IN north Finchley you will be spoilt for choice as the artsdepot puts on a feast of performances and activities for all ages.

Firstly put on your jim jams and slippers for Little Red Riding Hood which has a delightful twist. Suitable for ages 4 and over. Friday, May 27, Saturday, May 28, Tuesday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 1, 11am and 2pm (4.30pm only on Friday).

An installation by artist Helena Doyle in collaboration with carpenter Dan Birch entitled Zephyr will have you looking skyward to turn a windmill made of giant fans. You can also make your own. Sunday, May 29 to Saturday, June 4 (not Monday, May 30), 10am to 4pm.

Movement is also involved in the theatre production A Boy and a Bear in a Boat as a well as live music, Sunday, June 5, 11am & 2pm.

Adults don’t miss out completely as artsdepot’s new intergenerational dance performance project Threads. Professional choreographer Sophie Nüzel brings together people of different ages and abilities to encourage them to share stories through movement and dance. Tuesday, May 31 to Saturday, June 4, 10am - 3pm, participation@artsdepot.co.uk for more information and to register for a place. All these events at artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 0GA, 020 8369 5454, www.artsdepot.co.uk

There’s another theatre treat with a country flavour at Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch with a rousing production of a new musical The Romford Rose, Friday, May 27 to Saturday, June 18, 01708 443333, queens-theatre.co.uk

Find out what life was like for the 950 sailors on HMS Belfast, the most significant surviving Second World War warship, with extra family activities on Ship Shape Saturdays. During half-term you can even create your own T-shirt design with a nautical flavour - Tattoo T-shirts: Davy Jones’s Locker is from May 25 – June 5, 11am – 4pm. HMS Belfast, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2JH. And from the navy to the army the Imperial War Museum is holding an art workshop from May 28 to June 5. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme you can draw the silhouette of a British ‘Tommy’ soldier which will be added to an animated flipbook throughout half term. The whole flipbook will then be able to view online later in June, helping all to remember those who served during the First World War, iwm.org.uk

Kids go free with a paying adult at the ArcelorMittal Orbit in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to get an amazing view of up to 20 miles across London. Also glimpse a preview of the world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide - currently being built at the UK’s tallest sculpture – before it opens on June 24.

Bee happy and join in with the great range of fun activities for children aged three to eight, from baking and planting workshops, to Busy Bee Hunts and creating a bee hotel at Enfield’s Wyevale Garden Centre this half-term. The aim is to encourage youngsters to learn all about the importance of bees to our natural world and to have lots of fun at the same time. All events must be pre-booked online at wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/busy-bee-week

Staying in the natural world you have the chance to monkey around at one of the Go Ape centres in and around London. If you have a head for heights this is the UK’s No.1 forest with activities for children as young as six up to adventurous adults. Take a treetop walk, fly through the sky on a zip wire or race through the forest on a Segway, 0845 643 9236, goape.co.uk