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After our successful launch in Belfast Cathedral, Belfast Children's Festival 2019 is live! Check out our website and get booking now!
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Belfast Children's Festival comes of age this year and turns 21. We are delighted to have a packed programme of the best international and local shows, including several UK/Irish and world premieres. Read on for a taste of what's in store from 8-13 March!
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Our Belfast Children's Festival 2019 Highlights Video:
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Belfast Children's Festival 2019 Highlights
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Opening the festival this year:
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Oorlog (War)
Theater Artemis (The Netherlands)
Fri 8 March, 7pm
Sat 9 March, 3pm
Sun 10 March, 3pm
Downstairs at The MAC
7+
£10
Children have their own ideas about war; however adults never have any real answers for them. Prompted by this, Theater Artemis take the elusive subject by the horns. Expect chaos, roller-skating soldiers, and edge of your seat action!
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Baby Daddy
Replay Theatre Company (Northern Ireland)
Lab at The MAC
Sat 9 & Sun 10 March, 11am, 12:15pm, 2pm & 3:15pm
6-18 months
£10 (1 adult & 1 baby)
Baby Daddy utilises Replay's knowledge of sensory theatre, music, play and expertise in working with babies to create a unique, safe and fun-filled show full of making friends and laughter.
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Loo
Ponten Pie and El Mes Petit De Tots (Spain)
Tue 12 March, 6.30pm
Upstairs at The MAC
2-5 yrs
£10
Loo is a hot, dry wind from Asia that comes alive on summer afternoons. This poetic exploration is set around the bow of a sunken boat in a sea of sand. A gorgeous and utterly mesmerising performance!
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Removed
Writer Fionnuala Kennedy
Prime Cut Productions (Northern Ireland)
Brian Friel Theatre, QUB
Thu 7-Sat 16 March, 7:30pm
11+
£10 & £8 (preview and concession)
Removed is a funny, moving and shocking insight into the experiences of a young man sharing his story of life in the care of the state.
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Closing the festival this year:
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Expedition Peter Pan
Het Laagland (The Netherlands)
Wed 13 March, 7pm
Downstairs at The MAC
7+
£10
Expedition Peter Pan promises a wild adventure of imagination, rediscovery and hilarious surprises in a quirky, high-energy show based on one of our best-loved bedtime stories.
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Our Free Family Day Out in The Cathedral Quarter:
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inSPIREd
Our Big Family Day Out in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter!
Sat 9 March
Cathedral Quarter
All Ages
FREE
Take a creative journey to Destination CQ! For free, fun family activities for children of all ages. Join us for performances, interactive workshops, story-tellers, face painters, magicians and much more!
Featuring workshops from Can Do Academy, Wheelworks ArtCart, Northern Ireland Opera and Ulster University. And check out the Acoustic Picnic in Oh Yeah Music Centre, and visual art exhibition 'Home' in The MAC.
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The best of local talent:
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A special offer for our subscribers
When you purchase 8 tickets in the one transaction for the following shows: Oorlog (War), Loo, Expedition Peter Pan, Milo's Hat Trick and The Alien's Guide to Dance Gone Wrong, we will discount 1 ticket, meaning a saving of £10.
Enter the promocode BCF19saver at checkout.
The 8 tickets will amount to £70 (plus £1.50 booking fee per transaction).
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Wednesday 9 January 2019, the Young at Art team headed to Belfast Cathedral to launch the 21st Belfast Children's Festival!
With thanks to our speakers Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Deirdre Hargey and Roisín McDonough, Chief Executive Arts Council of Northern Ireland, to our lovely host Dean Forde and the team at Belfast Cathedral, and to our wonderful performers Noel, Gary and Keith aka Baby Daddy from Replay Theatre Company, Conor J Maguire with an extract from Removed, by Prime Cut Productions, and Conor Mitchell and soprano Rebecca Murphy with a performance from The Musician by Belfast Ensemble.
Thanks also to Bounce Culture for the beats and the amazing Christina, Keith and Jazzmin who entertained guests and schoolchildren.
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Behind the scenes at the official Launch - 9 January 2019
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Theatre For Young Audiences (TYANI) Showcase
Fri 8- Tue 12 March 2019
A showcase of the finest performance work for young audiences being created here in NI.
Delegate Package £70
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Check out a series of FREE industry talks and book your place:
Collective Voices, Collective Plays
Mon 11 March, 2-5pm
Brian Friel Theatre
A special industry symposium on Poly-Vocal Technique in Playwriting and Theatre Making.
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Pitch Perfect
Mon 11 March, 5-6pm
Brian Friel Theatre
An opportunity for local artists and companies to share news of upcoming projects or pitch ideas.
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Creative Accounting
Tue 12 March, 2-4pm
Brian Friel Theatre
Explore the challenges of measuring the impact of arts interventions on societal change.
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Schools & Groups Programme at BCF19 Open
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Are you a teacher or member of a PTA or a youth group? Check out the festival education programme at Belfast Children's Festival (8-13 March 2019). It is the perfect outing for schools groups, offering bespoke ticket deals and resources for teachers. Some shows are selling out.
If you're a teacher or education professional, or have friends who are, check out the upcoming professional development training days in Drama (19 Jan), Storytelling (9 Feb) and Visual Art (23 Feb). Read More
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Write Club at Duncairn
Wed 4pm-6pm
16, 23, 30 January
13-18 yr old
Free
Join Fighting Words Belfast for a free weekly creative writing club. Young people will get to explore a variety of writing forms facilitated in the project's unique style designed to unlock imaginations. Find Out More |
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NI Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY): Recruitment for new Youth Panel members
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The panel is a group of young people who advise the Commissioner on key issues and assist her in her work of safeguarding and promoting the rights and best interests of children and young people.
The closing date for applications is Friday 11th January 2019.
Recruitment is open to young people aged between 12-16 years, or up to 18 if you have a disability or have experienced living in care.
For more details, visit NICCY website
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Young at Art is managed and run by a small and dedicated team of staff. Their work is overseen by a voluntary Board of Directors who are drawn from the arts, education, youth and business sectors.
The Board currently has 6 members and is actively recruiting to increase its membership. The Board meet a minimum of five times each year, plus a number of sub-committees.
Young at Art is interested to hear from potential new Board members and is particularly looking for applicants with skills in finance, PR and the youth sector. Contact Us |
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The 21st Belfast Children's Festival returns Fri 8 - Wed 13 March 2019.
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