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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
Two children stand in front of a bright pink wall covered in plants and animal totems, part of the Boorongur space at the Art Gallery of WA What to SEE: Kids Spring gig guide
Features

What to SEE: Kids Spring gig guide

13 September 2022

With school holidays approaching, it is time for children to unleash their creative energy. Seesaw’s children’s editor Rosalind Appleby finds fun for the whole family.

Reading time • 9 minutesMulti-arts
A young performer from Circus WA does a handstand on top of a tight circle of four other performers in 'We Live Here'. Four shows to SEE at AWESOME Festival
Features

Four shows to SEE at AWESOME Festival

8 September 2022

AWESOME Festival director Jenny Simpson picks four shows from Australia’s premiere children’s arts festival which she says are must-sees for Seesaw families.

Reading time • 9 minutesMulti-arts

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