KinderGardens Festival 2012
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Last Autumn Take Art worked in collaboration with Yeovil Children’s Centres and the Octagon Theatre to bring you the third ever International KinderGardens Festival.
The 2012 KinderGardens Festival was generously funded by Arts Council England and Guildford Academic Associates. It took place in venues across Somerset from the 29 Oct to 14 Nov 2012, jam-packed with high quality early years events, including shows, interactive installations, showcases and discussions across the county, with plenty of chances for children, early years practitioners and artists to see great work.
The project enlisted national and international European theatrical companies whose pieces, directed specifically at toddler and pre-verbal age groups, were aimed to assist learning development through music, dance and movement. A rare initiative designed to enrich pre-school education for the very young.
The quality, diversity and originality of the festival was at an all time high and we worked hard to find some of the most exciting shows for under 5s currently available in Europe.
What's On
Family Fun Day at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil
Free exhibitions, stalls and exciting activities will be available at the theatre, including two ticketed early years shows, the interactive light and sound installation Lightstream and a baby disco. All families are welcome to attend.
Lightstream - An interactive light and sound installation for young children
Appearing at the Octagon Theatre and as part of the Shepton Mallet Digi Fest.
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Handa’s Surprise by Little Angel Theatre
For 2-5 yr olds and their families. This much-loved children’s book by Eileen Browne is brought to life through puppetry, dance and songs. Appearing at a number of venues across Somerset between the 6-8 November.
Shapes n Shadows by Core Dance
For 2-4 yr olds and their families. A dance created for young children, to engage them in the shapes and shadows of our natural world. Using light and materials, a dancer plays with opposites, dark and light, hard and soft and like a puppeteer, presents images from our world.
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For 1-4 yr olds and their families. Two friends play together and explore projected colours and shapes to make new worlds. In this exquisitely sensory show constructed by Spanish theatre company Teatro Paraiso, children will be transported from the recognisable to the stunning, the mundane to the mesmerising.
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The Big Jump/Le Grand Saut by Théâtre de la Guimbarde
From Belgium a delightful play for 18 months-4 yr olds and their families. Two characters go on a voyage of discovery in a building site inhabited by unusual objects and sounds. In this playground, they construct and deconstruct, plunge into materials and sounds, experiment like scientists.
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The KinderGardens Festival 2012 gets its G4A Funding.
30 May 2012
Take Art is delighted to announce that Yeovil Children's Centre Cluster has been successful in its application to the Arts Council England and has received a grant towards the 2012 KinderGardens Festival of Early Years Performance that will take place this autumn.
KinderGardens International Early Years Theatre Festival
20 Sep 2012
This Autumn Take Art is working in collaboration with Yeovil Children’s Centres and the Octagon Theatre to bring you the third ever International KinderGardens Festival for the under 5s and their families. Taking place in Children’s Centres, schools and theatres across Somerset from the 29 Oct to 14 Nov 2012, this year’s festival will be jam-packed with high quality events and over 20 live theatre performances.
Family Fun Day at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil
11 Oct 2012
Wet half term!!! Who cares? Why not defy the stay at home blues on Monday 29 October with a whole day of fun, creativity and participation for the under 5s at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil - a lot of which is totally free!
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