From May 10 until June 9, 2024, WeeFestival celebrated it’s 10th anniversary with a sparkling programme of 10 productions created especially for very young audiences by leading artists and companies from around the world and across the Country!
The line up offered a dynamic range of performance including music theatre, installation, dance, object and shadow puppetry presented in intimate venues across the city and in Relaxed Performance formats.
UP!
Music, Installation, Performance
Dates: May 10 – May 12
Age range: 6 months – 5 years
Venue: Daniels Spectrum – Dance Arts Institute
A captivating solo vocal concert about reaching beyond and growing up.
Plastic / Plastique
Puppetry, Performance
Dates: May 17 – May 19
Age range: 4 years+
Venue: Spadina Theatre at Alliance Française
Colourful plastic bags are brought to life by puppeteers-comedic chaos ensues.
Good Night! / Bonne nuit!
Puppetry, Performance
Dates: May 18 – May 18
Age range: 3 years +
Venue: Spadina Theatre at Alliance Française
A hilarious comedy with puppets and objects about trying to go to sleep.
Sonia and Alfred
Theatre, Shadow Puppetry
Dates: May 18 – May 19
Age range: 4 years+
Venue: Alumnae Theatre
A moving story about newfound friendship and refuge told with exquisite shadow puppetry and theatre.
Paper Playground / Poisson Papier
Theatre, Dance, Music, Live Drawing
Dates: May 21 – May 22
Age range: 8 months – 2 years
Venue: Daniels Spectrum – Dance Arts Institute
A playful and interactive dance performance where caregivers and toddlers join through drawing, moving, and music making.
First Words / mOts Premiers
Dance Theatre
Dates: May 23 – May 29
Age range: 2.5 years +
Venue: Daniels Spectrum – Dance Arts Institute
Hip Hop and Contemporary dance collide and a new language is found when two strangers meet and try to make friends.
Quest for the Moon
Shadow puppetry
Dates: May 24 – May 26
Age range: 2.5 years +
Venue: Tarragon Theatre Near Studio
A heartwarming and engaging story about the friendship between a young fox and the Moon – told with the magic of shadow puppetry, music, and theatre.
Cuckoo / Coucou
Puppetry
Dates: May 30 – June 2
Age range: 3 years+
Venue: The Assembly Hall
A large clock is the stage for this clever puppetry work about an overscheduled cuckoo bird who discovers a whole new world beyond time.
Capoeira Criança
Work in Progress
Dates: June 1 – June 2
Age range: 8 to 24 months
Venue: Tarragon Theatre Rehearsall Hall
Be the first to experience brand new performance works created especially for children 8 months – 24 months, commissioned by WeeFestival
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Kawennanótha with Krysta
June 2 | 12h45
The Assembly Hall Outdoors
Join Krysta Sero under the trees as she shares her favourite books by Indigenous authors and illustrators! Krysta Sero is a Kanien’kehá:ka woman of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, living in Toronto. She is a mother, an Early Childhood Educator, and an Indigenous Knowledge Resource Teacher.
RAWUMS (:)
Physical Theatre, Performance
Dates: June 5 – June 9
Age range: 2 years+
Venue: Tarragon Theatre ExtraSpace
The laws of gravity are discovered and tested by two curious characters!
Solalie
Sound Art Installation, Performance
Dates: June 8 – June 9
Age range: 12 months +
Venue: Tarragon Theatre Near Studio
A unique sound art installation and concert inspired by the natural world.
Coo
Work in Progress
Dates: June 8 – June 9
Age range: 8 to 24 months
Venue: Tarragon Theatre Rehearsall Hall
Be the first to experience brand new performance works created especially for children 8 months – 24 months, commissioned by WeeFestival
Professional Stream
We had also a rich professional programme for artists, post-secondary students, and presenters.
Ways to Give
See our giving opportunities here.
Help us celebrate our 10th anniversary and support Arts from the Start!
Ways to Save
Save with our passes
Save over 25% with a WeeFestival through our 5-Show Passes for 2 ($125) or 3 persons (adult or child over 8 months) ($200) or over 50% for 4 persons when you take in the entire programme with the Festival Friends and Family Super Pass ($300)
Sweet Sunday Savings!
Selected shows will be available at a reduced $10 price online (use “SweetSunday” discount code) and pay what you choose at the doors.
- May 12 Up! @ 14h
- May 19 Sonia & Alfred @ 14h
- June 2 Cuckoo @ 11h & 14h
Weekday Play Days!
Take an “arts day away” from school and work and start the weekend early with a selection of Friday performances for only $10 a ticket.
See the selected performances