ArtPlay, City of Melbourne

Seen and Heard : Interactive Children's Performance

An interactive performance where kids give parenting advice.

School Holiday Guide

Event Details

Category

School Holiday Guide

Event Starts

Apr 16, 2026 10:30

Event Ends

Apr 19, 2026 12:30

Venue

ArtPlay

Location

Birrarung Marr Behind Federation Square Melbourne VIC 3000

Why does all the advice about raising kids come from grown-ups? Seen and Heard is here to flip the script by putting kids in charge. In this workshop, kids will make music, create characters, and share their wisdom about bedtimes, screen times, broccoli negotiations, and more.   

If you’ve ever wanted to give grown-ups a piece of your mind (nicely, of course), this is the workshop for you! 

Seen and Heard is a project seeded by ArtPlay’s New Ideas Lab, where young people collaborate with artists to develop brand-new creative experiences. If you sign up for this program, be aware: you might be part of a work in progress, but you’ll also be helping dream up something totally original.  

-As part of this creative process, the artists will be recording the voices of the participants to be used in the final season of the work. Because these recordings are a core part of the project’s development, this particular workshopmay not be the right fit for those who do not wish to be recorded. 

Image credit: Darren Gill 

Age: 8 to 12 years 

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