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Cirque: The Greatest Show
22nd-22nd September 2024
Venue: Plymouth Pavilions
Website: www.plymouthpavilions.com
The very best of musical theatre showstoppers meets jaw-dropping circus spectacular
Treasure Island
4th-5th October 2024
Venue: Queen's Theatre
Website: www.queenstheatre-barnstaple.com/event/treasure-island
Performance of the swashbuckling, smash-hot comedy for all the family from Le Navet Bete and Barbican Theatre
Harold and the Purple Crayon
5th-5th October 2024
Venue: The Beehive
Website: www.beehivehoniton.co.uk
Screening of the new live action adaptation of the much loved children’s book
Henry Clutterbuck and the Musicians of Bremen
5th-5th October 2024
Venue: Pavilions Teignmouth
Website: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk
Stage performance for ages 3 to 10 and their families in this classic fairytale of friendship and courage set in an old curiosity shop.
The Magic Bookmark
6th-6th October 2024
Venue: Exeter Phoenix
Website: www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Join Mama G on a brand new, award winning, panto adventure for the whole family with panto fun, interaction, song and dance, puppetry and some of the finest picture books currently on the market
Little Murmur
7th-9th October 2024
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Dance theatre show for everyone age 7+ featuring ground-breaking projection, an extraordinary soundscapre and a blizzard of paper and confetti
The Greates Magician - An Evening of Wonders
12th-12th October 2024
Venue: Babbacombe Theatre
Website: www.babbacombe-theatre.com
Magic show from James Phelan
Protest
5th-9th March 2024
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Website: https://theatreroyal.com/whats-on/protest/
For ages 7+. Running is Alice’s happy place – you might even say it’s in her DNA. She’s the best runner at her school but is struggling to prove her worth. Jade is slowly coming to realise that...
Adventures in Purbeck Family Quest
Venue: Corfe Castle
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/corfe-castle
Find all the hidden quest boards in the castle and note down the ansers in the booklet
Antony Gormley's Time Horizon
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Large scale installations featuring 100 lifesize scultures distributed across 300 acres of the park
Autumn Apple Trail
Venue: Lydford Gorge
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/lydford-gorge
Follow the trail around the orchard to get stuck into some apple activities
Autumn Spotter Trail
Venue: Knightshayes
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/knightshayes
Pick up an Autumn Spotter Trail and go on an adventure around the gardens and parkland. See if you can find all of the colours on the colour wheel and match the leaves you find on the Autumn leaves guide....
Autumnfest celebrations at Arlington Court
Venue: Arlington Court and the National Carriage Museum
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/devon/arlington-court-and-the-national-trust-carriage-museum
Discover displays around the grounds, visitor reception, tea rooms and gardens, as they celebrate the autumn colour. Family crafting and activities
BEAR HUNT SCULPTURE TRAIL
Venue: Various locations in North Devon
Website: www.chsw.org.uk/event/bear-hunt-sculpture-trail
Find 25 5 foot bears painted by a local artist around Bideford, Barnstaple, Great Torrington and Ilfracombe. Use the Bear Hunt app or download the trail map and make a donation to support Children's Hospice...
Beneath the Waves
Venue: West Bay Discovery Centre
Address: West Bay
Website: www.westbaydiscovercentre.org.uk
Pop-up exhibition where visitors can discover the history of fishing locally, the hidden world beneath our water and how local marine life is being protected
Big Schools' Birdwatch
Address: Everywhere
Website: www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/ for-teachers/schools-birdwatch/
Count birds in your school grounds and submit results online. See the website for helpful ID resources
CHINESE ZODIAC TRAIL
Venue: Torquay Museum
Address: 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay,
Website: www.torquaymuseum.org.uk
Find all the Zodiac animals around the Museum
Cocomelon Song Time
Venue: Sea Life Great Yarmouth
Website: www.visitsealife.com/great-yarmouth
Join JJ and all the little ones from Melon Patch Academy to meet incredible animals and discover how to keep them safe in the oceans and find the missing words to complete the exclusive SEA Life song
Dame Magdalene Odundo at Houghton Hall
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Exhibition showcase existing and new works spanning Odundo's 30 year career
Discover Sharklife
Venue: Sealife Hunstanton
Website: www.visitsealife.com/hunstanton
Fun activitiy trail and challenges throughout the aquarium, enjoy visual games
Easter Activities at World of Country Life
Time: 1080624:00
Venue: World of Country Life
Address: West Down Lane, Sandy Bay, Exmouth
Website: https://www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk/event/easter-holiday-family-fun/
Special Easter arts and craft sessions, Easter Egg Trail as well as their programme of daily activities and play areas
Fairies and Dragons Trail
Venue: The Garden House
Address: Pound Road, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton
Website: www.thegardenhouse.org.uk
Sport the woodland fairies and friendly dragons hidden around the garden.
Fantazy
Venue: Babbacombe Theatre
Website: www.babbacombe-theatre.com
Variety show with comedy, illusion, vocalists and dance
Follow the Sensory Trail at Seaton Wetlands
Venue: Seaton Wetlands
New sensory trail - follow the trail and each board highlights an activity to help you connect to nature
Guess Who Adoption Donkey Trail
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: Slade House Farm, Sidmouth
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/events
Put your knowledge about the Sanctuary's adoption to the test in their new summer trail combining fun, exercise and brainpower - £5 per trail. Open daily until 9am, general admission and parking is free....
Hide and Sheep AR trail
Venue: Powderham Castle,
Address: Kenton, Nr Exeter
Website: www.powderham.co.uk
Explore this historic Estate with an Augmented Reality Trail. See the website for details on how to access the app before arrival
Hollywood Rome Trail
Venue: Torquay Museum
Website: 530 Babbacombe Road, Torquay
Explore the Hollywood Rome: Reel Life in the Ancient World exhibition and fill out the trail sheet. Also take part in an activity sheet called My Favourite Roman.
I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree Exhibition
Venue: Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum
Address: Arlington, Nr Barnstaple
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/arlington-court-and-the-national-trust-carriage-museum
Outdoor exhibition with nature scenes and poems for every month of the year
INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENTS TRAIL
Venue: Torquay Museum
Address: Torquay Museum, 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HG.
Website: www.torquaymuseum.org/events
Explore the Made To Be Played: A Festival of Musical Instruments exhibition and answer the questions on your trail sheet and get a prize on completion.
LAMB FEEDING AND LAMBING LIVE
Venue: Church Farm Stow Bardolph
Address: Lynn Road, Stow Bardolph
Website: www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk
See the new lambs as well as lots of other baby animals being born during the spring
Mail Trail 2023
Venue: Various locations across Exmouth
Website: www.hospiscare.co.uk/events/mail-trail-2023
Find over 40 decorated postboxes with maps available in aid of Hospiscare
Making The Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses Told In Textiles
Venue: Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition taking a look at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs with detailed models alongside memorabilia and fossils and specimens from their own collections
Marvellous Minibeasts Trail
Venue: Kingston Lacy
Address: Wimborne
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dorset/kingston-lacy
Wander the woodland to find out where the minibeasts live, eat and sleep around Kingston Lacy and try the minibeast themed activities along the woodland walk from 9:30 to 4:30pm
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.nnfestival.org.uk
Arts and cultural festival - see the website for more details
Orchard Fortnight
Venue: Killerton
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton
Learn how the Killerton team manage a traditional orchard to reverse the decline in nature, follow an orchard trail, pick your own apples and play games. Demonstrations of apple pressing
Paddington TM The Story of A Bear
Venue: Torre Abbey
Address: The King's Drive, Torquay
Website: www.torre-abbey.org.uk
Touring exhibition from the British Library with books, documents, film clips and original artwork and more associated events to be announced
Read to a Dog
Session to encourage children and teenagers to read - book onto a session with Rafa who has been assessed and is registered with Pets as Therapy.
Rediscover Church - Family Easter Trail - Cranbrook
Venue: Younghayes Centre
Address: Cranbrook
Website: https://www.rediscoverchurch.com/cranbrook-eastertrail
Organised by Rediscover Church and starting and ending at the Younghayes Centre. Free to take part but booking essential.
Remedies, Reasons and Resilience
Venue: Torre Abbey
Website: www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on
Exhibition exploring what wellbeing means to individuals
RETRO GAMES: A GAMING JOURNEY FROM ARCADE TO ZX SPECTRUM
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Address: Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, Blackfriars’ Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3BX.
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/timetide/ whats-on/retro-games
Exhibition charting the rise of computer gaming from 80s to the present day with the chance to play games using vintage and contemporary technology.
ROYAL RESIDENTS FAMILY QUEST
Venue: Corfe Castle
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/corfe-castle
Explore the ruins to learn about the royal residents of Corfe Castle. Answer the questions to earn your castle siege coin.
Spirit of Sanctuary Winter Trail
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: Slade House Farm, Sidmouth
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/events
Discover the true spirit of the sanctuary in their wonderful winter trail. Find your donkey spirit word this winter. This entertaining family activity combines fun, exercise and brainpower and is just...
Spring Afternoon Tea
Venue: Assembly House
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
Spring Wildlife Hunt
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: Slade House Farm, Sidmouth
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
Spot the wildlife that has thrived thanks to the stewardship of the land, aided by the donkeys. Seek out some of the many species by finding the wildlife boards located around the sanctuary and matching...
Spring's Blossoming at Blickling Estate
Venue: Blickling Estate
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/blickling-estate
Celebration of spring flowers, birds and blossom with a family trail and other ways to explore spring in the House
Stories of Sanctuary Spirit Trail
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: The Donkey Sanctuary, Slade House Farm, Sidmouth,
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
Uncover the spirit of the sanctuary in their wonderful winter trail. Reveal your donkey spirit word this winter. This entertaining family activity combines fun, exercise and brainpower and is just £5...
Sublime Symmetry: The Mathematics Behind De Morgan's Ceramic Designs
Venue: Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
Address: Queen Street, Exeter
Website: www.rammuseum.org.uk
Exhibition investigating the use of mathematical principles in William De Morgan's beautiful ceramic designs
Superhero Insect Trail
Venue: Torquay Museum
Website: 531 Babbacombe Road, Torquay
Wherever you find them, insects are carrying out vital jobs that make healthy ecosystems and help us by pollinating our food and cleaning up our environment. Follow the Superhero trail of these incredible...
Swannery Cygnets Hatching
Venue: Abbotsbury Swannery
Address: New Barn Road, Abbotsbury, Weymouth
Website: www.abbotsburytickets.co.uk
See the cygnets hatch and take their first steps from dozens of nests across the Swannery. Explore the Swannery and witness the unique sight of the fluffy cygnets
The Moon: Meet Our Nearest Neighbour
Venue: Lynn Museum
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Moon themed exhibition wher eyou can discover the science and mythology behind our nearest neighbour, find out about historic discovery and exploration and encounter astonishing astonish objects incluidng...
The Secret Book Quest
Venue: Torbay Libraries
Website: www.torbaylibraries.org.uk
Reading Challenge. Receive a booklet to complete as well as a certificate when 25, 50 and 100 books have been read. Free to take part. Visit the website to find out more about occasional special events.
THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA EXHIBITION
Venue: Shire Hall Museum
Address: High West Street, Dorchester
Website: www.shirehalldorset.org/events
New exhibition celebrating the work of Judith Kerr with original artwork, notes and sketches
The Wizard of Oz Afternoon Tea at The Assembly House
Venue: Assembly House
Address: Norwich
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
THIRSTY FOR FASHION EXHIBITION
Venue: Killerton
Address: Broadclyst
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton
Exhibition exploring circular fashion from the 18th Century to the present day highlighting the techniques used to repair and reuse clothing throughout history
Travelling Trees Trail
Venue: Greenway
Address: Galmpton,
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway
Discover the trees of Greenway in this family oriented self-led trail
Under The Autumn Leaves Trail
Venue: Coleton Fishacre
Address: Brownstone Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth,
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coleton-fishacre
Step among the trees and listen to the sounds of nature in this autumn trail.
Vineyard Nature Trail
Venue: Sandridge Barton,
Address: Stoke Gabriel
Website: www.sandridgebarton.com
Family friendly nature trail set on the edge of the River Dart
Winter Fun at Woodlands
Venue: Woodlands
Address: Woodlands, Blackawton, Totnes,
Website: www.woodlandspark.com
Indoor areas and selected rides open
Winter Sculpture Exhbition
Venue: RHS Rosemoor
Website: www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor
Return of the annual exhibition with sculptures situated round the grounds
ZOG ACTIVITY TRAIL
Venue: Haldon Forest Park
Address: Bullers Hill, nr Exeter
Website: www.forestryengland.uk/haldon-forest-park
Brand new family activity trail and free app. See website for details