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Tongue Twister
★★★★★ Marvellous
Greg Sinclair and Scottish Theatre Producers’ Tongue Twister from Pleasance @ EICC is a children’s show with the widest possible appeal.
Visual and Kids Theatre Callouts
Two big opportunities open for kids and visual theatre.
Two big professional theatre opportunities are open with deadlines in July. There is a callout for new work from Theatre in Schools Scotland and Manipulate Arts have a visual theatre commission for the 2028 Festival, among other opportunities.
Boys Don’t Dance (EICF)
★★★★☆ Joyous
Boys Don’t Dance, by disabled dance artist and choreographer Marc Brew, is a beautifully told tale of rural isolation about a boy who just wants to dance.
Children’s Fest on sale
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival announces 2026 Programme
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced a programme of 15 productions in its 2026 edition, with tickets going on public sale from noon today, Wednesday 25 March 2026.
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy & Tentacle Girl
★★★★☆ Mesmerising
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy & Tentacle Girl from Catherine Wheels, is an atmospheric aerial dance piece, co-created by performers Vee Smith and Sadiq Ali, about two opposites who transform and learn to move together in harmony.
Children’s Fest programme
The Joy of Imaginate is back!
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival returns this weekend for a day of free family events at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday, followed by a full dozen shows for children, at venues across Edinburgh.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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