Float

A Starcatchers production by Kerry Cleland and company

Float is a beautiful shimmering world for babies from birth to 12 months old and their grown-ups.

9 Aug – 22 Aug 2026

Designed for babies from birth to 12 months old

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"I feel incredibly relaxed. It was wonderful that our little one was so fascinated and enthralled by it all!

Audience Member

Float is a beautiful and immersive world for babies from birth to 12 months old and their grown-ups, with a performance that will ebb and flow through the space during the 3-hour experience.

Designed especially for babies up to 12 months old, Float invites you to relax with your baby and enjoy a gently interactive performance, with music, dance, visual projections and sensory objects, in a beautiful, calm space inspired by the healing properties of water. You and your baby are free to explore this safe tactile world and engage with the performers or unwind and de-stress in Float’s tranquil space.

Float is a three-hour experience. Your ticket with allow you to come and go as you as want during this time, so you don’t have to worry about arriving later, leaving earlier, or taking a wee break in between.

"This show is every parents dream."

Audience member

Float at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026

9th – 22nd August
Cromdale Theatre at Pleasance at EICC

Book your tickets at
pleasance.co.uk/event/float

 

Supported by Made in Scotland

What to expect at Float

Creative Team and Cast

Concept / Direction  – Kerry Cleland
Design – Alison Brown
Maker – Caragh Veitch Philip
Sound Design – Kim Moore
Lighting Design – Emma Jones
Production Management – SNC Productions
Stage Manager – Lucy May Wilson
Technical Stage Manager – Lynn Wiseman
Performers – Maddie Broad, Kerry Cleland, Hayley Earlam, Shiori Usui
Outside eyes – Heather Fulton and Suzie Ferguson

Float 2025 Tour dates

20th & 21st March: Lyra Studio, Edinburgh
25th & 26th March: Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
28th & 29th March: Perth Theatre
25th & 26th April: The Studio, Edinburgh
29th April: Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy
2nd & 3rd May: Paisley Arts Centre
7th May: Birnam Arts, Dunkeld
9th & 10th May: Platform, Easterhouse
16th & 17th May: The Barn Arts, Banchory
23rd & 24th May: Tramway, Glasgow

Tour Supported by Creative Scotland Touring Fund

Development

Float has been developed through extensive workshops and sharings with audiences in Wester Hailes, including childcare settings and in Starcatchers Baby Studio in Westside Plaza in 2022 and 2023.

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