Thank you for coming to bOing! International Family Festival 2019. We had an amazing weekend and hope you did too! Please can you now help by taking our (tiny!) bOing! survey – it really helps us improve what we do. Thank…

Were you grown from star dust, or sculpted from the ocean? Or do you come from fish-and-chip Fridays and the smiles of your grandparents? Award-winning spoken word poet Neelam Saredia-Brayley will be leading a fantastic workshop for all the family…

Every year, we want to make bOing! International Family Festival as brilliant as it can possibly be, which is why we bring together fantastic, jaw-dropping performances from all over the world. Because of this commitment, bOing! was awarded the EFFE…

We’re super-excited to announce that Motionhouse will be back at bOing! International Family Festival 2019 with a brand new outdoor show – WILD! WILD explores our disconnect with the natural environment. In our increasingly urban lives, is the wild still…

At bOing! this summer we are able to bring you not 1…not 2…but 3 events from the University of Kent’s School of Physical Sciences! Experiment like a mad scientist in Cool Science, find the answer in the evidence at Crime…

Every year bOing! brings a taste of the festival to the Canterbury city centre, and this year is no different. On Friday 24th August 2018, Cohesion Plus will be one of the three groups performing in the streets! We have…

The bOing! delegate package has been designed for theatre and arts industry professionals and students to network with peers and experience an international programme of innovative indoor and outdoor performances for children, young people and their families. Delegates will also…

The bOing! International Family Festival will be celebrating its 5th birthday in style, with companies travelling from Australia, France, Denmark, Spain and across the UK to perform for an anticipated audience of 15,000 people. Highlights for 2018 include Teatret Gruppe…

Each of the past 2 years, a staggering 3,000 people have experienced the luminaria, created by Nottingham based Architects of Air (AoA). We are delighted to confirm that AoA will be back at bOing! 2018 with another of their stunning…

bOing! is getting closer and closer! We caught up with Rauli Kosonen of  Race Horse Company abou, their new performance Motosikai. How did Race Horse Company begin? The company was started by three circus students in 2008, one of whom…

Less than a week to go to bOing! 2017. We caught up with James Baker, Joint Artistic Director about their performance Jukeboxes. How did Bootworks Theatre begin? In 1999 Joff Chafer (who also co-founded Trestle Theatre) wanted to start his…

The countdown has started, only nine more days to go and we can enjoy the wonderful performances at bOing! 2017. We caught up with Becky Atkinson, the Company coordinator of Company Chameleon about their performance Of Man And Beast. How did…

With just over a week to go before bOing! international Family Festival 2017,  we caught up with Andy Manley, whom we have commissioned this year to create a brand new piece for families, A Little Wilder. How did you begin…

If you head to Canterbury later this month you may be in for a furry surprise!  We caught up with Lone Twin‘s Executive Producer, Gwen Van Spijk about their show Beastie… How did Lone Twin begin? Lone Twin was begun…

With just over a month to go until bOing! 2017, we caught up with Musicalmente‘s Artistic Director, Paulo Lameiro about their show Concerto Para Bebés (Concert for Babies)… How did Musicalmente begin? Musicalmente’s project is born from a project of…

bOing! International Family Festival showcases the world’s best performances for families and in 2016 we established a delegate programme, positioning bOing! as a platform  to discover new work for young audiences, to meet artists, to see and discuss work and…

Not much longer and we can welcome a brand new and unique show to our bOing! International Family Festival 2017. Marshmallow Laser Feast have created an extraordinary production called In The Eyes Of The Animal. We caught up with them and asked…

With only 2 months to go until bOing! 2017, Oily Cart have been working on creating a very special brand new show which will premiere at the festival called Kubla Khan. We caught up with them and asked Communications and…

Performers from The Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Finland and the UK to headline Kent’s bOing! International Family Festival. Tickets are now on sale! On August 26 & 27 2017, the annual bOing! International Family Festival will once again welcome the most…