefly Stage
Facilities
Food vendors
Family picnic area
Infant feeding tent
Hullabaloo Hub / lost child point / information point
Welfare tent
Shady spots!
Wheelchair & buggy-friendly route
Toilets
Snail Stage
Spider Stage
Worm Stage
Taking Flight
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The Hullabaloo Borough Road Darlington DL1 1SG Box o ffice: 01325 405 405 theatrehullabaloo.org.uk come and join two new friends on their adventures in a magical forest full of play, puppetry and music! Wed 6 - Sun 24 December the egg and Travelling Light present: “Delightful!” The Stage 6 months - 4 years
The Beastie Boogie with The Baghdaddies
Sunday 30 July 5pm • Free • All ages
Our finale event is free and un-ticketed so we’d love to see as many of you as possible in the park to help us finish this year’s Hullabaloo in the Park in style.
Fancy dress is optional, but free craft events on site throughout the week will provide plenty of opportunities to create a beastie mask - or feel free to make your own at home.
The Baghdaddies, a lively five-piece band, are set to take you and your family on a magical musical journey. Their music, an exhilarating mix of Eastern European melodies, ska, jazz, and Indian influences, delivered with sizzling brass and theatrical humour, will leave you dancing and laughing, all at the same time.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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Timetable
Wednesday
26 July
Festival Flapper - family workshop with Morwenna Catt
Elswyth’s Shed
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Hammer Hapa Zome Bookable slots between 10am-4pm The Bug Hotel 10-10.30am • 11-11.30am • 12-12.30pm • 1.30-2pm • 2.30-3pm • 3.30-4pm Drop In Craft Activities 10am-4pm
in Craft Activities 10am-4pm Hare & Tortoise 10-10.45am • 11.30am-12.15pm
Happy
Drop
10am-11am • 2.30-3.30pm
10am-4pm (bookable
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11.50am, 1.10pm & 2.30pm) Messy Play 11am-12pm • 12.45-1.45pm • 2.30-3.30pm Giant’s Picnic 10-10.45am - bookable • 11am-4pm - drop in
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10.30am,
10am-4pm
Taking Flight
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Timetable
Thursday 27 July
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Family Picnic Area 10am-4pm The Wild Animal Poetry Battle 10-10.30am • 11.30am-12pm • 1.30-2pm • 2.30-3pm Look Mum, No Hands! 12.30-1.15pm • 3.15-4pm Monkey Tales 2.30-3pm • 3.30-4pm Drop In Craft Activities 10am-4pm Drop in Craft Activities 10am-4pm Hare & Tortoise 10-10.45am • 11.30am-12.15pm Critter Crowns with Adele Catchpole 10-11am • 2.30-3.30pm Elswyth’s Shed 10am-4pm (bookable slots at 10.30am, 11.50am, 1.10pm & 2.30pm) Early Weaves 11-11.45am • 1.45-2.30pm Giant’s Picnic 10am-3pm - drop in • 3.15-4pm - bookable Taking Flight 10am-4pm
Timetable
Friday 28 July
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Family Picnic Area 10am-4pm Monkey Tails 10-10.30am • 11.15-11.45am • 12.15-12.45pm • 3-3.30pm Circus Skills with All Ways Good Company 1-2pm Egg & Spoon 10-10.45am • 1.15-2pm Swings & Roundabouts 11.15am-12.15pm • 3.15-4.15pm Drop In Craft Activities 10am-4pm Drop in Craft Activities 10am-4pm Sing & Play 10.15-10.35am • 1-1.20pm Fly Away With Me - family workshop with Adele Catchpole 10am-11am • 2.30-3.30pm Elswyth’s Shed 10am-4pm (bookable slots at 10.30am, 11.50am, 1.10pm & 2.30pm) Messy Play 10-11am • 12.15-1.15pm • 2.30-3.30pm Giant’s Picnic 10-10.45am - bookable • 11am-4pm Taking Flight 10am-4pm Sing & Play 2.15-2.35pm Early Weaves 11.30am-12.15pm • 2.30-3.15pm
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Family Picnic Area 10am-4pm Drop in Craft Activities - Beastie Boogie outfits 10.30am-4.30pm The Lost Feather 11.30am-12.15pm • 2-2.45pm Bouncing Bugs - family workshop with Morwenna Catt 10.30am-11.30am • 3-4pm Elswyth’s Shed 10.30am-4.30pm (bookable slots at 11.10am, 12.30pm) Hidden Treasures 10.30-4.30pm (bookable slots at 10.30, 11, 11.30am, 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 & 4pm Drop In Craft Activities 10.30am-4.30pm Giant’s Picnic 10.30am-3.30pm - drop in • 3.45-4.30pm bookable Taking Flight 10.30am-4.30pm Happy Hammer Hapa Zome 10.30am-4.30pm (bookable slots at 10.30, 11.30am, 12.30, 2, 3 & 4pm) Egg & Spoon 11-11.45am • 2-2.45pm Swings & Roundabouts 12.30-1.30pm • 3.30-4.30pm Tales From Far Far Away - Umar Butt 12pm • 12.40pm • 2.30pm • 3.15pm • 4pm (20 mins) Sing & Play 10.30am 11.10am • 1.30pm (20 mins) Where Are You, Perilieu? 1.30-2pm • 2.45-3.15pm • 4-4.30pm
Saturday 29 July
Timetable
Sunday 30 July
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The Wild Animal Poetry Battle 11-11.30am • 1-1.30pm • 2.30-3pm • 4-4.30pm Finale - Beastie Boogie with The Baghdaddies 5-6pm Swings & Roundabouts 11.45am-12.45pm • 1.30-2.30pm The Lost Feather 11.30am-12.15pm • 3-3.45pm Hidden Treasures bookable slots at 10.30, 11 & 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm & 4pm Drop-in craft activitiesBeastie Boogie outfits 10.30am-4.45pm Elswyth’s Shed 10.30am-4.30pm (bookable slots at 11.10am, 12.30pm, 1.50pm & 3.15pm) Messy Play 11am-12pm • 12.45-1.45pm • 2.30-3.30pm Giant’s Picnic 10.30-11.15am - bookable • 11.30am-4.30pm - drop in Taking Flight 10.30am-4.30pm 18 Family Picnic Area 10.30am-4.30pm Happy Hammer Hapa Zome 10.30am-4.30pm (bookable slots at 10.30, 11.30am, 12.30, 2, 3 & 4pm) Circus Skills with All Ways Good Company 4-4.45pm Drop In Craft Activities 10.30am-4.30pm
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