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Neverland: family Christmas theatre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

December 7, 2015 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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A family trip to the theatre is such a Christmas tradition, isn’t it?  For us it’s very much a part of our family Christmas and it plays a key role in the build-up to the big day.  I do like to mix it up a bit though, our Christmas theatre trip isn’t always a traditional pantomime - so when Nottingham Lakeside Arts invited us to see Neverland we booked up straight away. Neverland is a brand new musical production aimed at families, inspired by ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: Arts, Children, Christmas, Days out, Family, Nottingham, Theatre

Blog it Forward: support vulnerable children with a Faux Ho Ho

November 30, 2015 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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At this time of year we're all so focused on celebrating Christmas that it can be easy to forget about those who won't be having such a good time while we're enjoying ourselves.  In the midst of all the indulgence I  think it's so important to give ourselves a bit of a reality check and try to give back - and if we can make it fun at the same time then so much the better.  Last week I spent a lovely afternoon with my Nottingham blogging friends, ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: ActionAid, Blogging, Charity, Children, Christmas, Community, Family, Nottingham

Exploring family arts in Nottingham

October 13, 2015 by Catherine 11 Comments

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Over the weekend we were invited to take part in a fabulous blogger event, celebrating the wonderful family arts venues in Nottingham.  Today I'm sharing some of the brilliant things we got up to, hope it inspires you! The event was hosted by Family Arts Network Nottingham, to celebrate the launch of the Get Creative Family Arts Festival and showcase the family events and activities Nottingham's arts and culture organisations have to offer. We ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: Arts, Children, Community, craft, Days out, Family, Nottingham

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