Grown Ups Explores Adult Chaos at Edinburgh Children’s Festival ★★★★ Absurdist Comedy Explores How Adults Handle Chaos Brussels-based Compagnie Barbarie have descended upon the Traverse for the 2025 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival with a laugh-out-loud study of adult problem solving. ‘Grown Ups’ follows the fortunes - well, the misfortunes - of four grown-ups going about whatever it is they do with their day. For some, it seems to involve lots of sticky tape, whilst others do curious things with extension cables, ladders, mobile phones and the occasional power tool.

"...is anyone really an adult?... And what precisely is theatre?" Compagnie Barbarie's 'Grown Ups' offers a surrealist adventure in 'adult' problem-solving.

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Black stage covered in ladders, sticky tape, buckets, cables … and a glass

The aftermath of the gloriously weird Grown Ups by #compagniebarbarie @edchildrensfest.bsky.social - slapstick don’t-try-this-at-home energy (& honestly not a million miles away from how I’d approach a leaky ceiling)

Premiere op 01/02. Voorlopig zitten we nog steeds aan scėne 1. Strak op schema. #compagniebarbarie #bronks