Kids and Family at Backbone Festival!
AWAKEN has a program stocked full of events for our youngest artists!
ARTISTE By Brymore Productions
Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, Brymore Productions return to Brisbane with their non-verbal, interactive, high-energy, paint-splattered ode to creativity. Mr Bean meets the Mona Lisa as our Artist attempts to create a masterpiece in less than 50 minutes.
"A delightful collision of physical comedy and crafty clowning" - One4Review.
AGES 0+
Obstacle By Grace Longwill
Being a human with a body can be its own kind of challenge. Obstacle heightens the everyday- transforming the frustrating and mundane ordeal of having a body into a series of playful challenges that the audience can choose to watch or participate in. Embrace the ridiculous, cheer each other on challenges of human error and clumsiness.
ALL AGES WELCOME
Fight like a girl By Virag Dombay Productions
Fight Like A Girl is a live reality tv show created and performed by youth about one of the most difficult things in the world… being a teenage girl. The challenges are designed to test the mental, physical and social aptitude of each contestant as they try to win the ultimate prize… a guaranteed 100 likes on any social media post. Because that’s what all teenage girls want…
AGES 10+ (mature content and some coarse language)
EYES WIDE OPEN MIC By Backbone youth arts
Are you under 18 with a talent to share with the world? We want YOU! Backbone is hosting the inaugural Eyes Wide Open Mic to welcome Young People to the stage to show off their skills. We want Young Artists from any discipline; theatre, music, comedy, drag, poetry, cosplay, storytelling and everything in between.
ALL AGES WELCOME
THe great beach adventure by jacob watton and courtney wagner
Two best friends get ready to go out on their big adventure to the beach. But what will they need? Swimmers so they can get in the water? Sunscreen for slipping slopping and slapping? Maybe there will be pirates at the beach so they of course need to bring their swords. The Great Beach Adventure is a side-splitting-ly funny, family outing that you won’t soon forget.
AGES 5+
THE FIRST TREE By Backbone’s Young Creators (Skill Builders)
There was once a magical tree that had stood tall and proud since the dawn of time. Humans rarely saw this tree, as it sought to protect itself from the destruction humans were causing to the earth, instead it remained hidden to those who did not know its magical secret…
ALL AGES WELCOME
Family Fun Day by BACkbone youth arts
Kids and families are invited to Backbone for a day chockful of free events! Highlights include:
Free Circus Workshop. Learn juggling, play with hula hoops, and get skipping with world-renowned circus artist, Chelsea McGuffin.
Outdoor Performances
And More!
ALL AGES WELCOME
PROCLAMATION By Ipswich Girls Grammar School Senior Drama Club
We’re here to proclaim that we have voices, we have opinions and we have something to say.
Things that I hate about the world.
Things that I love about the world.
Things that I don’t understand about the world.
This is our proclamation.
AGES 10+