A day full of circus fun!
Last week saw the return of The Courtyard’s annual Family Festival, and this year it was Circus themed! On Wednesday 30 October we hosted our Family Festival Fun Day, welcoming lots of families in for a day jam packed full of free and low cost activities, workshops, performances and events.
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Here’s a little round up of how the day went…
Performances
The Starlight Company performed outside on The Courtyard’s patio, with a range of circus themed dances.
We had incredible performances in The Courtyard Lounge throughout the day from local companies, including The Courtyard Youth Theatre, Ludwig Theatre Arts, Laura Gale Dance & Drama and X-Entricity.
The Egg Theatre company brought us a beautiful and moving puppetry show, The Midnight Mole.
The Courtyard’s resident orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, performed a wonderful concert, Carnival of the Animals, which involved plenty of fun audience participation!
We had an exciting preview of 2Faced Dance’s Fishboy, which is coming to us in January! Book tickets to 2Faced Dance’s Fishboy!
And Mr Bamboozle performed a brilliant magic show, as well as balloon modelling, throughout the day.
Events, workshops and activities
As well as being able to watch these exciting shows, visitors could also take part in a range of events, workshops and activities!
There was face painting with Looby Lou, circus skills with Citrus Arts, jewellery making with Alloy, Little Play World, sewing with Stitch With Kate and biscuit decorating, as well as party plaits, a sensory room, a dress up corner…
We welcomed the return of our family rave!
We saw some fantastic costumes on the day, had several visits from Cookie the Courtyard bear and were treated to ice creams, complete with a flake, supported by Carpigiani.
We finished the day off with a surprise flash mob by X Entricity and The Courtyard staff, singing Firework by Katy Perry.
Then we asked visitors to vote for next year’s theme!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the day such a fun, fantastic event, as well as all stall holders, performers, workshop leaders and staff members, without who we could not make this happen! We look forward to seeing you at Family Festival 2025!
If you’re looking for more fun, family events here at The Courtyard this winter, join us for our magical family pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, or our delightful children’s Christmas show, Elves and the Shoemaker.
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