From 7 to 17 February, London’s Southbank Centre will be hosting the Imagine Children’s Festival.
The 11-day festival is packed with books, comedy, crafts, dance, music, storytelling and much more. The events and activities are aimed at young people and nearly half of them are free. There are also lots of relaxed performances, which means audiences can make noise and move around, or come and go during the shows.
Ruth Hardie from the Southbank Centre describes the festival as “magical”. She says, “Imagine is about children and families being creative together… children are encouraged to play, imagine and express themselves.”
One highlight of this year’s festival is the London launch of Starchitects: A Cosmic Adventure. This award-winning dance-circus show, by a company called Motionhouse, features awesome acrobatics with digital projections.…
