Family Theatre Day 2026
A day of workshops and performances for children and their families, organised in partnership with the University of Bristol.
February Half Term (2026) Workshops
Our local holiday workshops offer free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.
October Half Term Workshops
Our local holiday workshops offer free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.
Summer Holiday Workshops
Our summer holiday workshops offered free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.
Winter Lights
An event that celebrated joy, light, creativity and the warmth of community.
Belle and Sebastien
A classic family tale, Belle and Sebastien, reimagined by two of the South West’s strongest co-producing partners, Travelling Light and Bristol Old Vic. For ages 4+ and their families.
Igloo (2020)
A playful experience filled with warmth, sensation and gentle exploration, suitable for babes in arms and pre-schoolers aged 0-3 accompanied by their carers.
Boing! (2019)
After 9 years of delighting audiences from the West End to New York and Beijing, Boing! returned home to Bristol Old Vic for Christmas 2019.
I Wish I Was A Mountain
A co-production by the egg & Travelling Light Theatre Company, and written & performed by Toby Thompson, I Wish I was a Mountain reimagines Herman Hesse’s classic fairytale.
Barton Hill Festival (2017)
Barton Hill Festival was a celebratory family friendly festival of live performance, art, wellbeing and food which will took place on Sunday 29 October 2017 in Barton Hill, Bristol.
Boing! (2010-2019)
This piece of dance-theatre captures the delirious excitement of two boys waiting for Santa to arrive on the most magical night of the year.
Sammy and the Snow Leopard (2015, 2017)
In 2015 Travelling Light supported emerging writer/performer Brad McCormick to create Sammy & the Snow Leopard. For ages 5+.
The Mysterious Vanishment of Pobby and Dingan (2012, 2016)
This enchanting play is at once a beautifully rendered narrative of childhood loss and a powerfully simple fable about the importance of imagination. For ages 9+.
Cinderella - A Fairytale (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Our 40th original production was our third co-production with Tobacco Factory Theatres, returning to the origins of the Cinderella story. For ages 6+.
Tir Na N’Og / Into The West (1995-2001, 2016)
Originally titled Tir Na N'og, Into The West is one of our best-loved and most highly-acclaimed shows, and won us our first award, for Best Children’s Production at the 1999 Dublin International Festival. For ages 7+ and their grown ups.