Invite to performance of Aladdin in Wirral

What? A First News junior journalist is invited to the press performance of Aladdin, Wirral’s favourite family pantomime at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton.

Expect jaw-dropping staging, breath-taking lighting displays, and scintillating choreography that will sweep you away on a magic carpet ride like never before!

A family of four tickets are available for this performance (max two adults). Get in touch to go along and write a review.

When? Press night is Wednesday 9 December, 6:30pm start.

Where? Floral Pavilion Theatre, Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 2JS.

Find out more at www.floralpavilion.com/event/aladdin.

Visit the one-year-old rhinos at Cotswold Wildlife Park

What? A First News reader is invited to Cotswold Wildlife Park to meet white rhino siblings Markus and Mo!

They’ve just celebrated their first birthday and were treated to special cakes made from soaked pellets and carrots, decorated with salad leaves.

It marks the park’s ongoing contribution to the conservation of an iconic species. Get in touch to visit them!

Where? Bradwell Grove, Burford OX18 4JP.

Find out more at www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk.

Create your half-term saving plan with Monzo!

What? Happy half-term! What better time than now to have a think about something you’d like to get saving for? Perhaps you’re hoping to get a new games console or you want to buy your own drum kit? Maybe you’ve got a fun day out at a theme park planned or a concert you want to get tickets for? Whatever your goal, use what you’ve learnt about saving, budgeting and making smart choices to help you reach it.

You can fill in your saving tracker on page 19 of issue 1,061, or find the page here.

We’d love to see your savings trackers! Share them with us at [email protected], putting MONZO in the subject header, and our favourites will feature in the paper! We’re looking for:

• the most creative savings plan
• the most unusual thing someone’s saving for
• the funniest savings motivation
• the tracker that’s dressed up with the most gems and stickers.

Go wild and see how creative you can get!

Invite to LOTR parody Fly, You Fools!

What? Fly, You Fools! is a live, shot-for-shot parody of the first film in the iconic fantasy series, Lord of the Rings.

Four performers take on an epic adventure, using physical comedy, live sound effects, character impersonations, mime and theatrical ingenuity to recreate Middle-earth live on stage.

Recommended for ages 8+, a junior journalist is invited along to the London press night to write a review for First News.

When? Press night is Friday 27 November.

Where? Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD.

Find out more at southwarkplayhouse.co.uk.

Invite to Scrooge: Cirque Extravaganza

What? Scrooge: Cirque Extravaganza transforms A Christmas Carol into a spectacular world of contemporary circus, combining aerialists, acrobats, fire performers, music, comedy and theatre. With West End talent, international cirque artists and spectacular staging, this is Christmas entertainment on a whole new scale.

A junior journalist is invited along to a performance in Blackpool to write a review for First News!

When? 10–13 December.

Where? Blackpool Opera House, Church St, Blackpool FY1 1HU.

Find out more at scroogecirque.com.

Visit Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City

What? A new exhibition is launching at the Charles Dickens Museum all about the famous writer’s life in London.

Visitors can check out an original manuscript for Oliver Twist, Dickens’s walking stick, the front door knocker from his home in Camden Town and lots more.

A junior journalist is invited to the Charles Dickens Museum, where Dickens lived, to write a review of the exhibition for First News.

When? Open now.

Where? The Charles Dickens Museum, 48-49 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX.

Find out more at dickensmuseum.com.