Family Weekend, Sadler's Wells

Sadler’s Wells is hosting its annual Family Weekend between April 18 and April 19. It promises a two-day festival of family-friendly performances with a whole heap of fun and games happening all around the building – before, after and even during the shows. 

This year there are activities available in the front-of-house areas of the theatre as well as two shows by balletLORENT and gobbledegook. The shows are Rapunzel (ages 6+), re-imagined and written by Carol Ann Duffy, and Deep in the Woods (ages 2-5), in the Lilian Baylis Studio. Deep in the Woods is an interactive show for younger children intertwining shadow play, video installations, contemporary dance and acrobatics. 

The workshops that run alongside these performances are brilliant. The family dance workshops sound tremendous fun and the Shadow Play workshop for the smaller kids is inspired. Learning to dance with your own shadow – this must leave you with hours of fun to take home with you. The workshops are £2 for an hour, available only to those who hold tickets for the same day.