THE BIG MALARKEY FESTIVAL 2024

PARK EAST PARK, HULL

Hope you have a great time!

HELLO!

A WORLD OF ADVENTURES!

In Hull Libraries every book contains a world of adventures! You just need somewhere comfy to sit or lie, open your book and hey presto, you’re up and away!

At the Big Malarkey Festival, there’s an adventure in every tent! Come to the Big Top to meet authors, artists, musicians and more, with amazing stories to tell. In our smaller tents, you can play with words to write poetry, or stories, or make music, you could try some wonderful craft, drawing, digital wizardry and much more. If you need a break, you can just lie back with our Cloudscapes friends and let you mind travel through the sky or pull up a beanbag in the Library tent and dive into a book. Where might your Malarkey adventure take you?

B i G TOP

For talks, demos, live music & performance

MAKER s PA c E

Digital tent of wonders

MAKE i T, TAKE i T

Try all kinds of creative stuff to take home with you

L i VE & K ic KIN g

Smaller performances, talks and workshops

LET’S WR i TE!

Drop by for some fun writing activities

L i TTLE LARKEYS

For everyone under 5 and their grown-ups

THE HIDEAWAY

Workshops for young people aged 11+

P AR i SI Vi LLA g E

Rewilding Youth invite you to meet your Celtic ancestors

W ON d ERLAN d

A sensory walk-through adventure, created by Concrete Youth Theatre

H ULL M AR i TIME

Get your hands on some fascinating objects from the museum collection

B OOK L OVE

The Multicultural Travelling Book

Carnival: multicultural books and more

T HE R A b BIT H OLE

Bookshop for browsing and book signings

Don’t miss the

LibRARY TENT

+ LOT s MORE FANTA s TI c HAPPEN i NGS, f OO d KIOSKS , AND OF c OUR s E , I c E c REAM s!

WET WEATHER

An open-air event is subject to the weather. In case of rain we will try to continue the programme as far as safety allows – please check the forecast, and bring wet weather gear!

FOOD & d R i NK

Kiosks serving light refreshments will be available, and there is plenty of room for picnickers.

Alcohol is not permitted on site.

AGE S

Please note the age recommendation for each event. These are guidelines, intended to help you plan your visit and have the best experience for your children.

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NA cc OMPAN i ED c HILDREN

This is a family festival and all activities are designed to be enjoyed by children accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied children and adults will not be able to enter the site. If you want to pop out of the festival, please note there are no crèche facilities on site. If you lose each other please contact a steward.

The festival is an inclusive, Relaxed event, accessible to people of all ages and abilities. The site is wheelchair friendly, with disabled toilets. Many events are BSL interpreted - please check individual event details.

Malarkey Park is in East Park. The park is located to the east of the city centre, on Holderness Road, Hull, HU8 8JU.

The festival site is situated on the field towards the football and rugby pitches - the nearest entrance is Holderness Road.

O N FOOT Pedestrian entrances are at Holderness Road, East Park Avenue, Summergangs Road, and James Reckitt Avenue.

BY c AR Ticket holders: Vehicle access & parking via main Holderness Road entrance. Non-ticket holders: Vehicle access & parking via Woodford Leisure Centre, Holderness Road.

BY B ic Y c LE Cycle parking is available at the café, model boating pond, Animal Education Centre, boathouse, playground and youth zone.

BY BU s From the City Centre: 4, 8, 11, 56, 57 7

AcTIViTY DAYs FOR ScHOOLS 18-21 JUNE

Hull Libraries are passionate about offering schools in Hull every opportunity to enrich their learning. We support schools through many activities and resources available via the Schools’ Library Service, including the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award for KS2 and KS3 pupils.

This year The Big Malarkey School Activity Programme brings 96 workshops to 2880 Hull pupils from Nursery to KS3. For more information please contact hullschoolslibrary@hcandl.co.uk

ART is T s TAK i NG PART i N THE S c HOOLS PROGRAMME TH is YEAR ARE : Gareth P Jones / Helen Rutter / Hull Music Service / Humber Drum Circles / Liz

Million / Makerspace Team / Mambo Jambo / Martin Harwood / Mrs H’s Singalong

Band / Neill Cameron / Paul Cookson / Practically Perfect Pictures / Rewilding Youth / Sue Hendra / Swallow’s Wings Puppetry / Virpi Kettu /

LibRARY TENT

Discover an adventure on every page in our very own Library Tent! You can join the library for free, learn about our fun family activities, or simply snuggle up with an amazing story! Our librarians will be excited to meet you! The Libraries Business Team will also be in the Library Tent to help you plan and design your own adventure themed business, perhaps you’ll drive monster trucks to the moon, or maybe you’ll clean magic carpets? The only limit is your imagination!

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OPENWEDNESDAY 1PM7.30PM THURSDAY 1PM7.30PM SATURDAY 10.30AM3.30PM

MAKER TASTERS:

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

Join Hull Libraries’ Makerspace team over the weekend for a selection of Family Maker Day makes and some interactive storytelling - part creative writing and part simple coding you’ll create a ‘choose your own adventure’ story that you can share with the world.

FESTIVAL PARTNER

BOOKLOVE

THE MULTIcULTURAL TRAVELLINg bOOK cARNiVAL

Step aboard BookLove - the brilliantly colourful multicultural and educational travelling book carnival and charity tent, filled to the brim with all things multicultural to browse, buy and enjoy!

Join founder Samantha Williams and her guest authors and artists throughout the weekend in BookLove’s colourful interactive pop-up carnival shop, offering an abundance of inclusive & anti-racist books, world music, flags, storytelling and of course, great vibes!

20p from every book sold goes towards their BookLove+Beyond GofundMe which puts free multicultural books into schools

Windrush Letters / Ages 6+

Go back in time and see what’s inside the Travelling Windrush Suitcase. Filled to the brim with all things Windrush alongside the music from this time, this archive and memorabilia will be the inspiration behind our nostalgic letter writing workshop.

Saturday 1.00 – 1.45pm / Sunday 3.00 – 3.45pm

Drawing Me! / Ages 6+

Explore your own identity and cultural background to create your very own selfportraits with author and illustrator Desiree Bashi of Dancing with Your Eyes.

Saturday 2.00 – 2.45pm

Dancing With Your Eyes / Ages 5+

Join Author and Illustrator Desiree Bashi of Dancing with Your Eyes as she explores her heritage through dance, eye movement and storytelling.

Saturday 4.00 – 4.45pm

The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries / Ages 7+

Become a ‘history detective’ and explore the clues in the paintings that are portals to the past! Travel back in time with writer J.T. Williams to find out more about the fascinating lives of the Black British heroes and sheroes that inspired her books.

Sunday 11.00 – 11.45am / 12.45 – 1.30pm

THE HER d

Here come The Herd, bringing the magic of play, games and fun stuff to Malarkey Park. Find them next to the straw bales!

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iAN DOUgLAS

He’s back, with a caravan-full of new stories to tell...

Catch him while you can!

THE d OODLE ROOM

Join award winning cartoonist and illustrator, Calvin Inneshe’ll show you how to convert your adventure story ideas from your imagination, through your pen and onto a blank page! Plus special guests. See listings for details.

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WONdERLANd

Take an enchanting journey through the Secret Garden - an inclusive, sensory extravaganza that you don’t want to miss! Embark on an exciting escapade filled with blossoms, birdsong, and delightful creatures, where discovery and relaxation are encouraged, and every moment is brimming with possibility! Please pop by and book your time slot to avoid queues.

Award-winning charity, Concrete Youth, presents a multi-sensory adventure in partnership with The Big Malarkey Festival, designed for people labelled with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

MAKE iT, TAKE iT

SAT + SUN // 10 - 5pm

Explore History with Hull Museums

Join the Hull Museums team to discover and handle objects from the museum collections, and have a go at a fun craft activity inspired by them.

SUN // 10 - 5pm Squarepeg

Rachel Elm and Jemma Brown from Squarepeg will be running adventurous craft activities all day in the Make It Take It Tent.

L ET ’ S W RITE !

Are you aged 6 – 16? Do you love to write? Drop by for some fun writing activities...

Writing the World

Join Dr Ed Hurst and Creative Writing students from the University of Hull in creating a brand new world right before your eyes! Come and join in specialist writing workshops to create monsters, magic and mystery – or just pop in to add your mark on our community-built map of a brand new world.

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PARIS i V i LLAGE

Rewilding Youth will take you on a WILD adventure to explore how our ancestors used the natural resources around them to survive and thrive in the wild.

BUSHCRAFT

Try your hand at traditional bushcraft practices such as shelter building, earth-building and green woodwork and explore how these traditional skills have been used throughout history.

FOSSILS

Take a wild adventure to the coastline of Yorkshire to discover Jurassic fossils from the beaches of Speeton and Filey Bay. Learn about how and when these fossils were created and then have a chance to make your own ammonites and belemnites to take home with you.

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EXPREsS YOURsELf!

Hull’s award-winning hip hop artists are back with a bus-full of workshops to explore the magic of music, and the power of sharing.

Drop by for rap, poetry and spoken word workshops. Have a go at graffiti style lettering and drawing, or create a breakdancing routine with your friends. It’s all about friendship, kindness and imagination – come and enjoy!

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Discover sailors’ strange stories of sea monsters - and maybe have a go at making, or writing about, your own?

For centuries, seafarers have told stories about strange creatures they claimed to have encountered in the oceans. From Krakens to Mermaids, many of these stories have passed into myth and legend, The Maritime Museum even has its own mermaid, as well as some beautiful depictions of mermaids and other creatures in the form of scrimshaw carvings. There will be objects from the museum collections to inspire you, and members of the Hull Maritime team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about our amazing project.

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YOUTH VOIcE

Big Top Art Exhibition: Students from HEY Children’s University, Endike Primary School, Eastfield Primary School, Cavendish Primary School and Thoresby Primary School have helped us to plan this year’s festival and have created 6 fabulous Big Top sculptures. Can you find them all displayed across Malarkey Park?

c LOU dsc APES

Visit the Cloud Museum Trailer and relax on a giant beanbag to enjoy the fabulous Cloudscapes, part-installation and part performance by Gobbledegook Theatre.

As you lie back to watch the clouds you’ll listen on headphones to a story all about the clouds, the sky and Lorna’s journey of a lifetime with her father. A wonderful way to spend some time at Malarkey Park. If you prefer to use your own headphones and device you can scan a QR code on site.

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The Hideaway is the place to find art and creative writing workshops for young people aged 11+ years

Visit our website for all the latest deets:

SATURDAY 22 JUNE 24

S ALMA ’s B OLLYWOOD

Ac A d EMY

Start your Saturday Bollywood dancing with Salma Zaman from Salma’s Bollywood Academy. In this session you’ll have a fun time dancing to the music and learning some new moves.

10 - 10.30am

2+ years Little Larkeys Dance workshop

A M AG ic cARPET R I d E

Let the Humber Drum Circles take you on a musical tour around the world on a magic carpet ride. This hands-on musical workshop will take you to the Middle East, West Africa, South America, France and England.

There’ll be lots of fabulous songs and music to join in with along the way!

10 - 10.45am

All the family Big Top Music performance

S WALLOW ’s WIN gs PUPPETRY

10.15 - 11.30am

5+ years

Make It, Take It

Craft workshop

In this you’llhands-onmagical,workshop learn how puppets can be made from anything that you can find. Caroline from Swallow’sWings Puppetry Company will demonstrate how puppets are used to tell stories from around the world and help you to make your own.

T HE K N ig HT s O F sIR K US s

A relic of a bygone era, Sir Kuss has failed to ‘get with the times’ and has been sent on permanent vacation by the Knightly Order.

His over-laden Squire, struggling with swords, baggage and inflatables alike, reenacts tales of Sir Kuss’ exploits - from dragon slaying to feats of axe juggling. Sir Kuss, on the other hand, bravely fights the perils of sunburn, locked in an eternal battle with a deck chair.

Catch Tit4Tat Circus’s new walkabout characters in an absurd piece of interactive theatre.

10.15 - 10.45am / 1.15 - 1.45pm

All the family

Malarkey Park

Interactive theatre

AdAM MURPHY

10.30 - 11.30am

7+ years

Doodle Room

Drawing

THE cLOUd THIEF

Adam Murphy is the artist and writer of the comics series

CorpseTalk.

Join Adam in the doodle room for a workshop that will bring your drawings to life.

How many different ways could you steal a cloud?

10.45 - 11.30am

7+ years

In this fun, interactive session with author James Nicol (Apprentice Witch, Spell Tailors, Cloud Thief) you’ll plan how to capture a cloud and think about the adventures that you and your cloud will have next. Be sure to bring along your imagination!

Let’s Write! Writing

SIR cHARLiE STINKY sOcKS

10.45am / 1:30pm (1hr)

4 - 8 years

Live & Kicking

Theatre performance

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sir Charlie Stinky Socks – the bold, brave, little knight with a heart of gold.

Follow a giant mystical map as author and illustrator Kristina Stephenson takes you on a journey of imagination and discovery. Starting with the Really Big adventure and encompassing all nine books in the series, this fully interactive, musical show invites you to take control of the adventure. Choose which route you will take on the journey, where you will go, which magical monsters you will meet and which activities you will do. Travel through deep dark forests, over pirate infested seas to the deserts of ancient Egypt and deep inside a volcano.

The adventure is all yours! And Sir Charlie’s of course!

S MALL V O ic ES

B IG N OI s ES

Join Sheffield-based musician and early years educator Martin Harwood for singing, dancing, percussion and laughs.

Martin has run thousands of sessions in schools and early years settings across the UK and his weekly family groups are legendary.

Super-interactive musical fun for kids and grown-ups alike!

11.15am / 3.30pm (45mins)

2+ years

Little Larkeys

Music performance

L I z Mi LLION AND P AUL cOOKSON

Join top poet Paul Cookson and fabulous illustrator Liz Million for a hands on workshop.

Expect to stretch your imagination, rhyming and drawing skills in this fun session.

11.30 - 12.15pm

All the family Big Top

Meet the author + book signing

Don’t miss our creative workshops with Liz & Paul...

12.45 - 1.30pm 7+ years

Let’s Write! Creative writing

2.45 - 3.45pm 6+ years Doodle Room

Drawing workshop

T

HE cURSE O f THE T OMB R OB b ER s

Join awardwinning author Andy Seed to find out all about the gangs who stole gold from the dead in Ancient Egypt.

Solve the secret code puzzles and discover how to read hieroglyphs.

See an amazing replica sarcophagus and have a chance to be a mummy – if you dare…

11.45 - 12.30

7+ yrs

Let’s Write! Interactive storytelling

BOOKS!

Four bedraggled book enthusiasts are travelling from town to town –forced between the margins – on a mission to protect literature.

The libraries keep closing, and their beloved books are being forced out into the streets… where the rain is heavy and the sun is getting hotter!

As the last surviving members of their rather intensive book club, they must embark on a quest to recruit more radical readers to their cause. Without new members, the book club and the books it has sworn to protect, will surely perish! These Hardback Heroes can’t let such a tragic epilogue come to pass.

11.45 / 2.30pm (45mins)

All the family Malarkey Park Theatre performance

SUPERTATO VEgGiES

Join Sue Hendra co-creator of the bestselling Supertato picture books, to celebrate the 10th Birthday of our favourite supermarket superhero with this interactive workshop. There will be stories, silliness, giggles galore, and everyone will get a chance to make their own veggie super-hero to take home!

THE BOLLYWOOD PRINcESs

12.15 - 1.15pm 4+ years Make it Take it Craft workshop

12.15 - 1.00pm

All the family

Live & Kicking

Storytelling

Embark on a journey of excitement and joy with award-winning author Salma Zaman.

Salma will seamlessly blend physical activities, playful games and Bollywood shimmies in this ‘read, move and dance’ session based on her book, The Bollywood Princess.

The Just Ignore It film was created by Youth Aspire Connect (YAC) and Hull’s Young Mayor Campaign Team with My Pockets, a film production company, in 2023. The film is full of tips and advice on how to challenge racism with positivity and kindness.

12.15 - 12.30pm

All the family Big Top Film show

ScRAP WiTH GUY bASs!

Join Guy for a fast-paced hour of stand-up, stories and silliness. His performance explores his childhood aspirations and inspirations and includes amusing anecdotes, terrible poetry and animated readings from his books.

Guy has been entertaining and inspiring children in schools, libraries and book festivals since 2008. His energetic, interactive sessions generate excitement about books, build confidence in reading and writing, and spread a lot of laughter.

12.30 - 1.15pm

7+ years

Big Top

Meet the author + book signing

BA b Y YO g A

Find time to relax and enjoy Baby Yoga with Emma.

Suitable for young children who want to wind down after an exciting morning.

MAKE AWESOME cOMics

What makes an awesome idea? How can you turn an awesome idea into an amazing adventure?

Neill Cameron is a writer and artist, creator of the graphic novel series

MEGA ROBO BROS, and advocate for the role comics can play in literacy and creativity. In this workshop you will see your stories come alive with incredible artwork!

1.00 - 1.45pm

0 - 5 years

Little Larkeys Yoga

1.15 - 2.15pm 7+ years

Doodle Room

Art workshop

J A s B i N d ER Bi LAN

Join Costa award winning author Jasbinder Bilan in this entertaining, interactive event.

Find out how she became an author, where she finds her inspiration and how a family story about a monkey named Oma is key to her writing.

1.45 - 2.30pm

7+ years

Big Top Meet the author

2.30 - 3pm

2 - 5 years

Little Larkeys Music performance

BRILLiANT BOOK BUiLdERS!

Have you always wanted to make your own book?

In this drop-in session author James Nicol will give you tips and tricks to make your stories spectacular and show you how to make your own books to keep forever or share with your friends.

1.45 - 3.45pm 6+ years Make it Take it Craft workshop

MRS H SiNgs!

MRS H SINGS believe in bringing inspirational music to children of all ages. Come and join Mrs H and some of the band in a special session for younger children.

Part theatre, part comedy, with a huge sprinkling of mischief!

S UPERTATO

S ILL i NES s

Join Sue Hendra co-creator of the bestselling Supertato picture books, to celebrate the 10th Birthday of our favourite supermarket superhero.

If you’re looking giggles galore, this veggie adventure-fest is the family show for you. There will be stories, silliness and lots of Supertato fun!

2.45 - 3.30pm 4+ years

Big Top

Meet the author

ANANsi ANd THE LOST SUN

A puppet show celebrating African and Caribbean culture.

One day darkness covers the face of the land.

Lion appeals for someone to bring back the light and save the world.

Who will succeed?

The powerful eagle?

The clever monkey?

Or Anansi the spider and his mates?

3 - 4pm

All the family

Live & Kicking

Theatre performance

cIR cUs S KILLS

Improve your agility, coordination and balance whilst learning fun and exciting new skills! In this workshop with Tit4Tat Circus, you will learn the basics of juggling, diabolo, poi, staff spinning, plate spinning, hat tricks, handstands, and more. Bring your curiosity, a sense of play, and the courage to try something new!

3.45 - 4.45pm

All the family Malarkey Park Circus workshop

M RS H AND THE Si N g ALONG B AN d

Come and join Mrs H and the whole 6 piece band for an amazing finale to your day at Malarkey Park!

The band includes members of Red Snapper, The Horne Section and Emily Barkers Red Clay Hallo. Part theatre, part comedy, with a huge sprinkling of mischief. Bring your voices, be ready to dance, and don’t hold back from joining in the fun!

4 - 5pm

All the family

Big Top Performance

SUNdAY 23 JUNE 24

A M AG ic cARPET R I d E

Let the Humber Drum Circles take you on a musical tour around the world on a magic carpet ride.

This hands-on musical workshop will take you to the Middle East, West Africa, South America, France and England.

There’ll be lots of fabulous songs and music to join in with along the way!

10.00 - 10.45am

All the family

Big Top

Music performance

THE KNigHTs OF sIR KUSs

A relic of a bygone era, Sir Kuss has failed to ‘get with the times’ and has been sent on permanent vacation by the Knightly Order. Catch Tit4Tat Theatre’s new walkabout characters in an absurd piece of interactive theatre.

10.15am / 1.15pm (30 mins)

All the family Malarkey Park Interactive theatre

Liz MILLiON

Join Liz Million - amazing illustrator and author of children’s books - for a drawing workshop, or two....

10.30 - 11.15am 6+ years Doodle Room Drawing 3.00 - 4.00pm 11+ years The Hideaway Drawing

MAViS THE bRAVEST

We’re so excited to welcome shortlisted James Reckitt Picture Book author and illustrator Lu Fraser and Sarah Warburton to Malarkey Park for a fun Mavis the Bravest read along and draw-along.

Come and meet the author and illustrator, followed by a book signing.

10.30 - 11.15am

2 - 7 years Little Larkeys

Interactive storytelling

+ JOIN LU & SARAH FOR A DRAWING WORKSHOP - SEE PAGE 56 FOR INFO

MEET THE MARSUPiALs

Do you know what a quokka is? Would you like to meet a very cute numbat? Have you ever chatted to a Bandicoot?

Well, now’s your chance! Come and meet author Andy Seed who will tell you some AMAZING facts about Australian animals, plus reveal how he interviewed a kangaroo, a koala, a Tasmanian devil and more! Lots of fun for all ages.

11.00 - 11.45am 7+ years Let’s Write! Meet the author

11.00- 12.00pm

All the family Live & Kicking Theatre

ANANsi ANd THE LOST SUN

A puppet show celebrating African and Caribbean culture. One day darkness covers the face of the land.Lion appeals for someone to bring back the light and save the world. Who will succeed? Powerful Eagle?Clever Monkey?OrAnansi the Spider and his mates?

A WORLD OF ADVENTURES

In May 2024, young artists from across Hull attended stop-frame animation workshops with Virpi Kettu (Aardman, Creature Comforts, Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Radiohead, Katy Perry) to create short, collaborative, stop-frame animation films on the theme of ‘A World of Adventures’.

11.30 - 12.15pm

In this Big Top premiere you will see the films created during workshops hosted at Fred Moore Library, Western Library, Bransholme Library and Hull Central Library.

All the family Big Top Film Show premiere

AdAM MURPHY

SARAH & LU

11.45 - 12.30pm 6+ years

Learn to draw charming chickens, shocked spiders and stressed-out sheep with illustrator Sarah Warburton and author Lu Fraser.

Doodle Room

Drawing

1.30 - 2.15pm 7+ years

Let’s Write!

Writing workshop

Adam Murphy is the artist and writer of the comics series

CorpseTalk.

Join Adam in the Let’s Write tent for an interview-style comic book writing workshop.

BOOKS!

Four bedraggled book enthusiasts are travelling from town to town –forced between the margins – on a mission to protect literature. The libraries keep closing, and their beloved books are being forced out into the streets… where the rain is heavy and the sun is getting hotter!

As the last surviving members of their rather intensive book club, they must embark on a quest to recruit more radical readers to their cause. Without new members, the book club and the books it has sworn to protect, will surely perish! These Hardback Heroes can’t let such a tragic epilogue come to pass.

12.00 / 4.00pm (45mins)

All the family Malarkey Park Theatre performance

The Just Ignore It film was created by Youth Aspire Connect (YAC) and Hull’s Young Mayor Campaign Team with My Pockets, a film production company, in 2023. The film is full of tips and advice on how to challenge racism with positivity and kindness. 12.15 - 12.30pm All the family Big Top Film show

A MUsicAL ADVENTURE

Join Mambo Jambo for a musical extravaganza which will take you across the ocean, in the company of ‘Puffin Peter’ and friends, and into the rainforest for an Amazon Adventure.

Pete and Frankie play a fascinating array of musical instruments including sax, guitar, banjo, accordion, clarinet, vocals suitcase and spoon.

Expect to join in with singing, dancing, percussion and learning about travelling across the ocean, birds of the ocean and tropical islands and creatures that live in the rainforest.

12.15 - 1.00pm

3 - 5 years

Little Larkeys

Music performance

2.30 - 3.15pm

4 - 7 years

Live & Kicking

Music performance

L E s SER s POTTED AN i MAL s

Bison are banned and tigers are taboo. Say goodbye to the gnu, cheerio to the cheetah and poo poo to the panda.

The world of Lesser Spotted Animals STARTS HERE!

12.45 - 1.30pm

7+ years

Big Top

Meet the author

Author and illustrator Martin Brown (Horrible Histories, Nell and the Cave Bear, Lesser Spotted Animals) will help you to discover the brilliant beasts you never knew you needed to know about - from the numbat to the zorilla and everything in between.

W OOD OWL AND THE b OX O f WON d ERS

A lonely little owl wants nothing more than to fly into the night and join his friends. But how can he, when he is made from wood? The arrival of another lonely soul changes his life as he strives to help.

Join Hoglets Theatre on a magical journey of singing owls, fantasy worlds, friendship and love. Featuring beautiful handmade puppets, original songs and music and an age-old message that the love we show to others comes back to us in time.

1.00 - 2.00pm

All the family

Live & Kicking Theatre performance

P JONEs

Join author, performer and multi-instrumentalist Gareth P Jones for a fun filled workshop, or two!

MIxEd-UP FAIRYTALEs

3.00 - 3.45pm

7+ years

Big Top

Meet the author

1.45 - 2.30pm

3 - 5 years

Gareth will take you on a musical fairytale adventure full of sing along songs, super fast rapping, funky ukulele and interactive story telling. You can expect to get down with a disco-dancing gorilla, strut with Snowy White, and let down your ears with the long-eared rabbit, Rabunzel.

Little Larkeys

Storytelling

MYSTERY MAKERs

Join Gareth in creating a brand new who-done-it in which YOU, the audience plot the story, play the suspects, discover the clues and solve the mystery! Expect live music, rapping, jokes, frenetic improvised storytelling & a big twist ending guaranteed to make the audience gasp.

cIR cUs S KILLS

Improve your agility, coordination and balance whilst learning fun and exciting new skills!

In this workshop with Tit4Tat Circus, you will learn the basics of juggling, diabolo, poi, staff spinning, plate spinning, hat tricks, handstands, and more. Bring your curiosity, a sense of play, and the courage to try something new!

2.00 - 3.00pm

All the family Malarkey Park Circus performance

gOL di LO c KS AN d THE T HREE B EARS

Join us in the Big Top as we welcome the cast of this year’s Hull New Theatre pantomime to the city. There will be autographs and selfies - oh yes there will!

TED d Y BEARS ADVENTURE

The cast and the Library Team will host a special adventure for under 5s.

2.00 - 2.30pm All the family Big Top

Meet the cast

3.15 - 4.00pm 2 - 5 years Little Larkeys

Storytelling

S WALLOW ’s WIN gs PUPPETRY

2.30 - 3.30pm 5+ years

Make It Take It

Craft workshop

In this you’llhands-onmagical,workshop learn how puppets can be made from anything that you can find. Caroline from Swallow’sWings Puppetry Company will demonstrate how puppets are used to tell stories from around the world and help you to make your own.

A DVENTUROUS P OEM s

Olivia Mulligan has 3 collections of poetry published by Fisher King Publishing.

Passionate about sharing uplifting material with others, Olivia has taken to the stage performing her poetry. She runs poetry workshops for both children and adults and in 2021, she was appointed BBC Radio York’s Poet Laureate.

Join Olivia for a fun and collaborative family workshop to create adventurous poems.

3.00 - 4.00pm All the family Let’s Write! Writing workshop

W IL d L i FE

W ATER c OLOUR

A workshop with celebrated East Yorkshire artist Eleanor Tomlinson, learning watercolour and ink techniques to create beautiful images of Yorkshire wildlife.

3.00 - 3.45pm 6+ years Doodle Room Drawing workshop

SOUL MAGI c !

A Big Malarkey welcome to the The Albemarle Soul Band! Their young musicians will be performing classic tracks from the soul and motown era including Proud Mary, Respect and Hard to Handle!

4 - 4.45pm All the family BigTop Music performance

SUN d AY 23 JUNE 2024

A bIg THANK YOU TO OUR FUNdERS fROM EVERYONE AT THE BiG MALARKEY fESTIVAL:

THANKS TO OUR FEsTiVAL sPONSORS: Hull Fibre for covering the cost of the Hull Fibre Makerspace tent hire this year. HowDo Yorkshire for support with distribution and promotion for the festival.

THANKS TO OUR PEOPLE: Hull Libraries staff and volunteers / HEY volunteers / Helen Thackeray / Howard Flitton and the East Park Team / EPICompany Ltd / Our amazing festival team for creating a weekend of magic for us all to enjoy! / And of course to you for joining us, you’ve been amazing!

Hope to see you next year!

Hope to see you next year!

FE s TIVAL TEAM

Claire Thompson / Producer

Joshua Bell / Event Manager

Gavin Turner / Technical Manager

Bobbie Wathen / Festival Support

Cath Anderson and Rachael Forrester / Staff & Volunteer Co-ordinators

Amy Jeffrey, Kay Walton and Hull SLS / Schools Week Co-ordinators

Lucy King / Design and Marketing