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Cost
10am: Outdoors on Museum Plaza. FREE, no bookings required.
11am, 1pm & 2pm: Indoors in Main Foyer, free with Museum entry ($0-$15)
When
08 - 25 January 2025
Excluding 13, 14 & 20 January
Where
Melbourne Museum, Nicholson Street, Carlton VIC, Australia
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Ants by Polyglot Theatre is an interactive performance which brings children together to explore the landscape around them.
With hundreds of breadcrumbs scattered around and three large, curious insects on the scene, children are irresistibly drawn closer to find out how they can join in. As they collaborate, a captivating world emerges, with shifting lines and patterns taking shape, and everyday spaces transformed into mesmerising landscapes.
This enchanting performance explores the nature of work and how children engage with their surroundings.
An Auslan interpreter will be at the 10am (free, outdoors on the Plaza) and 11am (inside, free with Museum entry) performances, Saturday 18 and Wednesday 22 January.
This season of Ants is supported by the City of Melbourne.
For detailed event, venue and access information, including a visual story to help your family prepare, please visit the Polyglot Theatre website (link below).
Accessibility
Event Access
The 10am performance will take place outdoors, on the Museum Plaza, which is a flat, paved surface. Please check the weather, and bring sunscreen, hats and water bottles.
The 11am, 1pm and 2pm performances will take place indoors, in the Main Foyer.
Ants is a universally accessible experience. The performers do not use spoken language – there is no English language barrier.
An Auslan interpreter will be at the 10am and 11am performances, Saturday 18 and Wednesday 22 January.
You and your family can choose how you engage with the performers and the space, moving around as you like.
Ants contains amplified sound that is played through portable speakers.
You can come and go from the performances at any time.
Venue Access
Melbourne Museum is wheelchair accessible. The main entrance is a flat, paved surface with automatic doors. The carpark has a lift to the ground floor. The kerbside on Nicholson and Rathdowne Street is a gentle slope.
Ground level unisex accessible toilets are located: between the Museum Shop and Café, in the foyer in front of the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, and at the Children’s Gallery.
Sensory bags containing noise reduction earmuffs, fidget tools and a communication card can be borrowed from the Admissions Desk in the entrance foyer, and returned at the end of your visit.
Guide Dogs are welcome.
Event type
Other accessible and inclusive event
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