Presented by By Den and Signals.

Everyone’s here for the AGM – the Animals’ General Meeting – but as usual one species hasn’t turned up, and it’s the species which has been causing all the trouble… The humans.

Buzzard, Rabbit and Porpoise know that something’s got to be done, but they need you to grab your species ID badge, step into the paws of your favourite creatures and help the humans work out how to be better neighbours to all the other animals. Whatever happens, it’s going to be wild!

Fun, interactive and featuring original songs, Animals! is an empowering and uplifting performance about animals, humans and nature. It celebrates the amazing wildlife around us and makes big things feel possible.

This event is part of Quest Family Fest 2023. Join us to navigate your way through 2 weeks of creative adventures.

Suitable for ages 6+ years.

Studio
£12 | £10 under 16s
Family and Friends (4 people) £40

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•  11:30 FREE
•  14:00 FREE

Dir: Alaux David, Tosti Eric, Tosti Jean-François 2022 | 95 mins

Inspired by Greek myths, this empowering animation sees a mouse prove herself on an adventure battling monsters to save her city. The comedy and fantasy temper the mildly intense moments, and positive values are reinforced.

School Holiday Family Screenings
£9 | £7 under 16s

Family & Friends (4 people) £28

Relaxed screening
The screening on Thur 6 Apr at 2pm is Relaxed - everyone is welcome to join us for this friendly format. The lights are kept on low and the audience are free to move around, make noise or come in and out of the theatre as needed.

•  11:30 FREE

Led by Zoe Brennan

Suitable for people with some Pilates experience or those who are looking for a slightly more challenging class. Still covering alignment, breathing and centering but with more focus on strengthening and toning your body. At the end of the class we will take a few moments to relax and unwind.

You will need your own mat.

Summer
Tues 6 May - 15 Jul

12.15pm - 1.15pm
£15 per class | £60 for 5 sessions

Suitable for ages 18+ years.

Other classes include:
Pilates - Beginners
Pilates - Mixed Abilities

•  12:00 FREE

Led by Jo Hall

Choosing a different coloured paper for each session we explore how paper colour can be exploited as part of the composition. Within this we will look at line, tone, form, mark making, texture and pattern using a variety of drawing media. Initially working from still life objects, the first week from natural forms e.g. a sea shell or fruit, later in the course there will be an opportunity to draw a landscape in colour or make a portrait study using the three-crayon technique.

Some objects will be supplied for the first session or bring a natural form you would like to draw.

Please bring your own materials and scroll down for detailed info on what you will need.

Some papers will be available from the tutor at cost.

Tues 28 Feb - 4 Apr
12.30pm - 3.30pm

£120 per 6-week course

Suitable for 18+ years

Materials Info

We will experiment with coloured pastel papers and some smoother coloured drawing papers suitable for other drawing media. A small sample pack of papers for the first session (cost about £2.00) will be available from the tutor for the first session. Other coloured papers will also be available at cost.

Please bring: drawing board and clips or tape to hold your paper, putty eraser, plastic eraser, paper towel, spray fixative for chalky media (to be used outside only), craft knife or pencil sharpener, small piece of sandpaper, water pots if using pen and ink (plus brush for brush drawing with ink)

Drawing media: you will only need black and white for the first week

Choose from the following suggestions;

Dry media: charcoal and white chalk pastel, pastel pencil, conté crayon in black white and sanguine, any coloured pencil, or graphite pencil or block

Wet media: e.g. pen/stick/brush and ink, paint pen, black fine liner and brush pens

It would be good to have something from each list above. The different kinds of drawing media will be discussed at the first session. Don’t bring large tins and boxes of colour as we will be working in an almost monochrome way first of all gradually introducing more colour in the following weeks.

•  12:30 FREE

Come along to Norden Farm for 45 minutes of Arts and Crafts.

Led by Maria Chernyak Belenky

Tues 27 May 11.30am and 1.30pm
Frog Craft
3D papercraft workshop, make a fun free-standing Character.

Fri 30 May 11.30am and 1.30pm
Fairytale Craft
Create a beautiful stained glass inspired design based on the fairytales.

Sessions are 45 minutes | Suitable for ages 5 - 11 years | All materials provided.

£7 per person

Please note that children must be accompanied by a paying adult.

•  13:15 FREE

Led by Zoe Brennan

Suitable for anyone new to Pilates or wishing to improve their flexibility, co-ordination, posture, balance, breathing and focus on stabilising the core. At the end of the class we will take a few moments to relax and unwind.

All abilities are welcome.

You will need your own mat.

Summer
Tues 6 May - 15 Jul

1.30pm - 2.30pm
£15 per class | £60 for 5 sessions

Suitable for 18+ years.

Other classes include:
Pilates - Mixed Abilities
Pilates - Intermediate

•  13:30 FREE

by Yann Martel, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, directed by Max Webster.

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

Courtyard Theatre
£16

•  16:00 FREE

Led by Amanda Schenk

Amanda Schenk is the visual artist behind Norden Farm's much-loved (and Instagrammed) glass corridor artwork in the school holidays. Join Amanda for this new drawing course, aimed at helping to create a sense of calm and relaxation through drawing patterns.

Suitable for all abilities, the workshops will focus on building confidence in your drawing abilities - concentrating on the soothing journey of the drawing experience, rather than the finished drawing.

In each session you'll explore how to produce different types of patterns in abstract drawings - looking at different designs each week.

You will need: paper (plain, no smaller than A5), lead pencil, eraser, sharpener, black fine liner or a pen. Optional is a black marker.

Summer
Mon 2 Jun and 21 Jul

7.30pm - 8.45pm

£8 per class
Online only

Age guidance: 18+ years.

•  19:30 FREE

Dir: Pravesh Kumar 2022 | 99 mins

A laugh-out-loud story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family. This hit film was shot in Slough and The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Newly arrived from India, naive Simmy has come to marry the family's eldest son Raj. When he does a runner, she is left locked in the house with her domineering mother-in-law.

But Simmy is smarter than she appears. She soon enlists the support of the family's disgruntled in-laws and together they plan Simmy's big escape.

£10.50 | £9.50 conc

Special Ticket Offer
£9 | £8 conc tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.

•  20:00 FREE