Theme for Green Days children's events plus screenings at The Chiswick Cinema
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, to be screened at The Chiswick Cinema
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May 18, 2024
The world of Narnia is set to feature heavily in this year’s Bedford Park Festival which will be celebrating The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as it approaches its 75 th anniversary.
A major stage production based on CS Lewis’s iconic book is about to start a UK tour and children in Chiswick will be invited to enter the magical kingdom where “it’s always winter but never Christmas”.
This year read the books, watch the film, hunt the pictures, dress up as the characters, walk through the wardrobe, paint the pictures and win prizes.
Narnia and its most memorable characters will be highlighted in the Festival’s Fancy Dress competition and Children’s Corner on Green Days; a Treasure Hunt in Turnham Green Terrace; a Young Artists Competition; and two Kids Club screenings at The Chiswick Cinema of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
In partnership with the Chiswick Book Festival, children and parents will also be encouraged to read the Narnia books that inspired the film and the new stage production.
C.S. Lewis wrote seven novels that together form The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was first published in 1950 and over 85 million copies have been sold in 60 languages, making it one of the top ten best-selling books of all time.
Narnia events at the Bedford Park Festival
Turnham Green Terrace Treasure Hunt: Friday 24 May to 7 June
Spot the Narnia pictures in the windows of Turnham Green Terrace.
Pick up a free entry form from Trotters: you could win a prize. Age 10 & Under.
The Chiswick Cinema Kids Club: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
10am Saturday 1 June, 10.30am Sunday 2 June
Buy tickets here.
Young Artists Competition: Saturday 8 June to Thursday 13 June
Free entry, prizes from Chiswick Arts & Crafts. Age 18 and under
Green Days: ‘Narnia’ Fancy Dress Parade: Saturday 8 June
Judging at 11am. Free entry, prizes from Trotters & Fouberts
10.30am: Register at St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Age 10 & under
Green Days: Children’s Corner (Narnia) & Funfair: 8 & 9 June
Fun and refreshments for all the family. Walk through the Wardrobe in the Children’s Corner for games and activities for children of all ages.
The two-day Green Days Fete & Craft Fair (8 and 9 June ) is the Bedford Park Festival’s opening weekend and will feature the usual array of bands, refreshments and stalls, supported by many local companies.
Profits will support St Michael & All Angels Church, which runs the Festival as part of its mission of community outreach, and its three 2024 charities: The Upper Room, helping the needy in Shepherd’s Bush; Swinfen Telemedicine, which links specialist medical expertise to doctors and nurses in remote regions of the world; and Crosslight Chiswick, which provides face-to-face debt advice, together with money education and budgeting support to individuals and families in need.
Read more and book tickets at www.bedfordparkfestival.org.
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