From May 10 until June 9, 2024, WeeFestival will celebrate 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 offers 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.
Week 1: May 10 – 12
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.
Week 2: May 18-19
Plastic / Plastique
Pupptery, Performance
Dates: May 17 – May 19
Age range: 4 years+
Venue: Alliance Française de Toronto
Colourful plastic bags are brought to life by puppeteers-comedic chaos ensues.
Good Night! / Bonne nuit!
Pupptery, Performance
Dates: May 18 – May 18
Age range: 3 years +
Venue: Alliance Française de Toronto
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.
Week 3: May 21 – 26
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: 3 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.
Week 4: May 30 – June 2
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.
Walangaan
Music, Sensory Theatre
Dates: May 30 – June 2
Age range: 18 months +
Venue: Tarragon Theatre ExtraSpace
A Senegalese singer and a percussionist invite young children into a music-rich journey of the water cycle from from the drop to the downpour, from the splash to the waterfall.
Capoeira Criança
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
Week 5: June 5 – June 9
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.
Aria
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
