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Uniqlo Tate Play Make Studio: Kinetic
24th February-22nd May 2024
Venue: Tate Modern
Website: www.tate.org.uk
Explore and play with form, space, colour and movement to create artwork that can swing or sway. Make and attach your creations to an ever growing and ever-changing collaborative mobile. Design and construct...
West End Magic
24th February-19th October 2024
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Website: www.leicestersquaretheatre.com
An exciting, family-friendly show offering an amazing mixture of magic, comedy and variety acts, featuring British Champion of Magic Oliver Tabor, magical compere Wayne Trice plus special guest acts. The...
Bing's Nature Explorers
23rd March-2nd June 2024
Venue: WWT London
Website: www.wwt.org.uk
Learn all about wetland nature and wildlife with a little help from Bing and his friends. Join Bing and Flop to become a Nature Explorer with activity trails, storytelling, character appearances and much...
Depot Open Days: London by Design
26th-28th April 2024
Venue: London Transport Museum
Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk
Join London Transport Museum at Museum Depot in Acton to explore some of their favourite design icons. This three-day extravaganza will celebrate all things London Transport design and give you the opportunity...
Dreamcoat Stars
27th April 2024
Venue: Harrow Arts Centre
Website: www.harrowarts.com
The concert includes everyone’s favourite West End and Broadway classics, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You, Dirty Dancing, Hairspray, West Side Story, and the toe-tapping Jersey Boys. Relive all your...
Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC): Planning and Section Drawing
27th April 2024
Venue: Fulham Palace House and Garden
Website: www.fulhampalace.org
How do archaeologists actually record what is in the ground? Together, learn how to draw to scale and how to use archaeological equipment to take levels on the top of archaeological deposits.Young Archaeologists’...
Eddy's Teddy Bear Picnic
28th April 2024
Venue: Fulham Palace House and Garden
Website: www.fulhampalace.org
The Palace cat Edmund invites you and your favourite teddy bear to a springtime picnic in his Walled Garden. Enjoy crafts, garden games, stories and singalongs, then relax with a picnic in the beautiful...
Suitcase Circus
4th May-2nd June 2024
Venue: Puppet Theatre Barge, Little Venice
Website: www.puppetbarge.com
Suitcase Circus features the most unlikely of performers including the world's only acrobatic potato sack, a daredevil ski glove, an incredible dancing milkshake straw, the hypnotic tie snake Windsor Knot,...
The Green Meet
5th May 2024
Venue: Fulham Palace House and Garden
Website: www.fulhampalace.org
From hands-on workshops to testing your luck at the tombola, there’s something for everyone at the green meet! Enjoy a picnic on the lawn as you listen to live music, and celebrate all things green with...
The Witch and The Egg
5th May 2024
Venue: Watermans
Website: www.watermans.org.uk
One performer and a flock of shadow puppets tell an engaging and heartwarming story about friends, foolishness and flying away. Susan is a miserable, bad tempered old witch who doesn’t like company....
Home Education Days 2024 – Communities (geography)
16th May 2024
Venue: Bekonscot Model Village and Railway
Website: www.bekonscot.co.uk
Two new Home Ed Days will be running during the 2024 season. These days, each on a specific educational topic, include full days entry to the model village, access to downloadable teaching resources and...
Mask Making Mayhem
29th May 2024
Venue: Polka Theatre
Website: www.polkatheatre.com
Inspired by all the animals of Polka’s Half Term shows, make your own mask with paints, colouring pens or glitter! Once your mask is made, it’s time to learn some new mime techniques by using your...
British MMA
Venue: The Arts Centre
Address: Hounslow
Website: www.theartscentre.co.uk/classes
Featuring a multi-style combat system, and taught by trusted, experienced coaches, build confidence, and have the opportunity to bring competition into your life. Every Sunday at 12 noon. Suitable from...
Character Creator
Venue: Science Museum
Website: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Drop-in and try your hand at creating your own Sci-Fi character, from drawing what they look like, to producing their back story and even modelling their costume. Could they have X-ray vision? Wings instead...
Compass Kidz
Venue: Compass Theatre
Website: www.hillingdontheatres.uk
Weekly performing arts classes for children aged 4-16 years. A fun and safe creative environment in which young people can increase confidence, make new friends and enjoy end of term performance opportunities....
Empower Arts
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.empower-arts.co.uk
Empower Arts have a range of fun and educational drama classes for ages 18months-18 years and offer a free trial class to try out before signing up to a half term. They offer the option to pay monthly...
Free Family Workshops
Venue: Japan House London
Website: www.japanhouselondon.uk
Explore the cultures of Japan this half term with a series of free family workshops. During each workshop, participants can enjoy learning about Japan and unleashing their creativity with activities including...
Frozen the Musical
Venue: Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Website: www.lwtheatres.co.uk
Set the magic free with Disney’s spectacular FROZEN. The award-winning musical brings to life a world of sumptuous beauty, humour and iconic music in a jaw-dropping production to melt hearts of all ages.
Fulham Palace Parkrun
Venue: Bishop's Park
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/fulhampalace
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Free to join but you must register before you first go along. Take part whatever your pace,...
Grace and Poise Academy Ballet
Venue: The Arts Centre
Address: Hounslow
Website: www.theartscentre.co.uk
Grace & Poise academy is the First Muslim Ballet School offering professional high quality ballet classes from age 2 yrs+, with girls only classes from age 6yrs+. As an Awarding body with a unique ballet...
Horrible Histories tour of the Terrible Thames!
Venue: Tower Bridge Quay (next to Tower Bridge)
Website: www.birminghamstage.com
Climb aboard and prepare to hear the horrible history of the most famous river in the world! Featuring stories about King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Julius Caesar, Queen Boudicca, Jack the Ripper and Captain...
Kidzania
Venue: Westfield London Shopping Centre
Website: www.kidzania.co.uk
A child-size city located in Westfield London. Kidzania is a fun and inspiring educational experience for children aged 4 to 14. In this outdoor city run by kids your little ones will have the chance...
Matilda the Musical
Venue: Cambridge Theatre
Website: www.lwtheatres.co.uk
Matilda The Musical is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. The award winning musical from the...
Museum Explorer Trails
Venue: The British Museum
Website: www.britishmuseum.org
Museum explorer trails take you on a fascinating journey of exploration and discovery around the Museum. On the way you'll track down amazing treasures and see intriguing objects from human history.Museum...
Park Play
Venue: Osterley Park and House
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Want to get active? Join ParkPlay at Osterley every Saturday morning from 9.30am, for a play session of fun and games for all the family. Please register for ParkPlay before joining by visiting https://park-play.com/register/...
Pattern Pod
Venue: Science Museum
Website: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
In Pattern Pod, children can explore water ripples without getting their feet wet, create symmetrical images on touch screens, follow robot trails and much more. Fun, interactive exhibits encourage them...
Peaceful Play
Venue: Oxyden Indoor Activity Parks
Address: Acton
Website: www.oxygenfreejumping.co.uk
Peaceful Play sessions include all the fun of a regular Freejumping session! That’s interconnected trampolines, an obstacle course, activity pit, dodgeball and giant airbag! Peaceful Play sessions in...
Red Arrows 3D
Venue: Science Museum
Website: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
This stunning 3D film, with flight motion technology, allows you to feel for yourself what it's like in the cockpit as the 'Reds' fly in close formation and perform impressive solo manoeuvres. Then you...
Sumeet's Step to Step
Venue: The Arts Centre
Address: Hounslow
Website: www.theartscentre.co.uk
For more than 13 years Sumeet has trained dancers of all ages and levels. His vision is to imbibe understanding of Bollywood dance in every individual who loves to dream, is willing to work and can visualize...
The Crime Gallery
Venue: National Justice Museum
Website: www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk
Free family activities and exhibitions exploring a range of topics relating to crime. Test your knowledge and discover interesting facts by taking the fun crime-related quiz and play a range of crime-related...
The Heath Robinson Young Art Academy
Venue: Verden Gallery
Address: 1st floor, West House
Website: www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org
A serious art club for young people, teaching traditional and contemporary methods of producing art. Attendees will have the opportunity to work towards attaining Arts Award Qualifications. Tuesday (8-11...
Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery
Venue: Science Museum
Website: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
This unmissable interactive experience will ignite your curiosity, fuel your imagination, and inspire you to see the world around you in new and exciting ways. Enjoy live science shows and demonstrations...
Zumba with Blossom
Venue: The Arts Centre
Address: Hounslow
Website: www.theartscentre.co.uk/classes
Get moving and grooving every Sunday, 3-4pm with the wonderful Blossom! Zumba is a fun, high-energy dance workout that incorporates music and movement from all over the world. It's a great way to stay...