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Art Daze
Led by Lucy Carpenter.
A creative adventure over four days. Working towards a final exhibition where the artwork will come to life, Lucy and her team will be exploring the wonderful world of illustration.
Including tickets to Nick Sharratt’s Drawalong to get truly inspired!
For ages 8 - 14 years.
Tues 9 Apr – Fri 12 Apr 11am – 4pm
£160 (£145 Advantage Card holder)
Advantage Card holders (enter 'ADVANTAGE' when asked to enter a promotion code and then type your Advantage Card number into the relevant account information field)
From Tuesday to Thursday, there will be film screenings after the course.
Starting at 4.15pm and finishing at 5.45pm (approx):
Tues 9 Apr Wish (U)
Wed 10 Apr Migration (U)
Thur 11 Apr Luca
Food:
Participants can order lunch daily from our Café Bar by filling out the Lunchtime Choice Form at the registration desk.
The Lunchtime Menu is £7.50 and includes a choice of:
• Penne Pomodoro
• Cheese and Tomato Pizza
• Fish Fingers with Chips
• Chicken Nuggets with Chips
• Hummus Salad and Pitta
Plus a soft drink and a tub of ice cream
Bringing Stories to Life Chill Out Space
Free Event
Relax in this interactive chill out space where stories come to life.
Created with local schools and community groups our Gallery will be alive with stories this holiday.
This SEND friendly exhibition is a magical space where characters jump from the pages of the book through animation, projection, storytelling and music.
Free Entry Fri 26 Jul - Sat 17 Aug Tuesdays - Saturdays 11am - 10pm
- 11:00 -23:00 FREE
Arts and Crafts Session
Come along to Norden Farm for 45 minutes of Arts and Crafts.
Led by Aysha Khan
Thu 1 Aug 12.30pm
Create and decorate a cushion.
Fri 2 Aug 12.30pm
Pop up lantern - turn a pop up lantern into beautiful bird.
Tue 6 Aug 12.30pm
Paint a silk sun-catcher.
Wed 7 Aug 12.30pm
Recycled hanging mobile.
Thu 15 Aug 12.30pm
Collage - create beautiful canvas pictures by collaging recycled materials.
Fri 16 Aug 12.30pm
String bird print - Create fantastical prints using string and paint.
Sessions are 45 minutes | Suitable for ages 4 - 11 years | All materials provided.
Please note that children must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Crafternoons
Led by Creative Eye.
From January 2024 Norden Farm are delighted to extend our Crafternoon sessions to Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons!
Norden Farm's Crafternoons are relaxed crafting sessions for older people.
Get crafty with a range of activities, or bring along your own projects to work on with support from tutor Kayleigh Robinson.
You can learn new skills, meet new people and try something new, a cup of tea is included with the ticket price. If you are unable to attend in person you can log on from home to chat and join in the session.
Summer Season
Tues 25 Jun and Wed 26 Jun Polymer Clay Food Keyrings
Tues 2 Jul and Wed 3 Jul Decoupage Trinket Boxes
Tues 9 Jul and Wed 10 Jul Plant Pot Bird Feeders
Tues 16 Jul and Wed 17 Jul Dictionary Page Art
Tues 23 Jul and Wed 24 Jul No Session
Tues 30 Jul and Wed 31 Jul Yarn/Ribbon Wall Hanging
Tues 6 Aug and Wed 7 Aug Rock Painting
Tues 13 Aug and Wed 14 Aug Postage Stamp Art
Social Arts Crafternoons is a partially funded project run by Norden Farm with support from The Berkshire Community Foundation.
Local transport can be provided as part of the ticket price for those attending on a Wednesday.
If you need transport to Norden Farm for the Wednesday sessions please contact Jess Thompson at jess.thompson@nordenfarm.org / 01628 682563 to talk through your requirements.
Suitable for ages 60+ years.
2pm - 3pm
£5 per session, including a cup of tea
Nick Sharratt's Drawalong
Join much-loved children's writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt in a family-friendly, fun-filled drawalong for all ages.
He’ll be taking a look at some of his favourite books, showing you how to create characters like Tracy Beaker and Timothy Pope, sharing ways to invent your own crazy creatures and giving loads of top tips as you draw along with him.
Nick has illustrated close to 300 books including the much-loved ‘You Choose’, ‘Shark in the Park’ and ‘Pants’ series.
He’s worked with authors including Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen and Kes Gray, and he’s also illustrated lots of Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s phenomenally popular children’s novels. Nick’s been awarded a gold Blue Peter badge too!
Bring pencils, paper and something to lean on and expect plenty of chances to join in.
Run Time
This drawalong is 75minutes long, there is no interval.
Age guidance: 4+ years.
There will be signed books for sale at the venue.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Courtyard
£12 I £10 under 16s
Family and Friends (4 people) £40
Nick Sharratt's website
@nordenfarm
- 14:00 FREE
Wish (U)
Dir: Chris Buck 2023 | 95 mins
A new musical-comedy from Disney.
Asha is a sharp-witted idealist. She makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force - a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico. Can they save her community?
Featuring the voices of Ariana DeBose as Asha and Chris Pine as Magnifico.
£9 | £7 under 16s
Family & Friends (4 people) £28
Relaxed screenings
All of our screenings of Wish are 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.
Brush Lettering
Led by Salina Gatto
Brush lettering is a modern form of calligraphy that can be practiced everyday and even on the go. Just put a brush in your bag and you’re all set.
It is not only a way to make beautiful notes for people to make them feel good but a great way to practice mindfulness.
This workshop includes a personalised take home kit of a notebook, a brush pen and some extra heavyweight paper.
In the 4 hours you have together, you will be tackling exercises of the basic forms of brush calligraphy while being able to add your own personal flairs once you establish the basics.
By the end, you will be able to write your name, self-love quote and or address a letter for someone you love.
Salina is Looking forward to lettering with you all.
Summer
Tue 16 Jul - 6 Aug (4 weeks)
7pm - 8.30pm
£100 for 4 week course
Salina is a designer, art director and illustrator who has a strong love for beautiful lettering and calligraphy. She has worked for clients in the fashion and beauty industry in New York and London. Victoria Secret, TK Maxx, New Look, Sweaty Betty, Soap and Glory, Penhaligons and John Lewis to name a few that are on her roster.
Royal Opera House Live: Macmillan Celebrated
Running time 195 minutes (including two intervals)
The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets, Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem.
Danses Concertantes, commissioned by Ninette de Valois in 1955, was MacMillan’s first major work. An early sign of the incredible artistic output that would follow, the work’s critical success spurred MacMillan to abandon performing in favour of choreography. It is followed byDifferent Drummer, MacMillan’s complex and haunting balletic interpretation ofWoyzeck, Georg Büchner's play about a soldier’s descent into madness. The mixed programme concludes withRequiem, his 1976 work for Stuttgart Ballet, created in memory of its late artistic director, MacMillan’s friend and former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer John Cranko.
Courtyard Theatre
£16
Acoustic Guitar - Absolute Beginners
Led by Jim Maving
Always wanted to learn guitar but never got around to it? Want to trade your air guitar skills for real guitar skills? It is never too late to learn. Learn guitar right from the very beginning. This is a foundation course for those with little to no experience of playing guitar. You will learn how to hold a guitar and to make the right noises out of it. The aim of these lessons is to get you playing your first song within 4 weeks of lessons, as no-one takes up guitar to strum random chords, it’s all about the songs.
If you are returning to guitar having not played for some time and can barely remember chords this is a great way of getting back into the swing of things.
If you've never played guitar you need to book on the Absolute Beginners course!
These classes are split by skills level;
Beginners A - Recently completed the Absolute Beginners course but still some way to go. Yet to tackle bar chords and complicated rhythms.
Beginners B - Well on the way and able to do bar chords
Beginners C - Almost Intermediate but not quite yet.
Summer
Tues 16 Jul - 13 Aug, exc 23 Jul (4 weeks)
7.45pm - 8.45pm
£40 per 4 week course
Suitable for 18+ years.