Kids activities

Children's events and activities

The popular award winning animated TV show for very small people about very small people, Ben and Holly’s…
We’ve not even had St Andrew’s Day but the panto season has begun and one of the first off the starting…
Owen and Olly are back, bringing their Christmas Swingalong to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
Introducing children to the delights of Shakespeare can be a disappointing, even dismal, experience.
Some twittering birdsong and gentle music welcomes the tiny tots and their parents/carers to this latest…
‘May the odds be in your favour’ isn’t quite as snappy as ‘May the force be with you’ but I can see it…
The Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival, Edinburgh’s international performing arts festival for children and…
A braw panto tale is spun out in style with this version of Sleeping Beauty.
While ‘Little Orphan Annie’ was created by Harold Walker in the form of a comic strip that had a long run in…
As the skyline darkens, strange sounds and glimmering lights come from the Royal Botanic Garden.
The ancient tales of the Arabian Nights are brought to vibrant comic life by the brilliant trio that is Story…
Sell A Door Theatre Company presents a canty, if scanty, rendition of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach.
Being evacuated during wartime must have been an adventure for many children.
Everyone loves a good panto, and it doesn’t get any better than the traditional Edinburgh panto at the…
Before the performance even began, from simply staring at the set, one sensed that this production was going…
The Children’s Christmas Swingalong incorporated music spanning 200 years, played swing-style and with a lot…
‘Did we steal to Rio or fly to Mars?’ sings the exquisite voice of Patsy Seddon at the end of this utterly…
The set of this new production from Andy Manley, Rob Evans and macrobert, Mikey and Addie, looks like the…
Edinburgh’s German Christmas Market is once again in situ on Princes Street and the Christmas lights have…
Anthropomorphising is a little lost on me at the best of times and I confess that the appeal of Peppa Pig and…