We’re planning a few changes to Family Friendly Merseyside and our seasonal e-newsletters, but don’t worry – you’ll still be able to keep up to date with all the best family events going on in Liverpool, Merseyside and around the North West.
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Join us in a place where robots and avatars form part of an exciting new reality! Our latest exhibition Robots and Avatars showcases some of the most exciting ideas from international artists and technology experts.
Exploring how we exist in both virtual and physical worlds, and the steady integration of people with technology, Robots and Avatars brings together artworks that find physical limbs rendered into pixels through the act of touch, collaborative landscapes stretching beyond the confines of popular gaming, and wearable technology that guides and confounds.
Event info
FACT
On now until 27 May
Opening Times: 12 – 6pm Sunday – Friday, 11am – 6pm Saturday
Free Entry
More info: http://www.fact.co.uk/
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical The King and I is loved as one of the best of all time and it comes to the Liverpool Empire next week (3-7 April)! Featuring the classic songs Shall We Dance, I Whistle A Happy Tune, Hello Young Lovers and the unforgettable Getting To Know You.
Special Ticket Offers:
Backstage tour and ticket package: A special King and I ‘ticket and tour’ package are available on Wed 4 April at a cost of just £15! Take an exclusive behind the scenes tour at Liverpool Empire for a fascinating glimpse of life behind the curtain and a chance to discover the history of this magnificent venue.
To book your ticket and tour, call 0844 871 3037 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm)* and quote ‘Backstage Tour‘.
Getting to Know You Short Film Project: Amateur filmmakers (novices welcome!) are invited to send us a mini movie. Tell us about yourself and your world in 3 minutes or less and you’ll receive an exclusive £10 ticket offer to see the show from 3-5 April!
Selected entrants will have their piece edited into a 30 minute film by a professional filmmaker, along with other applicants, to be shown online from 7 April. To enter, simply upload your video to YouTube and then email the link to the video to liverpoolmarketing@theambassadors.com. All entries will be added to a playlist at http://www.youtube.com/user/get2knowUmerseyside
Event info:
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tues 3 – Sat 7 April
More info: www.atgtickets.com
These one-day workshops for young people are perfect for those who want to develop theatre skills or just give something new a try. Wed 11 to Sat 14 April, with sessions available for 13-16 year olds and 16-22 year old, costing from £4 to £8.
Workshops in: Building a Character on Wed 11 Apr, Physical Theatre on Thu 12 Apr, Shakespeare Workshop on Fri 13 Apr and Play in a Day on Sat 14 Apr.
More info
Annexe Green Room, 13 Hope Street, L1 9BH
Wed 11 – Sat 14 April
More info: Call the Playhouse Box Office on 0151 709 4776 or click here for more details.
Come and visit Earlestown’s weekly, value for money market and enjoy a free Easter family event on Friday 13th April.
Enjoy fun activities between 11.00am and 3.00pm including a Clown Act, Free Facepainting, Street Performances, Competitions and much more.
Come and visit Earlestown’s weekly, value for money market and enjoy a free Easter family event on Friday 13th April.
Enjoy fun activities between 11.00am and 3.00pm including a Clown Act, Free Facepainting, Street Performances, Competitions and much more.
Event info
Earlestown Market
Market Street, Newton Le Willows, WA10 1BQ
Friday 13th April
11.00am – 3.00pm
FREE Admission
More info: Call 01744 677155 or visit www.sthelens.gov.uk/markets
There is plenty for all family at the National Waterways Museum this Easter, with children’s craft and music workshop plus costumed characters bringing Porters Row to life.
Shanty singers will be showing youngsters how to perform traditional songs and taking part in performances highlight some of the more gruesome and piratical aspects of life at sea.
Other events across the festival include demonstrations of traditional crafts, lectures, book stalls, lock demonstrations, battle of the tugs, boaters games and a tour of the museum’s Heritage Boatyard.
Add in the cafe, bbq and a mini real ale festival and the Easter Boat Gathering is Cheshire’s most colourful Easter event.
Event info
National Waterways Museum
Friday 6 April to Monday 9 April
Prices: Adult £6.50, conc £5.50, child (5-16) £4.50,
under 5s and Annual Pass holders free
More info: ring 0151 373 4373 or visit www.nwm.org.uk
Four fun filled days of high quality arts activity for children & young people aged 8 – 13 during the Easter Holidays
Children and Young People can come and explore the Extraordinary World of Chocolate in four days of exciting and creative activities with as creatives – a multi arts and creativity organisation based on Merseyside.
Working with professional artists children will take away their own creations to show friends and families the extraordinary worlds they’ve explored!
Event info
as creatives at Liverpool John Moores University (IM March Campus), Barkhill Road, Liverpool, L17 6BD
Tuesday 10- Friday 13 April, 9am – 5pm (drop off from 8.30am)
Cost: Only £25 per day. £90.00 for all four days. Discounts for multiple bookings.
Booking information: ring as creatives on 0151 708 8886 or email info@as-creatives.com
Discover the exciting work of contemporary artist Charline von Heyl, in Tate Liverpool’s free Easter family activity Abstract Adventures.
In this series of fun artist-led workshops your family can explore abstract art through painting, drawing and collage, and create their own abstract art work to display at home.
Families taking part in Abstract Adventures will receive free entry into our special exhibition Charline von Heyl: Now or Else – be sure to collect your voucher before leaving Abstract Adventures!
Event info
Tate Liverpool
Wednesday 4 April – Sunday 15 April (closed Good Friday 6 April)
Free
Suitable for ages 5+ accompanied by an adult
More info: tate.org.uk
Get everyone springing into action this April with an Easter break packed full of great family entertainment. From budding artists to curious explorers here at Family Friendly Merseyside we have a great selection of events to suit all.
Enjoy lazy Sunday Crafternoons (1, 8, 15th April) or be part of the action with the Easter Egg-stravaganza (6-9th April) at Museum of Liverpool.
For a squash bucking adventure why not pop along to FACT and see The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists in 3D (11th April).
“Reach for the Stars” and see all your TV favourites with CBeebies Live at the Echo Arena (3rd April) promising plenty of sing along and foot stomping action.
Music and creativity collide at the Beatles Story where you can Design an Album Cover to take home (3-5th April) or create your very own Yellow Submarine Mobile (10-12th April)
Want to take the opportunity to relax and unwind in the great outdoors there are many places to choose from. Enjoy some traditional entertainment with Easter Egg Hunts and Donkey Rides everyday through the Easter holidays in Croxteth Park, travel to Another Place at Crosby Beach, play in the forest and feed the Red Squirrels at Formby or take a stroll in the countryside and experience Dream at Sutton Manor Colliery, St Helens.
With all this plus much more, it should hopefully be enough to distract everyone from reaching for another piece of chocolate…
The team that bought you the sell-out ‘Tales From Haunted Liverpool’ series return with an Easter treat for the whole family, Tales From Charles Dickens, as part of Dickens 2012 – an international celebration of the 200th Birthday of Charles Dickens.
Four locally known actors (including established Liverpool actress Eithne Browne from Brookside, Brick-up The Mersey Tunnels and Tartuffe) will perform excerpts from Dickens’ most popular family tales on the 12th and 13th April.
The performances will take place at St George’s Concert Room, which Dickens himself once described as the most perfect hall in the world, and the show will include excerpts from Oliver, Great Expectations and Hard Times.
Event info
St. Georges Hall Concert Room
Thursday 12 – Friday 13 April 2012 (Easter Half Term)
Matinees: 2pm, Evenings: 7pm
Tickets: £14 (Stalls & curved seating) £12 (Balcony)
Matinees – Children Go Half Price
More info: www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk
To book: call 0844 8000 400 or book online at www.echoarena.com
