ŻiguŻajg

Arts for Children & Young People

Festival 2023

Meet Me A Tree

Age: 0-2

MEET ME A TREE is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their guardians with music by Schumann, Delibes and Handel as well as words and music created by the company. HurlyBurly invites you and your baby on a multisensory journey through a year in the life of a tree: singing with blackbirds, marching through fallen leaves, smelling new blossoms and feeling the wind on your cheeks.

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A Ladder to the Stars

Age: 2+

A LADDER TO THE STARS is a heartfelt, humorous story of what can happen when the universe hears your dreams. A story told through a magical mix of puppetry, music, light and imagination.

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the Boy & the Ball

Age: 2-4

THE BOY & THE BALL is exquisitely nuanced to engage 2 to 4 year old children in storytelling wonder. A story about making a friend and how one friend can become many. In a quiet world simply constructed from multiple cylinders of all shapes and sizes, we meet a very shy boy and witness how, with the assistance of his ball, he makes a friend.

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Tghanniqa Xewkija

Age: 4+

TGĦANNIQA XEWKIJA follows Bertu and his quest to get the one thing he wants more than anything… a hug! There’s just one problem, he’s a prickly pear and his spikes will get in the way. Together with his friend Xandru by his side he embarks on the journey of a lifetime.

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AGES 5 - 7

The Witch’s Class

Age: 5+

THE WITCH’S CLASS is an interactive story about Ween the witch and the audience who are attending her class. In this special class, the audience will explore plants in new and fun ways as the witch makes mixtures and instructs her class. The witch’s apprentices are encouraged to be curious and ready to help. Wonder what’s cooking?

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Travel Bug

Age: 5+

TRAVEL BUG is a big furry global soul who weaves his way in and out of people’s lives as they embark on their journey. These performers have been bitten and have the urge to pack up and go. He helps them get where they want to be as they encounter delays, lost luggage, forgotten documents, long queues, being lost, overweight baggage, no money, sickness, missing flights, missing trains and a missing wallet. Can you and Travel Bug help our globetrotters get where they want to be?

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Bongu Bejt!

Age: 5+

BONĠU BEJT! revolves around three characters who become stranded on a roof after a cyclone sweeps through, leaving them stuck on Peppu’s pristine roof. The flagpole in the middle of the roof is his pride and joy. Peppu, along with the fussy Tina and the acrophobic service worker, must now find a way to safely get off the roof.

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Fall and Float

Age: 5-7

FALL and FLOAT is an exciting and visually stimulating dance show where two dancers create a magical world through the manipulation of balloons. How? With playful choreography and a joyful soundscape come see a hypnotical, comical and uplifting piece full of falling, lifting, throwing, catching, stumbling, floating… and sometimes, maybe even a little bit of flying!

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AGES 8 - 10

Gulliver

Age: 8+

GULLIVER is a traveller and pioneer who was shipwrecked and lost at sea for nine years. Now, he has returned. He tells tales of lands undiscovered and creatures unheard of, but is he really the same man who disappeared so long ago? They say travel broadens the mind… but how far before it breaks?

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Possible Worlds

Age: 8+

POSSIBLE WORLDS is a multidisciplinary exhibition which tackles the environmental concerns which are rapidly changing the local and international landscapes. Whilst addressing the destruction of the natural and social environment through urban expansion, the artworks offer alternative possibilities for building the future, collectively and creatively

PHORA 10XS

Age: 8+

PHORA 10XS is a world so very far away, in a galaxy beyond the brightest stars. In this world, creatures are as familiar as they are not. They see, hear, taste, smell… and feel. Behold the Homophoras, as its people are called. Behold their hopes and dreams, dreams of being loved and wanted. They are just like us, not unlike us. But their hopes may seem lost when one of their own is born different…

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Oktomara

Age: 8+

OKTOMARA (Octopus language) is a word that conjures up fears from our past. To be repeated as long as the need is felt. On the lost island, lives a little girl, alone, haunted by her past in which happy memories, magical fish swimming in the sky, and disturbing black silhouettes are interlaced. The little girl seeks her fragile and shifting balance. Her inner fear invades her and literally becomes monstrous, transforming her into a weird creature – an octopus.

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The Dreamcatchers

Age: 8+

THE DREAMCATCHERS. Have you ever been fast asleep, completely lost in an amazing dream? And then, out of nowhere, you wake up and can’t remember a single thing about that incredible dream? Well, let us introduce you to Alex, a lively teenager who happens to be visually impaired. In his dreams, he discovers a group of extraordinary dream catchers. Can you imagine how thrilling it must be for Alex to finally see vibrant colours and have the freedom to do anything in his dreams?

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Trouser Girl: An Opera for Young Audiences

Age: 8+

TROUSER GIRL is an opera designed for children. Lukey’s girlfriend, Chris, happens to be the superhero Raybeam, possessing the unique ability to blow things up with her eyes. Initially, Lukey finds this cool, but he becomes increasingly frustrated as Chris is frequently away, saving the world from destruction, leaving him with minimal time together. To make things worse, Chris’s best friend Danny, also known as the super-awesome Transformo, is constantly at her side. Lukey, an ordinary guy without superpowers, can’t help but feel jealous

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Rosa and the Stone Troll

Age: U

Rosa is a tiny flower fairy who has always lived by herself in her rosebush. Her biggest dream is to have a friend, but she’s too scared to leave her bush. One day, a brave butterfly named Silk becomes friends with Rosa, even though they’re very different. Silk loves adventures, but Rosa prefers staying in her rosebush. Unfortunately, an evil Stone Troll kidnaps Silk, and Rosa must conquer her fears to go on a dangerous journey and save her friend.

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The Secret Kingdom

Age: PG

In this fantastical adventure, Peter & Verity’s family inherit their Grandfather’s magnificent old home. Whilst exploring their grand new house and its hidden treasures, the floorboards give-way, tumbling the siblings into a whole new mystical world with magical creatures and incredible adventures – their very own Secret Kingdom.

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