Riverside Studios is an excellent spot for a bit of summertime fun, with a beer garden that commands magnificent views overlooking the Thames. This summer they're running a lot of family-friendly events which provide the perfect excuse to hand your kids over to a professional entertainer while you take your seat outside and enjoy a cold beer.
Albert and Friends Instant Circus are Riverside favourites and return to the space this year with Summer Circus: a full day of traditional circus activities and family fun. Basically it gives the kids a chance to admire and learn from professional clowns, jugglers and acrobats, and to pick up some skills which they can practise ad nauseam for the rest of August. And it gives you a chance to relax.
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Have I None (directed by Holmes) and The Under Room (directed by Bond) are presented as a double bill but if you want to see all three, pop along on Saturday 19th or 26th May or to see The Chair as well...