Spring 2022 at The Hullabaloo

SPRING 2022

T H L I A NGS C I G A M for you to SEE and DO

e to the m o c l O H e O U L L A L AB W About The Hullabaloo The Hullabaloo is a centre of creativity for children and families and an inspiring place to play and learn. It is the only purpose-designed theatre for children north of London.

At The Hullabaloo you will find world-class theatre made specifically for children - including brilliant shows for babies and toddlers - free creative play, storytelling, family events and much more.

The Hullabaloo is home to Theatre Hullabaloo, a registered charity that believes that creativity should be part of everyone’s childhood.

The venue is fully accessible, has a family friendly café, story corner, child friendly toilets and a buggy park.

Access The Hullabaloo is a relaxed and informal place for everyone.

You can be sure of a warm Hullabaloo Welcome when you visit.

The Hullabaloo is fully accessible and accessed at ground level.

We have wheelchair spaces in our theatre and creative play. We also offer fully integrated British Sign Language performances, Neurodiverse Friendly shows and creative play sessions.

If you have any questions or we can support your visit in any way, please contact us at info@theatrehullabaloo.org.uk

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About Theatre Hullabaloo Theatre Hullabaloo is a registered charity that makes and champions theatre and creativity for children because we believe that they are the most important audience of all.

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Our Creative Play space is free to use and is at the heart of the building.

As you enter the main doors to the Hullabaloo, look for the Creative Play entrance on the wooden panels and one of our Hullabaloo Hosts will welcome you to the space.

Zen Garden

Theatre Hullabaloo & Green Croft Arts 10 January - May 2022 For children aged 0-9 years and their grown-ups Free • Monday - Saturday 10am-2pm

Zen Garden is a play adventure inspired by the peace and calm of the natural world.

Dance with the rainbows and the lotus flowers, build stone sculptures and rake spiral patterns into the sand - Zen Garden is a meditative space for the whole family to play in together.

Zen Garden is our newest Creative Play experience.

Although our Creative Play space remains a free drop-in during our usual opening hours, we are also offering free extended bookable sessions for families with neurodiverse children and those with additional needs - available from 2.30pm on Sat 15 Jan, 29 Jan, 12 Feb and Thu 24 Feb. For more information and to make a booking, please contact Theatre Hullabaloo.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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MONKEY TALES tails & OTHER FAVOURITE FABLES Duration: 45 minutes

Sat 5 February • 11am & 2.30pm

3-7 years

Tickets: £5/group ticket £16 (4 people, min 1 adult)

Will Hare ever stop bouncing around and being mean to Tortoise? Will Monkey ever be King? And should you ever trust a Crocodile? Find out the answers in this fun-packed feast of favourite animal fables.

Storytellers Chris Connaughton and Jenna Johnson come together in this fully integrated British Sign Language performance for little monkeys aged 3 to 7 years!

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R M E T F L HA Storytelling: Tales with Toads Tue 22 Feb

10.15am • 2-4 years 11.15am • 5-7 years 1pm • 2-4 years

Duration: 40 minutes

Tickets: £3/group ticket £10 (4 people, min 1 adult)

Join storyteller, Chris Connaughton, for some toad-ally awesome storytelling sessions.

Play in 2 Days: Tales with Toads Wed 23 & Thur 24 Feb

£30 for both days

£26 additional sibling

10am-4pm 20 min sharing at The Hullabaloo on Thur 24 Feb at 4pm Age: 6-12 years Two fun-packed, drama-filled days for children to create a brilliant new play to perform to friends and family later on the second day at The Hullabaloo.

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9:30am (0-3 years) / 12.30pm (4-7 years) 2pm (0-3 years)

S a e a e k t a T

Dedicating a seat can make an ideal gift for yourself, a friend or family member and is a great way of supporting Theatre Hullabaloo.

Take one

Minimum donation of £175

Take two

Minimum donation of £330 If you take two adjacent seats in the same transaction you save on your minimum donation.

Take four

Minimum donation of £650 You can dedicate four seats adjacent to each other in the same transaction.

“We named a seat to mark our granddaughter’s christening, we hope she’ll enjoy many visits to The Hullabaloo as she grows up.”

Audience member, Darlington

For your Take a Seat donation you will receive an engraved plaque bearing your name (or the name of your choice) and a message on the backrest of your chosen seat plus a commemorative certificate.

Seat sponsorship lasts for at least 10 years, and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Donations can be paid in one lump sum or can be paid across 10 monthly instalments.

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Photo © Daryl Beeton

A Square World Daryl Beeton Productions

Saturday 5 March • 11am & 2pm A Square World is an honest, touching and quirky story of three friends and what happens when an unexpected change leaves one of them left out in the cold.

Together they decide to redefine the rules of the square world in which they live and soon discover their lives won’t be square ever again!

This non-verbal story uses simple design and object manipulation to create an imaginative world where anything can happen.

This endearing and funny performance looks at the unfairness of being left out in a world designed for everyone else but yourself.

School performances are available on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 March. Please see the Schools page on our website for more details.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

4-8 years

Duration: 45 minutes

Tickets: £7/group ticket £24 (4 people, min 1 adult)

“I thought it was excellent and I would encourage everyone to see it.”

Audience member “Be there, or be square! A Square World combines puppetry, a quirky set and expressive music - all which bring this four sided universe to life.”

Curious Mums

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Theatre Hullabaloo & Action Transport Theatre present

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Yaga

Written by Laura Lindow

Directed by Nina Hajiyianni Designed by Bek Palmer

Composed by Patrick Dineen Lighting by Will Evans

Are you feeling brave?

Saturday 9 - Saturday 16 April 2022

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A deliciously dark and funny fairytale where danger skulks but safety is closer than you think...

Ages 6+ years Duration: 60 mins £7 / group ticket £24 (4 people, min 1 adult)

A sister and a brother are forced to flee from their home only to find themselves alone in a whole new landscape.

A New-Place. Surely they will find safety here?

But shshshsh! Just beyond in a chicken-leg house, lurks the most dangerous new danger, of the snap-you-up-andgobble-you-down-if-you’re-not-careful variety. The most infamous of witches. The most unpredictable of adversaries.

The lip-smacking, chiddler-nicking, fear-smelling Baba Yaga!

Stand by for magical shenanigans and belly-laughs aplenty which celebrates the brilliance and bravery of children (if you can stop shaking in your socks that is!).

A dark new fairytale, where danger skulks in the least expected corners, but safety is closer than you think.

‘Shshshsh! She’s here!’

Show dates:

Tuesday 5 April Wednesday 6 April Thursday 7 April Friday 8 April Saturday 9 April Tuesday 12 April Wednesday 13 April Thursday 14 April Saturday 16 April

1.20pm 10am & 1.20pm 10am & 1.20pm 10am & 1.20pm 11am & 2pm 2pm 11am & 2pm 2pm & 6pm 11am & 2pm

BSL interpreted performance Neurodiverse Friendly performance School performances are available Tue 5 - Fri 8 April.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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Secret Owl Society Elana Miller

Thur 21 April • 10.30am / 2.30pm Thur 21 April • 1pm Neurodiverse Friendly performance Come and be a part of….

3-7 years

30 mins interactive storytelling session, followed by a 30 mins craft activity

Tickets: £7/group ticket £24 (4 people, min 1 adult)

THE SECRET OWL SOCIETY Everyone knows owls are wise, so why not come and hear some magical, mystical and often hilarious stories told by a very special Owl. This special story time will include feathery fun, games, props, music and songs.

Blending facts, folk tales and modern children’s literature, families will be taken on an interactive story journey and can make a special owl themed craft to take home.

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Squidge Wriggle Dance Theatre

Fri 29 April • 10am & 1.30pm Sat 30 April • 11am & 2pm

3-8 years

50 mins

Tickets: £7/group ticket £24 (4 people, min 1 adult)

Do you squish or squash, tickle or most certainly not, handshake or hug, stretch out or snuggle in like a bug?

Squidge is a fun interactive dance performance with live music and digital projection, which takes a light-hearted look at our sense of touch and how it influences our everyday lives.

At the heart of the show is a tale of friendship, compromise and how each and every one of us need touch to make us feel alive!

A shared experience for children aged 3 to 8 years and their grown-ups. Get to explore magical light-up boxes, full of exciting textures for little hands which will delight and tickle your senses.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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How to find us

Café Hullabaloo

Open Monday - Saturday • 10am-2pm Our family friendly café provides a relaxing space to spend time with friends and family.

Serving hot and cold drinks and light snacks, you can also access our free wifi.

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There are plenty of high chairs and comfy chairs available with easy access to toilets, baby change and our buggy park.

The Hullabaloo, Borough Road, Darlington DL1 1SG The Hullabaloo is easily reached on foot from Darlington Town Centre, public transport or car. We are only a 5-minute walk from Darlington train station.

Box Office Phone: 01325 405 405 Monday - Saturday 10am until 8pm In person: Monday to Saturday 10am until 8pm Open until 6pm on non performance days Online: Tickets can be booked online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and there are no booking fees. We share our Box Office with Darlington Hippodrome and this means they will be the lovely people taking your booking, which means you can also book tickets via them.

Parking

If you would like your tickets posted out to you, there will be a £1 fee per transaction for this service.

The Hullabaloo does not have a car park.

There are short and long stay off street car parks close by to the venue. Most Council car parks are covered by 24 hour CCTV surveillance.

Payments can be made by cash, MasterCard, Visa and Maestro cards, or by cheque or postal order.

For further advice on parking please contact the Box Office, or visit the Darlington Borough Council website.

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Timetable Date

Show/activity Age

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Sat 5 Feb

Monkey Tales

3-7 years

4

Wed 16 - Sat 19 Feb

Out of the Blue

6-18 months

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Tue 22 Feb

Storytelling: Tales with Toads

2-4 / 5-7 years

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Wed 23 - Thu 24 Feb

Play in 2 Days: Tales with Toads

6-12 years

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Sat 26 Feb Chill-abaloo 0-7 years

7

Sat 5 March

A Square World

4-8 years

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Tue 5 - Sat 16 April

Baba Yaga

6+ years

10/11

Thu 21 April

Secret Owl Society 3-7 years

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Fri 29 & Sat 30 April

Squidge

3-8 years

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0-9 years

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Creative Play Space Until May 2022

Zen Garden

You can purchase gift vouchers for The Hullabaloo from our website.

Gift vouchers are the ideal birthday and thank you presents or simply as a special treat.

Simply select your amount and enter the recipients email address for your gift voucher to be emailed direct. You can even select the date the recipient will receive the voucher.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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A very BIG thank you to all of our supporters.

We couldn’t do what we do without your generous support.

Box Office: 01325 405 405 theatrehullabaloo.org.uk The Hullabaloo

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