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  • Mud Pie Making

    Come and get messy - make your own mud pies!

  • Primadonna Story Shapers

    Farm Barn (Waterstones Bookshop)

    Are you 18-25 and want a greater voice in Primadonna? We want to establish a collective of young voices to help steer our brand, messaging, reach and programme. Help us to create next year’s festival, and be a part of the Primadonna story - join us and feed back in this session, as we begin […]

  • Meet the Suffolk Punch Horses

    Horses’ stable

    Meet the Museum’s horses, Zippo and Faith - and find out why they are so important to stories of food and farming.

  • Kids Cone Challenge

    Field outside Abbotts Hall

    Make some friends and burn off some energy - a kids’ play camp perfect for kids aged 5-11 years old.

  • Wandering Tales with Justine de Mierre

    Sitewide

    Professional Storyteller Justine de Mierre will be wandering around the site for this hour, offering tales on demand for anyone who fancies hearing one! You'll be able to spot her from her trademark top hat and colourful storytelling outfit - just say hello, let her know what kind of story you feel like and she'll […]

  • Wild East with Ashley Hickson-Lovence

    Farm Barn (Waterstones Bookshop)

    Ashley Hickson-Lovence who is a novelist, university lecturer and former school teacher invites us into fourteen-year-old music-lover Ronny’s life. We follow Ronny as his mum decides they’re moving out of London. In Norwich, as a Black teenager in a mostly white school, Ronny feels like a complete outsider. He tries his best to balance keeping […]

  • Firsts Prize showcase

    Under the theme ‘new beginnings’, Primadonna and the University of Suffolk teamed up for a second year for ‘Firsts’: a writing competition for budding writers in East Anglia, in school years 7-13. Meet some of our prizewinners and entrants as they take to the stage with judges Ashley Hickson-Lovence from the University's Faculty of English […]

  • Norse Mythology – Create Your Own Monster

    Farm Barn (Waterstones Bookshop)

    Create your own mythical creature with Cat Weldon who is a children's author who writes funny middle grade fantasy stories. Cat will share stories of monsters from Norse mythology and then you can come up with your own monster and write them into existence - the more teeth, claws, tails and wings, the better! Recommended […]

  • Monster Clay Art

    Once you’ve written your monster into being at our Norse Mythology workshop, head over to the wooded area by the Marquee stage to make a monster from clay!

  • Animal feeding

    Cherry Tree Walk

    Join the museum team down in the farm area for the afternoon animal feeding.