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An exciting announcement plus family fun this Easter

27th March 2023

Catch up on all our latest news…with an exciting announcement, loads of Easter holiday activities and shows out on tour, there’s lots of great stuff going on here at Motionhouse.

Announcing our new Christmas show for families at Midlands Arts Centre

We’re super-excited to announce that we’ll be performing Starchitects Save Santa! a new family Christmas show, at Midlands Arts Centre from Thursday 16 November to Saturday 30 December 2023.

With Starchitects Save Santa!, Midlands Arts Centre is building on its sparkling reputation for bringing the very best in festive entertainment to young audiences.

Find out more and book tickets here.

Commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre and presented in association with Bluestone National Park Resort.

Book now for some Easter holiday fun

We’re delighted to be holding a range of activities during the April Easter break.

Booking is now open for our Teens Fun Day (12 – 18 years), Juniors Fun Day (7 – 11 years), Motionhouse Youth Open Intensive Day (14 – 19 years) and our Adult Circus Workshop.

Find out more or book your place

The Starchitects tour continues

Catch Starchitects at one of the remaining dates on this year’s tour at Lichfield Garrick TheatreLawrence Batley TheatreHOME Manchester, Salisbury Playhouse and Capitol Horsham (more dates to be announced soon).

Watch the video below to hear first-hand from some of our audience members on how much they enjoyed the show.

Starchitects has an easy-to-follow and humorous storyline, making it perfect for a fun and entertaining trip out with children, friends or the whole family.

More dates for our hit show Nobody

Our hugely popular dance-circus show Nobody is back on the road this year. If you haven’t seen it yet, there are opportunities to catch the show at Lichfield Garrick Theatre and Festival Theatre in Edinburgh.

HENGE is back at Bluestone Wales this summer

We’re thrilled to let you know that this summer we’ll be returning to Bluestone National Park Resort in Pembrokeshire with HENGE, a family show we created especially for guests at Bluestone. After a spectacular premiere residency last year, HENGE is back this year to wow guests as part of the Bluestone Summer Festival season 2023.

Guest blog from Ashley Jordan, Director of Ascension Dance Company

Supporting artists through peer mentoring is an important part of what we do. Over the last 9 months our Executive Director Louise Richards has been mentoring friend and peer Ashley Jordan, Company Director of Ascension Dance. Hear from Ashley all about his experience over the last few months in his blog.

performer jumps into the air

Have you seen us perform recently?

If you’ve seen us perform recently, we’d love to know what you think of our work. We’d be really grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to fill in our quick and easy online survey. The survey closes on the 31st of March – we’d love to hear from you!

Complete our survey

Check out our tour dates below to see if we’re performing near you!

 

  • Production Date Venue & Tickets
  • Captive Sat 23rd May 2026
    1pm

    Reimagine Redditch - Tesco Extra carpark, Coldfield Drive

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  • WILD Sat 23rd May 2026
    11:30 & 18:30

    BAM Milan, Italy

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  • Captive Sun 24th May 2026
    1pm

    Reimagine Redditch - Morton Stanley Park

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  • WILD Sun 24th May 2026
    17:30 & 20:00

    Magie al Borgo, Bergamo, Italy

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  • Captive Mon 25th May 2026
    1pm

    Reimagine Redditch - May Arrow Valley Country Park

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  • BLOCK Sat 30th May 2026
    2pm & 7pm

    Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland

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  • BLOCK Sun 31st May 2026
    1pm & 4pm

    Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland

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  • BLOCK Mon 1st Jun 2026
    Times tbc

    Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland

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  • BLOCK Fri 12th Jun 2026
    21:00

    KaldeArte, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

  • BLOCK Sat 13th Jun 2026
    18:00 & 23:30

    KaldeArte, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

  • WILD Sat 20th Jun 2026
    11am & 2pm

    Reimagine Redditch, Market Place, Redditch

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  • BLOCK Sun 21st Jun 2026
    2pm & 4.30pm

    101 Outdoor Arts, Newbury, UK

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  • Starchitects Fri 10th Jul 2026
    7.30pm

    East Kowloon Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

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  • Starchitects Sat 11th Jul 2026
    3pm & 7.30pm

    East Kowloon Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

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  • Starchitects Sun 12th Jul 2026
    3pm

    East Kowloon Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

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  • WILD Fri 31st Jul 2026
    20:00

    Pforzheim, Germany

  • WILD Sat 1st Aug 2026
    15:30 & 20:00

    Pforzheim, Germany

  • Hidden Thu 22nd Oct 2026
    7.30pm

    Darlington Hippodrome

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  • Hidden Tue 27th Oct 2026
    7.30pm

    Sadler's Wells East, London

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  • Hidden Wed 28th Oct 2026
    7.30pm (relaxed performance)

    Sadler's Wells East, London

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  • Hidden Thu 29th Oct 2026
    7.30pm

    Sadler's Wells East, London

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  • Hidden Fri 30th Oct 2026
    7.30pm (audio described performance and touch tour)

    Sadler's Wells East, London

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  • Hidden Sat 31st Oct 2026
    2.30pm & 7.30pm

    Sadler's Wells East, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Wed 16th Dec 2026
    10.30am & 1.30pm

    The Place, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Thu 17th Dec 2026
    10.30am & 1.30pm

    The Place, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Sat 19th Dec 2026
    11am & 3pm (Audio described, signed)

    The Place, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Mon 21st Dec 2026
    11am & 3pm (relaxed performances)

    The Place, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Tue 22nd Dec 2026
    11am & 3pm

    The Place, London

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  • Starchitects Save Santa! Wed 23rd Dec 2026
    11am

    The Place, London

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  • Hidden Sat 16th Jan 2027
    7.30pm

    The Capitol, Horsham

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