ŻiguŻajg Festival launched its tenth year in November with a digital programme of events. Ten shows for ten years! Celebrating its decade run, the team behind ŻiguŻajg had to rethink, restructure and reinvent what ŻiguŻajg Festival would look like in the midst of a global pandemic with uncertainty lingering through many cancellations, travel bans and regulations. However, the Festival was nothing short of success with many schools applauding the digital programme and families watching shows from the comfort of their homes increasing accessibility, which played an important role in this year’s edition of ŻiguŻajg Festival.

The Festival included a rich array of performances including dance, theatre and music including Riley’s Manic Magic, Trouser Girl and Ninni Ninni. Moreover, Follow Fruit with Fig provided hearing impaired viewers the ability to follow a performance with the use of sign language.

Other opportunities included the Youth Creative Programme for up and coming creatives interested in working in the sector shadowing different creative teams and a series of Industry Professional Webinars which included discussions regarding Accessibility and Future Programming amongst others.

 Spearheaded by Fondazzjoni Kreattività, Żigużajg continues to raise the standard of artistic excellence in Malta, adding to its ever growing audience both locally and internationally and its focus on championing the creative arts within a child’s development putting them in the helm of their own artistic journeys. In fact, ŻiguŻajg Festival has once again received an award from Arts Council Malta, the Premju għall-Arti for Best Production during COVID-19.