The Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival takes place in Edinburgh in May and June each year. As the largest and most successful performing arts festival for children and young people in the UK, the Festival is a unique opportunity for school children and their teachers; families and industry professionals to see the best children’s theatre the world has to offer.

Next year's Festival runs from Monday 7 to Monday 14 May 2012.

Each year the Festival presents around:

• 15 Productions from the UK and abroad
• 100 Performances for children aged between 0 and 16 years in theatres and arts centres in Edinburgh, attracting an audience of over 10,000
• Festival Performances on tour throughout Scotland
• Festival Performances in community venues and schools as part of our Wee Night Out Programme

In collaboration with theatres; arts centres and promoters throughout Scotland, the Festival on Tour has presented some of the best theatre the world has to offer, as far North as the Shetland Isles and as far South as Dumfriesshire and many other areas in between!

In partnership with Bank of Scotland, Imaginate has developed the Wee Night Out tour programme that provides an exciting opportunity for parent councils to present a production from this year's Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival in their school or community venue.

If you are a venue manager or arts promoter and would like to find out more about programming international theatre for children and young people please contact jennifer@imaginate.org.uk