For the past 50 years, Sherman Theatre has been the destination in Cardiff for families looking for exceptional entertainment. To celebrate this, we’re staging a fun-filled one day festival of FREE activities, workshops and performances.
The day will include:
Workshops
Rehearsal Room Two | max 20 participants per workshop
Clowning & Playfulness Workshop | With Jose Fortuna | from 11am for 75 minutes | advised 8 – 12 year olds.
Using theatrical techniques and devising exercises, this workshop lets our imagination go and challenge our inventiveness as performers.
Storytelling through Physicality | With Actors Workshop | from 1.30pm for 75 minutes | advised 8 – 12 year olds.
Explore comedy storytelling, creating bold and clear characters in a silent movie style workshop. Using masks and music to create mood and carry the story.
Welsh Language Storytelling | Criw’r Coed a’r Draenogod with Author Carys Glyn | from 3pm for 60 minutes | advised age 5 – 8 year olds.
Come to rap, dance and draw with the author Carys Glyn as you enter the magical world of Criw’r Coed.
Theatre Design Workshop | With Ruth Stringer | Basement Meeting Room | max 10 participants per workshop
Workshop 1 : 11am for 75 minutes | Aged 7 – 11 year olds
Workshop 2 : 1.30pm for 75 minutes | Aged 11 – 14 year olds
Step behind the curtain and discover the world of set design, providing the canvas to bring stories to life.
Theatrical Make-Up Workshop | With Cardiff & Vale College | Dressing Room | max 10 participants per workshop
Workshop 1: 11am for 75 minutes | Aged 11 – 14 year olds
Workshop 2 : 1.30pm for 75 minutes | Aged 7 – 11 year olds
Come along and get a taste of the theatrical, through this special effects and make-up workshop.
12.30 – 1.30
A free lunch will be provided
A temporary prayer room will be available
Free Foyer Activities
Additional drop-in activities for families including: character making, shadow scenes, and photobooths available in the foyer between 11am and 4pm. There will also be live entertainment, demonstrations to discover what you love, and tasters of ways to get involved in theatre.
Hansel & Gretel | 1.30 – 2.30pm | £3.00
For £3 come along and enjoy Hansel & Gretel in our Studio for under 7s.
Head on down to the Sherman for fabulous half-term fun for all the family.