Boomtown Family and The Cows

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Event Boomtown Family and The Cows
Venue Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China
Umbrella Event Celebrate Australia 2002
First Date 2 November 2002
Last Date 10 November 2002
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Snuff Puppets, the Melbourne based giant puppet company, will literally stop the traffic in Shanghai when they let loose some of their massive comical characters during the 4th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, as part of Celebrate Australia 2002.
Snuff Puppets combine puppetry, live music, visual and physical theatre to create a unique and idiosyncratic performance language.

The company, which has been together since 1992, has delighted, challenged and entertained audiences in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and Singapore will present two of their favourite programs in Sha
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Street Theatre
Organisations
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The prestigious China Shanghai International Arts Festival invited Australia to present a week-long cultural program at its fourth Festival in November 2002. Australia was the first country to be invited to be a guest nation at the Festival. The week-long program, under the banner of Celebrate Australia 2002, brought together over 200 Australian artists to focus on Australian culture from Nove
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Celebrate Australia 2002 4th China Shanghai International Arts Festival online programme http://www.reckless.on.net/shanghai2002/program.html#STREET
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 118749