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“The whole project has a really gorgeous playful feel about it… it is all beyond charming.” The Guardian (for I Think I Can)
Terrapin Puppet Theatre presents YOU AND ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN
10 minutes Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse All Ages
See a story by Australia’s finest playwright for children, Finegan Kruckemeyer, brought to life by a world class illustrator
On the island grew a girl. And she found herself wondering sometimes, could there be another place, where the stars right above her could be seen from the left, but the ones to her right could be looked at straight up?
Influenced by Kamishibai, an ancient form of Japanese paper theatre, You and Me and the Space Between sees an illustrator draw a story live as it is read to the audience. As a puppeteer creates silhouettes to interact with the projected drawings, a musician plays a live composition.The illustrator and narrator are artists of profile engaged locally for each season, meaning each version of the project is bespoke and unique.
Image: Peter Mathew, drawings by Tom O'Hern
Meet the artist
Terrapin Puppet Theatre
For over 34 years Terrapin has been recognised nationally and internationally for its contemporary puppet theatre productions for young people. The company has presented works in Australia's major performing arts centres, as well as throughout regional Australia and in Asia, Europe and North America.
In 2015, Terrapin toured the interactive model railway project I Think I Can to the Vancouver and Calgary International Children’s Theatre Festivals in Canada and to Festival De Betovering in The Netherlands. Finegan Kruckemeyer is an internationally renowned playwright with 70 commissioned plays performed on five continents and translated into five languages.
Contact:
- Kevin O’Loghlin
- Chief Executive
- Terrapin Puppet Theatre
- gm@terrapin.org.au
- +61 3 6223 6834
- http://www.terrapin.org.au
