adaptation of the classic childhood tale, performed by pupils from Gad’s Hill School – Dickens’ former home.Dickens In Teesdale  Birthday CelebrationsFebruary 7After Dickens used Yorkshire’s infamous schools as the inspiration for Nicholas Nickelby, the town

singing-all dancing production of JM Barrie’s ode to childhood, Peter Pan as it flies into Billingham Forum Theatre on February 20. For more details and dates, visit www.forumtheatrebillingham.co.ukAntelopes, zebras orang-utans and polar bears will all

of the newly restored East Parterre garden and pay a visit to the Perseus and Andromeda fountain with its majestic cascades, running until the end of October.For more fun family days out see our pick of the best Hallowe'en happenings in The Midlands

at Culzean Castle And Country Park for an enchanting fairytale experience this winter as each room is to be transformed into a living scene from well-loved childhood tales. Costumed characters, music and song will be used to transport your family into a

The world famous Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital has long fostered strong connections with Peter Pan author JM Barrie, who gifted the rights of the enchanting childhood tale to the hospital in 1929. Now, the Great Ormond Street Children

childhood tale throughout the festive season. See Alice In Wonderland as you never have before; where the characters of Wonderland are performers in a Royal Variety Show, and they perpetually have to entertain the truculent Queen of Hearts on her daily

Green Day OutJuly 1This event at Morden Hall Park offers a fresh family day out and a chance to up your eco-credentials to boot. Children can take part in recycled crafts, learn about wildlife conservation and take a twirl with the Greensleaves

to Christmas is being played out on a colossal scale at Tower Bridge this year with a giant Victorian advent calendar. On arrival children will be asked to select a candy cane from a giant Christmas tree, one of which on each day will allow the lucky recipient