Thu 9th Apr 2020
by Creative Quarter
Whilst their doors are closed, Nottingham Playhouse will be bringing all the fun of their half-term Family Fest live to your living room.
Life Online FUNNottingham Playhouse have taken their famous Family Fest online for the Easter holidays, to keep children and parents entertained, despite coronavirus closing the theatre doors.
Kick-starting the festival is an online crafty challenge – perfect for anyone who has a surplus of cardboard toilet roll tubes. The video is challenging children to create the main characters from this year’s upcoming pantomime, Beauty and the Beast.
Creations, when shared on social media, will be automatically entered into a competition to find the most dazzling toilet tube creation. An overall winner will be selected at the end of Easter half term, with the child being given the prize of a family ticket to a showing of Beauty and the Beast this Christmas. They will also be name-checked as part of that night’s script.
As well as the Family Fest craft challenge, there are interactive video sessions, including storytelling, creative writing workshops, circus skills, dance tutorials, and even bonnet making.
The most well-loved highlight of Family Fest – the baby and toddler disco – will also be going ahead, with further details to be shared on social media.
With 70% of their income usually earned through ticket sales, Nottingham Playhouse have also launched a new Curtain Up fundraising appeal in a bid to open their doors once again.
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