I’ve often promoted Big Bounce events which are run by The Best Fun on my Facebook page. The idea of paying £7 per child (Adults £1) to have 90 minutes of Inflatable fun on a variety of slides, bouncy castles, obstacle courses, diddi car track and more, sounded amazing. You may remember my review of…
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The Cat in the Hat at Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Dr. Seuss books are a firm favourite in our house and we purchased the whole collection of books when Matilda was just two years old. Nearly four years later and we still love the nonsensical and quite frankly kooky stories. The Cat in the Hat production at Birmingham Repertory Theatre is no different to the…
Same Same… But Different (a Sonia Sabri Company Production at Birmingham Hippodrome)
We were kindly invited along to see Same Same… But Different a new production created and performed by the wonderful Sonia Sabri Company, at Birmingham Hippodrome for their Press Launch. My girls have always been huge fans of theatre shows, so they were incredibly excited to be going along to the theatre during their half…
David Bintley’s Beauty and The Beast with Birmingham Royal Ballet
There’s just that something extra when you go to watch a ballet performance. I liken it to a bit of therapy. You get immersed into the story, the costumes, the movements, the ballet and of course, the fantastic score (by Royal Ballet Sinfonia). You forget the outside world and for the duration of the performance,…
Summerhouse Bar and Grill
Summer House Bar and Grill is a newly refurbished Bar and Grill Restaurant serving both modern Indian and an international menu. When you click open the website you are greeted with the caption “Food made with love” and after experiencing the food myself, I can vouch that it is true. The food is made with…
Blue/Orange at Birmingham Rep
It has been a hectic week for Smallhousebigtrips as we moved house on Monday late afternoon (why don’t houses exchange in the morning?) And on Tuesday I headed to one of my favourite places, Birmingham Repertory Theatre with my friend Megan to watch Joe Penhall’s classic Blue/Orange, currently directed by Daniel Bailey. I had been…
Snowplay Cubs at Snowdome Tamworth
Location: Tamworth SnowDome, Leisure Island, River Drive, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7ND Event: Snowplay Cubs (for ages 4 and below. They also do Snowplay for everyone aged 2+) Price: Adults £3.95, Juniors £7.95 For Jemimas birthday earlier in the month, we tried out Snowplay Cubs at Tamworth Snowdome. We had lots of fun in the snow,…
First Stages – Uncle’s Story Shop
On Saturday, me and Matilda headed into Birmingham to Birmingham Repertory Theatre to watch First Stages: Uncle’s Story Shop. There were two showings, one at 11:30am and one at 2pm. Both sessions lasting 60 minutes each and costing £10 per ticket. We arrived at 11:15am, had our tickets checked and were told to wait in…
The Snowman at Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Last night we headed to the press night of The Snowman at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. We were excited and couldn’t wait to see this as a stage show, especially with it being at the place where the ideas of it were originally created by Bill Alexander who was working as Artistic Director and Chief Executive…
Brunswick Park
Location: Brunswick Park, Wood Green Road or Brunswick Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QR Opening Hours: From dawn to dusk. “Brunswick Park was opened in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. The park offers a range of facilities including outdoor gym equipment, childrens play area, multi gamed area, tennis courts, skate park area, bandstand, football…