Hallowe’en Indoors Celebrations
Hall of Horrors
Date: Saturday, October 29th, Sunday, October 30th & Monday, October 31st
Times: 1pm – 5pm each day
Venue: St Columb’s Hall, Orchard Street
Admission: FREE
Enter the Hall of Horrors if you dare! A thrilling innovation for this year’s carnival, Hall of Horrors sees a series of wonderful performances you just won’t want to miss. Taking over three rooms of St Columb’s Hall, you can enjoy an array of activities and acts for all ages from the mind-blowing antics of the amazing Bruce Airhead to the weird and wonderful Witches Three and the delightful Once Upon a Time, where children become the stars of the performance.
Bruce Airhead Show
Times: 2.15pm 4.15pm, (Duration: 30 minutes)
Location: The Main Hall
Age group: All ages
Admission: FREE
It’s just incredible how one man and a massive balloon can hold an audience spellbound for 30 minutes. Laughed at by the Crown heads of Europe, Bruce Airhead’s magical manipulation of the six-foot balloon will include illusions that defy belief. An act that has wowed the world’s toughest festival and street performance audiences, this metamorphosis of a man and a six-foot balloon cannot be missed.
Young at Art Presents: Once Upon a Time
Date: Saturday October 29th, Sunday October 30th and Monday October 31st
Times: 1pm, 2.45pm, 4.15pm (Duration: 40 minutes)
Location: The Ballroom
Age group: 5 – 9 Years
Admission: FREE
The Very Trusted and Nearly Excellent Guardians of Tall Tales and Small Stories look after EVERY STORY EVER MADE IN THE WORLD in the Most Extraordinary Wonderful and Magical Library. But there was a fire and the stories were destroyed! The Very Trusted and Nearly Excellent Guardians of Tall Tales and Small Stories had to find EVERY STORY AGAIN and have found all of them, EXCEPT FOR ONE! Can you help them find the last missing story? This is a unique interactive performance. Children actively take part in the creation and telling of a new story under the guidance of the storytellers.
Young at Art Presents: The Butterfly and the Caterpillar
Date: Saturday October 29th, Sunday October 30th and Monday October 31st
Times: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm (Duration: 25 minutes)
Location: The Little Theatre
Age group: 2 – 6 Years
Admission: FREE
Mr Caterpillar spends his day eating green leaves and singing songs on his ukulele. The beautiful Butterfly doesn’t like Mr Caterpillar. She thinks his songs are silly and he is a messy eater! But it’s the Butterfly’s birthday and none of her friends can come to her party. Can Mr Caterpillar come to rescue?
In Your Space Presents: Something wicked this way comes
Date: Saturday October 29th, Sunday October 30th and Monday October 31st
Times: 1.15pm, 3.15pm, (Duration: 30 minutes)
Location: The Main Hall
Age group: All ages
Admission: FREE
Witness the antics of the Wretched Witches Three with their spine chilling tales of terror and woe, an enchanting mix of storytelling and performance.
Halloween Family Funday
Date: Monday 31st October 2011
Time: 12-2pm
Location: Gasyard Centre
Admission: £1 Admission per adult/child
Children's Fortune Telling, Scary Story Telling, Dance performance, Facepainting, Arts and Crafts, Games, Apple Bobbing, Gunnge Dipping and much more!
In Your Space presents:The Dressiest Party in Town - Da Funk Asylum
Date: Monday, October 31st
Time: 8pm till late
Location: St Columb’s Hall - Downstairs Ballroom
Admission: £8 at door
It’s close to midnight. There’s something evil lurking in the dark.
You try to scream but DISCO drowns the sounds out before you make it. A last chance to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight as you round off Hallowe’en in style.
Keep your eyes peeled throughout the city for an assortment of eccentric and peculiar characters emerging from the shadows whenever you least expect it, guaranteed to intrigue and beguile you.