SUMMER HOLIDAY EVENTS IN SHEFFIELD

To mark the start of the school summer holidays, this weekend is absolutely bursting at the seams with summer events and activities. We are quite literally spoilt for choice. But here are some details about our top three events taking place over the next few weeks... enjoy!

PUTTING THE SWING IN TO SUMMER

  • Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 July
  • 10 am – 9 pm
  • No additional cost to take part in competition (on top of normal cost to play), adults £7, student/cons £6, 5-16 £5.50, under 5’s £3.50


While the pros battle it out at the Open Championship, golfers in South Yorkshire can get a sense of adventure in a championship with a difference.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf is putting on an event to find its very own champion. Kid’s, families, couples and friends are invited to take a swing in what is hoped will be one of England’s biggest ever adventure golf competitions.

Opened in February 2012, Paradise Island is an indoor leisure experience that features two 18 hole adventure golf courses, set inside a tropical paradise. The 14000 sq/ft site is full of twists, turns, humps and bumps leaving traditional crazy golf a ‘fairway’ behind.

 The activity is a first for Sheffield and is taking place between 19 and 22nd July. To take part in the competition players can turn up anytime between 10am and 9pm on the 19 - 22 of July or to avoid disappointment BOOK a tee-off time on 0114 256 0950.
HOLIDAYS AT HOME 1940s STYLE AT KELHAM ISLAND
Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield
  • Sat 21 & Sun 22 July 2012
  • 11 am – 5 pm
  • £4.50 adults and children go FREE


The Kelham Island Museum 1940’s Vintage Summer Fayre will explode into action celebrating the wakes weekend start of the summer holidays. Taking place over two days on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July with over 20 vintage, antique and craft stalls, living history activities and re-enactments, music, dance and much more.

Highlights include:
  • Vintage beauty parlour - have your hair styled by ‘Tallulah’s Vintage Style’
  • Over 20 vintage, antique and craft stalls
  • Dance lessons - 1940s style social foxtrot, quick step or waltz, swing jive or balboa
  • Bomb disposal re-enactment
  • Vintage vehicles and homefront activities
  • Wartime cafe
  • UKs No1 George Formby impersonator
The Fayre runs from 11am until 5pm on Saturday 21 July and Sunday 22 July. Entry is £4.50 for adults and children go FREE. For more information go to www.simt.co.uk/news/tags/whats-on


SHAKESPEARE GOES OPEN AIR IN SHEFFIELD THIS SUMMER
GB Theatre Company


Sheffield’s newest open air events space is set to welcome Shakespeare in a series of performances this summer.

GB Theatre Company will take to the stage, or rather the grass, this August at the new Ampitheatre, Sheffield’s South Street Park.

The touring company will be performing two epic pieces of Shakespeare’s work – The Tempest and The Taming of The Shrew, with a series of performances between Wednesday 1 and Saturday 4 August.

These will be the first performances at the open–air Amphitheatre which overlooks Sheffield. The Amphitheatre is a stunning theatrical location cut into the hillside above Sheffield's main station. It has echoes of Ancient Greece overlooking the Steel City.

The cast of outstanding professional actors are directed by Jenny Stephens (director of BBC Radio 4's The Archers) and Jack Shepherd (of ITV's Wycliffe fame). The performances in Sheffield are part of a wider GB Theatre Company tour of the UK, visiting Reading, Bristol, Norwich, Chepstow, Suffolk, Warwick, Cornwall, London and West Sussex as well as Sheffield.

Tickets are £15 each or £12 for concessions. Tickets are available online from the GB Theatre Company at http://gbtheatrecompany.com/bookings/ Sheffield Theatres at www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk, or the Sheffield Theatres Ticket Office: Crucible Theatre Box Office, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA. Telephone: 0114 249 6000.

Cast Biographies www.gbtheatrecompany.com/cast2012.html

Dates:
  • Wednesday 1st August 7pm - Taming of the Shrew
  • Thursday 2nd August 7pm - The Tempest
  • Friday 3rd August 7pm - Taming of the Shrew
  • Saturday 4th August 7pm - The Tempest

Timings:
  • The Amphitheatre opens at 6 pm
  • Performances start at 7 pm
  • Running time: 2hrs 30 mins including a 20 min interval.

Prices:
  • Adult £15
  • Concessions* £12
  • *Under 16 (5-15), full time students & OAP 's

PLEASE NOTE: Audience members are advised to bring warm clothing and waterproofs. Umbrellas are not permitted during the performance. Audience members are welcome to bring picnics.

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