Unwrapped Festival
Welcome to Unwrapped Festival!
Two Dates, Two Locations!
Our audience-loved Unwrapped Festival is back for another year!
Saturday 11th June • 10.30am - 4.45pm
Eastleigh, Leigh Road Recreation Ground
Sunday 12th June • 10.30am - 4.45pm
Hedge End, Greta Park
Unwrap the gift of shared live experience as we spill out of our theatres into the Borough of Eastleigh. With a firm family focus, Unwrapped Festival showcases high quality, hand-picked live performances, alongside have-a-go creative activities, arts and craft markets and food stalls.
Scroll down to read this year's exciting line-up.
Unwrapped Festival 2024 Timetable
Squidge and Pop: Bubble Play & Disco
Walkabout Performances at 10.30am & 2.00pm
Family Play Station at 11pm
Bubble Disco at 4pm
A special kind of magic awaits all audiences in the Bubble entertainment by Squidge and Pop. Join our multi-sensory experience featuring fascinating immersive environments, unique light-up play stations and impressive tricks and giant bubbles.
A delightful funky, boogie busting playlist for both adults and children. This 30 minute set is high energy and mega fun for all
Bubble Disco TrailerDizzy O'Dare: Falconry Dismay
Performances at 11am & 3pm
Dizzy O'Dare ruffles feathers with Falconry Dismay, an anarchic and wild flight into the world of falconry shows. Showcasing the extraordinary talents of three majestic birds of prey, their expert handler holds tight to the tethers to keep the show going, you will belly laugh through the raucous ride that is Falconry Dismay.
Falconry Dismay TrailerGary & Pel: Swan in Love
Walkabout performances at 11:30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm
Swan in Love' is a must-see Swantacular walkabout performance; featuring a recycled 7ft Swan Pedalo. Gary & Pel will be pedalling into the hearts of audiences; inviting them to slow dance, snap some piccys and even have a romantic ride on the love boat itself.
A 40 minute live-action cartoon walkabout for all ages to enjoy. Swan on down and fall head over heel in love this summer.
Swan in Love Trailer
Fairly Famous Family: Anyone for Tennis
Performances at 11.30am, 2pm & 3.30pm
Rafael Nadal and Fred Perry live on court!! Wimbledon comes to your event with a pristine court, dead posh umpire and highly strung player looking to take on all comers.
A hilarious but thrilling "one setter" is played out live before an enraptured crowd with all the drama of the real thing including slow motion replays, heated line calls, tantrums and live commentary.
Luckily members of the audience help out, standing in for ball boys, physiotherapists and even royalty to award the prizes at the end. This show always gathers a huge crowd who like to get thoroughly involved in every match. Expect the rules to be slightly bent.
Anyone for Tennis TrailerBoxville Cardboard Adventures: A Time Travel Craft Along
Performances at 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Can you help the Boxville engineers gather the materials they need to help save BOXVILLE?! Join Designer Sam Wilde and Director Ian Nicholson on their next cardboard adventure – BOXVILLE – using their trademark sustainable cardboard puppet style you can venture with us into BOXVILLE, a land made entirely from sustainable cardboard!
Work with the BOXVILLE engineers to craft-a-long and build your way through the story, meeting paper dragons, corrugated pirates and cardboard space robots in this STEM skilled, hands on, interactive, time travel adventure!
Boxville TrailerJuggling Jake
Juggling Jake
Performance at 1.30pm & circus workshops throughout the day
Combining high-level technical juggling, comedy and interactive banter with death-defying circus stunts. Expect a high-impact show with lots of audience participation, a range of circus skills and a finale not to be missed. Skills include juggling, diabolo, ball spinning, unicycling, rola bola and more!
And much more...
Available all day from 10.30am - 4.45pm
As well as these fantastic performances, expect to take part in have-a-go creative activities, browse our arts and crafts market and enjoy tasty treats from local food vendors.
Don't miss our chill-out zone where you can sit down and relax with a good book.
Help Keep Unwrapped Free!
We want everyone to be able to feel the magic that shared live experiences can bring and you can help us achieve that by supporting our work.
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Your kind donation will keep Unwrapped running every year and help support us to deliver future community events and projects Anywhere in the Borough!
Thank you!
What Audiences Said...
We had the most fun day at Unwrapped Festival yesterday. So much to do, performances everywhere you turned!
"We took our 6 year old granddaughter, it was amazing. We could do with more things like this"
"It was a lovely event, so nice to see everyone enjoying it."
"I would definitely recommend checking it out if you are looking for a fun and family-friendly day out... can't wait for next year!"
"Brilliant standard of performers - and love that it is a free event!"
"It's a lovely event, great acts, exciting performances and very inclusive"
"A truly joyful & inspiring day, thank you so much!"
"A wonderful family day out filled with lots of fun, diversity and talented people"
Anywhere
Every year, we spill excitedly out of our venue walls, creating the unexpected, sharing experiences and unforgettable events.
Whenever you see the Anywhere flag, you can expect our quality stamp on an experience taking place outside of our theatres.