Gemma Gibb

Help Lolly run back to the circus, performing some tricks of your own on the way.

Chester’s festival of creative capers from the Storyhouse team – theatre, literary, comedy, art and science shenanigans galore.

Don your Hogwarts finery for an afternoon of Harry Potter storytelling and wizarding wonder – get sorted by the Sorting Hat, meet Dumbledore and more.

Weird but true – we think we may have fallen in love with a puppet baby. Expect mayhem and much hilarity on this theatrical adventure celebrating the wild early years of life.

Immerse yourself in the worlds of enchanting classic and contemporary Scottish stories and rhymes in Ordsall Hall’s unequalled “Room Of Light”.

A wonderful winter adventure of outdoor arts, masquerade and pint carrying competitions in Penrith.

All the amazing puppets, all the plot twists and all the emotions in this new production of Michael Murpurgo’s tale of a girl and an elephant fighting to survive.

A spellbinding new adaptation of the tale of four children from across the globe who meet at dreamtime by Mersey poet Brian Patten as part of the Everyman Company’s exciting new season and Liverpool’s Summer of Love.

This new interactive production of two of the most revolting people in literary existence promises a proliferation of pranks and a whole lot of hilarious horridness.

Start the new year with positive action at Manchester Museum celebrating the little and large things that make our world amazing.

LAST CHANCE. Magnifying glasses at the ready. Storyhouse present the world’s first ever stage show of Enid Blyton’s children’s classic.

Tumble through Compagnie Animotion’s startling new adaptation of Grimm’s tale of four aging animals and their incredible adventure. Circus, live music and puppetry in Bury’s newly refurbished The Met.