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

A FLOAT promo image. A child in a red jumper and yellow overalls carefully places a handmade leaf boat into a pool of water. Their hand, torso, and the boat can be seen in the reflection. Photographer: Darren Gill.

FLOAT at MPavilion

Polyglot leans into the reflective offer of Tadao Ando’s pavilion design, and extends this invitation to children and families in FLOAT.
An outdoor Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow bee costume crouches on a green lawn. A small child, holding their parent's arm, looks at them intently. Other families are visible in the background, and the grassy area is surrounded by trees. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at Wyndham City Children’s Week Picnic

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
A Bees production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate Bee costumes are perched on and around a large metal pipe. A child wearing handmade paper antennae and wings sits on the pipe looking at them. There is green lawn and trees in the background.

Bees at Beckman Arts & Science Family Festival (USA)

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
A Bees production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate Bee costumes are perched on and around a large metal pipe on green lawn. Children wearing handmade paper antennae and wings sit on the pipe amongst them. There is a heritage red brick building in the background.

Bees at Horizon Festival (Sunshine Coast)

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
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 Bondi Festival (Sydney)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
A Bees production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate Bee costumes are perched on and around a large metal pipe on green lawn. Children wearing handmade paper antennae and wings sit on the pipe amongst them. There is a heritage red brick building in the background.

Bees at International Festival of Arts & Ideas (USA)

A joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
An outdoor Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow bee costume crouches on a green lawn. A small child, holding their parent's arm, looks at them intently. Other families are visible in the background, and the grassy area is surrounded by trees. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at Cairns Children’s Festival

A joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
A Bees Production photo. Three characters dressed as bees gather around a closed window. One of the bees climbs towards the window while the other two bees bend down towards the ground beneath them.

Bees at Lynn Wyatt Square (Houston)

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 kneels on green grass, engaging with two small children. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at Big Umbrella Day (USA)

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, wearing an intricate black and yellow Bee costume, perches on a metal object. A green tree and heritage buildings are in the background. Blue sky with sparse white clouds stretches behind them.

Bees at JUNIOR Festival (Canada)

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
An outdoor Bees production photo. Two Polyglot artists in intricate black and yellow bee costumes engage with the blue, yellow and black 'hive' set piece. Two children watch, one pointing with their arm outstretched. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at SPARK Stages Family Weekend (Canada)

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 Bee costume stands in a stylised position. In the background are children and other artists in Bee costumes. They are on a green lawn, with trees and blue sky in the background. Photo: Theresa Harrison

Bees at Breckenridge International Festival of Arts (USA)

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 Artosphere (USA)

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
A Bees Production photo. Three characters dressed as bees gather around a closed window. One of the bees climbs towards the window while the other two bees bend down towards the ground beneath them.

Bees at EarthFest (USA)

Bees is a joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
An Ants production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate black Ant costumes move through a large museum foyer, holding giant crumbs. An enormous skeleton and families visiting the museum are visible in the background. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Ants at EarthFest (USA)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
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 Fed Square

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
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 Sydney Opera House

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
A Paper Planet production photo. A child in a white shirt with long dark hair wears large handmade brown paper wings and a handmade paper crown. They are smiling at something out of frame. Photographer: Martin Reddy, 2011

Paper Planet at Segerstrom Center for the Arts (USA)

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find utterly captivating.
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 Tempe Center for the Arts (USA)

Let your imagination come to life in this world of paper!
A Feast production photo. Children and families stand around long tables covered in black-and-white checked tablecloths, creating and playing with colourful paper, cardboard, cellophane and glue. Photographer: Jason Lau, courtesy of Arts Centre Melbourne

Feast at Shepparton Art Museum

Feast is a meal like no other, inviting children to make gastronomical delights from a pile of most unusual ingredients.
A Come Back Home photo. A child in colourful overalls is suspended sideways against white walls. A long piece of colourful bunting is cascading onto them. They are smiling at the camera. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Come Back Home at March On 2023 (Singapore)

A tale that winds through the past and the present to seek out a child who went missing a long time ago.
An outdoor Bees production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate black and yellow bee costume crouches on a green lawn. A small child, holding their parent's arm, looks at them intently. Other families are visible in the background, and the grassy area is surrounded by trees. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

Bees at ArtPlay for Moomba Festival (Melbourne)

A joyful interactive work in which children are welcomed into a world of community, communication, wonder and imagination.
An outdoor Ants production photo. A Polyglot artist in an intricate Ant costume interacts with a child wearing a blue jumper and handmade paper antennae. Green grass and shrubs are visible in the background.

Ants at Patchwork Festival (Hungary)

Ants is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
A Paper Planet production photo. A Polyglot artist in a black t-shirt is engaging with two children, his back to the camera. They look at him interestedly, and an adult with a pram stands in the background, watching. They are surrounded by tall cardboard trees adorned with blue tissue paper plants and vines.

Paper Planet at Glen Eira Gallery

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that will delight the whole family these school holidays.
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