This is the fifth year that the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery will be running a bookstall in Dulwich Park during the Dulwich Festival 2012. It is always a fun and people packed day, with [...]
Family Activities Articles
Shadow Puppets at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Children love puppets! Puppeteer Drew Colby and his hand shadow puppets will be at Dulwich Picture Gallery on 5 May. Hand shadows are possibly the oldest form of puppetry – created very simply when the hands, coming between [...]
Join the Zumba Party!
There’s nothing like a Zumbathon to rid you of those additional Easter calories and raise money for a very worthwhile local charity. Have a blast with our instructors for 2 hours of non-stop, hardcore, funky, [...]
Easter Holiday Activities
The Easter holidays are a wonderful time for all, here’s a selection of Easter holiday activities for children and families. Battersea Park Zoo Kids can see for themselves which animal got the most Easter eggs this year [...]
Peter and the Wolf – a musical fairytale introducing children to classical music
The day I met Paul Guinery, the musician and much admired BBC broadcaster at the Gallery Café, there were letters in one of the quality newspapers bemoaning the fact that many schools no longer introduce children to [...]
Ragamala Art Competition: My family in miniature
Inspired by Dulwich Picture Gallery’s exhibition of Indian miniature paintings, create your own brightly coloured miniature artwork. A ragamala or ‘garland of ragas’ is a set of miniature paintings depicting various musical modes, ragas, of [...]
Next stop, Southwark Playhouse – Howl’s castle keeps on moving
Staged inside the atmospheric and bare brick Vaults at Southwark Playhouse; a beautiful pop-up style castle stood like an open page, waiting to tell us a story… Howl’s Moving Castle, originally a novel, was animated into an anime [...]
Puppet Show at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Children love puppets! Puppeteer Drew Colby and his hand shadow puppets will be at Dulwich Picture Gallery on 10 December, with two exciting shows called Shadow Tails and Stories on a Shoestring. Hand shadows are possibly the oldest form of puppetry [...]
