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.
Bring your best crawls, falls and zombie arms and come play dead with the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. The living dead have been a horrifying feature of cinema since 1930s – watch snatches of some archive classics before grabbing a camera and creating your own.
Listen to the wonderful creator of Birdsong as she reads and illustrates from her beautiful new book Daisy Plays Hide-and-Seek. Then camouflage your very own cow. Bring a pad and pencil!
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.
Smooky palooki! This event is going to be well brilliant! Time to join Polly and Friday on another crazy adventure on the streets of Lamonic Bibber wethinks.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re delighted to introduce Harriet Houdini aka Stunt Bunny to Hay! Well, perhaps not in rabbit, but her wonderful creator will talk tricks and flips, with opera-singing poodles and giggling guinea pigs along the way.
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.
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.
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.
