PROTEUS Creation Space is hosting a new season of Performance Lab productions this autumn, beginning with an exciting theatre piece for young people and their families at the end of September.

Performance Lab is a unique opportunity to view cutting edge new work, meet the artists behind it and help them create their best work through post-show Q&A sessions.

A number of performances promote local talent, featuring writers, theatre makers and performers from the Hampshire area.

Performance Lab returns on Friday, September 26 with Hot Air and Apples by Laura-Anne Smith and Kaveh Rahnama, directed by Mary Swan.

A balloon arrives on a planet many light years away. Attached to it is a note from a young human, describing a mysterious force known only as gravity. What is this gravity? How is it pronounced? Who is this Isaac Newton that everyone keeps going on about?

Join a rather confused space captain and his trusty companion in this upside down then right way round show, which uses juggling, acrobatics and impossible feats to explore simple concepts of gravity for four to seven year-olds.

This is a return to the Creation Space for Laura-Anne and Kaveh, continuing on from their previous performance of How To Fall Upwards in July.

There will be a 30 minute workshop before the performance for parents and their children, at no extra cost.

Tickets for each Performance Lab are £3.

Visit proteustheatre.com or call 01256 354541 for more information and to see the full schedule of Performance Labs for the autumn season.