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Djanogly Theatre

Christmas at Lakeside: The Storm Whale

Sat 14 Dec 2024 – Sun 5 Jan 2025

Join us for this magical Christmas show for kids. Suitable for ages 3+.

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Children & Families

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The Adventure Academy… for Adventurers!

Sun 17 Nov 2024

The Noise Next Door returns to Lakeside with comedy for ages 7+.

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Booking Tickets

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Family Facilities

A light bright shop space with square shelves and colourful displays.

Colourful rowing boats sat at the side of the lake, with the Trent building in the background.

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Schools & educators

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University Students

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Families & Children

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Celebrations & Events

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Meetings & Conferences

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Artistic & rehearsal hire

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Catering For Your Event

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Jobs & Volunteering

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A woman walking through luminarium which is glowing with reds and purples.

Grass interspersed with daisies, a winding path and a small tree just coming into lead dominate the foreground. Children playing in Highfields Park, an ice cream van and Lakeside Arts' DH Lawrence Pavilion are in the background. A bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds is overhead.

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Music

Manchester Collective

The End of Time

Thu 30 Nov 2023

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Manchester Collective’s musicians are joined by pianist Kathy Stott for this exploration of Olivier Messiaen’s darkest and most unforgettable work: Quartet for the End of Time.

If you’ve never experienced this powerful, transcendental work for piano, violin, cello and clarinet, written by the composer whilst imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany in 1941, then Manchester Collective’s production is an ideal introduction.

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