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Sydney Festival 2015 | Family program

January 4, 2015
by Arts Rocket

The 2015 Sydney Festival opens next week and has again another wonderful year for families with young and/or older children. Masquerade will be on the top of most families list  and Tabac Rouge will be magnificent.
Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz! will knock the kids socks off and The Luck Child looks like fun.

This year we will be catching The Kitchen – in 2010 we all went as a family for Roysten Abel’s The Manganiyar Seduction and we were all wowed.

There are plenty of free options across the city to keep you busy over the school holidays as well.
The Vegetable Plot – Melodies and vegetables
Hotbed Designs – Blocks prints and fabric paint
Dear Hope Street – A modern day message in a bottle
Australian Museum in the Village – Discover Hyde Park as a scientist
City of Sydney Lawn Library – Books take a holiday outside
Cool down with the Waterfall Swing at Darling Harbour
More free options.

To explore the full family festival program visit: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2015/family

Sydney Festival
8 – 26 Jan 2015

Sydney Festival 2014

January 6, 2014
by Arts Rocket
image: Joshua Morris

Ok – we have been busy so this is my first chance to go through the Sydney Festival 2014 program in detail.  The festival starts this week and is a great way to fill in the last few weeks of the school holidays.

There is a lot to choose from this year –  a wonderful selection of performances and activities for families – and if you still want more, it is also fun to beyond the family strand (especially if you have older children) to discover some interesting finds.

If you are a family of four – the festival also has family packages for some performances. For families on a budget these holidays but still want their children to be involved in the festival –  check out the free performances and activities on offer.

We love everything in the program, but we are looking into these performances:

Othello – The remix: My eldest son (15) would love it if this is how Shakespeare is taught in school.
Band of Magicians: Magic is extremely popular in our house at the moment with my youngest son (9) and this performance is number one on his list!
Ockham’s Razor: Looks absolutely amazing – Circus meets storytelling.
The Piper: Limited tickets to be involved and on stage of this intriguing retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.  The Piper incorporates multimedia, puppetry and stagecraft.
Tom Thum: Beating the Habit: I caught Tom at TEDx Sydney in 2013. Kids of all ages will love Tom Thum.
Jazzamatazz!: Cabaret singer Ali McGregor does jazzy beats for kids.
Lao Qiang: Expand the music your children are listening to with ancient Rock’n’Roll from the East.

To  browse the full family program visit: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2014/Family/