October 1840: Does gothic writer, Mary Shelley, have the courage to confront the past? Will she find solace at Villa Diodati where she, Percy Shelley and Byron spent that unforgettable summer? A voyage of self-discovery leading to a brutal confrontation with her creation. Discover why Mary really wrote Frankenstein. Presented by CLAIR/OBSCUR

A high energy and all-inclusive experience that will get everyone having fun with beats and rhythms. Never touched a drum? Doesn’t matter, Anthony Paul will support you to have a go. All instruments provided. Enjoyment is the main aim; everyone will be making mistakes as they learn.

Create your own ceramics artwork, using a range of techniques with artist Louise Beale. Bring your own natural forms (e.g. leaves, flowers and pebbles) to imprint into clay and make your own sculpture to take home. All tools and materials provided. Please bring a box to take your artwork home in.

16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with 1 aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and fantastically exhilarating. A classical concert, a gypsy-folk romp, an opera, a stand-up comedy set and a brilliant dance show all rolled into one!

Scarlet Oak Theatre present a show featuring puppetry, plants and lots of pots! In an intimate potting shed, we meet a gardener. She loves the smell of the flowers, the feel of the earth and watching her plants bloom. But along comes a magpie who turns her potting shed upside down! Making friends is lots of fun, but can sometimes be tricky. Join our gardener and magpie on this playful and heart warming journey as they navigate the intricacies of friendship.

Create your own ceramics artwork, using a range of techniques with artist Louise Beale. Bring your own natural forms (e.g. leaves, flowers and pebbles) to imprint into clay and make your own sculpture to take home. All tools and materials provided. Please bring a box to take your artwork home in.

Rewild your story - picture book making workshop. Come and create your own nature inspired concertina book with book maker Rose Feather. A fun and creative story workshop inspired by all the curious insects and birds around us.

Join artists from Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination for a creative workshop about the hidden world of tiny fungal threads thriving under our feet. Play with natural materials, think about the natural world around you and make new artwork in response.

Scarlet Oak Theatre present a show featuring puppetry, plants and lots of pots! In an intimate potting shed, we meet a gardener. She loves the smell of the flowers, the feel of the earth and watching her plants bloom. But along comes a magpie who turns her potting shed upside down! Making friends is lots of fun, but can sometimes be tricky. Join our gardener and magpie on this playful and heart warming journey as they navigate the intricacies of friendship.

Join Malcolm on his quest to find the pinky-est pink paint on the planet! Through cracking rocks, mashing vegetables, and even bottling cow’s wee, he’s created every colour imaginable… except for pink! Stunning puppetry from Half a String…all on top of a van.

Join Malcolm on his quest to find the pinky-est pink paint on the planet! Through cracking rocks, mashing vegetables, and even bottling cow’s wee, he’s created every colour imaginable… except for pink! Stunning puppetry from Half a String…all on top of a van.

Join drama and creative writing facilitator Melanie Hering and ceramics artist Emily Stapleton for a storytelling and clay workshop designed specifically for children with additional support needs. Using the theme of ‘our natural world’, create stories, play, make models and explore materials as a family in an open and friendly shared space.

Reduce waste by hitting it repeatedly with a stick. Steve Barbe will lead you in creating music, playing games and exploring rhythm with junk objects. Items will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own tins, tubs, pots and pans (nothing sharp, brittle or unhygienic please).

A fabulous tribute to Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. In their inimitable style full of humour and personality, the Dudes sing original arrangements of Ball and Boe. Favourites from the West End, the movies and Las Vegas-style showstoppers.

Re-cycle and re-purpose to create a unique mosaic masterpiece. Professional mosaic artist Carolyn Ash will teach you to design, create and grout your own work of art by arranging shells, tiles, mirror, pottery, jewellery, china and beads. Bring along broken treasures to include! Tools, materials inspirational books & safety glasses provided.

A high energy and all-inclusive experience that will get everyone having fun with beats and rhythms. Never touched a drum? Doesn’t matter, Anthony Paul will support you to have a go. All instruments provided. Enjoyment is the main aim; everyone will be making mistakes as they learn.

Miss Havisham is in town! Come meet her in the flesh. Find out why she waits forever at her wedding feast for a husband who will never arrive. Delve into the dark psyche of Miss Havisham’s fractured world and live the experiences that drove her to the brink and over the edge of insanity. Presented by Emul8 Theatre

Join artist Titania Fisher to create your own unique applique floral banner. Use spring flowers to inspire floral designs as Titania guides you through the various textile techniques required to craft your own banner.

Join author and artist, Amanda Addison to hear the story of a tiny bird that flies halfway around the world looking for a place to nest, and a young girl from northern Africa who flees halfway around the world looking for safety. The storytelling is followed by activities where you will create bird themed craft and written pieces together as a family which you can take home.

The yarn of the greatest jazz musician you’ve never heard of, the braggadocious and fictitious Henri ‘Second Line’ DuBois. “The story I have to tell you is about how something beautiful, something excellent, was created in spite of unfairness and vexation”. A story of rhythm, jazz, opera and West African music created by Lucas Keen

Join picture book maker Rose Feather for a creative, rewilding-themed story workshop inspired by the curious insects and birds we share our world with. Watch how Rose invents a story before creating your own character and taking them on a wild adventure of your own invention. You will leave with a handmade concertina book filled with stories and drawings to retell over and over.

Join artists from Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination for a creative workshop about the hidden world of tiny fungal threads thriving under our feet. Play with natural materials, think about the natural world around you and make new artwork in response.

Join picture book maker Rose Feather for a creative, rewilding-themed story workshop inspired by the curious insects and birds we share our world with. Watch how Rose invents a story before creating your own character and taking them on a wild adventure of your own invention. You will leave with a handmade concertina book filled with stories and drawings to retell over and over.

Re-cycle and re-purpose to create a unique mosaic masterpiece. Professional mosaic artist Carolyn Ash will teach you to design, create and grout your own work of art by arranging shells, tiles, mirror, pottery, jewellery, china and beads. Bring along broken treasures to include! Tools, materials inspirational books & safety glasses provided.

Join artist Titania Fisher to create your own unique applique floral banner. Use spring flowers to inspire floral designs as Titania guides you through the various textile techniques required to craft your own banner.

Professional illustrator Stuart Paterson of Essential Sequential will demonstrate the tools and techniques used by professional comic writers and artists. Plan and create your own mini-comic book whatever your skill level, by choosing from a range of quick and accessible activities. All materials provided.

Garlic Theatre presents a charming and inventive puppet show about what might happen if you throw things out the window! Jack lives on a small farm with his mum and very little to eat. Imagine his surprise when he swaps his cow for some magic beans and starts to hear a whispering in the breeze.

Join drama and creative writing facilitator Melanie Hering and ceramics artist Emily Stapleton for a storytelling and clay workshop designed specifically for children with additional support needs. Using the theme of ‘our natural world’, create stories, play, make models and explore materials as a family in an open and friendly shared space.

Moonrakers perform sparkling and unique arrangements of traditional British folk songs and their own compositions. The 4-piece band plays harp, cello, fretted instruments, accordion, whistles, and vocals. Their albums have received glowing reviews in the music press.

Join artist Titania Fisher to create your own unique applique floral banner. Use spring flowers to inspire floral designs as Titania guides you through the various textile techniques required to craft your own banner.

Garlic Theatre presents a charming and inventive puppet show about what might happen if you throw things out the window! Jack lives on a small farm with his mum and very little to eat. Imagine his surprise when he swaps his cow for some magic beans and starts to hear a whispering in the breeze.

Paprika is the UK’s leading Balkan band. Two accordions, violin, guitar, bass, and percussion. This electrifying group blends Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy, and Classical music into a whirlwind of frenzied virtuosity. Performances interweave fiery melodies and foot-tapping rhythms.

A celebration of three people from the past through dance, spoken word and song. Set in 2024, the cast tells the stories of Florence Nightingale, Walter Tull and Karpal Kaur, considering who is remembered and why. After the performance join the cast to decorate bunting, sharing who or what you want to commemorate in 2024.

A celebration of three people from the past through dance, spoken word and song. Set in 2024, the cast tells the stories of Florence Nightingale, Walter Tull and Karpal Kaur, considering who is remembered and why. After the performance join the cast to decorate bunting, sharing who or what you want to commemorate in 2024.

Artist June Massey will help you use your creative skills to make a beautiful, unique piece of glass art. Have fun sharing ideas and learn interesting facts about glass artistry. June will take your work home to fire in her kiln and return it to the library a week later.

Truan Jay Mathias and his magical crystal ball are on a mission to spread astonishment and wonder. A mix of circus tricks, juggling, and electric unicycle, dance and comedy. An enthralling show that combines gentle humour, beauty and human struggle. The show will be followed by a circus workshop for all ages over 5 years.

Reduce waste by hitting it repeatedly with a stick. Steve Barbe will lead you in creating music, playing games and exploring rhythm with junk objects. Items will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own tins, tubs, pots and pans (nothing sharp, brittle or unhygienic please).

Come on a magical journey into the plant world. Follow gardener Peppina in her quest to grow Pimpernell, the most beautiful plant ever seen. Discover how the apple tree grows apples and how the willow tree fights off the caterpillar. A bit silly, a bit poetic and you get to plant your own sunflower to take home! Presented by Sophie Nüzel Projects

Truan Jay Mathias and his magical crystal ball are on a mission to spread astonishment and wonder. A mix of circus tricks, juggling, and electric unicycle, dance and comedy. An enthralling show that combines gentle humour, beauty and human struggle. The show will be followed by a circus workshop for all ages over 5 years.

Come on a magical journey into the plant world. Follow gardener Peppina in her quest to grow Pimpernell, the most beautiful plant ever seen. Discover how the apple tree grows apples and how the willow tree fights off the caterpillar. A bit silly, a bit poetic and you get to plant your own sunflower to take home! Presented by Sophie Nüzel Projects

Join artist Titania Fisher to create your own unique applique floral banner. Use spring flowers to inspire floral designs as Titania guides you through the various textile techniques required to craft your own banner.

Re-cycle and re-purpose to create a unique mosaic masterpiece. Professional mosaic artist Carolyn Ash will teach you to design, create and grout your own work of art by arranging shells, tiles, mirror, pottery, jewellery, china and beads. Bring along broken treasures to include! Tools, materials inspirational books & safety glasses provided.

Re-cycle and re-purpose to create a unique mosaic masterpiece. Professional mosaic artist Carolyn Ash will teach you to design, create and grout your own work of art by arranging shells, tiles, mirror, pottery, jewellery, china and beads. Bring along broken treasures to include! Tools, materials inspirational books & safety glasses provided.

Scarlet Oak Theatre present a show featuring puppetry, plants and lots of pots! In an intimate potting shed, we meet a gardener. She loves the smell of the flowers, the feel of the earth and watching her plants bloom. But along comes a magpie who turns her potting shed upside down! Making friends is lots of fun, but can sometimes be tricky. Join our gardener and magpie on this playful and heart warming journey as they navigate the intricacies of friendship.