2012

We are planning another full year of exciting events at Bowhill, these will be updated regularly so keep an eye out!

February Events

Saturday 11th February at 7.30pm and Sunday 12th February at 2.30pm
Les Amis d’Onno Vintage Cabaret
Old fashioned fast and furious entertainment including knife throwing, escapology and music hall turns to thrill and entertain!
Tickets £11 £8 concessions £30 family from www.redshedtickets.com or by phone on 08432898555

March

Saturday 10th March
7.30pm
Whisky Tasting Evening
A new event on our Calendar.  Don’t know your Islay from your Lowland?  Or want to know a little more?  Join industry expert Darren Leitch, the livewire Regional Manager of Edinburgh’s The Whisky Shop chain for a fun evening of sorting the peat from the chaff with a tasting of 5 malt whiskies from across the spectrum.  Lots of fun, something to learn and opportunity for questions!
Tickets £25 will include very light supper

Thursday 22nd March
7.30pm
Border Connections Concert
A brand new band with renowned accordionists Gary Forrest and Lynn Tocker and fiddler Roddy Matthews, veteran of Take the Floor.  The experienced and sought after crew play a wide variety of haunting, energising and inspiring music from both sides of the Border.
Tickets £7.50 including booking fee
There will be no supper before this show but the bar will be open

Sunday 25th March
Opens 11am – 4pm
Sports Relief Mile
Join us as we raise money for Sport Relief.  Choose between 1, 3 and 6 miles around picturesque Bowhill.  When you have completed your run celebrate with a cake in the tearoom or a play in the adventure playground. 
To enter go to www.sportrelief.com/themile

Friday 30th March
8pm
MsFits Theatre Company: Stick Granny on the Roof Rack
A welcome return for Fiona Knowles in this one woman show with its comic and compassionate take on the catastrophe of modern family relationships.  The characters that Fiona conjures up will have you laughing with recognition as three generations of one family take the holiday of a lifetime with unforeseen consequences.
Tickets £12 to include booking fee Pre theatre supper £12

April

Monday 2nd April
2.30pm
Norwich Puppet Theatre: Thumbelina
Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale of a girl no bigger than your thumb and her adventures with all kind of creatures as she finds happiness in a garden of flowers.  A delightful and exciting tale full of gentle action, adventure and romance for all 2 – 6 year olds and their families
Tickets £5

Sunday 8th April
11am – 4pm
Easter Fun Day
Have a cracking Easter at Bowhill with magic shows, egg citing trails and enter our Eggs-Factor painted egg competition! 
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Family £15 (£1 for Season Pass Holders)
Suitable for all ages
Booking recommended – no limits

Wednesday 11th April
2 – 3.30pm
Pond dip & do
Discover why the ‘shimmying shrimp’ shimmies and how spiders catch their prey under water.
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Season Pass Holder £1
Suitable for all ages
Booking essential – max. 25 places

Sunday 15th April
2 – 3.30pm
Wild in the Woods
Take part in one of our most popular activities – den building!
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Season Pass Holder £1
Suitable for all ages
Booking essential – max 30 places

Saturday 28th April
2 – 3.30pm
Pond dip & do
Discover why the ‘shimmying shrimp’ shimmies and how spiders catch their prey under water.
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Season Pass Holder £1
Suitable for all ages
Booking essential – max. 25 places

May

Saturday 5th May
8pm
Rachel Laurence and Sandra Hunt: Mapp and Lucia Ahoy!
It’s anchors aweigh as Sandra and Rachel enact the glorious stories of rivals Mapp and Lucia and their friends.  Timbers will be shivered and cockles warmed as the eccentric residents of Tilling By The Sea take part in the very British art of one up(wo)manship.
Tickets £12 to include booking fee
There will be no supper before this show but the bar will be open

Monday 7th May
1 – 3pm
Feathered Fly By at Bowhill
This bank holiday enjoy interactive, educational and hands on flying demonstrations with birds of prey from around the world.  With both displays and handling sessions there is the opportunity to marvel from afar or get up close.
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Season Pass Holder £1 (today’s entrance charge into the Country Estate)

Sunday 20th May
Time tbc
Bowhill’s Endangered Species
Its fluffy, it’s cute, it has a big bushy tail, it has kittens yet it is not a cat, it’s in danger!  It’s a Red Squirrel!  Come along and learn more about one of Scotland’s most well loved iconic, yet endangered creatures from Karen Ramoo.  See www.bowhill.org for more details
 Price tbc

June

Saturday 2nd – Tuesday 5th June
Queens Jubilee Weekend
A Right Royal Weekend
Enjoy a traditional weekend at Bowhill to celebrate the Jubilee.  For families why not enjoy our Princess and Frog trail around the Estate or try your hand at crown making (booking required, £1 additional charge, Sat & Sun only).  For adults visit our Costume Room rarely on display to the public to see how the gentry used to dress.
Normal admission charges

Sunday 10th June
1.30pm 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Nutshell Theatre: Allotment
A wonderful darkly comic treat for anyone aged 7 or over is this multi award winning show about life, death, Pink Fir Apples and the secret power of worms!  Written by local writer Jules Horne, it follows the complex relationship between two sisters as they live out their lives on their allotment, digging, planting and dealing with the unexpected.
Tickets £7.50 / £6 under 16s

Saturday 16th June
2 – 3.30pm
Pond dip & do
Discover why the ‘shimmying shrimp’ shimmies and how spiders catch their prey under water.
Adult £4.50/Child £3.50/Season Pass Holder £1
Suitable for all ages
Booking essential – max. 25 places