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Days out: A selection of forthcoming events
by Paul R Taylor7/ 7/2005
Caught yourself muttering the parents' proverb "kids these days,
they don't know they're born"? Then show the little blighters what
life was like in the 1940s at
Tatton Park this
Sunday.
The Way We Were - a 1940s theme day will show them how every member
of the family had to take an active role in war effort.
A fun programme of events includes games, music and war jobs.
Meet the soldiers and civilians and sample what life was like in
the 40s.
Go dressed up and join in the fun from noon to 5pm (last entry 4pm)
at the farm and Old Hall.
Information: 01625 534400.
The
Altrincham Festival comes to an end this
weekend with the Beating of the Bounds.
The traditional ceremony of Beating the Bounds of the ancient
borough will begin at 10.30am at Altrincham Court Leet, Higher
Downs, Altrincham.
The Steward and Notary to the Barony of Dunham Massey, together
with the Provost, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Court Leet and the
Free Burgesses of Altrincham, will conduct the ceremony.
If the 1940s as celebrated at Tatton Park are a little too austere
for your tastes, jump forward three decades to the 70s and the punk
phenomenon.
A dressing-up workshop called
Junk Punk Clobber
Design is being held at
Urbis on
Saturdays and Sundays from 12-3pm and also on weekdays during the
summer holidays from July 28.
Children design punk outfits from scrap materials using images and
ideas from the Urbis punk exhibition.
Get the finished look with a unique hair-do, killer make-up and
then watch people's heads turn.
Those who prefer a more behind the scenes approach can use scrap
materials to design and make a punk puppet.
Spike its hair, rip its clothing, add a few chains and let it take
centre stage at the Urbis Puppet Punk concert.
Booking recommended, with admission £1.50-£2.50 per
child.
More pop exhbitions see feature on page 13 of today's
Metromagazine.
Information: 0161 907 9099.
Reddish Vale Country Park is going green this
weekend with an environmentally friendly circus. The Green Circus
is a solar powered fair organised by Brinnington Community
First.
Information: 0161 430 2030.
Heartbreak Productions present innovative and exciting
interpretations of both Shakespeare's Hamlet and Oscar Wilde's The
Importance of Being Earnest, during the next two weeks.
As part of the
2005 Outdoor Theatre programme the
production company will perform The Importance of Being Earnest in
Fletcher Moss Gardens, Didsbury, on Sunday, July 10, and Hamlet in
Wythenshawe Park on Wednesday, July 20. Tickets are available from
the Library Theatre box office.
Information and booking: 0161 236 7110.
This summer Manchester plays host to
Urban Moves,
a three-day open air dance festival with dance companies from
around the world performing in the most unexpected places.
Following in the footsteps of other big European festivals such as
Barcelona's Dies De Danza, Stromerein in Zurich and Corpi Urbani in
Genoa, Urban Moves celebrates the unique cityscape and architecture
of Manchester.
Performances will take place in underground car parks, in bars, on
scaffold towers, walls of city buildings and in city centre
fountains.
Most performances are free. The event starts on Friday, July 15,
and runs until Sunday 17.
www.urbis.org.uk
Madagascar is tipped to be one of the hit
movies of the summer holidays and the stars of the show are
visiting Manchester Arndale Centre tomorrow (Saturday).
Hollywood stars Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer and Chris Rock provide
the voices for the tale of a lion, zebra, giraffe and hippo who
discover the true meaning of wild life.
Between 11am and 4pm, children can watch clips from the new film on
a large plasma screen and have their faces painted so they look
like some of the characters such as Alex the lion, Marty the zebra,
Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo.
Disley and Lyme Horticultural Society is staging a
garden open day tomorrow (Saturday) to raise funds for and
awareness of the 98th Disley & Lyme Horticultural Show on
August 20).
A total of 11 gardens are open for public viewing in Disley between
10am and 4.30pm. Tickets - priced £2.50, children free, which have
a map showing the locations of the gardens are available from 100
Buxton Old Road, 14 The Ridgeway or Jacksons Edge Cottage, Jacksons
Edge Road (next to the Amalgamated Club Disley).
Stretford Brass Band will be playing a free
concert between 2 and 4 pm on Sunday (July 10). Organised by the
Friends of Longford Park, it will take place in the rose
gardens.
Kelly Holmes (right) inspired thousands of youngsters by winning
two gold medals at the Athens Olympics, but is now planning to
retire from athletics.
The 800m and 1,500m specialist will say goodbye to Manchester this
weekend as she races for the last time in the city. The Norwich
Union World and Commonwealth Trails and the AAA Championships are
at the Manchester Regional Arena tomorrow (Saturday) and
Sunday.
Tickets: 0870 4028000 or
www.ukathletics.net
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