Spring 2020 at The Hullabaloo

SPRING 2020

MAGICAL THINGS for you to SEE and DO

Creative PLAY Gillian Dickinson Creative Play Space

Specially commissioned play installations are part of the free activities for young people and their grown-ups to enjoy at The Hullabaloo.

Monday - Saturday • 10am-2pm Free activity, no need to book but at busier times there may be a short wait.

Deep Sea Adventures Until 18 April 2020

Age 0-8 years and their grown-ups

Welcome to the wonderful world at the bottom of the sea.

Inspired by ideas from local children, Deep Sea Adventures is an interactive voyage of discovery with coral reefs to crawl over, mysterious caves to explore and giant fish which are not quite what they seem.

The installation is designed for a child to play in with their grown-ups and includes elements for crawlers and toddlers right up to children aged 8 years old.

Dreamland

Returning to The Hullabaloo from 29 April - 5 September 2020

Age 0-4 years and their grown-ups

Tuck yourself in for a bedtime story and drift away on a feather pillow and a flock of birds to a land where you can dance on the clouds and the sound of sweet lullabies float on the wind.

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Spring

at-a-glance:

Storytelling A Hullabaloo under the Sea Igloo Play in a Day / Two Days The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean Meet me a Tree Jack and the Beanstalk Baba Yaga A Hullabaloo in the Clouds Moon Song

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Outdoor creative play space

Visit our free outdoor creative play space this Spring, which can be used for story times, to carry on playing outside or just to enjoy the sunshine in.

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Story corner

Our family friendly café area contains our story corner where we have a selection of books for you to enjoy.

STORYTELLING

Tuesday 18 February

Join storyteller, actor and performer, Chris Connaughton for under the sea themed stories for children and their grown-ups to enjoy!

Age 2-5 years • 10.15am & 1pm Rockpool Stories Age 5-7 years • 11.15am Whale Tales Tickets £3 / group ticket £10

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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A Hullabaloo under the Sea Saturday 25 January • 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm

Join us on a journey under the sea in our latest Hullabaloo themed day.

Come on a voyage under the sea in our very own planetarium, prepare to move like a sea creature in our dance workshop and get creative in our craft sessions.

Age 3-10 years £7 per person

Please select from morning or afternon session (both sessions the same)

Don’t forget to sail into our latest creative play installation, Deep Sea Adventures!

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Photo © Travelling Light & Bristol Old Vic

Igloo

Ages 0-3 years

Duration: 30 minutes + 10 minutes stay and play

Adult and child combined ticket £10 / additional tickets £6

By Travelling Light & Bristol Old Vic

Thur 13 & Fri 14 Feb • 9.30am, 11.15am & 1.45pm Sat 15 Feb • 10am, 11.45am & 2.30pm Winter is almost over and it still hasn’t snowed.

Anticipation is building for Ira and Sadie.

How can they build an igloo if there isn’t any snow?

They need it to snow. They want it to snow.

But sometimes you don’t get what you want, even when you’re made to wait…

and wait… and wait…

Sometimes what you end up with is something even better…

‘‘5 stars. An enchanting performance that enthralled the children and adults.

A beautiful story that encompassed the serious, the amusing and important lessons for us all. A happy, colourful and inclusive ending. Delightful.”

Audience member

Travelling Light (Boing!) and Bristol Old Vic present Igloo - a playful experience filled with warmth, sensation and gentle exploration, suitable for babes in arms and pre-schoolers aged 0-3 accompanied by their carers.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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Fun-packed, drama-filled days for children to perform a brilliant new play to friends and family at The Hullabaloo.

Ages 6-12 years

£15 per person per day

£13 additional siblings per day

Play in a Day: Play in 2 Days: Owl & the Pussy-cat Create your own Fairytale Wednesday 19 February 10am-4.30pm 15 minute sharing at 4pm

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note…

Join us we bring to life this well-loved poem and meet lots of characters along the way!

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 April 10am-4.30pm 20-30 minute sharing at 4pm on the second day

A two-day theatre-making workshop which takes all the traditional ingredients of favourite fairtytales and mashes them all up to make a new tale all of your very own.

The group will perform their original fairytale to family and friends at the end of the second day. Wishes will be granted, toads might be kissed, but will there be a happy ending?

This is a two day activity.

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Photo © Eoin Carey

The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean Age 7+ years

Duration: 50 mins

By Shona Reppe

£7 / group ticket £24

Saturday 22 February • 11am & 2pm The clues are in its pages…

Who was Josephine Bean? The wonderful and surprising secret is revealed with each turn of the page…

Join the world renowned scrapologist, Patricia Barker, as she discovers the secrets held within the pages of a scrapbook.

Everything is flat, pressed, squished. A dusty, musty smell mixes with the scent of old lavender and slowly, page-bypage, the scrapbook becomes a window into a secret world and a curious life unfolds before us.

‘‘Shona Reppe has conjured a near-perfect production for those aged seven years and over... A truly wonderful show that will charm parents as much as their children.”

Thom Dibdin, The Stage

Produced by Catherine Wheels.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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Photo © Miriam Sherwood

Meet me a Tree

By HurlyBurly

Friday 28 Feb • 9.30am, 11am & 1.30pm Saturday 29 Feb 10am, 11.15am & 1.30pm Meet me a Tree is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their carers with music by Schumann, Delibes and Handel as well as original words and music by Catherine Carter.

Ages 0-2 years Duration: 40 mins Adult and child combined ticket £10 / additional tickets £6

“My little girl absolutely loved it. Calming and relaxing.”

Theatr Clwyd, Family Arts Weekend

HurlyBurly invites you and your baby 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.

With beautiful singing and relaxing music at its core Meet me a Tree will be an opportunity to unwind and have fun for new parents, carers and babies.

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Photo © Alex Brenner

Jack and the Beanstalk

By Lyngo Theatre

Saturday 7 March • 11am & 2pm Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show and we’d love you to come!

Expect lots of surprises and captivating images as Jack sells his cow for some magic beans and finds himself in the land above the clouds.

This award winning show has something for everyone enormous shoes, tiny houses and a big, leafy explosion!

Winner of best Family show at the International Youth Arts Festival 2019.

Box Office: 01325 405 405

Ages 3-8 years (and their giants) Duration: 50 mins £7 / group ticket £24

“In case you were wondering what the ingredients for a great show were, Lyngo theatre have them!” the younglondoner

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Theatre Hullabaloo & Action Transport Theatre present

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Yaga

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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

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:

Wednesday 1 April Thursday 2 April Friday 3 April Saturday 4 April Tuesday 7 April Wednesday 8 April Thursday 9 April Saturday 11 April BSL interpreted performance

Box Office: 01325 405 405

9.45am & 1.20pm 9.45am & 1.20pm 9.45am & 1.20pm 11am & 2pm 2pm 11am & 2pm 2pm 11am & 2pm Autism Friendly performance

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Saturday 2 May 10am-12pm & 12.30-2.30pm

(please select morning or afternoon session, both sessions are the same)

A Hullabaloo in the Clouds is a special family event for our littlest Hullabaloo’ers, with sensory play, mess making, movement and crafts for babies and toddlers with their grown-ups.

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Ages 0-4 years

£10 combined adult and child ticket / £6 additional tickets

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Photo © Pamela Raith

Moon Song

A show for young audiences on the autistic spectrum aged 6-14 years Duration: 45 mins

By Bamboozle Theatre Company

£7 / group ticket £24

Wednesday 6 May 10.15am, 11.30am, 1.30pm & 6.30pm An enchanting and sensory adventure in space for young audiences on the autistic spectrum.

Moon Song tells the story of Megan who falls asleep dreaming of space where she sees comets, shooting stars and silvery creatures. Welcomed into the performance with relaxing music, audience members are invited to join Megan on a space-themed adventure.

“It was magical to see how the pupils engaged with the show.

The staff are so highly skilled and adjusted to every students’ needs” Lakeside School

Using Bamboozle’s calm approach, incorporating invitation and interaction, this sensory show caters for groups of six children on the autistic spectrum along with their families and carers or school staff.

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TEACHERS

for details of our Teacher and Creative Practitioner training with Bamboozle on Thursday 7 May

Box Office: 01325 405 405

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u t s r o p p u S

Theatre Hullabaloo is a charity.

Donate today and help us bring quality creative experiences to all children.

Your donations enable us to deliver the activities we offer, we want as many children as possible to experience live theatre and our magical creative play installations.

We believe that creativity has the power to change lives and that creativity should be part of everybody’s childhood. Help us to bring creative experiences to the lives of children and young people

There are a number of ways to donate: go to our website or you can donate over the phone or in person at the Box Office.

Registered Charity 279690

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Visit our ‘we couldn’t do it without you’ page on our website fo more informat r ion or call us on 01325 405680 t h e at r e h u l l a b a l o o . o r g . u k

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.

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

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How to find us

Café Hullabaloo

Supported by members of Darlington Building Society

Open Monday - Saturday • 10am-2pm

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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.

Our family friendly café is situated in the main entrance of the venue. The café provides a vibrant and relaxing space to spend time with family and friends. Both the creative play spaces are accessed via the café and we also have a good library of story books for you to enjoy whilst relaxing in one of our comfy armchairs.

In the café you can access free wifi and enjoy a selection of light bites and hot and cold beverages. There are also plenty of high chairs on offer and easy access to toilets, to a buggy park and baby change.

Outside of the above times the venue will open 30 minutes before a performance begins, and we only open on a Sunday when there is a performance.

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.

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

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

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Parking 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. For further advice on parking please contact the Box Office, or visit the Darlington Borough Council website. t h e at r e h u l l a b a l o o . o r g . u k

Access We provide access for a range of special needs. If your particular needs are not met by those listed don’t hesitate to give us a call and we’ll be happy to accommodate you.

The Hullabaloo is accessed at ground level.

We have room for a number of wheelchairs within the theatre space and Creative Play space and these are accessed on the ground floor.

The Rehearsal Room on the first floor has lift access. Unfortunately, wheelchair spaces for performances cannot be booked online; please contact the Box Office to book.

A dropped counter is available at The Hullabaloo Box Office and café. If booking tickets at Darlington Hippodrome for The Hullabaloo there is also a dropped counter at their Box Office.

BSL Interpreted Performances British Sign Language (BSL) is integrated into the show for non-hearing audiences.

Hearing assist equipment

Family tickets & discounts:

We have a radio frequency hearing system installed throughout the auditorium with individual headsets available on request when booking.

Where available family tickets usually consist of 4 tickets (minimum 1 adult). At times we will also offer discounts or ticket deals, it is the customers responsibility to claim any discounts at the time of booking.

Autism Friendly

Babes in arms

The lights stay on, the audience can talk and leave and enter the auditorium. Specially designed for people with autism, a sensory or communication disorder, or anyone else who would find a typical theatre setting a challenging environment.

Keep in touch:

/TheatreHullabaloo /TheHullabalooVenue @HullabalooTweet @HullabalooHome

Box Office: 01325 405 405

For productions that are not created for or aimed at babies we offer a free babes in arms ticket for those under 12 months old. A ticket is still required and is subject to availability.

Latecomers to performances We will do our best to admit latecomers at an appropriate point in the performance, however we cannot guarantee admittance in the case of late arrival.

Change of programme Due to circumstances beyond our control it is sometimes necessary to alter cast and programmes.

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Photo © Mark Savage

Schools

The Hullabaloo is fully accessible and we want to make sure all children have the best possible visit. Specific accessible performances are indicated on show pages - please contact us for more information or to discuss access requirements.

We can also offer: • Free teacher places for group bookings • Packed lunch spaces

• Follow up activities and learning resources • We can arrange transport on your behalf

Teacher and Creative Practitioner training A one day workshop for teachers and creative practitioners working with young people with ASD. Thursday 7 May 10am-4pm See website for more information and details on pricing

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Delivered by one of Bamboozle’s lead artists, this day long workshop will introduce teachers and creative practitioners to the approach and techniques the company uses, focusing on working with children and young audiences on the autistic spectrum.

The course will build on training delivered by Bamboozle at The Hullabaloo in 2018, but will also be completely accessible to teachers and practitioners new to Bamboozle’s work. t h e at r e h u l l a b a l o o . o r g . u k

Timetable

Date Show/activity

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A Hullabaloo under the Sea

3-10 years

4

Thu 13 - Sat 15

Igloo

0-3 years

5

Tue 18

Storytelling

2-5 / 5-7 years

3

Wed 19

Play in a Day

6-12 years

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Sat 22

The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean 7+ years

Fri 28 & Sat 29 Feb

Meet me a Tree

January Sat 25

February

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0-2 years

8

Jack and the Beanstalk

3-8 years

9

Wed 01- Sat 11

Baba Yaga

6+ years

10/11

Wed 15 & Thu 16

Play in Two Days

6-12 years

6

Sat 2

A Hullabaloo in the Clouds

0-4 years

12

Wed 6

Moon Song

6-14 years

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March Sat 7

April

May

Gillian Dickinson Creative Play Until Sat 18 April

Deep Sea Adventures (free activity)

0-8 years

2

Wed 29 April - Sat 5 September

Dreamland (free activity)

0-4 years

2

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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Illustration Š Gillian Gamble

Box Office: 01325 405 405 theatrehullabaloo.org.uk /TheatreHullabaloo /TheHullabalooVenue @HullabalooTweet @HullabalooHome