Children's events and activities
Kids activities
Talk about Priscilla, Queen of the Panto!
The Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival, Edinburgh’s international performing arts festival for children and…
Introducing children to the delights of Shakespeare can be a disappointing, even dismal, experience.
Twice voted Best Musical Act at the Edinburgh Fringe, Olly and Owen have fast made a name for themselves…
Formed in 1999 by director Gill Robertson, Catherine Wheels has consistently delivered on both style and…
In 1963, the world’s first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, was rocketed in to space where she orbited…
Owen and Olly are back, bringing their Christmas Swingalong to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
Ditto is a musical performance that offers a child-like exploration of some rather deep philosophical…
Flann O'Brien’s gloriously comic novel The Third Policeman contains the strange and memorable concept “…that…
What does it mean to be human? That’s a pretty big question for adults, never mind children.
‘May the odds be in your favour’ isn’t quite as snappy as ‘May the force be with you’ but I can see it…
Stories Round the Tree conjured pictures of a cosy fireside, a jolly Christmas tree and friendly folk – big…
As the skyline darkens, strange sounds and glimmering lights come from the Royal Botanic Garden.
It’s no fun being ‘in with the out crowd’ at any time of life but it’s especially painful as a young person…
Everyone loves a good panto, and it doesn’t get any better than the traditional Edinburgh panto at the…
Welcome to Pantoland, where you don’t know if you’ve walked into Disney World or Late ‘n’ Live.
Everyone loves a good story, and most of us associate stories with reading a good book. With the increasing…
We’ve not even had St Andrew’s Day but the panto season has begun and one of the first off the starting…
Some twittering birdsong and gentle music welcomes the tiny tots and their parents/carers to this latest…
I had the good fortune a few years ago to run into JK Rowling while she was writing the final instalment of…