KIDS | HIGHLIGHTS KIDS HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW ART FOR BABY
Gallery of Modern Art, Tue 3–Tue 24 Sep, glasgowlife.org.uk Simple, creative arts and crafts sessions designed for parents and their babies.
MISTER MAGNOLIA Bothwell Primary School, Sat 7 Sep, folksytheatre.co.uk Folksy Theatre adapt the wacky adventures of Quentin Blake’s Mister Magnolia for the stage with live music, puppetry and plenty of audience interaction.
STICK BY ME Platform, Thu 12 Sep, redbridgearts.co.uk Joyful work of physical comedy about friendship, play and the importance of the small stuff from Andy Manley and Ian Cameron. Also The Studio at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 13 Sep, capitaltheatres.com, and touring.
WEE CREATIVES Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Wed 25 Sep, glasgowlife. org.uk Storytelling and play sessions among the Resource Centre’s treasure trove of art and museum objects.
MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE! AGE OF HEROES
SSE Hydro, Thu 24–Fri 25 Oct, thessehydro.com Action packed, stunt-filled arena spectacular that sees The Avengers, X-Men and Spider-Man team up to defeat the worst villains in the Marvel Universe.
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
in his stomach. Also Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 18 Sep, eastwoodparktheatre.co.uk, and touring. Sep, recitalsforwrigglers.co.uk The story of the Princess and the Pea is interwoven with gentle classical music and other popular nursery rhymes.
EDINBURGH
COLLECTIVE PLAY TINY TALES: ANIMAL STORIES
EATEN North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Sat 14 Sep, independentartsprojects. com Mamoru Iriguchi’s play about food chains and digestion, centred on a lion that eats a human for lunch, except that the human’s alive and well
Collective, Sat 14–Mon 16 Sep, collective-edinburgh.art Three days of outdoor, child-led play and workshops, focusing on a different material and led by a new artist each day. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Tue 17 Sep, scottishstorytellingcentre.com Storytelling about cheeky chickens, hungry hedgehogs and a whole menagerie of animals with Lea Taylor.
RECITALS FOR WRIGGLERS WALK TALK MAKE
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Sun 15 Scottish National Gallery of
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Modern Art, Sat 21 Sep & Sat 19 Oct, nationalgalleries.org Outdoor adventuring across Modern One and Two’s grassy grounds and sculptural park. Be sure to dress for the weather.
FAMILY ART TOURS Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Sat 28 Sep & Sat 26 Oct, nationalgalleries.org Short, interactive and creative tours designed to increase the whole family’s confidence in looking at and chatting about art.
WHIRLYGIG STICK MAN
WEE HANSEL & ATLANTIS BANAL:
Platform, Glasgow, Mon 2–Sat 7 Sep, catherinewheels.co.uk Four musicians play 30 different instruments in this fun performance challenging the cast’s musical ability. See preview, page 69. Also Traverse Theatre, Fri 13–Sat 14 Sep, traverse.co.uk, and touring. King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 6–Sun 8 Sep, capitaltheatres. com Charming stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s tale about Stick Man’s journey back to the family tree. See preview, page 68. Also touring, see list.co.uk/ kids for details.
GRETEL King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 13–Sun 15 Sep, scottishballet. co.uk Scottish Ballet presents its specially adapted version of the classic fairy tale for wee ones. See review, page 69. Also touring, see list.co.uk/kids for details.
BENEATH THE SURFACE
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Wed 9 & Thu 10 Oct, catherinewheels.co.uk The new show from one of Scotland’s finest theatremakers for children, Shona Reppe set in an intimate ‘pop-up’ gallery. See preview, page 69.
Also touring, see list. co.uk/kids for details.
SCOTTISH
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Scottish Storytelling Centre, Fri 18–Thu 31 Oct, sisf.org.uk Live storytelling featuring storytellers and musicians from around the world.
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