Belfast Children's Festival Programme 2016

WELCOME!

BOOKING TICKETS

Young at Art is a leading arts provider presenting a wide range of arts events and activities enriching the lives of children and young people in Northern Ireland.

Many events sold out in the last festival and have limited capacity, so book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Our annual Belfast Children’s Festival is back for its 18th year to light up the city with a colourful array of art, literature and performance to inspire joy, creativity and curiosity.

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BOOK ONLINE:

EXCLUSIVE EARLY BIRD OFFER

Principal Funders:

10% off online bookings made before 20th February.

Guide Dogs Welcome.

Wheelchair Friendly.

Induction Loop System available.

Relaxed Performance (Suitable for Children with Autism).

Work presented as part of a special NI showcase.

ACCESS

4-9 march 2016

BOX OFFICE: 028 9024 3042

Young at Art is committed to offering a festival accessible to all. Using the icons provided on this brochure you will find out details on specific venue accessibility. During the festival detailed information packs on our relaxed performances will be available to download from the website.

Please contact Box Office to book your tickets if you require assistance at the venue, are a wheelchair user or require a complimentary companion ticket.

WWW.YOUNGATART.CO.UK IN PERSON: Young at Art, 2nd Floor, Cotton Court, 30-42 Waring Street, Belfast BT1 2ED

ON TELEPHONE: 028 9024 3042 OPENING HOURS:

(Wednesday 27th January - Friday 9th March)

Funders & Supporters:

Monday - Friday 10am - 1pm

Some venues are selling tickets for events. For more information on this and booking policy, terms and conditions, please go to the website.

SCHOOLS & GROUPS Discounted tickets and special packages including transport, resources and CPD training are available to all schools and groups by calling Young at Art.

Skainos

The Crescent Arts Centre

Sponsors:

KEEP IN TOUCH

BIG FESTIVAL SATURDAY, 5TH MARCH

Everyone loves a day out. This year, bring the family on a creative journey to the Belfast Children’s Festival.

Be inspired by dance, catch sight of a young fawn called Bambi, write the longest story and much more at the heart of the Cathedral Quarter.

Book discounted family travel tickets to Belfast with Translink, download our travel activity pack for suggested fun on the journey and use this brochure to plot your festival itinerary and get our

Belfast’s oldest cinema and newest arts centre throws open its doors as part of the festival. Picnic under the sea, play with percussion, experience live Trad Irish music, enjoy an award winning animation, write adventures, bring aliens to life and take home your own comic.

On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March, we have teamed up with our best family fun of the festival and its hosts.

Festival news and updates via: @YOUNG_AT_ART #BCF16

BIG FESTIVAL DAYS OUT

Media Partners:

STRAND ARTS CENTRE, 12pm

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BIG FESTIVAL SUNDAY, 6TH MARCH

The home of theatre in Northern Ireland will be packed to the rafters with performances, the book clinic, pop-up workshops, storytelling and other dramatic activities.

DUNCAIRN CULTURAL ARTS CENTRE 12pm

*Please note: All information is correct at time of print. Young at Art reserves the right to change or cancel events and refuse admission.

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A variety of music, exhibitions and story-telling in North Belfast’s dedicated arts and community centre.

Full event listings on: www.youngatart.co.uk

FRI

4 SAT

5

TIME

S H OW

V EN U E

AG E

10.00am-1.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

10.30am-11.40am

BAMBI

MAC

8 years +

11.00am-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

11.00am-5.00pm

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

11.30am-11.50am

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

1.00pm-1.20pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

2.00pm-5.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

2.30pm-2.50pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

4.00pm-4.35pm

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4-8 years

7.30pm-8.40pm

BAMBI

MAC

8 years +

TIME

S H OW

I THINK I CAN

V EN U E

10.00am-1.00pm 10.00am-10.20am

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

11.00am-5.00pm

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

11.00am-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

11.30am-11.50am

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

12.00pm-1.00pm

SONG OF THE SEA PICNIC

STRAND ARTS CENTRE

All ages

12.00pm-12.30pm

PAUSE & EFFECT

MAC

4-8 years

12.00pm-4.00pm

BIG FESTIVAL DAY OUT

MAC

All ages

12.00pm-4.00pm

BIG FESTIVAL DAY OUT

STRAND ARTS CENTRE

All ages

12.30pm-1.40pm

BAMBI

MAC

8 years +

1.00pm-1.20pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

1.00pm-2.30pm

MINI MOON

BLACKBOX

All ages

1.30pm-3.00pm

SONG OF THE SEA

STRAND ARTS CENTRE

4 years +

2.00pm-5.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

2.30pm-3.00pm

PAUSE & EFFECT

MAC

4-8 years

2.00pm-2.35pm

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4- 8 years

2.30pm-2.50pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

3.00pm-3.40pm

DOODLE LIVE

STRAND ARTS CENTRE

7-10 years

6

LYRIC

4-8 years

BAMBI

MAC

8 years +

TIME

AG E

S H OW

I THINK I CAN

V EN U E

10.00am-12.00pm 10.00am-10.20 am

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

10.30am-11.05am

CHAMBER BABIES

CRESCENT ARTS

0-18 months

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

BIG FESTIVAL DAY OUT

LYRIC THEATRE

All ages

11.00am-12.30pm

PUPPET MAKING WORKSHOP

LYRIC THEATRE

7 - 8 years

11.15am-12.15pm

BABY RAVE

MAC

0-4 years

11.30am-11.50am

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

11.30am-12.05pm

CHAMBER BABIES

CRESCENT ARTS

0-18 months

12.00pm-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

12.00pm-4.00pm

BOOK CLINIC

LYRIC THEATRE

All ages

12.00pm-4.00pm

BIG FESTIVAL DAY OUT

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

12.45pm-1.45pm

BABY RAVE

MAC

0-4 years

1.00pm-1.20pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

2.00pm-2.35pm

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4- 8 years

2.15pm-3.15pm

BABY RAVE

MAC

0-4 years

2.30pm-2.50pm

SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS

MAC

PMLD

3.00pm-3.25pm

JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA

CRESCENT ARTS

0-18 months

BLACK BOX

8 years +

4.00pm-4.35pm

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4-8 years

4.00pm-4.25pm

JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA

CRESCENT ARTS

0-18 months

4.00pm-5.00pm

BABY RAVE

MAC

0-4 years

5.30pm-7.30pm

SCRATCH WORKS

CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE

For the grown ups

VARIOUS

For the grown ups

TIME

S H OW

V EN U E

AG E

10.00am-1.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

10.00am-10.30am

PAUSE & EFFECT

MAC

4-8 years

10.00am-10.35am

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4 - 8 years

10.15am-10.50am

EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T ME

MAC

8-11 years

11.00am-5.00pm

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

11.00am-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

11.30am-12noon

PAUSE & EFFECT

MAC

4-8 years

11.30am-12.05pm

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4 - 8 years

11.45am-12.20pm

EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T ME

MAC

8-11 years

1.30pm-3.30pm

ALL IN

ARTS & DISABILITY FORUM

For the grown ups

2.00pm-5.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

VARIOUS

For the grown ups

TIME

S H OW

10.00am-1.00pm

I THINK I CAN

10.15am-10.45am 10.00am-10.50am

9

V EN U E

AG E

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

PAUSE & EFFECT

MAC

4-8 years

IF ONLY BLUE COULD BE A SUPER HERO

MAC

7 - 10 years

10.15am-10.50am

THE WAY BACK HOME

LYRIC

4- 8 years

11.00am-5.00pm

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

11.00am-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

11.30am-12.20pm

IF ONLY BLUE COULD BE A SUPER HERO

MAC

7 - 10 years

1.30pm-4.30pm

EILIDH MACASKILL WORKSHOP

MAC

For the grown ups

2.00pm-5.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

MAC

5 - 9 years

6.30pm-7.20pm

WED

4-8 years

I THINK I CAN

All Day

8

MAC

1.00pm-4.00pm

All Day

TUE

8 years +

11.00am-5.00pm

3.00pm-4.30pm

7

CENTRAL STATION

11.00am-4.00pm

2.30pm-3.00pm

MON

AG E

8 years +

4.30pm-5.40pm

4.00pm-4.35pm

SUN

CENTRAL STATION

TIME

S H OW

V EN U E

AG E

10.00am-1.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

10.00am-10.50am

IF ONLY ROSA COULD DO MAGIC

MAC

5 - 9 years

10.15-11.05am

IF ONLY BLUE COULD BE A SUPER HERO

MAC

7 - 10 years

11.00am-5.00pm

THESE BOATS CARRY HOPE

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

All ages

11.00am-5.00pm

ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY

CASTLECOURT

All ages

11.30am-12.20pm

IF ONLY ROSA COULD DO MAGIC

MAC

5 - 9 years

2.00pm-5.00pm

I THINK I CAN

CENTRAL STATION

8 years +

4.00pm-5.30pm

BLACK BOX

7 years +

5.45pm-7.15pm

BLACK BOX

7 years +

VARIOUS

For the grown ups

TBC (see Website)

WHAT IS A 'NORMAL CHILDHOOD'?

THE GROWN UPS

S C R ATC H WO R K S

Events in partnership with TYA NI, Theatre NI and Ulster Festival of Art & Design

Sunday 6th March 2016, Cresent Arts Centre, 5.30-7.30pm (£4.00)

Young at Art is running a series of events with its partners aimed at adults, professional arts practitioners and those working and studying in related fields.

These events offer a meeting place, an opportunity to share ideas, see work and be inspired. Full details are on the website.

Booking is required for all events as spaces are limited.

A special informal platform of new performances for children currently in development by NI artists.

EILIDH M AC A SKILL WORKSHOP

An intense performance and networking programme designed for practitioners and programmers of theatre for young audiences.

Tuesday 8th March 2016, The MAC, 1.30-4.30pm (£15/ £7) A practical workshop for creative practitioners with artist and researcher Eilidh MacAskill. Eilidh will share her practice and discoveries on feminism, sexuality, queerness and difference, and how these areas connect with performance for children.

W H A T I S A ‘ N O R M A L’ CHILDHOOD? Wednesday 9th March 2016, various venues (full schedule online) £35 / £25 (including lunch) Looking at the question through a number of lenses of gender, sexuality and conflict, this full day programme will include live performances, exhibition tours and discussions in which artists will explore their approach to these topics.

T YA N I S H O W C A S E Sunday 6th – Monday 7th March 2016, various venues. £70 (£97 including dinner)

*Full itinerary available online

ALL IN Monday 7th March 2016, Arts & Disability Forum, 1.30-3.30pm, Free Event (pre-booking required) A discussion event hosted by Replay Theatre Company with expert contributors, exploring how artists can ensure that we provide the best creative experiences with and for children and young people with disabilities.

10% O F F S E L E C T E D S H O W S W H E N B O O K E D O N L I N E B E F O R E 2 0 T H F E B R U A R Y. I THINK I CAN Terrapin Puppet Theatre (Australia)

BAMBI

Duration: Drop-in sessions Age: 8 years +

Vorstadt Theater (Switzerland)

Sponsored by Translink - In association with the Ulster Model Railway Club.

A stage adaptation based on the original Bambi novel exploring the meaning of life with humour and poignancy. The production deals with themes about childhood and growing up, about love and friendship, ageing and saying goodbye.

I Think I Can invites the audience to inhabit a delightful miniature town and become active members of the tiny community. Complete a playful ‘Career Test’ to personality-match you with a puppet, a tiny alter ego is yours to be steered through daily life.

You will make decisions for, and undertake tasks with your character as the puppetry is displayed on screens surrounding the installation. As more audience members join in, the community grows. The townsfolk’s antics and adventures are shared with the world via an online newspaper.

CENTRAL STATION, BELFAST Dates & Times:

Duration: 70 mins Age: 8 years +

The MAC

£12/£10

Friday 4th - Wednesday 9th March 10am - 1pm, 2 - 5pm Sunday 6th 10am – 12 noon & 1 - 4pm

Branar/Teater Refleksion (Ireland/Denmark)

SNOOZLE & THE LULL ABUGS

Tickets:

£12/ £10

£9 (includes 1 adult & 1 child) PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE

E V E RY TH I N G TH AT ISN’T ME

P R E -T E E N AG E KICKS

Duration: 90 mins Age: 8+ years

Live bands designed to let you and your pre-teens let your hair down and rock out.

Duration: 35 mins Age: 8-11 years

- Sponsored by Belfast Harbour.

Sunday 6th March

18's must be accompanied by an adult.)

Sunday 6th March 10.30am, 11.30am

*Tickets:

£5 (Includes 1 adult & 1 baby)

(both adult & baby require a ticket)

The MAC

L IT E R AT U R E E V E N T S

Duration: 35 mins Age: 0-18 Months

*All tickets for this event will be sold through the Crescent Arts Centre Box Office

PERFORMANCE

MINI MOON

PERFORMANCE

JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA

An ambient dance club for children with learning disabilities to have fun with their families and meet new friends. The lights will be brighter and the music slightly quieter with plenty of room for dancing and soft mats to lie on.

Duration: 25 mins Age: 0-18 months

Feile Women’s Singing Group (Northern Ireland)

BLACK BOX

A musical journey under the sea for you and your baby, singing acapella songs with a maritime theme. This informal concert is designed to engage both babies and their adults and our littlest audience members are invited to sway, coo or even snooze during the performance.

CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE Tickets:

Dates & Times:

Sunday 6th March 3.00pm, 4.00pm

£9 (includes 1 adult & 1 child)

Duration: 90 mins Age: All ages

Black Box (Northern Ireland)

Dates & Times:

Saturday 5th March

Tickets:

INTERACTIVE

MINI MID -WEEK M AGIC

Duration: 90 mins Age: 7 years +

Seedhead Arts (Northern Ireland) Expert magicians will thrill you with their skills on stage as well as showing you some close up tricks.

Drop in Sessions Age: All Ages

Tickets:

£9/£7

Dates & Times:

Wednesday 9th March

ORDINARY EX TR AORDINARY

Dates & Times:

Friday 4th – Wednesday 9th March, 11.00am-5.00pm

OFFICE OF IMPORTANT ART, CastleCourt (1st Floor – opposite Costa) Dates & Times:

Thursday 3rd March,

VISUAL ART

Free

VISUAL ART

Duration: 90 mins Age: 4 years +

Spell binding animation and an enchanting live soundtrack of traditional folk ballads and instruments.

Tickets:

Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th March,

11.00am-5.00pm

Live Musical Intro and Screening of Animation

STRAND ARTS CENTRE

3.00pm-8.00pm

Friday 4th & Saturday 5th March, 11.00am-5.00pm

Sunday 6th March, 12.00-5.00pm

PERFORMANCE

SONG OF THE SEA

Images from the artist’s family album taken from a childhood during the 70s and early 80s. The work will represent autobiographical events that took place while growing up in Belfast.

NAME UPON NAME: SHEENA WILKINSON

Sunday 6th March, Age 11 years +, Duration: 45 mins A fantastic opportunity for children to meet awardwinning author Sheena Wilkinson (Taking Flight, Too Many Ponies) who will read from her latest novel and talk about her work and writing.

Sunday 6th March, The Lyric Theatre, 12.00-4.00pm Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home? Do you need a prescription for an exciting new read? Then pop along to the Book Clinic...

THE LONGEST STORY EVER TOLD Fighting Words Belfast

Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th March Write your piece of The Longest Story Ever Told. Take up where the last writer left off and add your own characters and plot twists in just 60 seconds.

LIBRARY OF STORIES Fighting Words Belfast

Drop in sessions Age: All ages

David Turner (Northern Ireland)

DUNCAIRN ARTS CENTRE

A story-making, comic drawing workshop, where the audience will help two illustrators create a unique alien adventure story to take away with them. *IMAGINATIONS REQUIRED

4.00pm, 5.45pm

PERFORMANCE

The artworks were completed during Emma's time as an Associate Artist of Young at Art in 20142015, working in the Office of Important Art. The development of these pieces was funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland General Arts award and supported by Young at Art.

Award-winning author and illustrator of Izzy and Skunk, There, Mummy and Silly Daddy will read, draw and talk, bringing children on a story journey through her books and her work as one of Ireland’s leading children’s writers and artists.

BOOK CLINIC Children’s Books Ireland

£3.50

1.00pm

Saturday 5th March, Age 4-7 years, Duration: 45 mins

Saturday 5th March, Strand Arts Centre, 3.00pm, Age: 7-10 years, 40 mins PERFORMANCE

£9/£7

MEET THE AUTHOR: M ARIE-LOUISE F I T Z PAT R I C K

DOODLE LIVE Chris Judge & Andrew Judge

Saturday 5th March 12.00pm, 2.30pm Sunday 6th March 2.30pm Monday 7th March 10.00am, 11.30am Tuesday 8th March 10.15am

Tickets:

Emma Berkery (Northern Ireland)

Duration: 30 mins Age: 4-8 years

A joyful celebration of movement and music suitable for all the family that explores time through imaginative worlds created by dance, sound and rhythm with both classical and live traditional music.

BLACK BOX

TH E S E B OAT S CARRY HOPE

PERFORMANCE

INTERACTIVE

PAU S E & E F F E C T

3.00pm

PERFORMANCE

CRESENT ARTS CENTRE Dates & Times:

£5 per person

Relaxed, informal concerts designed for babies and adults alike. Walk, sway, crawl, roll, dance or just chill out to a carefully selected programme of short classical pieces designed both to engage and enchant (or soothe to sleep!) the youngest listeners and their mums and dads.

£7/£5

Dates & Times:

Monday 7th March 10.15am, 11.45am

Belfast Music Society in association with the Crescent Arts Centre

Tickets: (all under

Dates & Times:

Einstein said the environment was "everything in the world that isn’t me." But how does that work? And where does it begin and end? And who has the answers?

CHAMBER BABIES

Dates & Times:

BLACK BOX

Young at Art (Northern Ireland)

£9/£7

£12/£10

Tickets:

Maiden Voyage Dance (Northern Ireland)

Saturday 5th March, 11.00am

Tickets:

Tickets:

11:15 am, 12:45pm, 2:15pm, 4pm

Seedhead Arts (Northern Ireland)

Tuesday 8th March 10.00am, 11.30am Wednesday 9th March 10.15am

Tickets:

*Puppet making workshop

The MAC

Sunday 6th March

Dates & Times:

Friday 4th March 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm

Saturday 5th March 10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm Sunday 6th March 10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm

Friday 4th March 4.00pm Saturday 5th March 2.00pm, 4.00pm Sunday 6th March 2.00pm, 4.00pm Monday 7th March 10.00am, 11.30am Tuesday 8th March 10.15am

Dates & Times:

The MAC

Dates & Times:

Dates & Times:

The MAC

A rockabilly-rockabye show of harmonies and calming sensory activities for under 5s with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties.

The LYRIC THEATRE

The MAC

In association with Eason’s and Children’s Books Ireland, 4-9 March 2016

A fun-filled disco for babies and parents with non-stop music, colourful visuals and dance facilitators to help your babies enjoy the beats.

Replay Theatre Company (Northern Ireland)

Duration: 35 mins Age: 4-8 years

Duration: 60 mins Age: 0-4 years

Young at Art (Northern Ireland)

Duration: 20 mins Age: 0-5 years

Blue is an unhappy little boy, scared to talk to his teachers or parents; deep inside he longs to be a super hero so that he can show the world who he really is.

B A B Y R AV E

A theatre adaptation of the popular Oliver Jeffers book, through puppetry, animation and music, this wonderful story explores the boundless imagination of children.

Tuesday 8th March 6.30pm

Wednesday 9th March 10.00am, 11.30pm

Free

T H E WAY B A C K H O M E

£12/ £10

PERFORMANCE

INTERACTIVE

Dates & Times:

PERFORMANCE

Tickets:

The MAC

Friday 4th March 10.30am, 7.30pm Saturday 5th March 12.30pm, 4.30pm

Duration: 50 minutes Age: 7-10 years

Katja Lindeburg Productions (Norway)

Some might say that Rosa has everything a girl could dream of…

She has the prettiest dress, the loveliest hair, lots of pink toys and as much candy as she could wish for, so why is she still sad?

Dates & Times:

I F O N LY B L U E C O U L D BE A SUPER HERO

Duration: 50 mins Age: 5-9 years

Katja Lindeburg Productions (Norway)

Tickets:

Tickets:

I F O N LY R O S A C O U L D DO M AGIC

Dates & Times:

Saturday 5th March 1.30pm

Tickets:

£6 *Song of the Sea Picnic and Musical workshop prior to event at 12noon

(see website for more information)

VISUAL ART

Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th March Celebrating the first year of Fighting Words Belfast, drop in to the portable library of stories and publication written entirely by children and young people. Many organisations are helping children develop their stories and voices – the library will gather up some of the best and most fun.

MEET THE AUTHOR: KIT T Y CROW THER In association with Ulster University Festival of Art & Design

Tuesday 8 March, 6.30pm A talk with the award winning Belgian illustrator and author who received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her career contribution to children’s and young adult literature.

* All event information listed online: www.youngatart.co.uk

W W W .YO U N G ATA R T . C O . U K / B O X O F F I C E : 0 2 8 9 0 2 4 3 0 4 2 *More detailed event information including video trailers on all events on the Young at Art website.