Over 100 of you came to see Dora and Henry the Fifth and in spite of the rail engineering works most people got to us!
We started in the morning with our Early Years/KS1 show Dora. It was a simple, largely wordless and funny, story about a lady who just couldn't stop hoarding things - and her bedroom was such a mess! She learned how it was fun to give things away. We all brought something to give too. We all got to go to a jumble sale at the end and choose something to take away. Here is the actress playing Dora and the set designer talking to the children afterwards about why she had SO MUCH STUFF! Am very inspired to start tidying and cleaning out all those cupboards. Can see parallels....
And in the afternoon we welcomed KS2 children to see Henry the Fifth. This modern take on Shakespeare's play was fantastic! The audience were invited to use our imaginations - but thanks to a great piece of theatre it wasn't that hard. Funny, visually powerful and its humour belying its strong and serious message - are wars just full of little boys fighting over toys and sandcastles? Massively recommended!
Hope everyone had a great time!
And onto our next Unicorn trips....The deadline of Friday 18/10 has passed for our Xmas shows. However...
Twas the Night Before Christmas is now sold out entirely - so must be good! If you have booked one of our precious 30 seats on 14/12 within the deadline and haven't heard back from me - you are going! Will send out email confirmations shortly.
Cinderella: a Fairytale at 3pm on 30/11. We still have about 20 tickets left. I reserved a lot of tickets for this (80) as it is an incredible deal for a Christmas show (£7.50 a seat as opposed to up to £22) and has great reviews. I HAVE to let the theatre know final numbers on Monday. If you want a seat please get payments to office by Monday. (Recommended age is 6 plus but although younger children may not follow the action completely there is no minimum age restriction - booking is at parents' discretion.)
Finally, I know a few people couldn't come today due to sickness or other things cropping up - this was a massive shame and we missed you! I checked today for you with the Unicorn about their refund policy in these cases. I had assumed as we are on a school ticket, booked weeks in advance, at either half or a third of price of full ticket then we could not exchange or return. And indeed this is the case within a cut off of 48 hours before the show. If you do want a refund or want to book another date up to 48 hours before then (generously for a theatre) this is possible. Please let me know if you are really stuck and can't find a home for the tickets. NB This is only the policy at the Unicorn - other theatres may differ.
Please can I stress it is obviously ALWAYS best if you can find a home for unwanted tickets with other parents, friends or family. I will try do my very best to help, but chasing up individual queries is time consuming - please bear in mind although I love it if as many children as possible get to enjoy some affordable theatre, I am just volunteering my time!
Thank you.
