Your living room's a stage: the best arts, crafts and theatre for kids in lockdown

Make family lockdown fun with immersive audio, DIY crafts and short scripts to perform from Australia’s arts community

We’re all feeling the effects of uncertainty and isolation. Children doubly so. As well as experiencing anxiety in the present, many kids will find this Covid-19 era shapes or shadows their futures. For artists and theatre companies working in the children’s sectors, this is something new to grapple with.

“We forget sometimes that kids live in the same world as the rest of us,” said Rose Myers, artistic director of Adelaide’s youth-focused Windmill Theatre Company. “They’re very conscious of everything that’s happening – and right now, they’re very unsettled.”

Related: The whole world in a bedroom: seven of the most imaginative picture books for lockdown life

Find more about Windmill At Home here

Download the Way Out West at Home package here

Find out more about ATYP Home Theatre here

Head to the Last Great Hunt’s YouTube channel to watch Bad Baby Jean; watch Emil and the Detectives via Slingsby by Request; and enjoy Ruby’s Wish, as part of Sydney Opera House’s digital season From Our House to Yours.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3gZu3ng