Live Art

A Whale Tale - Performance

  • 19 Sep 2024   |   6:00pm - 6:15pm
  • 20 Sep 2024   |   6:00pm - 6:15pm
  • 21 Sep 2024   |   6:00pm - 6:15pm
  • FREE with park access (please see note)
  • Prince's Square
    Elizabeth St
    Launceston TAS 7250

Dive into the magical "A Whale Tale" at Prince's Square, bringing Tasmania's coastal stories to life. This 15-minute spectacle follows the adventures of a whale as it navigates the challenges of plastic in our oceans. Through storytelling, movement, and an evocative soundscapes, you’ll journey beneath the waves in this spectacle for all ages.

Through enchanting storytelling, mesmerising movement, and evocative soundscapes, you'll journey beneath the waves to witness the whale's encounters and discoveries. Marvel at the intricate whale puppet, hand built by Terrapin. See it come alive, moved by a team of performers in a captivating dance around the Val D'Osne fountain.

 

Age Suitability

All ages 

Accessibility
  • Step-Free Mobility-Aid Access
  • Auslan Interpreted Event
PARK ACCESS 

Park Access is FREE before 6pm each day and FREE all day Sunday. Park Access is FREE with any Junction Ticket for that day.

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About the Project 

Terrapin Puppets 

Terrapin's purpose is to make lives better, shift realities and create connection, touring Tasmania, nationally and internationally. It creates work for theatres and interactive installations for public space. The company’s work has been presented by The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Edinburgh International Children’s festival, The Vancouver International Children’s Festival, De Betovering Festival (The Netherlands), A.S.K Shanghai, Aichi Arts Centre (Japan), The Taipei Children's Art Festival, The Lincoln Center (New York), The John F. Kennedy Center, The Sydney Opera House, Sydney Festival and Mona Foma among many others.

Adam Thompson

Adam Thompson is a pakana writer from Lutruwita (Tasmania). He is the author of Born Into This (UQP) and The Stormy Night (Hardie Grant), and his work has appeared in several anthologies and literary journals. Adam also writes and produces for screen, and is co-director of Kutikina Productions – the first ever pakana screen production company.

Credits:

Sketch - Cliff Dolliver

Puppet design - Cliff Dolliver

Puppet Construction - Mads Hillam & Cliff Dolliver

Costume Design and Making - Brooke Cooper-Scott

Choreography- Gabe Comerford

Sound Design - Lila Meleisea & Keith Deverell 

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