Plastic Drastic Fantastic by Akademi | Children & Their Grown Ups Festival

Yorkshire Dance

• 18 October 2025
• 14:00 – 15:00
• £12.00
• Ages 7 – 14 years
• Space for 92 children

Description

Plastic. Is it friend or foe? Remarkable or rubbish? Helpful or harmful? Plastic Drastic Fantastic is a dance show for families exploring our complex relationship – from the molecular to the planetary – with all things plastic. 

Plastic Drastic Fantastic draws from the Indian classical dance forms, Bharatanatyam and Kathak, to explore plastics and the dangers of their misuse through intricate movement, gestures and playful audience interaction.  

Akademi worked with children & young people and material scientists at UCL to create the show, which was initially co-produced with Polka Theatre.

Plastic Drastic Fantastic is an inclusive experience, accessible for D/deaf young people and children.


About Children & Their Grown Ups Festival

This is a Pay What You Can event as part of Yorkshire Dance’s Children & Their Grown Ups Festival, a playful one-day festival about falling in love with the planet.

Location

• 3
• St Peter's Square
• Leeds
• West Yorkshire
• LS9 8AH

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