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Valuing A Young Audience

Join us for unique performance showings and activities for children under 12 and their grown ups.

$7.50
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Two toddlers and one adult, are laughing, dancing, holding their noses and yelling
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Image Credit: Peek-A-Butoh, 2022. Photo by Toshiki Tanaka

  • Produced by: Abbotsford Convent, in association with Melbourne Fringe

  • Mentor: Sue Giles

  • Featuring: Sam Gaskin & Johnny Hamilton, Hannah Vrijenhoek, and David Williams

Abbotsford Convent and Melbourne Fringe warmly invite children 12 and under and their families to join us for three performance showings and activities where you will enjoy new work, meet artists, and provide feedback directly to the artists about the performances.

As part of the Convent’s Valuing a Young Audience program, talented performance makers, Sam Gaskin and Johnny Hamilton from Beat Entertainment, Hannah Vrijenhoek, and David Williams have each been developing a new performance work, supported by project facilitator Sue Giles and a bevy of experts in the field. Valuing a Young Audience was born out of the Convent’s passionate commitment to artists and quality contemporary arts and cultural experiences by, for, with and about children. Melbourne Fringe loved the concept and joined the Convent in delivering this brand-new project.

Please join us - the artists cannot make progress without you! Each artist will present a fifteen-minute snippet of their new work, and will engage you in creative activities to generate valuable feedback about their ideas directly from you, their audience.

Come meet the artists, enjoy the activities, and be part of shaping contemporary performance for, by, with and about children.

  • Duration: 2 hours

  • Age suitability: 0+

  • Event warnings: Sudden Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Death.

All attendees will require tickets to attend. However, children under 2 years old are considered babes in arms and do not require a purchased ticket for this event. A moderate level of audience participation is encouraged. However it is not mandatory for enjoyment of the work.

  • Full: $7.50

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Saturday, 21 October 2023

10:00am

Abbotsford Convent - Oratory

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