Little Angel Theatre: Sleepyhead Where? Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH When? 20th November – 2nd December 2018 (10am and 1pm) Price? £9.50 – £12.50 per ticket Recommended for aged 2-5 , me and Jemima headed along to watch Sleepyhead yesterday afternoon. The production by Little Angel Theatre was fantastic and kept…
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Heart of Darkness @ Birmingham Rep
Running from now until the 24 November is Imitating The Dog’s interpretation of the classic Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness. This is a brilliantly created and performed production, that confronts and challenges its audience. It takes the story of Heart of Darkness and transposes it to a late 70’s nightmare vision of Europe, battered…
A Haunted Canal Ghost Walk
Last night (17th November 2018) me and Mr Trips headed over to St Paul’s Square (opposite the Jam House) to meet with Alex and Matthew from Ghosts Unlimited Tours at 7:30pm, for a Haunted Canal Ghost Walk. Matthew is a medium and is spirit sensitive and Alex tells us that he has seen ghosts too….
Orchard Hills Bakery
Location: Orchard Hills Bakery, 6 Rookery Lane, Aldridge. Opening Times: 9am – 2pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays This morning me and Jemima headed over to Aldridge to see Station Road (see previous post) and decided to have a look around the village after. We were walking to the park when we spotted Orchard Hill Bakery,…
Poppy Road, Aldridge
Today me and Jemima headed to Station Road in Aldridge. The road has been renamed Poppy Road for 11 days (1st – 11th November 2018), as the wonderful people from The Great War Project in conjunction with Aldridge Local History Society, have transformed the road into a beautiful, very moving commemoration for the 100th anniversary…
The Lovely Bones
Theatre Production: The Lovely Bones Location: Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham. Dates: 30th October – 10th November Ticket Prices: From £10 Photo Credits: Sheila Burnett. “These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence” What a performance! It is not very often that I am speechless (much to my husbands disappointment) but…
Sass Class
On Wednesday night I headed along to Sass Class. A new dance/fitness class run by One Day Theatre at Moorpool Hall in Harborne on Wednesdays at 7:30pm. It’s aimed at adults 16 plus and I can vouch for how AMAZING it is. I took two of my longest known friends along (after knowing both for…
Dr Nerium’s Garden of Ghouls
Location: The Botanical Scare Gardens, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3TR Opening Times/Dates: Friday 26th October – 4th November 2018. 5pm – 7pm Family Friendly Slots. 7pm onwards recommended for ages 14+ Tickets: Book online, tickets are £12 for adults £10 for ages 5-16, under 5s are FREE. Family ticket is £40….
What’s On for Kids: October School Holidays
Sorry for the delay in posting this, but I reckon it is better late than never. So, what is on this week? Here’s our day to day breakdown: Starting with this evening, Friday 26th October 2018: Tonight, the Smallhousebigtrips household is heading over to the launch night of Dr Nerium’s Garden of Ghouls at Birmingham…
Bear Grylls Adventure: Base Camp and High Ropes
If you happen to have been anywhere near the NEC recently, you can’t fail to have noticed that a large helicopter appears to have crash-landed in an adjacent building, whilst an orange, 60 foot high King Kong scale climbing frame has sprung up right by it. These are parts of the latest attraction for Birmingham,…