The Kangaroo Tale

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Event The Kangaroo Tale
Venue Victorian Country Tour, VIC
First Date 13 February 1995
Last Date 3 March 1995
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description THE KANGAROO TALE (originally titled Bonkers) was devised for the younger 6 - 12 year old primary school age group. Its story combined Koori culture, history and beliefs with a holistic approach to sex education. Performed by actors from the Koori Health Unit and Handspan puppeteers, a story-teller/narrator invited the audience to join the wise owl, the boisterous cocky, the puppet children and an ancestral Rock - to go on an adventure of discovery and through Kangaroo, learn the ”magic” of conception and birth.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Puppetry
Visual Theatre
Subjects Indigenous Australia
Sexuality
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Roderick Primrose Designer
Annie Wylie Director
Joanne Dwyer Original Conceptualiser
Roderick Primrose Original Conceptualiser
Michele Spooner Original Conceptualiser
Mary Sutherland Original Conceptualiser
Peter Walker Original Conceptualiser
Winston Appleyard Performer
Joanne Dwyer Performer
Michele Spooner Performer
Peter Walker Performer
Roderick Primrose Puppet Designer
Joanne Dwyer Writer
Gilly Farrelly Writer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Community venues Victoria: Dandenong, Fitzroy, Morwell, Bairnsdale, Lake Tyers, Mooroopna/Shepparton, Echuca, Swan Hill, Robinvale, Sunraysia region, Bendigo, Ballarat, Heywood, Warnambool, Melbourne University & Geelong.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web www.handspantheatre.com.au
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 126523