Families looking for creative activities during the school holidays can enjoy everything from jungle-themed crafts and interactive theatre to drama workshops and family sewing sessions this week at The Pound Arts Centre. Thursday 28 May – Creation Station The busy week of events begins with Creation Station, a relaxed family crafting session led by friend...
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Pound Arts in Corsham hosts family-friendly children’s events this week
Pound Arts in Corsham is continuing its busy programme of creative family activities this week, with a range of events designed to entertain babies, preschool children and home educated youngsters. Pound Arts is hosting a series of family-friendly events this week, including messy preschool art sessions, a relaxed Baby Book Club and a creative art...
Rock the Tots: seaside with The Pound
Join Steph and Craig as an outdoor gig for little ones and their grownups. Sessions are 1hr long without an interval and suitable for children ages 0-6 years. Alongside quality live music with songs by The Drifters, Katy Perry and The Beach Boys, there will be puppet friends, plenty of giggles, bubbles and more.
As You Like It at The Pound
Rosalind and her cousin Celia flee to the Forest of Arden, where they bump into Rosalind’s love interest Orlando. However, Rosalind is disguised as a young man. This is an outdoor production, so please bring a chair or blanket to sit on, a picnic to dig into, and dress for the weather.
Pride and Prejudice (but funny) at the Pound
A ridiculous romp through all the Bennets, Bingleys, bachelors and balls (not that kind), and not forgetting the De Bourghs and Darcys, featuring at least one soaking wet shirt and some excellent boiled potatoes, an entertaining retelling of Austen’s most loved story.
The Mushroom Show at the Pound
Augustine Fogwoode might be the world’s most enthusiastic mushroom enthusiast and she is on a quest to make sure everyone knows about the brilliance of fungi: their scientific superpowers and amazing abilities. But it’s just her and her puppet friend Goldie. Discover how fungi grow, connect and help the natural world, including humans with interactive...
Wiltshire children’s choir to debut with Seth Lakeman at Blue Sky Festival
Voices for Life Wiltshire Children’s Choir will make its first public performance on 12 June at the Blue Sky Festival in Corsham, appearing alongside Mercury Prize nominated folk singer Seth Lakeman. Launched in January in collaboration with Heywood Prep school, the choir features children aged 6–11 and will perform a mix of Lakeman’s songs, from...
Home Ed Drama Class at The Pound
Use your imagination blending movement and drama, props, music, and a theme provided to bring your ideas to life. Suitable for pre-schoolers and home-ed children, along with their parents/carers.
Home Ed Art Class at The Pound
Explore different media and techniques with resident artist, Laura. Each session has a different focus and approach to making, drawing and painting. Suitable for children aged 6+ years; no need for adults to stay.
Make a Tunnel Book at The Pound
Design, illustrate and construct a tunnel book – a layered 2D artwork which creates a 3D image by using depth and illusion. All materials provided.
What’s on this week at The Pound in Corsham
What’s on this week at The Pound in Corsham Families looking for things to do this week will find plenty to enjoy at The Pound Arts Centre in Corsham, with a packed programme of creative sessions, live music and family-friendly activities. From baby groups and toddler art sessions to theatre and live music for grown-ups,...
Playtime: pie-rat island at The Pound
A fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company with silliness, play-acting, games and music. Join Ratty and her friends for a fun and gentle introduction to theatre with play-along storytelling, original music, puppetry, theatre games, movement, and lots of imaginative play. Ratty has a lot of ideas but sometimes things don’t...
The Comfort Cafe at The Pound
Drop in cafe in the gallery space especially for neurodivergent and socially anxious women+.
Review – family Christmas fun with Under The Frozen Moon at Pound Arts
Rachael Kenward and her family discover a frosty adventure worth braving the cold for Right then, parents – let me tell you about the loveliest little gem we discovered at Pound Arts this week. Under a Frozen Moon is one of those rare treats that had our entire brood spellbound, from our two-year-old right through...
Festive fun arrives at The Pound with a packed Christmas programme
Christmas is coming and The Pound in Corsham is celebrating with a full line-up of family theatre, live music, festive films and creative workshops for all ages. As the temperature drops and the nights draw in, the arts centre is offering plenty of reasons to feel cheerful this December. Families can choose from seasonal shows,...
Chick in a Box at The Pound
Turn your cardboard box into…well what ever your velour chick wants it to be – a home, a spaceship or a swimming pool. All materials provided. All ages welcome under 7 years must be accompanied by an adult.
Youth Theatre Summer School at The Pound
Dive into improvisation, physical theatre, character-building, performing, and even script writing to create your own original piece to perform for friends and family at the end of the final day (performance at 3pm).
Rock the Tots: legends gone too soon
Join Steph and Craig in a gig for little ones and their grownups. Alongside quality live music, there will be puppet friends, plenty of giggles, bubbles and more. This month celebrating musical legends that are no longer with us, but the music lives on! From Prince to Kurt Cobain, from Whitney Houston to Amy Winehouse,...
Olaf Falafel: stupidest stupid show at The Pound
Family-friendly comedy show where Olaf Falafel will entertain with the silliest of jokes, poos on pogo sticks, more jokes and truth-telling cheese. There will definitely be a time-travelling portal to the future and a live drawalong!
The Real Inspector Hound at The Pound
When two critics turn up to review the performance of a new whodunnit, the onstage and offstage worlds soon become hopelessly entangled. Mayhem ensues, nothing is as it seems and only laughter can be guaranteed as this increasingly surreal comedy unfolds. Performed by the Ad Hoc Theatre.
Tales from the Lighthouse at The Pound
Prepare yourself for a musical voyage full of stories, songs and the sea… Upon a distant shore, a lonely lighthouse keeper has grown fearful of the sea and its wild and stormy nature. But when a mysterious stranger appears with songs of the sea’s magic and power, the keeper is forced to confront his fears...