Rotherham Children's festival programme

Everything from Shakespeare to Rotherham’s own version of the Oscars ceremony will be taking place at Magna during the borough’s Children and Young People’s Festival from next Monday until July 9.

The festival is the first of its kind in the borough and brings together, under one roof, a range of events, including:.

• A three-day Shakespeare Festival
•  The Roscars, Rotherham’s Oscars-style awards ceremony, where prizes are presented to school children who’ve created their own short films.
• Summer Proms.
• The Rotherham Children’s Book Awards.
• Music at Big Band, Big Sing, Big Bash and Big String events.
• A Rotherham Ambassadors event.A special event for Rotherham’s Looked-After Children.

Cllr Paul Lakin, the borough council’s Cabinet member for Children and Young People's Services, said: “The festival is going to be a spectacular way for Rotherham to really show the exciting and innovative things that children and young people in the borough are doing.

“We have a magnificent venue, great support from a range of different organisations and the enthusiasm and creativity of the young people themselves and the wide range of people who work with them.

“It’s a great combination which will make this a really great event.”

Full details of the festival programme are available at www.rgfl.org/ChildrensFestival.