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A smiling adult holding a scrunched-up bit of paper and interacting with a smiling infant lying on a cushioned surface, against a yellow background.
10 – 13 Sep

Welcome The Little Strangers

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre

Welcome the Little Stranger is a theatre work, for pre-walking babies and their adults that celebrates the tender, joyful and sometimes confounding time when a baby joins the world. Drawing on the instinctive ways that parents communicate with their babies, this performance from Pocketfool takes the audience on a playful musical journey through relatable and precious moments in the life of a family with a very young baby.

Created and performed by Jennifer Andersen, Kym Tonkin, Heidi Weatherald, Loukia Vassiliades and Rasheeda Cooper.

For ages 0 to 12 months.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 10 Sep
  • 10am - 11am 10:00am - 11:00am
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • 2pm - 3pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Fri 11 Sep
  • 10am - 11am 10:00am - 11:00am
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • 2pm - 3pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Sat 12 Sep
  • 10am - 11am 10:00am - 11:00am
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • 2pm - 3pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Sun 13 Sep
  • 10am - 11am 10:00am - 11:00am
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • 2pm - 3pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location

ArtPlay
Russell St Ext
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

Children $15
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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9658 7880
  • email address: artplay@melbourne.vic.gov.au
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A pair of giant roving elderly character puppets on the streets of Carlton, performing as part of the Festival of Puppetry.
22 – 27 Sep

Melbourne Festival of Puppetry

Performances, workshops, free events and more, presented around the city.

  • Family and kids
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A performer sits at the top of a tall ladder, playing an electric guitar while below them, another performer stands facing away from the camera, holding the ladder steady with uplifted arms.
15 – 18 Oct

Ocker

Ocker is roving circus tearing through the streets on a portable railway track built in real time.

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  • Family and kids
A dark interior space, with smoky purple rounds of light, silhouettes of people's arms pushing into these open spaces.
Until 30 Sep

Imaginator

An immersive experience that celebrates imagination, technology and play.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
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6 Sep – 15 Nov

Solar Tours

Come and experience the wonders of the Sun at the historic Melbourne Observatory.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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