Spooky Tales and Festive Adventures: Family Shows at Unity Theatre this Autumn & Winter
With the Half-Term Holidays fast-approaching – and the festive season beginning to make itself felt – there’s plenty of great, affordable family-friendly shows happening at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre over the next few months.
To mark Halloween season, Spooky Tales creeps into The Unity on 29 October with a devilishly delightful mix of puppetry, spine-tingling storytelling and ghoulish giggles. Perfect for brave children aged 9+ and their grown-ups, this one-hour show will have you gasping, gawping and grinning as Edward and Martha Creep tell their Spooky Tales.
Christmas comes early with RAWD’s To Be Near A Shooting Star in early December – a sparkly, twinkly, candy cane sweet story. Expect tinsel, triumphs and 3 not so wise kings, as RAWD present their version of a Christmas classic.
The jewel in the Unity’s festive crown comes in the form of Sleep Can Wait – a heart-warming, high-energy journey through myths, legends, and imagination – showing from 12th to 23rd December. This enchanting physical theatre show is packed with fun, laughter, and wonder – perfect for dreamers of all ages this winter season! With lots of physicality and minimal text, this show is family- and neurodiverse-friendly.
Altered Scale Theatre presents
Spooky Tales
Wednesday 29th October, 2:00pm & 6:00pm
£12 – £7
Tickets
Do you enjoy stories about ghosts, witches, and things that go bump in the night? You do?
This Halloween season, Spooky Tales creeps into The Unity Theatre with a devilishly delightful mix of puppetry, spine-tingling storytelling and ghoulish giggles. Perfect for brave children aged 9+ and their grown-ups, this one-hour show will have you gasping, gawping and grinning as Edward and Martha Creep tell their Spooky Tales.
Expect witches, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night… and if you dare, you can look at the creepy props and puppets after the show!
So do say you’ll come – the Creeps are simply dying to meet you…
From the Team that brought you When Another Dragon Roars and featuring Altered Scale Theatre’s outstanding puppetry and Petite Ullaloom’s unique storytelling, Spooky Tales is a Halloween treat!
RAWD in association with Unity Theatre present
To Be Near a Shooting Star
Saturday 6th – Monday 8th December, various showings
£10 – £6
Tickets
A sparkly, twinkly, candy cane sweet story. M+J go on a quest, looking for a spot to rest. Expect tinsel, triumphs and 3 not so wise kings, as RAWD present their version of a classic.
RAWD has spent over a decade co-creating joyful, inclusive spaces where disabled artists can thrive. RAWD are proudly Associate Company in Residence at Unity hosting weekly sessions that work towards theatre productions. This project is testing a collaborative model that merges performance and design, led by learning-disabled artists, and rooted in joy, agency and accessibility.
A collaboration with Unity Theatre and Tmesis Theatre:
Sleep Can Wait!
Friday 12th – Tuesday 23rd December, various showings
£15 – £10
Tickets
On a snowy winter’s night, with excitement in the air and sleep nowhere to be found, three children open a magical book, and are whisked away on an adventures far from the comfort of their bedroom!
Join us for a heart-warming, high-energy journey through myths, legends, and imagination in this enchanting, physical theatre show, packed with fun, laughter, and wonder.
Perfect for dreamers of all ages this winter season!
With lots of physicality and minimal text this show is family and neurodiverse friendly for all ages to enjoy! A collaboration with Unity Theatre and Tmesis Theatre.
