Acknowledgment of country

Polyglot acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and create, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. For more than 65,000 years, children and families have created and played here, and we are grateful to make our art on this country too.

Children and families

Voice Lab production photo: Theresa Harrison. A child in a yellow jumper sits in a soft, white enclosed dome. They wear intricate, embellished white headphones that are attached to the space with a long cord.

Voice Lab at Out of the Box Festival (QLD)

Polyglot Theatre’s Voice Lab is a unique experience for children to share their thoughts and opinions.
Ants / Maur production photo: Ida M. Halvorsen. An artist in an intricate black Ant costume engages with a child wearing a spotted shirt. They pass each other giant crumbs. They are outdoors on a green lawn, with other children looking on.

Ants / Maur in Oslo (Norway)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
Cubbyhood production photo: Suzanne Phoenix. A Polyglot artist and two children create and play amongst cardboard box cubbies with masking tape, acetate and pastels. Red paper bunting hangs above them.

Cubbyhood at Abbotsford Convent

A playful, creative project with children aged 3-5 years that investigates the experience of home, family and community from their perspective.
A Pass It On promotional photo. A child's hand clasps an older person's hand, in front of wrinkled brown paper featuring a hand-drawn path. 'Pass It On' is written in brown letters with a yellow drop shadow, next to a red heart. 'Take the time. Skip generations. Pass on the stories. Keep it rolling' is written at the bottom in small brown letters.

Pass It On at March On 2025 (Singapore)

Join artists from Polyglot Theatre (Australia) and The Artground (Singapore) to create, play and explore ideas for a brand-new interactive installation.
A Paper Planet production photo. A Polyglot performer and a child sit in a forest of tall brown cardboard trees, adorned with paper plants and creatures. They look around with paper binoculars. Other performers, children and families are visible amongst the trees, creating and playing. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Paper Planet at Moomba Festival

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
Paper Planet production photo: Sarah Walker. A wide shot showing a forest of tall, brown cardboard trees on a theatrically-lit stage. Children and families create and play among the trees.

Paper Planet at Brighton Town Hall

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
A Paper Planet production photo. Two children in blue look up, their hands wide open as paper falls down. Photo: Ai Ueda

Paper Planet workshops at World Expo 2025 Osaka

Join us for creative paper play and making.
An Art Tree production photo. A small child reaches towards a branch suspended from a large tree with colourful yarn. They are watched by their adult, who holds a marker. Photo: Sarah Walker

Art Tree at Moorabbin Music + Arts

Bring natural materials to life with colour and imagination.
An Us. Here. Now. production photo. A child in a blue and white school uniform and black headscarf smiles at the camera, holding up their pink tissue paper creation. Other children create and play in the background. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Us. Here. Now. Short Film Screening at Fed Square

The viewpoints and voices of local children take centre stage in the heart of Melbourne during Children’s Week 2024.
A Paper Planet production photo. A parent and child create and play together with tissue paper and tape. Photo: Ai Ueda

Catch the Light at ArtPlay

Join Polyglot Theatre and Flow Festival Australia for a creative bi-lingual (Auslan and English) and bi-cultural exploration into identity and community.
A Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow Bee costume engages with three children. Adults and other children look on. Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.

Bees at Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden

The Children’s Garden is turning 20! And you’re invited to help celebrate at a jam-packed weekend of activities.
A Paper Planet production photo. A Polyglot performer and a child sit in a forest of tall brown cardboard trees, adorned with paper plants and creatures. They look around with paper binoculars. Other performers, children and families are visible amongst the trees, creating and playing. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Paper Planet at Parramatta Town Hall

Enter the captivating and ever-growing Paper Planet – where theatre and play merge, and creatures, characters and adventures spring to life.
An Ants production photo. Three Polyglot artists in intricate Ant costumes stand in a park, holding giant breadcrumbs. Blue sky, trees and tall buildings are visible in the background. Photo: Theresa Harrison

Ants at Melbourne Museum

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
An Ants production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate black Ant costumes make their way across a green lawn. Children and families are visible in the background. Photo: William Hall, 2013

Ants at Gasworks Arts Park

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
Cubbyhood production photo: Suzanne Phoenix. A smiling child with black hair peers through a cardboard window under a blue piece of cloth.

Cubbyhood: A Window Exhibition

Reflections on Play in the Home.
A Paper Planet production photo. A smiling child in a handmade tissue paper costume creates and plays among suspended blue tissue paper creations. Photo: Ai Ueda

Paper Planet workshops at State Library Victoria

Following Paper Planet at Kids Takeover: After Dark, join us for school holiday creative paper play and making.
A Paper Planet production photo. A Polyglot performer and a child sit in a forest of tall brown cardboard trees, adorned with paper plants and creatures. They look around with paper binoculars. Other performers, children and families are visible amongst the trees, creating and playing. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Paper Planet at Kids Takeover: After Dark

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
An outdoors Ants production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate Ant costume crouches in front of a group of children, offering a giant breadcrumb. They are in a park with green grass on a bright sunny day. Photo: William Hall

Ants at Des Moines Performing Arts (USA)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
A Sound of Drawing production photo. A child wearing a jacket and headphones, draws intently on a table covered in paper. Other children are visible behind them, also drawing. Photo: Sarah Walker

Sound of Drawing & Voice Lab at Melbourne Design Week

Witness texture and technology come together in an interactive soundscape and communal works of art with Sound of Drawing, and participate in a beautifully designed

A Bees production photo. A family creates and plays with paper and tape, They are on an orange mat on a green lawn. Photo: Theresa Harrison

Story Making: Wurundjeri and Polyglot at ACF20 Open Day

Children and their families are invited to join Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Land Council and Polyglot Theatre for an immersive celebration of the

An Ants production photo. Three Polyglot artists in intricate Ant costumes stand in a park, holding giant breadcrumbs. Blue sky, trees and tall buildings are visible in the background. Photo: Theresa Harrison

Ants at Make it May (NSW)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
A Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow Bee costume kneels on green grass, engaging with two small children. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at Children’s Food Bowl Festival

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
A Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow bee costume dances in front of the blue, and yellow hive set on a green lawn. They are surrounded by children, some wearing handmade paper bee costumes, following their movement. Trees are visible in the background. Photographer: Theresa Harrison.

Bees at Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

This school holidays, visit the bushland at Cranbourne Gardens for a day of bee-inspired fun and nature play.
A Sound of Drawing production photo. Two children wearing headphones stand at a table covered in brown paper, drawing with blue and green pastels. They smile at each other. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Sound of Drawing at Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery

Sound of Drawing brings together texture and technology in an interactive soundscape.
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