Feel Good Family Picnic - Littleborough

Programme of events

This page lists a summary of events on day 3 of the Feel Good Family Picnic.

Date: Thursday, 31 July 2025 (day 3 of 4)
Times: 12noon–4pm, see individual events for their running times
Suitable for: All ages from babies upwards welcome.
Location: Hare Hill Park, Town House Road, Littleborough OL15 9BG
Directions: Find Hare Hill Park on Google Maps
Facilities: first aid, chill out space, information stand, toilets, free water station, children's play area

You're welcome to bring your own food and drink and enjoy a picnic during the event. Free water refills will be available all day so please bring a bottle with you.

Good value family friendly food and drink will also be on sale at the event. There will be mobile catering at Hare Hill Park.


Events

Event name: Now I Am Become D/Deaf

Description: a visual spectacle from Tit for Tat Circus, featuring a clown turning his own hearing loss into something extraordinary, tackling cultural boundaries and personal identity with moments of chaos, sincerity, interconnectivity and utter nonsense, showing a world where the loudest actions are lost in translation and the tiniest looks become deafening.

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Event name: A Knight Away

Description: a second live show by Tit for Tat Circus featuring Sir Kuss and his loyal (if somewhat grumbling) squire on their well-deserved time off. Expect games, comedy and stupidity in equal measure. With plate mail, swim shorts, holiday games, sights to see and axes to juggle – this bumbling entourage of knightly stupidity will be absolutely delighted to meet you.

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Event name: Scrumptious

Description: a fun, playful piece of theatre about friendship and ice cream with hilarious songs, dancing and storytelling from the Beggars Belief Collective. All is well at Sylvie’s Scrumptious sweet shop. PC Lee can’t resist the fruit cake, Stanley the horse loves peppermint creams and the Talkative Twins only cause a crumb of chaos. Until a stranger arrives, that is, and their irresistible ice cream threatens to spoil everything. The perfect treat for families and anyone young at heart. Ideal for children aged 4 and above, and their grown-ups.

Sylvie is played by Evie Hargreaves, and her television appearances include ‘Doctors’ for BBC, and ‘Vera’ for ITV.

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Cast of Scrumptious.

Scrumptious is a fun, playful piece of theatre about friendship and ice cream with hilarious songs, dancing and storytelling.


Event name: The Alchemist

Description: a light-hearted, slightly-slapstick puppet show for all ages. This gentle and magical performance has captivated audiences young and old across the UK.

The Alchemist is a medieval man who desperately wants to make his name in his contemporary scientific community and make a small fortune on the side. Unfortunately, due to yet another dangerous (and unsuccessful) attempt to make gold, his latest assistant has met a grisly end. As the Alchemist continues with his experiments alone, he makes more mistakes with catastrophic consequences, further hampered by the antics of a pair of mischievous rats and an incredibly annoying bluebottle.

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Event name: The Story of the Scary Noise

Description: a doting daddy finds the unexpected (and adorable) source of a mysterious sound. Presented on a pop-up mobile puppet stage by Thingumajig Theatre. A show full of surprises, fun and a heart-warming story of friendship and a sense of home.

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Event name: The Magic Samovar

Description: a Persian tea urn opens to reveal the compelling secrets of a world in miniature. Created by Reyyan Hammad with Thingumajig Theatre. A show full of surprises, fun and a heart-warming story of friendship and a sense of home.

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Event name: Pocket Loop

Description: a concert by Stop Toi featuring 2 jugglers and a drummer with a crazy playlist, mixing smooth jazz with garage rock, throwing balls, twisting rings and performing crazy stunts. Visitors can sing along and experience this extraordinary act as the trio attempt to demonstrate the meaning of life. Don’t forget your ear plugs.

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Event name: Damocles

Description: look out for Damoclès, a participatory performance by Cirque Inextremiste exploring risk, trust, and collective co-operation. Audiences will become both witness and actor, experimenting with tools of co-ordination and shared decision-making. A unique social experience, questioning how we act together, build trust, and explore leadership in uncertain situations. Can we trust one another and decide on a common course of action towards a problem? Can we all be the leader of the group?

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Performance of Damocles.

Audiences become both witness and actor, experimenting with tools of co-ordination and shared decision-making.


Event name: The Street Where I LIve

Description: Rochdale’s M6 Theatre Company present their popular play - a captivating story for younger children and their families, exploring the warmth and diversity of a unique community, capturing the friendships, adventures and surprises that take place there. Each child will receive a free story book to take home, enabling them to revisit the story as often as they like. With space for children to help with the storytelling, the performance also supports language development, listening skills, counting, and colours and includes an interactive workshop with the audience.

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Event name: Skylight Circus Arts

Description: this amazing group of talented performers returns to stage another jaw dropping range of spectacular feats including ariel tricks, stilt walking, juggling and clowning, with everyone invited to learn the skills led by professional circus artists.

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Event name: Youth Zone

Times: 12noon–4pm

Description: new for 2025 will be a ‘Youth Zone’ featuring a range of activities including a special edition of the Teenage Market, with a variety of stalls and performances. The Teenage Market gives local young traders and performers aged between 13 and 25 years old a chance to showcase their creative products and talents.

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Performance at the Teenage Market.

The Teenage Market gives local young traders and performers aged between 13–25 years old a chance to showcase their creative products and talents.


Event name: Craft Workshops

Description: fun and engaging craft workshops led by the team from Heywood based Cartwheel Arts. More information on these workshops will be available soon.


Event name: Sports Zone

Description: try a range of popular sports and games including track bikes, badminton, shotput, and archery with staff from Your Trust.

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Event name: Carnival and parade

Performance times: 2pm

Description: a stunning carnival will travel around the parks led by international carnival arts company Global Grooves, reflecting this year’s theme of ‘co-operation,’ covering the arts, culture, communities, togetherness and the power of shared experiences. Expect more giant puppets, costumes, funky beats, flags and high energy dance, animated by local communities and professional street performers.

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Event name: Flat Cap Brass

Description: for the last 2 years they’ve gone down such a storm, we've invited them back again to play more fun and friendly arrangements of popular 90s and 00s pop songs as you’ve never heard them before.

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