The University of Wonder and Imagination

‘The University of Wonder and Imagination’

January 28, 2021 - January 31, 2021 | VIRTUAL EVENT

Past Event

Best for ages 7+ | Show length: 1 hour


“The University of Wonder and Imagination” is now enrolling students of all ages and magical abilities... and there’s a place with your name on it!


Journey to one of the most unusual universities, where the mysterious Professor Bamberg sends you off on a self-navigated quest where nothing is quite as it seems!

Interact with the liveliest of lecturers, choose your subjects of study, enter themed rooms and encounter all kinds of problems and puzzles, unlocking magical powers as you go. You’re bound to leave this hallowed center of magical learning with a boggled mind and bamboozled brain.

This brand-new type of virtual event is directed completely by you. The choices you make – live! – will shape your unique experience. In this ambitious and unique undertaking, Cahoots NI will broadcast from an extensive set where magic and illusion have no boundaries and bring a fun-filled, immersive theatrical experience directly to you.

School show times (limit two classes per timeslot)

  • Thursday, Jan. 28: 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 (all a.m. and CST)
  • Friday, Jan. 29: 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30 (all a.m. and CST)
Homeschool and Family audiences (limit 10 households per timeslot)
  • Thursday, Jan. 28: 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30 (all p.m. and CST)
  • Friday, Jan. 29: 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30 (all p.m. and CST)
  • Saturday, Jan. 30: 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. (all CST)
  • Sunday, Jan. 31: 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. (all CST)

Funding support for classrooms can be requested by emailing JCCC Arts Education Program Director Kara Armstrong.

Cahoots NI is an Irish theatre company producing boldly innovative work for children and their families. Their distinctive style combines magic and illusion, physical theatre and original music. Their work is acclaimed in Ireland, the U.K., Asia and the U.S. and has been enjoyed in theatres, schools and healthcare settings since 2001. Cahoots NI is the maker of “EGG,” “Shh! We Have a Plan,” “Danny Carmo’s Mathematical Mysteries” and more than a dozen other shows.