Events Archive: Families

Join Brown Bag Films’ Emmy-Award winning storyboard artist Marten Jonmark and invent your own story, design the visuals and then draw the storyboards! Ages 5+

Dive into an underwater adventure with artist Paula Henihan for an interactive story-based session that will introduce very young children to simple animation forms. Ages 2-4

A beautiful exhibition that gives you a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of the Oscar® nominated film Song of the Sea by Irish animation company Cartoon Saloon.

A creative dance session for children aged 7-12 years will be led by the dancers of Akram Khan Company’s Chotto Desh - Dennis Alamanos and Nicolas Ricchini.

The Ark & Dublin Dance Festival present a captivating experience for ages 7+ from multi award-winning choreographer Akram Khan at the O'Reilly Theatre.

Are you wild about wildebeest? Crazy about crocodiles? Barmy about bears? Alan Nolan and Sarah Webb know all about that: they’re Animal Crackers. Join them for an interactive mash-up of crazy animal facts, drawing and book fun.

Welcome to The Magic Bookshop: a treasure trove of wonders where second-hand books flock together and their stories leap from the pages!

Are you a young reader? Do your bookshelves need perking up? Don’t worry – the Book Doctors are back!

Baby aliens, vampire rat teachers and spies – primary school is an interesting place! Especially if you’re Blue Peter Book Award-winning author Pamela Butchart.

Chaos Descends at the Ark! Join Shane Hegarty for a hilarious rollercoaster ride through the third book in the monstrously funny and action-packed Darkmouth series.