The Carnival of the Animals

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Event The Carnival of the Animals
Venue Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 7 April 1983
Last Date 8 April 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS was produced and presented by the Education Department of the Victorian Arts Centre for school performances that would trial the soon to be opened Concert Hall (now Hamer Hall). Susie Leigh, Education Officer at the Centre commissioned Handspan to create and animate visual, puppetry-based images to appear with Saint-Saens score played by the Victorian College of the Arts orchestra and Fred Parslow, narrator of Ogden Nash's verse.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Visual Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ken Evans Designer
Helen Rickards Director Puppetry
Paul Baeyertz Musician
Frederick Parslow Narrator
Carmelina di Guglielmo Puppet Designer
Ken Evans Puppet Designer
Andrew Hansen Puppet Designer
Helen Rickards Puppet Designer
Peter J Wilson Puppet Designer
Winston Appleyard Puppeteer
Carmelina di Guglielmo Puppeteer
Andrew Hansen Puppeteer
Peter J Wilson Puppeteer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Musicians from Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web www.handspantheatre.com.au
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 126400