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Prices
School Price
Equity School Price
Accessibility
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Subsidy programs available for regional and equity schools.
Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED offers ticket and transport subsidies for eligible schools. Learn more or apply.
This show is included in the Festival Explorer pass!
Become a Festival Explorer and purchase any three performances for only $75 per adult ($25 per show) and $60 per child ($20 per show).
An unlikely duo unite in a story of self-acceptance and empathy.
Fusing Japanese folklore traditions and contemporary storytelling, Little Bozu and Kon Kon follows a shapeshifting raccoon and a misunderstood fox from different worlds. After a series of mistaken identities, Little Bozu and Kon Kon recognise and celebrate each other’s uniqueness.
Created by Mayu Iwasaki and developed with Monkey Baa Theatre Company.
Image | Clare Hawley
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- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
- Just watch - this activity asks for the audience to sit-back, relax, and enjoy the show unfolding in front of them (with little or no audience participation)
- Auslan Interpreter available upon request
- Participants can explore the space at their own pace
- Download the Visual Story for 'Little Bozu and Kon Kon'
- Age Suitability
- Ages 4-9
- Runtime
- 35 minutes
- Year Levels
- Kindergarten – Year 3
Part of
DreamBIG Children’s Festival is South Australia’s iconic biennial arts festival for schools and families that places its audience at the centre of fresh, inventive, imaginative and inspiring arts experiences.
Discover DreamBIG Children's Festival
Credits
- Mayu Iwasaki Story and Design
- Me-Lee Hay Composer
- Matt Cox Lighting Designer
- Katrina Gaskell Puppet Designer and Maker
- Mayu Iwasaki, Freya Pragt, Shingo Usami Performers
- Thomas Creative, Steve Howarth Set Construction
- Eva Di Cesare Monkey Baa Artistic Director
- Omusubi Productions, Monkey Baa Theatre Company Producers
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Mon 05 May
Tue 06 May
Wed 07 May
9:45am
11:30am
1:15pm
Thu 08 May
10:15am
1:15pm
Fri 09 May
9:45am
11:30am
1:15pm
Sat 10 May
Sun 11 May
Performance Location: Institute Gallery, State Library of South Australia
Location
The State Library of South Australia is located in the Hetzel Lecture Theatre & Institute Building - SLSA, Corner North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide.
More information
This venue is external to Festival Centre. To plan your visit, please go to the State Library of South Australia's website.
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