What is The AWESOME Festival?
The AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things (the AWESOME Festival) is presented annually in the Perth CBD. The Festival showcases a spectacular array of events including theatre, dance, early childhood activities, music, film, literature, visual arts and creative hands-on activities. AWESOME is committed to presenting high-quality, layered programming for children aged 0 – 12 and their families.
Creation Creation
Windmill Theatre Company (SA)
Theatre
Ages 8+
A daring and audacious journey to the very edge of the universe and back again. It’s a wild theatrical experiment for the curious among us.
How did we get here? Are aliens real? And is it possible to lick your elbow?
Based on interviews with members of the South Australian community aged between 8-102, Creation Creation is a comedy about life’s biggest mysteries.
Two fearless creators have been asked to step onto the stage and attempt to unravel the mysteries of the universe using whatever tools they have at their disposal. Blankets become forts, cardboard boxes become battleships and ping pong balls become planets in this hilarious explosion of art, sculpture and puppetry.
Please Note: Some of the big questions tackled during this show, raised and then answered by the general public children and adults we interviewed, include; ‘how did the world begin?’, ’is there other life in the universe?’, ‘how are babies made?’, ‘what does dying feel like?’, and ‘what will life on earth be like in 1,000 years?’. These questions and answers are played out by our performers in gentle, moving and fun ways. Viewer discretion is advised, viewer curiosity is recommended.
All performances of Creation Creation are AUSLAN interpreted.
Teeny Tiny Stevies
(VIC)
Music
All ages
ARIA Award Winning Children’s Artist, Teeny Tiny Stevies are heading out on the road for their most comprehensive National Album Tour to date!
Fresh off the back of their brand-new album How to be Creative the band will be touring in both regional & capital cities of Australia throughout the July & September/October school holidays.
Performing a mix of fan favourites and brand-new material from their new album, the band will be leaving no stone un-unturned. How to be Creative is a ten-song masterclass in embracing the creative urge, overcoming self-doubt, trying new things, learning from mistakes, working with others, and the superpower that is perseverance.
Dreams of a Lonely Planet
Flying Bicycle Collective (WA)
Dance
Ages 6+
Where a friend might be waiting.
Boy, our hero, yearns to escape. Out there, on a planet far away, he can finally be left alone. Follow him to the moon and go fishing for stars in this enchanting serenade for the young and young at heart. Hear stories from the blanket fort, told through dance, shadow puppetry and starry-eyed adventures. In a surreal kaleidoscope of whimsical vignettes, dreams of finding a place to belong swell and burst like bubbles, saturated with colour, and filled with hope.
WASO’s Fairytale Ball
West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WA)
Music
Ages 3+
Witches, Wizards, Princes, Fairies – rejoice!
Once upon a time, magical creatures of all sorts gathered together for a Fairytale Ball. Now princes, princesses and the whole family are invited to join WASO for a marvelous musical adventure! Conductor Jessica Gethin will read from an enchanted storybook and take the orchestra through fantasy favourites for the whole family. Don your dress-ups and dance along to spellbinding scores in this storybook spectacular.
Program to include:
Sergei PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
John WILLIAMS Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter
Engelbert HUMPERDINCK Hansel & Gretel: Witches’ Ride
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Presented in association with the 2022 AWESOME Festival. Conceived by Jessica Gethin in association with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Human. Kind.
Josh Earl (VIC)
Music/Comedy
Ages 4+
Josh Earl is a human. He is also a comedian. And he would also like people to think he is kind. In this brand new show for children he would like you to meet some aliens who just want ice cream, a boy who just will not wash, and learn why hearts are like starfish and absolutely not like pizza.
We often ask kids what they want to be when they grow up and expect them to give occupational answers – doctor, teacher, footballer. What if we aspire for them to be happy, kind, empathetic, resilient, or creative?
Human. Kind. is a musical comedy storytelling show for children all about navigating their way through this big, sometimes overwhelming, world.
Our Little Inventor
West Australian Opera (WA)
Music
Ages 8+
Our Little Inventor tells the story of Nell, a young girl from the countryside who creates a machine to fix the pollution that is choking the big city. Despite her excitement at showing off her invention, the people in charge do not share her enthusiasm to save their environment.
This is a tale for people of all ages to share together, incorporating gentle humour that touches upon themes of climate change, resilience, perseverance, and the importance of family and friends.
Inspired by the book ‘Our Little Inventor’ by Sher Rill Ng, published by Allen and Unwin Publishers, 2019.
West Australian Opera presents Our Little Inventor in association with the 2022 AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra.
Tröll
Trick of the Light Theatre (NZ)
Theatre
Ages 8+
A lo-fi wi-fi fable.
It’s 1998. Otto is twelve but online he’s thirteen and he’s pretty sure he gets away with it. He lives with his mum, dad, and sister, a mysterious Icelandic granny, and an ancient malevolent troll that’s lurking in the walls. From Trick of the Light Theatre comes a lo-fi wi-fi fable. Tröll combines storytelling, projection, music and puppetry into an uncanny tale from the dial up age.
Written and performed by Ralph McCubbin Howell, directed by Charlotte Bradley and Hannah Smith, this darkly comic one-man show brings the innovative staging and intricate narrative that enchanted audiences with The Bookbinder into the digital world.
As mobile phones become light sources, laptops transform into skyscrapers, and charger cords morph into puppets, it tells a story both mythic and modern in the vein of Stranger Things.
Please Note: Contains themes of bullying
The 2022 AWESOME Festival, Sensorium Theatre, The Artground (Singapore), National Museum of Singapore, WA Museum and Performing Lines WA present
Hu木an: A Sensory Forest Adventure
Sensorium Theatre, The Artground (Singapore)
Interactive Theatre
Ages 4-8
Welcome to the luscious Singaporean forest!
Feel the textured leaves with your toes and fingertips, smell the exotic flowers, play hide-and-seek with Hornbill, spot Owl in the moonlit canopy, and help Kingfisher look after her eggs. In the magical Hutan, even a passing rain shower brings a surprise visit from the cheeky Gibbons with a mayhem-filled picnic of yummy tropical fruits for all their new friends.
Inspired by the National Museum of Singapore’s William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, the immersive tactile set, beautiful live music and friendly performers makes this a delightful inclusive experience for children with access needs and their friends.
The Whale’s Tale
Born in a Taxi (VIC)
Theatre
Ages 3+
A beached whale, a confused navigator, a ridiculous Dr… whatever could be the matter?
A highly interactive spectacle full of slapstick, clowning and a 9-meter whale puppet that can swallow you whole! Watch out, you could be the whale’s next snack ….or become the hero of the story and live to tell the tale!
Seashore
Sally Chance Dance (SA)
Dance
Ages 0-3
On the seashore of endless worlds children meet with shouts and dances – Rabindranath Tagore.
Bring the family down to the seashore – a place to breathe in the sea air, get your feet wet and catch a wave; an open, playful space of infinite sky and footprints in the sand.
Seashore is a 40-minute performance work for, and with, children aged three years and younger, created and presented by Sally Chance Dance in collaboration with Perth-based children and their adults.
Sally Chance Dance promotes the social and cultural status of very young children and the important role of parents/carers, making visible the pleasure and power of dance play.
We Live Here
Circus WA & Flipside Circus (WA)
Circus
Ages 5+
We Live Here is an inspiring circus show that celebrates the memories and moments that make a life.
A sensitive, funny, yet heart-hitting show based on the stories of parents, siblings, and guests of Hummingbird House, Queensland’s only youth hospice, We Live Here explores themes of resilience, chaos, and the beauty of a moment shared.
The 2022 AWESOME Festival presents Barking Gecko Theatre’s
Cicada
Adapted for the stage by Arielle Gray, Luke Kerridge and Tim Watts from CICADA by Shaun Tan
Theatre
Ages 8+
Cicada tell story. Story good. Story simple. Story even human can understand. Tok! Tok! Tok!
So begins the story of a dutiful cicada who works away in a grey office year after year, until the day something truly extraordinary begins to happen…
This new stage adaptation brings master-storyteller Shaun Tan’s award-winning Cicada to life with exquisite puppetry and visual storytelling by WA’s leading theatre-makers.
A small story of epic proportions, Cicada is an enchanting tale of difference, resilience and the light we all have inside ourselves.
Produced by arrangement with Passion Australia | Highly Spirited Pty Ltd.
Image & Text reproduced with permission from Cicada by Shaun Tan, Hachette Australia, 2018.
3D Painting with Nathan Hoyle
Workshop
8+
Mix and match colours, shapes and sizes as you paint and assemble your unique artwork. You’ll be using spray paint, stencils, wood, glue and your own ideas as you make your painting, which will become a bright and beautiful masterpiece for you to take home.
Journey to Africa with Afrobeat Dance
Bellamore Ndayikeze
Workshop
Ages 10+
Join Afrobeats Artist Bellamore Ndayikeze on a Journey to Africa with this high energy dance workshop. Learn about culture and animals and how to move your body for fun using lively Afrobeat moves. This dance workshop is for everyone, no matter if you have danced before or are wanting to try it for the first time.
Disco Dance Rhythm and Play with the Dollar Bin Darlings
(NSW)
Workshop
Ages 8+
DJ duo the Dollar bin Darlings don’t just play music, they also play games. An afternoon of silliness, games, music and disco. Join the Dollar Bin Darlings as they take you through exercises to grow awareness of music and its universal power to bring us all together. Through creative play, learn all about rhythm and dancing. You’ll leave full of confidence, ready to dance at the disco.
Book Making with Josh Earl
Workshop
Ages 5+
During this tactile learning experience, children will design and produce their own book–from creating the cover and stitching the pages to personalising, decorating and adding content.
There will also be a focus on creative writing all facilitated by Josh Earl, writer for TV shows such as The Project and Spicks and Specks.
Animal Astronaut Portraits with James Foley
Workshop
Ages 6+
Join Author and Illustrator James Foley and learn how to draw your very own Animal Astronaut portrait. If you’ve had the delight of reading James’ latest book Stellarphant, you’ll know that any animal can be an Astronaut, and all Astronauts need a portrait. With one of WA’s leading author/illustrators as commander of the ship, your drawing skills will be out of this world after this workshop.
Totem Making with Rickeeta Walley
Workshop
Ages 5+
Rickeeta Walley is a proud Whadjuk Noongar yok (woman) with connections to seven of the 14 Noongar nations. The totem system is an integral part of conservation practises in the Noongar culture. It holds a special place in looking after the native Flora and Fauna we all love. Join Rickeeta to learn about totems, culture and conservation and make your very own Totem using bush materials.
Language Line
Jayden Boundry & Tyrown Waigana
Literature
All ages
Learning new words can be hard, but it can also be super fun and a great way to make friends and connect with one another. Come along and join the Language Line and learn one of the oldest languages on earth- Noongar. Author Jayden Boundry and Illustrator Tyrown Waigana will guide the whole moort (family) on the Language Line, and have you all Waangkaniny (talking) in no time. Boordawan (talk to you later).
Animal Adventures
Literature
All Ages
A Double Book Launch featuring two outstanding Western Australian authors:
Naomi Lake: Harmony the Forgetful Hen and the T-Rex
AND
Sarah Pollard: The Bush Tale of Timmy Lamb
Join us in the Story Place to celebrate the launch of these 2 wonderful picture books. Naomi and Sarah will be there to tell us about how they create stories. This event will feature a story time reading of each book and families will be invited to create a story about the special animals in their lives.
Sarah Pollard is an exciting Western Australian artist whose practice sees her exploring digital comic style animation and drawing with a particular interest in Virtual Reality. In 2020/21 Sarah participated in her second Australia Council funded project with the SEVEN Collective and created BUSH TALES. Through this project, Sarah created the prototype of Timmy the Lamb with a limited print run, which was snapped up immediately. We are thrilled to launch this wonderful story book into the world at the AWESOME Festival
Naomi Lake is a published author, an actress and a disability advocate. She also has Down syndrome. Naomi’s mantra is: “anything is possible.” Naomi has already published several children’s books and will be launching her new book, Harmony the Forgetful Hen and the T-Rex.
Owl and Star with Helen Milroy
Literature
Ages 0+
Join Author Helen Milroy for a wonderful session exploring her latest book Owl and Star. This heartwarming story looks at friendship, determination and how rewarding helping others can be. Enter the magical world full of stars shining brightly and enjoy the live reading and fun family friendly activity.
Dreamtime Creation Story
Mitchella Hutchins (WA)
Storytelling
All ages
Welcome to the Dreamtime, to the place of creation. A place of sharing and knowledge, a place for young and old. Join world renowned storyteller and Noongar woman Mitchella Hutchins as she tells the dreamtime story of creation. Be transported and inspired by this ancient cultural tale, and learn about conservation and culture and how we each play a role in keeping this wonderful world alive.
Sensory Storytelling
Sensorium Theatre
Storytelling
Ages 0-8
Sensorium Theatre’s Sensory Storytelling provides children with a disability or access needs and their families with a multi-sensory reading of their favourite stories and rhymes.
Through music and sensory play, everyone participates in these interactive sessions. Sensory storytelling is suitable for children with a broad range of access needs, including those with profound disability and on the autism spectrum.
Please note: There is a misprint in the festival brochure. The morning session is at 10AM, not 9:30AM.
Masterclass in Imagination
Mark Greenwood, HM Waugh, Norman Jorgensen, Gavin Aung Than
Ages 7+
Come along to this session to flex those imagination muscles and learn, play and create with some of the best Imaginators possible!
A panel of WA’s top authors- including Mark Greenwood, HM Waugh, Norman Jorgensen and Gavin Aung Than- will share a tantalising tale, some activities and games to inspire and show you how to create your own stories. Even now just imagine the fun you’ll have.
Teeny Tiny Stevies Book Launch
Literature
All Ages
Sisters Byll and Beth Stephen are ‘every parent’s favourite kids band’, the Teeny Tiny Stevies. The Critically acclaimed Aria Award winners, are now delighting audiences and turning their much loved songs into fun and insightful picture books. Join Byll and Beth as they talk with Cezera Critti-Schnaars about their books, what they mean and what inspired them, including a live reading of the books.
Noongar Animal Tales
Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy and Alton Walley (WA)
Literature
All Ages
From Kangaroos to Possums and Swans of all sorts, this session tells the tales of Aussie animals big and small from the hearts of Noongar children’s authors Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy and Alton Walley. Come along and listen to the magic of these stories and learn about friendship, family and the fun adventures of the native Aussie animals. With a live music element, you’ll be bouncing along with Yonga, gliding along with Maali.
Lost Little Llama
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
(WA)
Ballet
All Ages
FREE
There once was a little llama, who loved to run and jump and dance. One day, she ran and jumped and danced right over the paddock fence… and into the bush!
Join Little Llama and her frenemy, Kookaburra, on their adventure as they get lost in the bush, try to find their way home and learn about the importance of friendship along the way.
Credits:
Choreographer: Andries Weidemann, WAAPA (ECU)
Set & Costume Designer: Maeli Cheryl (WAAPA Design Graduate)
Composer: Dr. Emma Jayakumar, ECU
Original music recorded by Perth Symphony Orchestra, Recorded at West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Recording, post-production editing and mastering by Kieran Kenderessy.
Dates Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am & 11:30am Daily
Venue: James St Amphitheatre, Perth Cultural Centre
Beasties
Kinetic Theatre (VIC)
Installation
All Ages
FREE
A square cow quacking for biscuits, a squirting pig, a one-eyed blue cat, dancing carrots, and a giant roaming poo, Beasties is a petting zoo with a difference… This strange but endearing assortment of creatures will keep young and old enchanted and highly amused. Set up to be partly observational and partly interactive, there’s fish birds to feed and Deloras will sing for you if you pat her enough. There’s also a pair of keepers to oversee the animals, answer your questions, and keep the poo from following you home.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Studio Underground Foyer, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Tim Maley – Artist in Residence
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE
Tim Maley is an Established artist based in Perth’s northern suburbs and practicing out of DADAA’s Midland and Ellenbrook studios. As the 2022 AWESOME Festival Artist in residence, Tim will be creating and displaying artworks in the Studio Underground Foyer at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia. Tim’s love of animals and nature inspires the content of his work.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Studio Underground Foyer, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Animals In Space Exhibition
James Foley
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE, expression’s of interest required
Did you know that long before humans ventured in to space, we sent dogs, a fruit fly, a guinea pig and even monkeys? Learn all about animals who have lifted off into space at this exhibition of illustrations by West Australian Author and Illustrator James Foley. See illustrations from his latest book Stellarphant and discover different animals who have explored space!
Join James Foley on Thurs 29 Sept at 11:30am for a FREE talk on the Strange but True History of Animals in Space!
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Studio Underground Foyer, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Mr Chicken Sensory Play Space
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE
Immerse yourself in a sensory play space bedecked in yellow in honour of Leigh Hobbs’ popular character, Mr. Chicken. Chill out and read a story, draw, or decorate your own Mr Chicken and travel with him to explore places all around Western Australia.
There is so much to do when Mr Chicken visits the library!
Dates: Sat 10 Sept – Sun 4 Dec
Times: Mon-Thurs: 9am – 8pm, Fri: 9am – 5.30pm, Sat & Sun: 10am – 5.30pm
Venue: Ground Floor Gallery, State Library of Western Australia
Old Tom: Man of Mystery
Leigh Hobbs
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE
The Story Place gallery hosts a showcase of beloved children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs’ original pen and gouache illustrations for his book Old Tom: Man of Mystery. Giving insight on Hobbs’ artistic process, the exhibition includes never-before-seen sketches and cartoons among the illustrative works. Finish your visit to the exhibition with a self-guided scavenger hunt through the Library, hot on the trail of the Man of Mystery.
Dates: Sat 3 Sept – Sun 4 Dec
Times: Mon-Thurs: 9am – 8pm, Fri: 9am – 5.30pm, Sat & Sun: 10am – 5.30pm
Venue: The Story Place Gallery, State Library of Western Australia
Creative Challenge
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE
What do you dream about for the future?
This year, we’re asking west Australian children to harness their sense of wonder to create together. What do they want to know about the world around them, what amazes them, and what bright sparks of curiosity drive them to explore their communities? Wonder celebrates the voices of young people and invites them to imaginatively explore the surprising and beautiful world around them, foster curiosity, and dream about tomorrow.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: The Nook, State Library of Western Australia
Little Impressions
Exhibition
All Ages
FREE
This year we asked WA children to harness your sense of wonder to create an exciting future together. Will you be the next Prime Minister? Will you invent something magical and life changing? What will the future world look like? And what are you most looking forward to?
Children across WA have channelled their creative energies into designing a bright flag to add to the AWESOME bunting. We have strung their collective dreams together to celebrate an inspiring vision for the future.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Perth Cultural Centre – various venues
Creative Hubs
Our famous free activities have had a makeover this year! In 2022 AWESOME is proud to present 7 new Creative Hubs, all hosted and led by professional West Australian Artists.
AWESOME favourite Crafty Nannas is back, join textile artist Louise Snook for fun with Yarn Looms, Stitching, Felting, Textile Weaving and more!
Calling all Young Inventors – WA Museum Boola Bardip is playing host to Lewis Horne, who is inviting all aspiring inventors to join him in creating something great!
Roll Up, Roll Up! Circus lovers young and old will love the opportunity to learn circus skills from Aiden Bayliss, you might even get to make your own juggling balls, and put your skills to the test!
The much-loved C.U.B.S. Cubby returns for 2022 in the State Library of Western Australia, join host Glenn Swift for a series of literature and storytelling events*. Check the daily schedule to see what’s on.
Watch our Paper City unfold in the State Theatre Centre, join Minaxi May and discover the amazing things you can do with paper, and see how it all comes together to create something truly AWESOME.
Join Charlotte O’Shea in creating a Recyclable World. Using recycled materials, give old things a new life and explore making sculptures.
Calling all creature creatives – come and collaborate with Fiona Gavino to make a very special Western Swamp Tortoise at Weaving the Wetland. Drop by the Perth Cultural Centre Wetlands and help weave together a giant larger than life Western Swamp Tortoise using natural materials.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Perth Cultural Centre – various venues
*Please note some events in the C.U.B.S. Cubby are ticketed, please see Literature events above
Family Tour for Children with ASD
Tour
All Ages
FREE – Registrations required
Join AGWA’s Voluntary Gallery Guides for a specially designed Art Gallery Tour for children with ASD and their families. Come together and explore works of art, learn about artists, and share your own stories and responses.
Learn to be a Gallery Guide
Workshop
Ages: 6 – 10
FREE – Registrations required
Join AGWA’s Voluntary Gallery Guides for an interactive workshop where children will learn the unique skill of looking and responding to works of art. At the end of the workshop children will
Music Mill
Mace Francis (WA)
Installation
All Ages
FREE
The Music Mill is a solar powered sound sculpture made of five automated musical instruments; glockenspiel, tuned pipes, snare drum, bass drum and cow bell. Each instrument is manually programmed through the use of pins and lift arms to create different melodies and rhythms. This giant musical sculpture brings joy to big and small!
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm
Venue: Courtyard, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Snacks and Chats
CAFÉ Program
All Ages
Come and enjoy a tasty treat or delicious drink in some of Perth’s best family-friendly cafes, and discover a box full of surprises that will keep the whole family entertained. With loads of activities for everyone, including cards for playing snap, colouring in sheets, quizzes and more, keep an eye out for the AWESOME Festival Snacks and Chats table at participating cafes. These cafes will be serving up family-friendly snacks, meals and drinks, as well as these fun activities for your bright young things.
Join us for Snacks and Chats at:
PICA Bar – Perth Cultural Centre
Epoch Café – WA Museum Boola Bardip
The Shoe – Yagan Square
Gangnam – Yagan Square
Street Eats Eatery – Yagan Square
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Uptown Brown
VIC
Andy Williamson
Street Performance
Uptown Brown is a singing gentleman-adventurer performing a program of primitive 1920’s-1930’s jazz and blues on a self invented one man band. His contraption is built from cedar, leather and brass, whilst vocals & fingerpicked ukulele are amplified through old megaphones, mimicking the effect of a 78 record.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Venue: Perth Cultural Centre and Yagan Square
Public Art Tours
Tour
All Ages
FREE – Registrations required
Join our AWESOME festival tour guide Alan for an adventure to discover some of the most exciting and interesting public art in our city. Little and big people alike are sure to love going on this great art hunt!
Theatre of Dreams
CANCELLED – All ticket holders will be contacted. Sorry for any inconvenience.
THANK GOODNESS YOU MADE IT!! The Theatre of Dreams has been struck down by a terrible case of ‘Gibberish’. All the actors and behind the scenes or back of house crew may have been affected. The only people that can possibly save us are YOU, our tour members! Guided by your beautifully zany tour host Paully, come for a madcap crash course in the theatre. The show simply MUST GO ONNNNNN!!
El Presidente Minusculo
The Masters of Hooey (WA)
Street Theatre
Ages 4 – 12
FREE
El Presidente Minusculo, where kids rule!
After designing a new flag and writing their presidential decree one child becomes El Presidente Minusculo of the Festival and is treated with the pomp and ceremony they deserve. Their presidential motorcade (pulled by two grown-ups in splendid regalia) winds its way through the festival grounds. With much fanfare, their decree is read aloud and their word is law…until they are overthrown by the newest El Presidente.
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10.15am, 12.15pm & 2pm Daily
Missed the session? Join the decree/flag making activity 10am-3pm!
Created by Sam Longley for the Masters of Hooey
Number Please
OBIE (SA)
Interactive Installation
All Ages
FREE
Number Please brings you the latest in telephony straight from the late nineteenth century!
If you’ve always wished a phone you passed in the street would ring, if you like the idea of calling random numbers just to see who answers, or if you just love the sound of your own voice and feel like someone out there will too, Number Please is for you!
*In the interest of whimsy your call may be monitored or recorded for mischievous purposes*
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
Story Circle
Alton Walley (WA)
Storytelling
FREE
Come along and join Noongar author and storyteller Alton Walley in a live story performance for the whole family to enjoy!
Stories from Alton’s books come alive with music, movement and narration. Join us in front of the Yagan Square Screen for this very special event.
Dates: Weds 28 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 1pm Daily
The 9Fifty New Orleans Band
Street Performance
All Ages
FREE
The 9Fifty New Orleans Band draws on the influences and traditions of the joyful New Orleans Marching Bands. Jazz and funk tunes will sound out in the streets as the 9Fifty rove around Yagan Square.
Dates & Times: Tues 27 – Fri 30 Sept 11:30am, Sat 1 Oct 10am
Imagination Playground & Noodle Sculpture Park
Interactive Installation
All Ages
FREE
Imagination Playground encourages self-expression through play. Come and play with our blue Imagination Playground Blocks, bricks, cylinders, cogs and curves! Children can transform the play space into whatever their imagination can dream!
While you are there, create an art sculpture out of pool noodles!
Dates: Tues 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
Times: 10am – 3pm Daily
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