Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo, to Which Show Should My Child Go...
Monday’s child is fair of face. Tuesday’s child is full of grace. Wednesday’s child has parents who use our patented show match machine and gets to go to a Fringe show that’s just right for them!
Floods of Fire with Electric Fields & the ASO
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Messy monsters – love to get their hands dirty
Baby Loves Disco: An absolute hoot. For babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Involves music, face-painting, dressing up – the works!
Electric Circus, times and dates vary
The Amazing Scene Machine: Learn how to make models with Jim Parkyn of Aardman Animations – the next Wallace and Gromit are just a few squeezes of clay away.
Pleasance Courtyard, times vary, 5-25 August, not 8, 15, 22
Lord and Lady Laughs-a-Lot – love to roll about laughing
Trash Test Dummies: Comedy Circus from Australia complete with wheelie bins. What's not hilarious about that?
Underbelly's Circus Hub, times vary, 4-21 August, not 10, 15
Doktor James' Akademy of Evil: This super villian on a mission needs minions to help him take over the world. Are you up to the challenge?
Sweet Grassmarket, 11:40am, 6-20 August
Baby Bard – has an imagination that knows no bounds
Drama Workshops for 5-12s: Generally, the Spotlites Theatre workshops are a good bet. It's really hands-on stuff.
Spotlites, 9:30am, various dates
The Story of Mr B: Puppets, shadows and more in this play set inside a giant pop-up book.
Institut français d'Ecosse, times vary, 5-28 August, not 15, 22
Too cool for school – slightly older kids
Comedy Club4Kids: No rude words, but loads of jokes, and actual comedians who don't talk down.
Assembly Roxy, 5:35pm, 5-28 August
How to Be a Rock Star: What better way to learn about body positivity than through the medium of air guitar?
Assembly George Square Gardens, 3:15pm, 4-29 August, not 17
Quietly Curious – kids who aren’t quite as keen on the razzle dazzle
Taiwan Season: The Adventure of Puppets: All the way from Taiwan, the action here all takes place on a tabletop
Summerhall, 11:45am, 4-28 August, not 15
I Got Superpowers For My Birthday: A new play about three almost-teens on an epic quest to protect the world from an evil overland, performed in a beautiful pop-up theatre.
Roundabout @ Summerhall, 11:00am, 5-21 August, not 9, 16