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We’re mid-way through construction of Terrapin’s new schools touring show. Space Neighbours, written by Nathan Maynard, is set in an alien gaseous world and rich in fart jokes, with an undercurrent of hard truths about invasion. I’ve tried to design the show to be minimal in impact and maximal in presence, using inflatables for the…
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Apparently people liked Feathers! After touring Tasmanian schools last year and playing to over 14,ooo students, Feathers has just wound up a theatre season on the Island. Thanks for all the stars Lesley Graham. Thanks too to the performers who brought these characters to life, and the makers who worked with me at Terrapin on…
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Making a show is a deeply iterative process. In the second creative development for Feathers, a room full of people thrashed out the potential and the limitations of the puppets we’ve built, and tested them against Dan Giovannoni’s boisterous script. A list of tweaks and changes emerged, some necessary for narrative or performer comfort, some…
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Joan and Judy is a touring show for aged care centres, designed in response to the residents’ wishes. Initially we baulked at the idea of Punch and Judy, but the memory triggers are strong for those who remember it from their childhoods, on beaches and at fairs. So we hacked it. A travelling troupe rolls…
