TakeOff Festival 2019
By Flossie Waite and Luke Billingham Guest programmer Tony Reekie began his introductory blog to this year’s TakeOff Festival by quoting everyone’s favourite 20th Century Italian Marxist prisoner intellectual, Antonio […]
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Looking forward to Just So Festival 2019
It’s less than one month to go until Just So Festival is under way and this year, the annual family event is celebrating its 10th birthday! With childhood escapades and […]
bOing! International Family Festival 2018
Reviewed by Flossie Waite I’m lying in a hammock, swinging gently from side to side, while Bodil Alling recounts the tale of Androcles, the slave who escapes to the desert […]
Children’s Theatre Festivals 2018
It doesn’t feel that long ago that we were all knee-deep in Christmas tins of Quality Street, and yet here we are with hot cross buns in the shops, and […]
Performance artist & choreographer Caroline Bowditch on The Adventures of Snigel
Written by Caroline Bowditch For the last few years I have become aware of the demand for interesting work for young audiences. I have also realised that very little, if […]
Sarah Bird tells us how the Tribal Tournament enables families to produce their own festival experiences
Written by Sarah Bird, Co-Director of Just So Festival Just So Festival is a weekend-long camping arts festival with an eclectic programme of literature, music, theatre, circus, dance, cinema, puppetry, crafts, food […]
Us/Them
Review by Kirsty Alexander A Bronks production Reviewed at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Running until 28th August For ages 9+ Billed for a family audience, aimed […]
Rowan Hoban tells us about The Lost Carnival
For me, there is simply nothing as exciting as dreaming up an event that is entirely new, utterly unique and absolutely enchanting – and then inviting an audience along not […]
