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Festival for all ages

Festival for all ages

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Architects of Air

LuminiMax – Luminarium

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The ‘Dodecalis’ Luminarium is an immersive and interactive sculpture and designed to evoke wonder at the beauty of light and colour

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Race Horse Company

Chevalier – Hobbyhorse Circus

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Chevalier – Hobbyhorse Circus is an irresistibly charming homage to the magnificent horses of circus and the silent movie era. Drawing inspiration from the history of traditional horse circuses, Kalle…

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Bootworks Theatre

TEN

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To celebrate bOing’s 10th anniversary, we are working with Bootworks Theatre to create a piece of theatre with local 10 year olds all about what it’s like to be 10!…

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Second Hand Dance

The Sticky Dance (Neurodivergent Performance)

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Three dancers’ shimmy through the audience weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in this tactile dance performance for young children. They invite you to tape, stick and groove, to see…

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Second Hand Dance

The Sticky Dance (Neurotypical Performance)

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Three dancers’ shimmy through the audience weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in this tactile dance performance for young children. They invite you to tape, stick and groove, to see…

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Engruna Teatre (Spain)

Univers

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A sensory experience for the early ages, full of visual poetry, live music and movement. People, bodies and objects that scatter, move around, connect with each other, and rearrange. Finding…

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Square Pegs Arts

in.difference

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In the new game in.difference, five players make dream worlds, tailored to their disabilities and differences. But maybe, their worlds aren’t so perfect after all. A Virus has snuck into…

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Gorrilla Circus

RPM

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A mesmeric new show combining exhilarating acrobatics, adrenaline-pumping street dance and breath-taking roller skating, set on a giant moving treadmill! RPM explores the tragic, comic and absurd aspects of modern society, unravelling…

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In Clouds

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In Clouds is the newest participatory outdoor touring work from Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company for audiences of all ages.

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Square Pegs Film Club presents

Relaxed Screening: Inside Out 2

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Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected:…

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Family Film: Despicable Me 4

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Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go…

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Family Film: IF

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From the imagination of writer and director John Krasinski comes IF, a story about imaginary friends and their place in our world. IF is about a girl who discovers that…

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Kent Community Oasis Garden

Marvellous Minibeasts – Guided Minibeasts Walk

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Step into the fascinating world of minibeasts who have made their homes around the b0ing! site. Grab a bug pot and a mini-beast identification sheet and join us on a…

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Zones of Flow

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Rocio von Jungenfeld presents ‘zones of flow (iv)’ - an immersive interactive installation Inspired by the experience of trying to sleep inside a small sailing boat, with the water flowing

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Molly Lambourn

Creative Drawing Session

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Drop in to this free 3D Drawing art workshop get creative and help Molly work on a community art piece thinking on themes of family, care and responsibility. Participants can…

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Docking Station

Digital Zone

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Docking Station returns with a digital zone showcasing a groundbreaking game using Motion Capture controls and a virtual reality tour of the soon-to-be refurbished Police Section House in Medway.

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Kent Community Oasis Garden

Terrarium ‘Jungle in a Jar’ Workshop

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Build your own mini windowsill rainforest and watch it grow. A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. It is made in just about any glass…

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Monkton Nature Reserve

Conservation Station

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Conservation Station is a renewable energy project that demonstrates Green energy in action. If you know a budding builder then here’s a challenge. Build a simple circuit to light a…

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Gorilla Circus

RPM Dance Workshop

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Experience the thrill of dance with Gorilla Circus! Join us for a lively workshop following the performance of RPM. Anyone is welcome! Unleash your creativity, learn new moves, and dance…

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Animate Arts

PARTY! Cardboard Craft Cake Hats Workshop

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Celebrate bOing’s 10th birthday with some yummy cardboard capers with the fabulous Animate Arts. For this year’s workshops and with the help of professional artists, you will be crafting a…

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University of Kent

Cool Science

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Join scientists from the University of Kent in a 45-minute interactive Liquid Nitrogen show that explores how the extreme cold affects gases, liquids and solid materials. We’ll need hands-on volunteers…

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Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company

MCDC ‘In Clouds’ Dance Workshop

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Join this fun workshop from MCDC after the performance of In Clouds. We’ll lead movement games exploring the themes of the show,  teach new dance skills and lead a section…

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Code Kids

Minecraft Coding Workshop

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Don’t just let your children play Minecraft, get them coding with it! In this workshop, children will be taught to code using Minecraft, in a block-based programming language (Microsoft MakeCode).…

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Code Kids

Lego Robotics Workshop

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Use Lego to build smart robots and bring your robot to life using code! This workshop is a great way of introducing concepts such as engineering and coding to kids.…

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Studio Spranks – Typography Workshops

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Join Studio Spranks for a Typography Workshop! Explore paint techniques and patterns to create unique letter motifs and shapes. This 45-minute workshop offers a hands-on experience to unlock your creativity…

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Music For Change

bOing! Music Stage

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Check out our free bOing! live music stage on bOing! Hilltop! Sat – Music for Change Music for Change are back with a brilliant line up of world music performances…

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Moonbeam Theatre

Calm Zone

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Need a space to chill? Moonbeam Theatre are bringing their sensory garden Calm Zone to bOing! If the crowds are getting too much and you need somewhere to relax then…

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Dulce Compania

The Headless Couple

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Dulce Compania are back with another walk around Act for bOing 2024! Following the popular Rainbow Ballet Stilt Walk and the Royal Poodle Parade! A surprising, funny, and unbelievably absurd…

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Silent Disco

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Everyone is invited to the bOing! silent disco…..just let yourself go! The disco will run at various times throughout the festival – check the chalkboard for details.

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Baby Zone

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Baby zone is an immersive, multi sensory theatrical experience for early years (0-5 years) and their carers. Drop-in sessions throughout the day.

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Curious Arts

Wildflower

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What does it mean to be a Wildflower? Blooming wherever you’re planted. Being your vibrant, colourful self, sometimes under the harshest conditions. Join the Wildflowers as they ride by for…

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Clayground Collective

Open Clay

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Following the success of last year’s Open Clay, Canterbury Festival are delighted to bring back this popular community event in collaboration with bOing! Open Clay is a 3D ceramics project…

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Kent Sport

Kent Sport Mini Sessions

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Our friends at Kent Sport are offering some brilliant free activities at bOing! 2024. Including: Mini Golf Drums Alive Street Dance Zumbatomic Zumbatombic Especially designed for children, ZUMBATOMIC is great…

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Turned On Its Head and Makers of Imaginary Worlds

The Delights

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The Delights is the tale of two homely creatures who wake from sleepy hibernation to discover a delightful, enticing world that has appeared around them.  As these curious, playful characters…

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The University of Kent

The FutureProof Zone

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The FutureProof Zone at bOing! is all about our planet and what we can all do to look after it.

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