Sun 10 Feb, 12pm & 3pm
When Doris and Delilah find something strange and sparkly has fallen from the sky, they’re inspired to put on the world’s greatest magic show. Along the way they encounter a band of musical frogs, an artistic spider and a sassy glow-worm who all help to create their dream in this spectacular, musical and magical story about friendship, brought to you by the makers of Pat-a-Cake Baby and Penguin.
Duration: 45m
Age guidance: 3–9
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Driven by the desire for a brighter future, three desperate people unwittingly take the biggest gamble of their lives. Inspired by true accounts of modern slavery, and told through a dynamic fusion of dance, theatre, aerial acrobatics, music and projection, Justice in Motion’s Bound presents a compelling and thought-provoking tale of dreams and broken promises – of hope, optimism and resilience in the face of harrowing circumstances. How far would you go for a better life?
Duration: 1h 15m
Age guidance: 14+
Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.
*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
After searching high and low, the Night of Serious Circus presents brave artists that use their bodies to tell vital and radical stories in an evening of thoughtful, thrilling and troubling edification, forming part of the Serious Circus Symposium. Expect harsh words, extreme bodies, political views and unstinting honesty in the face of global mayhem. Stepping up to the line are aerialists, clowns, a couple of movers and more than a few shakers. Let’s start this flippin’ conversation.
Duration: 1h 20m
Age guidance: 12+
Part-Iranian, part-Welsh, part-who cares, part-everybody cares: Home Sweet Home is the story of a Londoner who just doesn’t fit in. Or, at least, that’s how he feels. Using acrobatic physicality, juggling and stand-up, this one-man exploration of belonging takes in and reimagines the BNP in the ’80s, broken eggs, class struggles, water fights, Brexit, biting and juggling in the rain.
Duration: 1h
Age guidance: 14+
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Feb
Wed 5pm, Thu – Sat: 11am & 3pm, Sun 3pm
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily shambolic Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the Banker, scheming to take over the hotel. Watch as the hotel’s tenants do battle with their dastardly nemesis to keep their hotel running. Hilarious physical comedy mixes with spectacular circus, compelling storytelling and side-splitting slapstick in this vibrant, loud and incredibly funny show from Lost in Translation Circus, the UK’s most highly acclaimed family circus company. Lost in Translation return after touring The Hogwallops (co-produced by Jacksons Lane) to sell-out audiences across the UK and internationally.
A co-production with Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 3–103
Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.
*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Feb
Wed 5pm, Thu – Sat: 11am & 3pm, Sun 3pm
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily shambolic Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the Banker, scheming to take over the hotel. Watch as the hotel’s tenants do battle with their dastardly nemesis to keep their hotel running. Hilarious physical comedy mixes with spectacular circus, compelling storytelling and side-splitting slapstick in this vibrant, loud and incredibly funny show from Lost in Translation Circus, the UK’s most highly acclaimed family circus company. Lost in Translation return after touring The Hogwallops (co-produced by Jacksons Lane) to sell-out audiences across the UK and internationally.
A co-production with Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 3–103
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Feb
Wed 5pm, Thu – Sat: 11am & 3pm, Sun 3pm
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily shambolic Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the Banker, scheming to take over the hotel. Watch as the hotel’s tenants do battle with their dastardly nemesis to keep their hotel running. Hilarious physical comedy mixes with spectacular circus, compelling storytelling and side-splitting slapstick in this vibrant, loud and incredibly funny show from Lost in Translation Circus, the UK’s most highly acclaimed family circus company. Lost in Translation return after touring The Hogwallops (co-produced by Jacksons Lane) to sell-out audiences across the UK and internationally.
A co-production with Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 3–103
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Feb
Wed 5pm, Thu – Sat: 11am & 3pm, Sun 3pm
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily shambolic Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the Banker, scheming to take over the hotel. Watch as the hotel’s tenants do battle with their dastardly nemesis to keep their hotel running. Hilarious physical comedy mixes with spectacular circus, compelling storytelling and side-splitting slapstick in this vibrant, loud and incredibly funny show from Lost in Translation Circus, the UK’s most highly acclaimed family circus company. Lost in Translation return after touring The Hogwallops (co-produced by Jacksons Lane) to sell-out audiences across the UK and internationally.
A co-production with Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 3–103
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Feb
Wed 5pm, Thu – Sat: 11am & 3pm, Sun 3pm
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily shambolic Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the Banker, scheming to take over the hotel. Watch as the hotel’s tenants do battle with their dastardly nemesis to keep their hotel running. Hilarious physical comedy mixes with spectacular circus, compelling storytelling and side-splitting slapstick in this vibrant, loud and incredibly funny show from Lost in Translation Circus, the UK’s most highly acclaimed family circus company. Lost in Translation return after touring The Hogwallops (co-produced by Jacksons Lane) to sell-out audiences across the UK and internationally.
A co-production with Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 3–103
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.
*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Circus, experimental technology and Icelandic folklore come together in this work-in-progress piece which pushes the boundaries of performance. Imagine footprints appearing where nobody is walking, crossing an ever-changing landscape – and two figures entwined, one in the flesh, the other just an image. Aerial circus collective Hikapee join forces with immersive Icelandic performance group Huldufugl to present this bold, unique work in its first sharing after an initial research and development period.
Duration: 45m
Age guidance: 12+
Death. A bit grim, isn’t it? Morbid, macabre, unmentionable. But does it have to be that way? Drawn together by their shared fear of death, thanatophobes Lucy Nicholls and Antonia Beck invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, contemplation and courage. Take time to celebrate your own mortality, laugh, cry, stick two fingers up at the grim reaper and discover why talking about death is ultimately life-affirming. This provocative and unashamedly honest commentary tries to help us understand our relationship with death and dying – and why we struggle to accept our own mortality.
Duration: 1h
Age guidance: 14+
Sun 3 Mar, 12pm & 3pm
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, death-defying, mind-frying, spirit-lifting, paradigm-shifting, outlook-changing, furniture-rearranging magic extravaganza. Mixing brain boggling illusion and good old-fashioned tom-foolery, magic and silliness abound in this show for all the family.
Duration: 1h
Age guidance: 5+
A bold, brand new company of 12 dancers perform a double bill created especially for them by Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Sharon Watson and company Artistic Director Joss Arnott. Taking the idea of empowerment as a starting point, both choreographers have created pieces that play to the incredible strengths of the dancers. Watson’s And still I walk… takes inspiration from the women’s suffrage movement and the struggles that we as humans still face today. Joss Arnott’s When Worlds Collide is an exhilarating, technical masterclass, rooted in classical and contemporary dance styles, which features an original, cinematic score and a stunning lighting design.
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
A bold, brand new company of 12 dancers perform a double bill created especially for them by Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Sharon Watson and company Artistic Director Joss Arnott. Taking the idea of empowerment as a starting point, both choreographers have created pieces that play to the incredible strengths of the dancers. Watson’s And still I walk… takes inspiration from the women’s suffrage movement and the struggles that we as humans still face today. Joss Arnott’s When Worlds Collide is an exhilarating, technical masterclass, rooted in classical and contemporary dance styles, which features an original, cinematic score and a stunning lighting design.
Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.
*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*
Cabaret meets intergalactic space exploration in this zesty taste of underground Berlin, interweaving outrageous characters, super-skilful acts, off-the-wall stunts and riotous comedy. Captain Nat Cat (renowned handstand artist and Jacksons Lane regular Natalie Reckert) leads an ensemble of five Berlin-based circus outcasts brought together by a shared obsession with all things circular. Expect aerial magnificence, virtuoso handstands (on eggs), juggling dexterity, mesmerising flashing hula hoops and all manner of antics inspired by the sordid underbelly of Berlin’s cabaret scene.
Supported by Jacksons Lane.
Age guidance: 12+
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
What if we could live forever? What if we could bring a loved one back to life and digitally resurrect their soul? Beyond Belief is a powerful and moving journey into the unnerving future of life and death in our technology-blinkered society. With their trademark passionate and playful physical style, Tmesis Theatre explore how we cope with loss in the digital age – and how we won’t ever let Elvis die.
Duration: 1h
Age guidance: 12+
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.
*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*
A daredevil, an illusionist and a juggling-computer-musical genius perform three nail-biting 30-minute shows in one exhilarating evening. BE FESTIVAL is Birmingham’s annual showcase of the finest, most innovative performance art from across Europe – each year, Best of BE FESTIVAL packages up the three top shows and takes them on the road. In Take Care of Yourself, Swiss daredevil and circus performer Marc Oosterhoff gives an edge-of-the-seat performance – literally – by attempting to perform a series of hair-raising stunts after working through a row of whiskey shots. Performance artist, illusionist and professional liar Tom Cassani questions our collective construction of truth and lies in Someone Loves You Drive With Care; and the funny, pulsating, almost perfectly controlled multimedia circus show Control Freak demonstrates Kulu Orr’s computer genius and desperate pursuit to control everything on stage.
Age guidance: 14+
2 hour show
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Sun 17 Mar, 12pm & 3pm
Anna likes to keep things neat and tidy: everything needs to be in order. But her whole world is turned upside down when she is magically transported to the rainforest and she discovers wonders she’s never dreamed of. When danger approaches, can she become the wild Tarzanna she needs to be to save her new home? Watch as the performers climb, jump and swing through the air in this playful, energy-filled aerial theatre show for all the family, featuring buckets of spectacular storytelling, acrobatic brilliance and interactive fun.
Duration: 45m
Age guidance: 3–8
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk