A smiling baby in white sits on a purple blanket, clutching a large purple spiky ball among bright blue and pink sheer fabric.

Polka Theatre2024

Soft or Spiky?

The Production

Soft or Spiky? is a Polka Theatre and Half Moon co-production for babies aged 6–18 months, inviting children and carers into an interactive sensory world of shapes, sounds, textures and words. Created from conversations with new parents, the show includes a post-performance stay-and-play session within its sensory landscape.

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Director: Daryl Beeton
Lighting Design: Jonathan Chan
Set & Costume Design: Ingrid Hu
Sound Design: Miss Jacqui
Commissioned by: Polka Theatre and Half Moon
Photography: Steve Gregson

A baby in white crawls toward the camera on a grey floor, surrounded by purple and pink sensory fabrics and spiky balls.

Seated against a plain grey backdrop, a baby in white studies a small blue feather held up in one hand.

A laughing baby sits amid vivid blue, purple and pink sheer fabric, reaching toward a large purple spiky ball.

A baby in white faces the camera on a grey floor, with large purple and small pink spiky sensory balls nearby.

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