JUNK

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event JUNK
Venue Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2018
First Date 9 March 2018
Opening Date 9 March 2018
Last Date 11 March 2018
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description An ordinary boy, covered head-to-toe in safety gear, prepares to ride his bicycle. Then, out of nowhere, he is sucked back in time to the 1940s. There, in an abandoned junkyard, he meets a gang of kids wild at heart, whose boundless enthusiasm urges him to play as children once did: without inhibition and free from adult supervision. Propelled by a cast of talented young performers, this vibrant take on childhood tumbles headfirst into a world of play and imagination through circus skills and acrobatics, beautiful shadow puppetry and a moving sense of nostalgia for a time when young people we
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Circus
Family
Puppetry
Acrobatics
Related Events
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jodie Farrugia Artistic Director
Lyn Shields Costume Designer
Jodie Farrugia Director
Richard Hull Director Executive Director
Sarah Kriegler Dramaturg/e
Tom Willis Lighting Designer
Sarah Kriegler Puppetry Consultant Puppet Direction
Simon Yates Rig Designer
Joey Ruigrok van der Werven Set Designer
Jordan Hiles Stage Manager
Madge Fletcher Tour Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://2018.aaf.co.nz/events/junk-at-bruce-mason-centre-2/index.html
Library Collection Auckland Arts Festival 2018 website - archived by the National Library via https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/wayback/20180329080106/https://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/
Programme http://2018.aaf.co.nz/assets/2018-Documents/JUNK-ShowProgramme-WEB.pdf
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 157360