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schools programme 2016/17
1 Jun - 7 Jul 2017 | ‘I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT THE UNICORN DOES FOR OUR SCHOOL – IT IS ENGAGING, MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING IN EQUAL MEASURE!’ Headteacher As the UK's leading theatre for young audiences we’re excited to announce all our new shows for 2016/17, for children in Nursery right through to A-Le... Read more
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Our latest season brochure
1 Jun - 31 Jul 2017 What's on Aug 16 - Jul 17 | [embed]<div data-configid="5502015/36502576" style="width:525px; height:373px;" class="issuuembed"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="//e.issuu.com/embed.js" async="true"></script>[/embed] Read more
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Free Events
20 Jun - 31 Jul 2017 Free Fun at the Unicorn | UP CLUB | Saturdays, 12 - 2pm Join the Unicorn Play Club most Saturdays from 12 – 2pm for free drop-in activities from portrait painting and potato printing to giant rocket making and more! Just turn up to join or sign up online to receive our UP Club e-n... Read more
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Workshops & Activities
1 Jul - 31 Jul 2017 SHOW THEMED WORKSHOPS from £4.50 | UP CLUB+ Our extra special UP Club Plus events are themed around shows and usually take place straight after a performance. 2016/17 UP CLUB+ dates: Owl Family Portrait - Sat 8 Oct, 2.15pm, Sat 29 & Sun 30 Oct, 11.45am You and your tiny human wi... Read more
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Baby Show
19 Aug 2017 It's baby's first adventure. | 'Baby Show was the perfect way to launch a theatre-going habit.' The Guardian From the makers of Scrunch and Seesaw , this brand new show is a great first trip to theatre for the really young. Time for a walk, better wrap up warm. Poppers, buttons, zips. Scarf... Read more
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Unicorn Lates
1 Sep - 1 Aug 2017 Why should kids have all the fun? | Every now and again we hide the toys away, stock the Unicornershop with beer and put on a later performance for older teens and adults to enjoy, these are followed by free live music from local artists in the foyer - take a look below at our upcoming Unicorn Late ... Read more
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
13 Sep - 21 Nov 2016 Dark is exciting. Dark is kind. Dark is necessary... | Plop closed his eyes, took a deep breath and fell off his branch. Plop is a Baby Barn Owl, fat, fluffy with a beautiful heart-shaped ruff and knackety knees. He’s still learning to fly, very curious and almost always hungry. And he’s afr... Read more
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Jason and the Argonauts
24 Sep - 21 Oct 2016 Join Jason on his quest for the golden fleece. | The gods like to play games and they have Jason in their sights… To become King he must prove himself in the ultimate challenge and find the Golden Fleece. Jason’s not a quitter. He assembles a team of Argonauts and sets sail. Along the... Read more
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Black Plays Archive Event
5 Oct 2016 Discussion on Black British play writing | Join us during Black History Month for an interactive event to celebrate and raise awareness of the Black Plays Archive - an online catalogue of the first professional production of every African, Caribbean and Black British play produced... Read more
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The Duke
6 Oct - 18 Nov 2016 A story about the world we live in. | ★★★★ 'You won't find a show with a bigger, better heart' WhatsOnStage 'A show about a crisis that affects us all' The Guardian Winner of The Scotsman Fringe First Award 2016 A new one-man show by Shôn Dale-Jones The Duke pl... Read more
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My Mother Medea
17 Oct - 26 Nov 2016 WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO ADAPT WHEN WE’RE NOT WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE? | Born to megastar parents, teenagers Eriopis and Polyxenos have a lot to live up to – and a lot to feel angry about. Their father Jason betrayed their mother, they’ve had to leave Europe, they’re displaced, they’re ... Read more
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Tetris
22 Oct - 23 Oct 2016 Fit in or step out. | Four dancers explore the limits of their bodies: they tumble and contort, they work in perfect unity, they depend on one another; legs and arms twist together in complex knots. Tetris is a playful, highly entertaining and physically impressive dance theatre piece in... Read more
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Dream City
22 Oct - 23 Oct 2016 Dance like nobody’s watching. | ‘Frenetic brilliance of both music and movement.’ The Herald An exhilarating rollercoaster of a show, Dream City is a dance party where seven musicians and dancers share the stage. Sometimes the performers are firmly in the present, bouncing off each othe... Read more
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Baddies: the Musical is back!
15 Nov - 1 Jan 2017 The Baddies are coming back... | ★★★★★ ‘The Unicorn has a big hit on its hands.’ Evening Standard ★★★★ Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Stage The Big Bad Wolf’s in trouble – he’s been ripped out of his story and thrown in jail for being too good at being bad.... Read more
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Boing!
30 Nov - 1 Jan 2017 Who can sleep on Christmas eve? | ★★★★ ‘Utterly dazzling. Rumbustious, exhilarating dance theatre.’ Guardian This piece of dance-theatre captures the delirious excitement of two boys waiting for Father Christmas to arrive on the most magical night of the year. Ther... Read more
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Until You Hear That Bell
10 Jan - 15 Jan 2017 | Three minutes boxing. One minute break. Three minutes boxing. Try to impress dad. Three minutes boxing. Play Sega Dreamcast. Three minutes boxing. Parents break up. Three minutes boxing. Fail your GCSEs. Three minutes boxing. Sing in a car. Three minutes boxing. Break. Told through spok... Read more
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The Iron Man
24 Jan - 5 Mar 2017 Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, on the very brink, in the darkness. | The Iron Man has been eating every single piece of metal in sight: tractors, old cars, fences - right down to the last rusty nail, destroying farms everywhere. The angry farmers try and trap ... Read more
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The Hunting Lodge
31 Jan - 6 Mar 2017 The party isn’t quite over yet. | He has to fall in love with me. All the papers think it’s about to happen. Daisy knows, better than anyone, what it takes to get your man. Sometimes what you want falls into your lap. Sometimes you have to fight for it. Because you’re worth it, right? I... Read more
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Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore
12 Mar - 10 Apr 2017 It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. | ★★★★ The Guardian, Time Out, The Stage ★★★★ 'A triumph of wit, with bombastic physical comedy' Culture Whisper Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore are at the seaside. “They have a towel, an inflatable ball, a picnic and three cont... Read more
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The Velveteen Rabbit
17 Mar - 17 Apr 2017 Real isn’t how you are made. It’s a thing that happens to you. | ★★★★ ‘Utterly gripping...’ The Guardian ★★★★ ‘The children sat entranced’ Daily Mail ★★★★ 'A perfect show' WhatsOnStage ‘Graceful and inventive...The rapport is palpable... Read more
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The Man Who Knows It All
31 May - 5 Jun 2017 Behind every answer lies a new question. | Is it possible to know everything? The man who knows it all seems to think it is. Two performers and a musician go on a quest in search of everything it is possible to know. Along the way it becomes evident that the questions and answers just keep com... Read more
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Double Double Act
20 Jun - 10 Jul 2017 This town ain't big enough for the four of us. | Two children are performing their famous comedy routine. But they keep being interrupted by a pair of pesky grown-ups who are trying to perform their own act. The man looks like the boy. The woman looks like the girl. This can only end one way: CHA... Read more
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Sensacional 2017
29 Jun - 17 Jul 2017 Spectacular show for toddlers returns in 2017 | Bring your toddler along to a sound and light show in which they are the participants. Watch as your child puts on a white suit and becomes part of a digital world of ladybirds, shapes, squiggles and squarks that won’t keep still, no matter how har... Read more
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Play in a Week & Made in a Day
16 Jul - 31 Aug 2017 Make your own show in the holidays | PLAY IN A WEEK Next year, we are bringing back PLAY IN A WEEK from July/August 2017. Dates to be announced soon, register your interest below. Led by experienced professional theatre-makers, these intensive and fun workshops will culminate in a perf... Read more
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