Brilli-ANT!

An Interactive Climate Adventure for Curious Young Minds

Inspired by Aesop’s classic fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, this playful reimagining asks: what happens after the story ends?

There’s big trouble in a little anthill... Winter hasn’t left, the anthill is in crisis, and the ants need your help. As climate change disrupts the natural order of things, the ants must learn to work together. Not just with each other, but with an unexpected friend: the grasshopper.

Grab your interactive ant wand, enter the Carriage Works and journey deep into a sculpted anthill made entirely of recycled material. Crawling with creativity and buzzing with brilliant ideas, Brilli-ANT! is packed with hands-on activities, storytelling, and inspiring insect encounters - voiced by famous actors including Sir Derek Jacobi, Julian Clary and Samantha Bond - that show how even the smallest changes can make a huge difference.

Meet a dung beetle with recycling tips, a bumblebee who knows the power of community, and a host of larger-than-life meadow-dwellers – each with their own story of adaptation and resilience in a changing climate. These wise bugs don’t just survive – they thrive.

Discover how much we can learn from nature’s tiniest heroes in a hopeful, heart-warming, and interactive experience designed especially for young ‘two-legs’ and their families – with real, practical ideas for taking action, without the weight of the world.

With an abundance of games, challenges, dress up, story telling and other activities and interactive elements, Brilli-ANT! is a brand-new immersive exhibition where tiny creatures take on a giant mission. Because little actions make a world of difference.