On the look out for family fun
Read on to find out about the exciting family events for January and February, bought to us by our friends at Family Friendly North West.
Free family activities at IWM North
IWM North, The Quays, Manchester
Every Saturday and Sunday throughout January 2015
FREE entry, all ages
Discover this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme Keeping The Memory Alive by decorating a fabric square with your favourite memory, to add to IWM North’s patchwork Memories quilt.
Join in with storytelling every weekend at:
10.30am: Hear about a group of shapes who learn to get along despite their differences.
1.30pm: Meet Nancy and hear her tales of life in the Land Army in the Second World War. Learn about her wartime experiences away from home and making new friends, especially with a timid horse called Rufus.
For more information please visit iwm.org.uk
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
The Lowry, Salford
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th January 2015
Tickets: £15.00
Suitable for ages 3+
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be?
Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is back on the road in this delightful family show, packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos!
A stunning stage adaptation of Judith Kerr’s much loved picture book. This is the classic tale of teatime mayhem!
For more information and to book visit thelowry.com
or call 0843 208 6000
Siberia Big Saturday at Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum, Oxford Rd
Saturday 24th January 2015, 11am – 4pm
Drop-in, FREE*, suitable for all ages
Visit the Museum’s Siberia: At the Edge of the World exhibition.
Discover more about the culture and unique nature of this vast, mysterious land; one and a half times bigger than Europe. Enjoy activities for all the family, from traditional music and arts to a guided tour of the exhibition. Meet curators and see objects from the Museum’s stores.
If you can’t wait until the Museum opens at 10am, you can come along to the Museum’s Early Opening for Early Birds – enjoy self-led tours of the Siberia: At the Edge of the World exhibition, object handling and craft activities. (Just the temporary exhibition will be open at 9am – you can explore the rest of the Museum from 10am).
Suitable for families with children under 5s and their older siblings.
For more information visit museum.manchester.ac.uk
I Believe in Unicorns
The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 19th – Sunday 22nd February 2015
Tickets: £15.00
Captivating theatre this half-term!
Tomas didn’t like books or stories. Stories were just for “Little Snotties”.
He was happier clambering in the mountains like a goat or tobogganing with his Dad. That was until the Unicorn Lady came to town and reeled him in with her irresistible magic tales.
But then disaster struck and put everything that mattered most in Tomas’s life in terrible danger….I Believe in Unicorns is a spellbinding and moving story by one of our greatest storytellers.
For more information and to book visit thelowry.com
or call 0843 208 6000
The Cat In The Hat
Palace Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester
Tuesday 7th – Wednesday 8th April 2015
Tickets: £11.90 – £13.90
Suitable for ages 3+
From the moment his tall, red and white striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.
With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home?
Based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging first theatre experience for young children aged 3+.
For more information and to book visit atgtickets.com/manchester or call 0844 871 3019
Alison x (your 4Manchester Women Editor)