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Children

Welcome to our programme

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Here is our fabulous line-up for the Hay Fever 2013 programme. For regular updates on programme developments and Hay Festival activities, join our mailing list.

Children

Jenny Valentine

Creative Writing

Event HF19 Venue: Imagination Station

Get writing with one of the UK’s most talented authors and pick up tips and techniques to take home.

10–14 years Sign in / sign out

UK Youth are running poetry workshops in their exhibition stand, find out more here.
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Ian Beck & Glenn Dakin

Secrets, Smog & Steampunk

Event HF20 Venue: Elmley Foundation Dream Stage

Travel in time for gothic adventure and intrigue in Pastworld and Candle Man: The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance. Chaired by Daniel Hahn.
 
10+ years
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Elizabeth Lindsay

Silverlake Fairy School

Event HF21 Venue: Imagination Station

Come and make your very own fairy wand with a sprinkling of stardust and hear tales from the Wishing Wood. Don’t forget your wings!

5–9 years

Children coming to this event need to be accompanied by a ticketed adult.
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Easy Peasy Cookery School

A Series of Cookery Sessions

Event HF22 Venue: Mess Tent

Come and bake mouth-watering strawberry mini muffins. Perfect for summer picnics! 

Part of a series of one-hour tutored cookery sessions across the week from Local to Ludlow.

10–14 years. Children aged 10+ will need to be signed in and out by an adult. 
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David Sinden, Matthew Morgan & Guy Macdonald

An Awfully Beastly Business

Event HF23 Venue: Elmley Foundation Dream Stage

Packed with action, adventure and a fair bit of villainy. Join the Beastly Boys behind The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts (RSPCB).
 
7–11 years
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Computing Workshop

Event HF24 Venue: Imagination Station

Addicted to your DS? A whizz on the Xbox? Get hands-on with a range of new digital technologies and explore the future ofcomputers.

10+ years Sign in / sign out

Entry to this event is free but you must book a ticket.

UK Youth are running workshops across the week in their exhibition stand, find out more here.
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Easy Peasy Cookery School

A Series of Cookery Sessions

Event HF25 Venue: Mess Tent

Bake delicious pizzas from scratch with seasonal veggie toppings. Ideal sleepover yumminess. 

Part of a series of one-hour tutored cookery sessions across the week from Local to Ludlow.

10–14 years. Children aged 10+ will need to be signed in and out by an adult. 
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Ben Haggarty

Tales from the World of MeZolith

Event HF26 Venue: The Ritzy

Performance storytelling of stone-age horror, archaeology and myth. Tales that have shaped our ancestors’ dreams…and nightmares. With stills from the graphic novel, illustrated by Adam Brockbank.
 
10+ years
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Paul Kieve

Hocus Pocus

Event HF27 Venue: The Ritzy

The man who taught Harry Potter magic! The master magician and magic consultant on the Potter films is here to perform exciting tricks and illusions to baffle your mind, overload your senses and take you on a tour of the greatest magicians from the past. You’ll soon see why he consults some of the top magicians in the world, including Derren Brown.
 
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Welsh Venison Centre Visit

Event HF28 Venue: Meet at Box Office for bus

Local agronomist Jonathon Harrington and Hay Vet Barney Sampson lead a visit to the Welsh Venison Centre run by Andrew and Elaine Morgan. Walk round the farm, see the deer calving and handle some of the lambs. 

Please wear suitable footwear and waterproof clothing in case of inclement weather.

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