There will be a printed programme with a Museum map available on the day. You can also download it here.
ALL events are free! Some events have a specific starting time while others will be happening throughout the day. Most performances are drop-in. For events with small capacity, you can book time slots on the day.
Please note the Family Day runs on Saturday only.
Shoplifter<>Shapeshifter
Creative Electric
10.00 - 16.30 - Walkabout performance
Highly visual performative body sculptures from Creative Electric, that celebrate all our bodies. Performed by a cast of queer and disabled performers.
Ready Jet Go! Blast Off!
Ortonandon
10.00 - 16.30 - Drop-in activity
Inspired by Valentina’s Galaxy, Ortonandon invite all wee people to construct their own wearable Jet Packs and become Space Adventurers!
The Crows
Cath Whippey & Calum MacAskill
10.00-16.30 - Walkabout performance
The inquisitive Crow family are exploring the Museum, come meet their new baby, spot the Crows pose amongst the exhibits.
Eggy Ladies
Anna Chaney & Marta Soriano
10.00-16.30 - Walkabout performance
The Eggy Ladies love to dance and they love you to dance with them too!
A Wise Owl's Challenge
Nudge Puppets / Ella Mackay
10:00-16:30 - Interactive activity
Wise granny owl loves a challenge. Come and get cosy in Granny Owl’s nest – she’d love to meet you and set you a challenge!
100% Fully Unqualified (6+ yrs)
Jassy Earl and Geraldine Heaney
10.30; 11.30; 14.30; 15.30 - Performance (25 min)
A short performance about trying to prepare to be unprepared. About growing up, being friends and sharing serious joy.
Impossiballet
Mamoru Iriguchi
10.30; 11.00; 11.30; 12.15; 12.45; 14.15; 14.45; 15.30; 16.00 - Interactive activity (30 mins)
Let’s make an amazing family dance video full of impossible dance moves – slow-mo, superfast and even backwards. Absolutely no dance experience required!
Book at the Welcome Desk (Family group of 5 max per slot)
In the Ink Dark
Luke Pell and collaborators
11.00; 12.30; 14.00; 15.30 - Interactive activity + performance (45 min)
A dance and poem made from memory and conversation. Sit with me – tell me about something you have loved and lost.
Soundplay Studio
Bal Cooke and Ewan Sinclair
11.00; 12.00; 13.30; 14.30; 15.30 - Sensory activity (30 min)
Book at the Welcome Desk (15 people per slot)
Soundplay Studio is an accessible interactive sensory environment, where participants create sound and light through touch and movement; creating digital music in exciting, unexpected ways.
Pop
Vince Virr
11.15; 13.15; 15.15 - Performance (10 mins)
An energetic dance duet that will get your body popping.
Unicorn Dance Party
Sarah Rose Graber and Ruxandra Cantir
11.55; 13.40; 14.55 - Walkabout (5 min) + Performance (20 min)
Two Unicorns spread joy through the power of dance! Join in simple choreography and get your very own unicorn sparkle!
Scotland's most ridiculous drag-clowns present Misleading Man III
Biff and Cooper with Emily Goodwin
12.00; 14.00; 16.00 - Walkabout (30 min) + Performance (10 min)
In a world where a trio of bumbling action heroes love their own reflection more than hard work… will they ever find the bad guy? Can you beat them in the bulging bicep competition?