Baby reaches for a glowing moon with the performers of Up and Away

Cubbin Theatre Company are back with Up and Away, a playful and gentle theatrical performance exclusively for babies that are not yet walking and their grown ups.

Fragments of everyday life are elevated from the ordinary to the exquisite, through the exploration of live music and play.

Up and Away takes place in a carefully crafted tent. A cosy and safe atmosphere is created by way of a small number of attendees and a requirement that only pre-walking babies may attend.

Through this created sense of calm, babies are given an optimal environment from which to engage and explore along with their caregiver. Every baby will respond differently to the performance, and we embrace and welcome that.

Up and Away is informed by current neuroscientific research and has been developed in consultation with a speech and language therapist.

For what to expect when you come to the show please visit our FAQs on our website. Please contact us if you have any questions about the performance.

PARENTS: If you would like to dive deeper and learn more about how we created Up and Away, we are hosting a Baby Play workshop on 9 November. You will take away inspiration, songs and techniques on how to engage and play with your little one at home, enhancing parent and baby connection and regulation. For more info and tickets head here.

Check out our other events coming up at the Cloisters Studio at The Arts Centre, this year!

This season is kindly supported by Creative New Zealand.

“...much of the show's joy is in watching the infants engage not only with the performers and their caregivers but with one another” – Theatreview, New Zealand

“...a gentle, heart-warming show... The reactions... ranged from awestruck silence to excited shouting.” – What's Up Christchurch, New Zealand

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