THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY 3 - 29 Aug First performance 10.20 and runs at 5 minute intervals throughout the day The Green | Henry’s Room
Age: 4+ Henry loved books, but not like you and I like books... he loved to eat books. This exciting theatre adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award winning children’s book by Bootworks Theatre follows the story of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. A unique five-minute show using live performance, puppetry and projection.
THE TIM BAT TRICK SHOW
3 - 18 Aug 10.20 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Two
Age: All ages A fast, funny and exciting show for children of all ages. Perrier Award winning gentleman juggler Tim performs quirky comedy and skilful trickery with aplomb. Audience participation and hilarity guaranteed!
MONKEY MUSIC
4 - 27 Aug 10.30 & 11.30 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
10.30: 6 mths – 2 yrs & 11.30: 2 – 5 yrs Back for the 3rd year, award-winning Monkey Music is running 2 age specific workshops for babies and preschool children. There will be action songs, games and all kinds of fun with percussion instruments. Come and join in the fun with Monkey!
SNOW PLAY
3 - 29 Aug 11.20am Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Above
Age: 2+ Starring Patrick Lynch from Cbeebies and Carlo Rossi from Italian TV. Help Mr Green against Mr White who moves into his house and covers everything in snow! Make a giant snowman, have a super snowball fight and bring back the Spring in this highly interactive smash-hit London production.
LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS DO COMPOOTERS
3 - 21 Aug 11.30 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance One
Age: 5+ Sure to be the most raucous, rowdy, and ROFL show for kids in this year’s Fringe, The List Operators are back with a new show. Guaranteed not educational. No-one will be key-bored! Age range 5-12
MR BENN: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF AN ORDINARY MAN 3 - 18 Aug 11.30 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Grand
Age: 4+ Tall Stories (creators of the smash hit shows ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’) are proud to present a brand new production, to celebrate 40 years of David McKee’s much-loved TV character. The genial Mr Benn springs to life on stage in this magical, musical show for everyone. This lovingly staged adaptation delights a whole new generation of youngsters HHHHH THE HERALD
MISS GOOGIEPANTS
6 - 12 Aug 12.30 & 13.30 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: 3+ Join the colourful Miss Googiepants as she tells you about some ugly people, some bad people and some darn tootin’ people as well. Suitable for the whole family and especially kids 3+ (Free)
THE JUST SO STORIES
3 - 29 Aug 12.30 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: 2+ Using everyday objects found in an attic, four of Rudyard Kipling’s best-beloved stories are discovered and brought to life. Let your little ones snuggle down into our sea of duvets and cuddly animals to find out why the moon pulls the tides (rather than a crab who is taller than the smoke of three volcanoes), and the reason why the elephant’s nose is so long.
ROALD DAHL’S REVOLTING RHYMES 3 - 29 Aug 12.30 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Upstairs
Age: 4+ The Roald Dahl Museum’s delumptious storytellers return for an interactive performance of Roald Dahl’s wildest and most outrageous stories from ‘Revolting Rhymes’ with their own twizzfiggling twist. Come prepared to be dahlighted!
TIM AND LIGHT
5 - 29 Aug 12.30 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Above
Age: all ages Tim and his cat, Light, must journey on a magical train to save the mysterious girl in the red dress. Playful physical storytelling, original folk/electronic music and memorable puppets combine to tell a beautiful story of friendship that will warm the hearts of young and old alike. Go Tim! Intoxicating... I was as bewitched as was my four year old SIMON STEPHENS, PLAYWRIGHT
BRILLIANT BOOKS FOR KIDS 3 - 21 & 26 - 28 Aug 13.45 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: all ages It’s story time! A selection of fun quirky picture books that children and their adults will enjoy equally, chosen by Tall Stories co-director Toby Mitchell - and exhaustively tested on his own son. You know when you’re happy reading out a particular picture book for the umpteenth time? That’s the kind of book that features in this simple storytelling show. Are you sitting comfortably...? Tall Stories sets the benchmark for children’s theatre SUNDAY TIMES
ROBIN GREY
22 - 25 Aug 13.45 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: All ages Come and discover Robin’s lovely fresh approach to folk coloured in with guitar, violin and accordion. A honeyed yet clear voice and his lyrics are arresting. Imagine Richard Thompson meets Tom Waits and you won’t be far wrong.
GRISLY TALES FROM TUMBLEWATER 3 - 29th 14.00 Pleasance Courtyard | Attic
Age: 9+ A wide-eyed orphan on the run in a monstrous town of warped stories and never ending rain. Dickens meets ‘The Shockheaded Peter’ with live music, from co-writer of 2010’s award winning ‘Hamlet! The Musical’.
POTTED POTTER: THE UNAUTHORISED HARRY EXPERIENCE A PARODY BY DAN AND JEFF 3 - 16 Aug 16.00 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Grand
Age: 6+ All seven Harry Potter books in seventy minutes! Watch CBBC’s Dan and Jeff take on the ultimate challenge, with the help of endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props, and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic. This fantastically funny show features all your favourite characters, a special appearance from a very frightening fire-breathing dragon, and even a game of Quidditch involving the audience!
JOHN HEGLEY FAMILY WORDSHIP 3 - 18 Aug 16.10 Pleasance Courtyard | Pleasance Two
Age: 7+ Anybody over seven. Come and sing in lingo heaven. Mandolin and finely tuning. Hopping Scotch and afternooning. “Awesomely mundane” INDEPENDENT
THE ADVENTURERS CLUB THE GREAT ARTIC CAPER
5 - 29 Aug 16.10 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: 5+ Adventurers! Think cold snap’s a card game? Think polar bears look cuddly? Giggle at Arctic wind? Then join Tim FitzHigham and Tiernan Douieb in their haphazard journey to the coldest place on Earth! Classic tales of great explorers, jokes, trepidation, and silly hats.
KIDS CLUB ARTS & CRAFTS
3-29 Aug 11.00 - 17.00 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: All ages Daily arts and crafts with Premier Creche Services. Unusual, innovative, creative, original and fun activities for all ages from designing and painting your own mug or T-shirt to making a talking puppet or beautiful jewellery shrinkle! Check the Kidzone Board for daily activities and prices. Prizes to be won for best creations!
MISCHIEF MAKERS PROTEST CAMP 28 Aug 13.00 - 17.00 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: 3+ The Mischief Makers return to the Kidzone with their acclaimed protest camp. Are you a young person with something to say? Do you have ideas that must be heard? Creative, rebellious children are invited to join us to make a colourful installation of cloth banners, placards and peg doll demonstrations. Come and make your mark with mischief at our drop-in workshop.
ROBIN GREY UKULELE WORKSHOPS
22 - 25 Aug Drop in anytime between 11.00 - 13.00 Pleasance Courtyard | The Green
Age: all ages Be whisked away to a world of ukulele fun with Robin and friends. Come and learn your first few chords and then play along to timeless classics such as ‘Stand By Me’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’. For kids of all ages (even the really really big ones, or grown ups as they are sometimes also known!)
In 2010 we launched the first ever Pleasance Creche for 3 - 9 year olds - a fantastic, secure place for parents to drop the kids off while they saw a show. Sadly, this year we are unable to run the crèche, due to our Manager being off sick, but we do hope to bring it back in 2012! If you require good, fully registered childcare or babysitting services during this Festival, then we suggest Super Mums Tel 0131 225 1744 or go to www.supermums.co.uk and quote Pleasance Kids for special Festival rates.
Take part in as many activities and see as many shows as you can at Pleasance for your chance to win a Club Badge and lucky dip prize. One prize for every 5 paw print stamps collected in your Kids Club Passport. Hand your passport to a Pleasance Kidzone staff member at the Kidzone to receive a paw print in your passport. Paw print stamps will also be awarded for taking part in activities at the Kidzone Arts and Crafts Tent.