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In August 2018All performances displayed
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For everyone
New Shows For Schools 2018/19
1 May - 4 Aug 2019 | ‘I absolutely love what the Unicorn does for our school - it is engaging, motivating and inspiring in equal measure!' Headteacher Welcome to our 18-19 season for primary and secondary school age pupils. Tickets are just £10 per pupil and further subsidy can be sought by state scho... Read more
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Our 2018/19 season brochure
6 Jun - 4 Aug 2019 What's on Sep 18 - Aug 19 | [embed]<iframe style="width:100%; height:600px;" src="//e.issuu.com/embed.html#5502015/62107440" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/embed] Read more
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Age guide: 3 - 6
Show Themed Workshops
10 Jun - 27 Jul 2019 | UP CLUB+ Our extra special UP Club Plus activities are themed around shows and usually take place straight after a performance. To book for a show-themed workshop online, add tickets for the relevant show to your basket on a matching date and the event will show during the... Read more
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For everyone
Free Events
19 Jun - 9 Feb 2019 | OPEN HOUSE | SAT 22 SEP, 10.30 - 4PM Step behind the scenes for a free exclusive guided tour of our purpose-built, multi-award-winning building. Tours take place at 10.30, 11.30, 12.30 & 4pm. The 10.30 and 11.30am tours are led by the building's architect Keith Williams. Advance bookin... Read more
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Age guide: 7 - 16
Summer Holiday Workshops
23 Jul - 25 Aug 2018 -| Our creative workshops are back for the Summer holidays. Led by professional theatre-makers, you can choose from dance, drama, set-design and more, learn new skills and make new friends. SUMMER DAY AND TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS Tue 21 – Wed 22 Aug | Ages 10 – 14 | Two-day worksho... Read more
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Age guide: 16 - adult
The End of Eddy
17 Aug - 6 Oct 2018 Can we create our own freedom? | 'My crime wasn't doing something. My crime was being something. Being different in a way everyone else could see.' Born into poverty in an isolated village in rural France, a boy grows up amongst hard men and women living hard and violent lives. Bullied relentless... Read more
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TOURING
21 Aug - 1 Jan 2019 | We tour widely around the UK and internationally, taking great Unicorn productions to new audiences far and wide. This season we are touring The End of Eddy, produced with Untitled Projects , which will premiere at Edinburgh International Festival in August, embark on a tour o... Read more
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Age guide: 8 - 11
Mouth Open, Story Jump Out
18 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 It's all in you. | ★★★ ★ ★ 'life-affirmingly brilliant.' The Scotsman 'The best thing about the show was that he made it about us' Young audience member Polarbear makes things up: stories, jokes, adventures – he’s a master maker-upper. But where did it all begin... Read more
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For adults
Unicorn Lates
20 Sep - 4 Oct 2018 WHY SHOULD KIDS HAVE ALL THE FUN? | Every now and again we hide the toys, stock the Unicornershop with plenty of locally brewed beer and put on a later performance for adults to enjoy, these are followed by free live music from local or new artists in the foyer. UPCOMING UNICORN LATES THE E... Read more
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Age guide: Strictly 6 - 18 months
Baby Show 2018/19
25 Sep - 7 Jul 2019 It's baby's first adventure. | 'The perfect way to launch a theatre-going habit' The Guardian Baby Show is our ever-popular sensory performance with captivating images and intriguing sounds that keep little ones rapt. The show playfully explores getting ready to go outside, ... Read more
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Age guide: 16 - adult
Truth Or Dare, Britney Or Goofy, Nacht Und Nebel, Jesus Christ Or Superstar
19 Oct - 21 Oct 2018 Whose truth? | The makers of The Hamilton Complex return with a new UK premi ère direct from Antwerp. In Truth or Dare, Lies Pauwels brings together seven young adults who all have psychological vulnerabilities, three super-models and one priest. Together, we explore the demons we ... Read more
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Age guide: 6 - 12
On The Road
23 Oct - 28 Oct 2018 Find your place in the world. | 'Poignant and funny... a fine example of visual theatre.' De Bond Some people feel at home wherever they are. Others spend their whole life looking, wandering, longing for a place to put down roots and call ‘home’. But what exactly makes a hom... Read more
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Age guide: 8 - adult
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
13 Nov - 6 Jan 2019 Once upon a Christmas... | A most delicious selection of Philip Pullman’s favourite fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, re-told and re-worked for this Christmas. Enter a world of powerful witches, enchanted forest creatures, careless parents and fearless children as they embark on adven... Read more
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Age guide: 2 - 5
Huddle
13 Nov - 6 Jan 2019 One step at a time. | During the long, cold winter, Mr Penguin carefully guards his egg. Now this new dad needs to look after his newly born chick on his own and he’s not feeling confident. How will father and baby work it out together? A gorgeous, engaging and highly visual show by Fil... Read more
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Age guide: 3+ (for all the family)
Ready Steady Colour's Christmas Feast
15 Dec - 27 Dec 2018 Dinner, designed by you. | Take a seat in our make-believe Christmas restaurant, choose your ‘food’ and colour it in. And while you’re decorating your plate with cranberry red paint, salt and pepper glitter and bread sauce glue, the restaurant’s waiting-staff will entertain you with com... Read more
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Age guide: 8 - 12
Icarus
26 Jan - 10 Mar 2019 Where the water ends and the sky begins, that's where I'll fly. | Here, where pleasant cottages stand colourful in the friendly village and a gentle breeze wafts through the air, children play in the square laughing and shouting – but Icarus, oldest son of the builder Daedalus, does not play ... Read more
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Age guide: 2 - 5
It's Hot, It's Not
2 Feb - 10 Mar 2019 Weather the whether. | Why is it that sometimes I’m hot but you’re cold? Why are there puddles and sometimes not? How can it be sunny and rainy all at once and also not at all? And if it’s summer here, why is it winter there? Reckless Sleepers is an extraordinary company who make work b... Read more
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Age guide: 6 - 10
The Show In Which Hopefully Nothing Happens
21 Mar - 28 Apr 2019 How boring can theatre be? | ★★★★ ‘Confusing and above all hilarious’ Theaterkrant Welcome to the most boring show in history: an actor who never gets to perform and a security guard who just hopes nothing will occur. Created in the Netherlands, this carefully crafted, ... Read more
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Age guide: 2 - 5
The Polar Bears Go, Go, Go!
26 Mar - 28 Apr 2019 All aboard... | Join the two very loveable but slightly hapless Polar Bears on their holiday adventures. Will they ever reach their destination? Or are they just going around in circles? Have your ticket ready, find your seat, fasten your seatbelt and anchors aweigh – take off and go, g... Read more
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Age guide: 11 - adult
Dido
11 May - 2 Jun 2019 Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, re-imagined for the modern age. | English National Opera and the Unicorn join forces for the very first time to create a new production of Purcell's powerful and emotional masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas , for teenagers and adults. Belinda is the only child of Dido. A teena... Read more
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Age guide: 4 - 7
Aesop's Fables (Ages 4 - 7)
16 Jun - 4 Aug 2019 All the most interesting things are ambiguous. | As far as we know, Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. But although we don’t know much about the man himself, we do still have over 725 of his stories – passed down from generation to generatio... Read more
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Age guide: 8 - 12
Aesop's Fables (Ages 8 - 12)
21 Jun - 3 Aug 2019 All the most interesting things are ambiguous. | As far as we know, Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. But although we don’t know much about the man himself, we do still have over 725 of his stories – passed down from generation to generation. ... Read more
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