Children & Families

Exhibition

A selection of inflatable monsters including a yellow mega bunny, a sad pink octopus and a large blue cat with white whiskers

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Djanogly Gallery

Monster Fun

Thu 1 Aug – Sun 8 Sep 2024

A family-friendly, fun, inflatable exhibition! Suitable for ages 3+.

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Children & Families

Workshop

Colourful masks covered in feathers

Multibuy

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Performing Arts Studio

Carnival Craft Summer School

Monday 5 - Friday 9 August

Join this summer school for an explosion of carnival crafts. For ages 10-16.

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A family walk along a park path towards Lakeside Arts

A tram travels past Lakeside Arts

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Booking Tickets

Freshly baked scones

A person in a wheelchair enjoys an accessible swing.

A vast lake with stone lion ornament

A small boy in a blue hoodie sits at a cafe table

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.

Two secondary school students in uniform painting in yellows, reds and oranges as part of a school trip at Lakeside Arts.

Schools & educators

A student actor on stage with red hair being led off by another student

University Students

child wearing a hand made face mask from a childrens workshop

Families & Children

Lakeside's Performing Arts Studio setup for a drinks reception.

Celebrations & Events

Lakeside's theatre with a full audience, a speaker at a lecturn and four empty chairs on stage.

Meetings & Conferences

Eleven actors on stage in orange costumes and in a jungle scene, with the moon overhead.

Artistic & rehearsal hire

A croissant filled with cheese and tomato

Catering For Your Event

Close up of microphone on stage. with audience seating in the background.

Lakeside front of house staff in blue fleeces stand smiling

Jobs & Volunteering

The backs of two people's heads wearing headphones and operating the tech for a theatre show

A black and white photograph of an outdoor swimming pool on the site where Lakeside Arts now sits

Sekou Keita, a musician, sits surrounded by an orchestra with headphones on

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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Workshop

Brush Painting

With Feng-Ru Lee

Wed 24 Jan – Wed 21 Feb 2024

Visual Arts Studio

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Past event

This event has now passed.

Learn the ancient art of Chinese brush painting, which traditionally features animals, flowers and scenes from nature.

In these sessions Feng-Ru Lee will focus on Chinese mythical creatures, including dragons.

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