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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

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Easy Peasy Cookery School

Workshop

Event HF145 • • Venue: Mess Tent

Join us in making mouth-watering Strawberry Shortcake with Cream, delicious! 

Duration 60 mins.

10–14 years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Anne Marie Conway

Star Makers Club

Event HF50 • • Venue: Starlight Stage

It’s time to shine! Join the creator of this snazzy new drama club series as she introduces Polly, Sam and Phoebe – three girls with big dreams, but maybe a few butterflies too.
 
7+ years
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Get Writing With Candy Gourlay

Workshop

Event HF146 • • Venue: The Hexagon

Join writer Candy Gourlay to discover how to fill your writing with warmth and quirkiness.

Duration 60 mins.

10+ years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.

Candy Gourlay
Candy was born in Manila during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos; after working as a journalist for some years, she moved to the UK in her twenties. Candy is now a full-time writer across a range of media; short stories, blogs, websites, journalistic features and radio programmes. Tall Story is Candy’s first full-length published novel and has already been short-listed for the Blue Peter Book Award 2011 earlier this year. 
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Easy Peasy Cookery School

Workshop

Event HF147 • • Venue: Mess Tent

Join us in making freshly baked herby flowerpot bread.

Duration 60 mins.

10–14 years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Get Writing Jokes With Ciaran Murtagh

Workshop

Event HF161 • • Venue: Summer House

Time for a rip-roaring, side-splitting workshop with this very funny writer. Trust us, he’s a pro and by the end of this session you’ll have plenty of material to wow your friends with.

Duration 60 mins.

9+ years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.

Ciaran Murtagh
Ciaran is a writer and actor. He is the co-creator of the hit improvised comedy show for kids Professor Bumm's Story Machine and has enjoyed sell-out runs in London's West End, at the Edinburgh Festival and across the UK. He has appeared in CBBC's The Slammer and is also a writer on the show. Most recently he has been scripting TV shows for Dick and Dom of Da Bungalow fame and TFI's Sam and Mark. He is an unapologetic fan of the music of A-ha and still sucks his thumb. It is unclear which of these two facts is more embarrassing to his friends and family. His most recent book is Dinoball. 
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Eat My Shorts – Blast from the Past!

Event HF51 • • Venue: Starlight Stage

From early Victorian optical imagery to hilarious silent experimental film, this shorts selection charts the development and discovery of the moving image. Plus trot home with your own optical toy to try out. Introduced by BFI’s Joanna van der Meer.
 
5+ years & families Knapsacks & Ginger Beer
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Animating The Afterlife With The British Museum

Workshop

Event HF148 • • Venue: The Hexagon

Join staff from the Samsung Digital Discovery Centre at the British Museum to create short films based around the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Become the star of your own film as you transform yourself into ancient Egyptian gods and creatures. Use Samsung HD video cameras and a green screen to record your masterpiece, then edit it and add special effects, before uploading to the web to share with family and friends.

Duration 120 mins.

7–10 years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Hill Farm

Farm Visit

Event HF123 • • Venue: Meet at Box Office for bus

Join local agronomist Jonathon Harrington and vet Barney Sampson as they explore farms in the local area. Expedition parties meet at 9am at the box office on the day of their excursion, to return at around 1pm.
On the day please wear suitable footwear and waterproof clothing in case of inclement weather.

Richard and Penny Chantler’s farm sits high on the side of the Black Mountains and produces New Zealand Romneys. See a demonstration of sheep dogs at work and sheep shearing, and handle newly-born lambs. Lamb rolls made from farm produce will be served at the end of a short farm walk.

With thanks to Richard and Penny Chantler of Hill Farm.
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StoryBoard & Young Film Academy

EUREKA!

Event HF52 • • Venue: Elmley Foundation Theatre

Have you ever had an idea for a brilliant movie? This is your chance to have that dream come true at a cinema near you. Help us launch a pioneering project at Hay: a major motion picture, made for kids, by kids. The story starts here, so bring your imagination. This is brainstorming for the big screen...
 
Duration 75 mins.
 
9+ years
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Lauren St John

Laura Marlin Mysteries

Event HF53 • • Venue: Starlight Stage

Messages in bottles, forbidden caves; adventure is never far away when Laura moves to Cornwall in this new Blue Peter award winning series from the beloved creator of White Giraffe.
 
9+ years Knapsacks & Ginger Beer
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