UPDATE: All our time slots for our Family Day are at capacity. If you would like to be put on the waiting list please still follow the link below to sign up to our waiting list. We’ll contact you should a space become available.

It’s here again! Oasis Farm Waterloo is very excited to throw open our gates for our first Family Day since October! This one is going to have to be a little different than they were back in 2019, but the core will be the same as always; we’re inviting you to come and explore our little ‘oasis’ of a farm.

We’ll be open on Sunday the 18th April from 1pm – 4pm for families (whether or not they include children, or even if they’re the kind of family that you get to choose) and each group will be asked to book a slot here: tinyurl.com/FarmFamilyDay

We’ll come back to you to confirm your spot within a few days. Within your hour you’ll be able to visit with the animals, explore the farm and get involved with some craft. We’ll also have some Spring flower bouquets for sale.

If you’ve got any questions, or would like to be put on the notification list for our future Family Days, please email farm@oasiswaterloo.org.

UPDATE: All the places available for the Jan volunteer day are now reserved. Don’t worry though! We’re already planning our February day. In the meantime signing up on the link below will add you to our waiting list for Jan.

Our next COVID-secure volunteer day will be on the 9th of January. We’ll be working from 11am – 3pm, keeping to the rhythm we’ve built over the last few months. You’ll have to bring your own lunch but we can guarantee some excellent company while you eat it, and some good jobs for working up your appetite.

We’re excited to kick start 2021 on the farm with lots of spring time prep and yearly animal checks. As always there’s also lots of mucking out, fixing up and gardening to do. So you’re invited to come and keep the farm looking fresh.

We only have a limited capacity for volunteers at the moment, so you’ll need to register here: https://forms.gle/4FCPNJgYDUcdPmdu7
for a place. We’ll then confirm the place and send you some details on our COVID secure measures.

If you have any questions please email us at farm@oasiswaterloo.org.

A beautiful, intimate evening of acoustic music and shadow puppetry. Suitable for all ages.

On November 1st, The New Shadow Cabinet and Oasis Farm Waterloo bring you an intimate evening of music and folklore.

Told through the age-old artform of shadow puppetry and music, Anytime The Wind Can Change shares with audiences the touching parable of two lonely giants on opposite sides of an ocean, performed by an international collective of world-class artists, puppeteers and musicians unexpectedly united through the turmoil of this year.

The performance will take place in a covid secure manner, there’ll be warm drinks to have, marshmallows to toast and we’ll all have a reason to be glad it’s getting darker earlier.

Total duration: 80 minutes

30 mins – Acoustic Concert, Benjamin Yellowitz

Benjamin Yellowitz takes the singer/songwriter format to new levels with his unique mix of mysterious, slow-burning pop worked into magic with his dark production style. Featured on several BBC Introducing Sessions, Benjamin has received considerable critical acclaim and is a rising star in the UK’s independent music scene.

10 minute interval

40 mins – Anytime The Wind Can Change

Two lonely giants fall in love across a vast sea, sending messages to each other on the wings of birds, but as peace becomes chaos in the wake of a disaster, cracks start to appear. Naut and Astrid float closer together as their people drift further apart – but in the darkest hours we sometimes find the best of humanity.

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Anytime The Wind Can Change is a contemporary folktale about compassion in a time of chaos, originally written for Woodford Folk Festival’s Closing Ceremony (Australia’s largest annual outdoor performance), now reimagined in the charming medium of shadow. Told with simple yet beautifully detailed puppets and a moving live score, Anytime The Wind Can Change is a story for all ages that reminds us to consider the struggles and journeys of people who are brave enough to ask us for help.

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Written and directed by Alex Podger

Puppets by Caitlin Strongarm

Co-produced and Narrated by Alex Gomar

Music by Benjamin Yellowitz, Sian Herbert

Title Song by Kavisha Mazella + Arnold Zable

www.thenewshadowcabinet.com

Recommended age: 4+

It’s finally here! Oasis Farm Waterloo is very excited to throw open our gates for our first Family Day since March!

As with all things this one is going to have to be a little different than it’s been before, but the core will be the same as always; we’re inviting you to come and explore our little ‘oasis’ of a farm.

We’ll be open on Sunday the 25th October from 1pm – 4pm for families (whether or not they include children, or even if they’re the kind of family that you get to choose) and each group will be asked to book a slot here. We’ll come back to you to confirm your spot within a few days.

Within your hour you’ll be able to visit with the animals, explore the farm and get involved with some craft. We’ll also have some farm fresh produce for sale.

If you’ve got any questions, or would like to be put on the notification list for our Family Days, please email farm@oasiswaterloo.org.

UPDATE: We are currently at capacity for this November. You are still welcome to fill in the form and you will be added to our waiting list. We’ll also put you at the top of the list for our December day.

Our next COVID-secure volunteer day will be on the 7th of November. We’re keeping to the rhythm we’ve built over the last few months so you’ll have to bring your own lunch still BUT we’re super excited to have the kitchen open again – just in time for hot chocolate weather!

It feels like winter has really swept in on us, so we’re looking to finish off our harvest and get the beds ready for the colder months. As always there’s also lots of mucking out, fixing up and gardening to do. So you’re invited to come and keep the farm looking fresh.

We only have a limited capacity for volunteers at the moment, so you’ll need to register here: https://forms.gle/4FCPNJgYDUcdPmdu7 for a place. We’ll then confirm the place and send you some details on our COVID secure measures. If you have any questions please email us at farm@oasiswaterloo.org.

Hope to see you all soon!

The Farm Team

We’re super excited to be continuing on with our COVID-secure volunteer days. With out next one racing towards us on the 3rd October (11am – 3pm)! To keep everyone safe you’ll have to bring your own lunch BUT we’re super excited to be able to welcome more volunteers back to the site!

Autumn is starting to creep into the farm now, so as well as a lot of wonderful colours, there’s also a lot of leaves to sweep up! As always there’s also lots of mucking out, fixing up and gardening to do. So you’re invited to come and help us get ready for the colder seasons. No experience needed, we’ll even lend you some wellies!

We only have a limited capacity for volunteers at the moment, so you’ll need to register here: https://forms.gle/4FCPNJgYDUcdPmdu7 for a place. We’ll then confirm the place and send you some details on our COVID secure measures. If you have any questions please email us at farm@oasiswaterloo.org.

Hope to see you all soon!
The Farm Team

For one day only we’re super excited to welcome Butterfly Theatre to Oasis Farm to perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Shakespeare’s plays weren’t originally written for grand and stiff auditoriums, but were instead performed out in the fresh air, in courtyards, marketplaces and surrounded by livestock. Which is, funnily enough, exactly what we’ve got on the farm!

Watch Puck creating havoc as he mixes in too many bubbles; and the key-worker mechanicals as they attempt to hold the show together… all with the sounds of the animals as accompaniment!

Be a part of reinvigorating the arts through community and safe, socially distanced theatre, one city farm at a time.

All tickets and more info can be found on Eventbrite.

Performances are on the 30th of August at 11am, 2pm and 5pm. 

Tickets are £18/£13 and £49 for a family of four.

After the success of our first COVID-secure volunteer day we’re back with another one on the 12th of September (11am – 3pm)! To keep everyone safe you’ll have to bring your own lunch still BUT we’re super excited to be able to welcome more volunteers back to the site!

Spring hasn’t slowed down on the farm and has brought us a Summer that’s full of vegetables and flowers. There’s a lot of weeding to do post lockdown as well as some general fixing up of the site. You’re invited to come and help us get things ship-shape and welcome our big animals home.

We only have a limited capacity for volunteers at the moment, so you’ll need to register here: https://forms.gle/4FCPNJgYDUcdPmdu7 for a place. We’ll then confirm the place and send you some details on our COVID secure measures. If you have any questions please email us at farm@oasiswaterloo.org.