It’s finally here!! The Roola Boola Children's Arts Festival has started this week in the City of Stonnington, and will run until Friday 8 July. With boisterous fun for children on offer, the Festival will feature performances, workshops, free events and unique activities that will ignite and inspire children's imaginations these school holidays.

Families will have big brass belly laughs with Circus Trick Tease, be captivated by the techniques of Hoopla Clique, be immersed in creative, hands-on workshops and more. Suitable for children aged 12 and under, Roola Boola Children's Arts Festival is one of Melbourne's most successful annual children's arts festivals and features spectacular and spellbinding performances at Chapel off Chapel for families this school holidays:

Circus Trick Tease – Brass Monkeys celebrates kids who march to the beat of their own drum. Bursting with high calibre acrobatics, a ton of comedy, live music and high-flying tricks, this show is perfect for little kids and grown-ups who like a big brass belly laugh. Friday 1 July.

Hoopla Clique– Chores is an action-packed comedy circus performance that tells the story of two brothers who don't want to do their chores and tidy their room. This performance is jam-packed full of silly jokes, cool stunts, acrobatic flips, unicycles, juggling, and the infamous toilet paper gun. Wednesday 6 July.

The Listies and Critical Stages Touring – ROFL (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) is a bonkers sketch comedy extravaganza of epic proportions, made just for kids. The show is jam-packed with magically stupid stuff like toilet paper cannons, a real-life cowasaurus, and the kind of madness that only the award-winning maestros of kidault comedy can make. Friday 8 July.

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Children and their parents can also join workshops at Chapel Off Chapel from NICA, Fizz Kidz, Amos Roach, and more! Children will be immersed in magic, puppetry, circus, dance, music, theatre, arts, craft, and more – there's something for every child to enjoy. Highlights include:

Amos Roach and the Murrundaya Yepengna Dancers (Dance of Life, Djab Wurrung language) will perform and teach local traditional Kulin Nations dances that are dynamic, fun, educational and interactive. Tuesday 5 July.

The Space Dance and Arts Centre presents a Hip Hop workshop for children aged 5 to 7and 8 to 10, where they will teach children new skills, give them a platform to freely express themselves through movement, and encourage exploration of dance and creativity through this popular style. Thursday 7 July.

St Martins Youth Arts Centre – Paper People World allows children to create their own characters and then create perfect costumes for them (completely out of paper) before they enter the world of Paper People! Paper People World is a workshop suitable for children 5 to 8 and 9 to 12. Thursday 7 July.

Roola Boola Children's Arts Festival will also feature free events at Chapel off Chapel, including colouring in and sustainable puppet making workshops with Trash Puppets. There will also be other events in Stonnington at various satellite venues such as Fizz Kidz, The Space Dance Arts Centre and Duldig Studio.

the nitty gritty

Festival runs from June 28 - July 8

Venues:
Chapel off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St, Prahran

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