ArtPlay

Creative workshops and events for babies to 13 year olds.

19/06/2026

This July holiday, book your child into a performance workshop designed specifically for them, by children their own age.

Welcome to The Wall. On either side live kids who have never met, but have spent a lifetime whispering ancient secrets, recipes, and instructions for living through the gaps. Something wild has torn through one side (the other side) taking homes, treasures, and a whole festival with it.

That's why you're here. Step into this curious world where things seem upside down, but maybe that's the right way up. Bring your kindness, your imagination, and your making hands, because we need your help to put things back together!

Dates: Thursday 2 July to Sunday 5 July
Age: 5 to 10 years

Image credit: Darren Gill

17/06/2026

Book into an immersive performance designed and performed By Kids, For Kids!

Welcome to The Wall. On either side live kids who have never met, but have spent a lifetime whispering ancient secrets, recipes, and instructions for living through the gaps. Something wild has torn through one side (the other side) taking homes, treasures, and a whole festival with it.

That's why you're here. Step into this curious world where things seem upside down, but maybe that's the right way up. Bring your kindness, your imagination, and your making hands, because we need your help to put things back together.

This is a performance and making workshop by our By Kids, For Kids collective of 9- to 12-year-olds, who have been working together to design and host this arts experience just for you.

Age: 5 to 10 years
Dates: Thursday 2 July to Sunday 5 July

Book now! artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/165078

Image credit: Darren Gill

11/06/2026

Congratulations to The Black Lullaby Experience team for a sold-out public debut season! It's been such a privilege developing this work alongside you and your community 🥁💛

Thank you to artists Dianne Morris, NIASHA, Kwamena Brace and Amarantha Robinson. From initial intimate "Dream" and "Make" development stages with community and diaspora, to a public debut in its "Show" stage, The Black Lullaby Experience has grown into an immersive and interactive journey into Caribbean and African melodies for babies and their families.

Every New Ideas Lab project is a chance to be a part of a work-in-progress and collaboratively shape the work into something that children and families everywhere can someday experience. The work is actively shaped by you alongside the artists through three "Dream", "Make" and "Show" stages. Our final New Ideas Lab project, Undertow, debuts its "Show" stage today.

05/06/2026

Are you or someone in your life looking for a creative arts workshop that centres the experience of pregnancy?

Undertow is a sensory performance for pregnant people, babies in the womb, new parents and pre-walking babies.

In this final stage, we have two special sessions at 2:30pm each day for pregnant people and babies in the womb to highlight their unique experiences. Join us to experience a story told without words about two people who decide to go on an adventure that will change them forever. Using sensory elements of light, sound, cloth and shadow play, the audience are drawn into an immersive world under the river.

Dates: Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June
Age: Babies in the womb and pre-walking babies

Book now before tickets sell out! 🔗💙 ArtPlay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent?ev=164917&evs=303477,303480

04/06/2026

Thank you to all the families and children who joined us across the three stages of Seen and Heard! We've had so much fun learning from you all. 💫

Congratulations to artists and for an extremely successful season at ArtPlay 🎉

Seen and Heard has grown massively from its first "Dream" stage to its final "Show" stage, shifting focus to an interactive exploration of parenting through the relationships between children and their adults.

Every New Ideas Lab is a chance to be a part of a work-in-progress and collaboratively shape the work into something that children and families everywhere can someday experience. The work is actively shaped by you alongside the artists. Our final two New Ideas Lab projects will also debut their "Show" stages over the new two weeks.

Photography by Darren Gill.

02/06/2026

Your last chance to experience this sold-out baby show before it leaves ArtPlay!

The third and final stage of Undertow debuts next week. Undertow is a performance for babies and adults that explores the epic journey of pregnancy, developed across two previous stages with participant input. Using sensory elements of light, sound, cloth and shadow play, the audience are drawn into an immersive world under the river.

It is a story told without words about two people who decide to go on an adventure that will change them forever.

Dates: Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June
Ages: babies in the womb* and pre-walking babies

*We have additional sessions specifically for pregnant people and babies in the womb to explore their unique experiences. These are at 2:30pm on both days.

Book now! artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/164917 💙🌊🔗

27/05/2026

Join us next week for the public debut of The Black Lullaby Experience! Rest, listen, and settle into a collective tapestry of sound from African and Caribbean culture. 🥁

Within this gentle environment, you might hear the heritage of familiar songs alongside new melodies that have grown from the ideas and sounds shared by families during the work's earlier development stages.

Whether you are exploring soft percussion, humming along, or simply rocking your little one to the music, this is a space to share in the quiet magic of the lullaby. It is an invitation to slow down and experience a unique, evolving language of African and Caribbean song and belonging.

Dates: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June
Ages: 0 to 24 months

Book now! 💫🔗 artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/164601

Image credit: Darren Gill

22/05/2026

Are you looking for a creative workshop to do alongside your kids? Seen and Heard is back for one last weekend at ArtPlay!

Through play, sound, and imagination, Seen and Heard invites young people to share their thoughts on parenting and caregiving - and invites parents and caregivers to listen.

Dates: Saturday 30 May and Sunday 31 May
Age: 8 to 12 years

Book now! artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/163887 💫🔗

18/05/2026

Get ready for the FINAL stage of Seen and Heard! This time, the workshops are designed for children and their adults to do together. 💫🎉

What happens when the world’s most orderly island meets its first kids?

The Island is perfect. Orderly. Precise. Everything happens on time and as planned. Perhaps this is because this island is exclusively populated by adults. There are not - and never have been - any children.

And then one night, everything changes…

Through play, sound, and imagination, Seen and Heard invites young people to share their thoughts on parenting and caregiving - and invites parents and caregivers to listen.

Dates: Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May
Ages: 8 to 12 years

Book now! artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/163887

08/05/2026

Attention adventurous toddlers! Tingle Tangle is back at ArtPlay 🎊🍥

There is a big tangle going on at ArtPlay and we need a whole lot of toddlers to help stretch it out. Come and stretch, wind, wobble, sing, and play in this big tangle of fun in this interactive, movement workshop.

Guided by artist Emma Salzano, toddlers and carers will move through a play-space, meet other children, listen to music and sounds, and play with textured objects and fabrics.

Dates: Thursday 21 and Sunday 24 May
Ages: 12 to 24 months

This is a play space set up for adventures full of fun and exploration.

Toddlers, please bring your most playful grownup!

Book now! artplay.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/163745 🔗💫

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