Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 September
Big Dreams Early Years Theatre Festival returns to Polka!
Join us in our 45th year for a celebration of Early Years Theatre and creativity.
With engaging UK and international shows, interactive events with famous Early Years authors, and free activities including a tongue-twisting installation, face-painting, glitter tattoos and more… enjoy an array of exciting creative experiences specially for our younger audiences and their families.
Tickets from £12*
Saturday
Kaleidoscope
Saturday 28 September
Ages 6-18 months
A multi-coloured kaleidoscope is brought to life for you and your baby.
SOLD OUT!
Wonder Gigs
Saturday 28 September
Ages 0-4 years
For music-loving little ones with props, puppets, bubbles and gentle child-led play.
SOLD OUT!
The Sticky Dance
Saturday 28 September
Ages 3-5 years
An interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children and their families.
SOLD OUT!
Benji Davies
Saturday 28 September
11.30am – 12.30pm
Recommended for ages 3-6
Join award-winning author and illustrator Benji Davies for this fun session based upon his much-loved ‘Storm Whale’ stories.
Debi Gliori – No Matter What
Saturday 28 September
2.30 – 3.30pm
Recommended for ages 3-6
Debi Gliori shares her timeless classic, ‘No Matter What’, with a new generation of readers. Come and enjoy this heartfelt story all about the unconditional love each parent feels for their child
Free activities
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 September
All ages
Enjoy free activities including
- Face painting
- Glitter tattoos
- ‘Seashells’ – a video installation
- Activity sheets
No ticket required!
Sunday
LàQua
Sunday 29 September
Ages 0-3 years
Explore the senses, language and understanding and memory using polyphonic song and rhymes.
Boxville
Sunday 29 September
Ages 4-8 years
Help the Boxville engineers to build their way through the story in this interactive, cardboard adventure!
Tọlá Okogwu – Bekah and the Moon
Sunday 29 September
11.30am – 12.30pm
Recommended for ages 3-6
Acclaimed author Tọlá Okogwu brings her message about the enduring nature of friendship to Polka in her moving and magical book ‘Bekah and the Moon’.
Jonny Duddle – Doodle with Duddle
Sunday 29 September
2.30 – 3.30pm
Recommended for ages 5+
Listen to bestselling author and illustrator Jonny Duddle read the story and join in with a draw-along for his brand-new book ‘Doodle with Duddle: How to Draw Dinosaurs’.
Free activities
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 September
All ages
Enjoy free activities including
- Face painting
- Glitter tattoos
- ‘Seashells’ – a video installation
- Activity sheets
No ticket required!