Lullabies Under the Stars is an interactive musical show or performance playtime for children under 2 and their families. The show is built around a narrative of the stars in the sky disappearing because of a lack of joyful song from earth.

The performers introduce the audience to the space by leading the children in song and dance from Arabic and Australian Indigenous cultures; then the children are invited to explore the space, playing with colourful, nightlit activities. The show resolves when the stars return, and the audience come back together as a group and are each invited to share their own lullabies, language and ritual with everyone.

“… a beautiful participatory performance…” Tot Hot Or Not https://tothotornot.com/lullabies-under-the-skies/

“We absolutely loved this workshop – thankyou. It was ran so beautifully and the changes in activities through song, story, dance, drawing really worked well.” – audience feedback

Artplay (City of Melbourne) (as Lullabies Under the Stars)

June 2019 – Artplay (City of Melbourne) (as Lullabies Under the Stars)

April 2021 - Be Bold Festival, The Bowery Performing Arts Centre, St Albans

Tahliah is performed in a wide variety of spaces including unconventional and non-theatrical venues. We require a dedicated, clear space of at least 12m x 6m.

Audience: infants under 2 years old and their families. Audience size is restricted to a maximum capacity of 40 (adults and children). The audience I seated on the floor and the children’s activities take place at floor level.

Duration: 50 minutes

Cast: Aseel Tayah, Caleena Sansbury, Camille Feghali

Crew: x 2

Performed in Arabic, First Nations Australian languages, and English.