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Children’s Fest List

Children’s Fest List

Children’s Festival Listings

Here are the full listings for Imaginate’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 2024. The festival also features a day of free pop-up performances at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday 25 May.

May 29 2024 | By | Reply More
Protest

Protest

★★★☆☆ Girl power

Hannah Lavery’s Protest at the Studio as part of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival proves that, to bring change, all you need is a voice and a little imagination.

May 31 2023 | By | Reply More
Imaginate Family Encounters

Imaginate Family Encounters

Full listings for all-day opener of pop-up events

This year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opens this Saturday 27 May 2023 with a day of free pop-up performances and artist interventions for families in the National Museum of Scotland.

May 24 2023 | By | Reply More
Imaginate 2023

Imaginate 2023

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

This year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival features a total of 14 productions that represent work from 11 different countries in a programme that spans circus, comedy, dance, music, performance art and spoken word as well as theatre.

May 23 2023 | By | Reply More
Birdboy

Birdboy

★★★★☆ Iridescent dance

Birdboy, at the Traverse as part of Imaginate for just three days, sets out as hilarious a piece of physical dance theatre as you might want. But by its end, it has caught its audience with an altogether more thoughtful edge.

May 13 2022 | By | Reply More
Imaginate Is Go!

Imaginate Is Go!

Imaginate Listings

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival is on this week with a fully live festival, featuring twelve different productions, including two specially commissioned shows from Scottish companies.

May 9 2022 | By | Reply More
Children’s Fest Listing

Children’s Fest Listing

What’s on at the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

As the end of May looms, thoughts turn to the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, which this year runs from May 25 through to the first weekend of June.

May 21 2021 | By | Reply More
Imaginate goes Hybrid

Imaginate goes Hybrid

Children’s Festival announces outdoor and online programme

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced a hybrid programme of online and live outdoor theatre and dance for this year’s event, running from Tuesday 25 May to Sunday 6 June 2021.

Apr 21 2021 | By | Reply More
Edinburgh’s CATS credits

Edinburgh’s CATS credits

Half noms; majority of wins have Edinburgh credits

This year’s delayed Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland have been announced, with Edinburgh associations for 20 of the 41 nominations and winners in seven of the ten categories.

Nov 12 2020 | By | Reply More
Imaginate 2021 Call-Out

Imaginate 2021 Call-Out

Children’s Festival modifies format for 2021:

Imaginate has put a call-out for ideas from Scottish companies of projects to run in a modified 2021 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, which is slated for 26 May to 6 June.

Jul 10 2020 | By | Reply More