Friday Under 5s

Friday Under 5s is back at Salisbury Playhouse on Friday 6 November, and it's a good one to keep on your radar if you've got a little one at home. It's a family creative-play session run by the Playhouse, built around a rotating weekly programme of dance, art and yoga for under-fives and their grown-ups. The whole thing is led by Panthera Dance Company, run by Becci and Hatti, and the sessions run on Fridays at 10:30am during term time.

The thing that makes it work is that each Friday brings something different, so you can come back week after week without it feeling like the same thing. The programme follows a monthly cycle: Stay and Play on the first Friday, Yoga with Panthera on the second, Arts & Crafts on the third, and Dance with Panthera on the fourth. Because it's a rotating schedule, you've got a bit of everything over the course of a month—some weeks it's more about free play, others it's about getting stuck into a craft project, and then there's the movement side of things with the yoga and dance.

That means the sessions change depending on when you drop in. If you're coming on the 6th, you're starting with the first Friday of the month, which is Stay and Play. From there, the schedule carries on through November and into December: the 13th is Yoga, the 20th is Arts & Crafts, and the 27th is Dance. Then it resets for December, with the 4th, 11th and 18th following the same pattern. It's a term-time run, so it's something you can build into your morning routine for a few months rather than a one-off.

As for the cost, the Stay and Play and Arts & Crafts sessions are free. Yoga with Panthera and Dance with Panthera are £5 for a child and £3 for an adult. Booking is recommended, so it's worth getting your spot sorted before you head over to the Playhouse.