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  • Follow the fun with Dr AudiYO
    Kids

    Follow the fun with Dr AudiYO

    1 September 2023

    Meet Holly Austin AKA Dr AudiYO, a beat-boxing clown who’s coming to this year’s Awesome Festival to save us from the dreaded silence.

    Reading time • 10 minutesTheatre
  • A character dressed in gold jacket, striped swimmers and a purple seadragon mask takes a bow, his arms out wide. This is the Magical Weedy Seadragon. Dive in for delightful sea change
    Reviews

    Dive in for delightful sea change

    2 July 2023

    Make way, city slickers. This Great Southern creation is awash with laughter, music and magical mayhem – and it’s heading to Perth, writes Julie Hosking. 

    Reading time • 7 minutesMulti-arts
  • Little inventor. A young girl stands next to a large makeshift looking machine holding a hose that is attached it and appearing to point it at someone in front of her in a defensive pose Young minds clear a way to brighter future
    Kids

    Young minds clear a way to brighter future

    2 October 2022

    Junior reviewers Isabel and Eddy Greentree appreciate the strong message about the need for change in this lively opera aimed at young audiences.

    Reading time • 7 minutesMusic
  • Little llama. Two dancers in costume, one is brights blues including a bold headdress and the other in fluffy white including big ears, are seen in a dance routine that suggests they are shaping up for a fight Delightful dancers win young hearts
    Kids

    Delightful dancers win young hearts

    28 September 2022

    A new ballet commissioned by Awesome Festival is a wonderful introduction to the artform for young audiences, writes junior writer Bethany Stopher.

    Reading time • 4 minutesDance
  • A happy toddler dances around an adults legs on wooden floors while little children and adults sit behind a wavy pink border watching Sally Chance's Seashore. Shore awash with waves of content
    Reviews

    Shore awash with waves of content

    28 September 2022

    Sally Chance’s ode to the ocean connects and calms its young audience, while giving the grown-ups some welcome relief, writes Lydia Edwards.

    Reading time • 4 minutesDance
  • Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • Tröll 5 - A4 - Philip Merry - Axylotl Photography A man stands against a screen, with the words
    Kids

    Terrific Tröll is a pre-teen treat

    22 September 2022

    Kicking off Awesome Festival, Troll lures Rita Clarke and an audience of school children into its updated Icelandic myth with special effects and equally special storytelling.

    Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • Reading time • 3 minutesMulti-arts
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