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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).
'They say you can get lost in a good book. But it's worse to get lost in a bad one...'
From award-winning New Zealand company Trick of the Light Theatre comes a story of boundless enchantment. An old man sits down to read the tale of a bookbinding apprentice. As he speaks, the story spills from the pages and into the bindery. The Bookbinder weaves shadowplay, paper art, puppetry and music into an original dark fairytale full of mystery, magic and mayhem.
Image | Phillip Merry
Turned to perfection... Bookworms of all stripe and ages will adore it ★★★★½.
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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)
- The Bookbinder’s audience will be seated in black out and will be expected to abide by theatre etiquette
- This production features a total blackout
- Download the Visual Story for 'The Bookbinder'
- Age Suitability
- Ages 8-15
- Runtime
- 55 minutes
- Year Levels
- Year 3 – Year 9
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.
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Credits
- Ralph McCubbin Howell Writer, Performer and Production Designer
- Hannah Smith Director, Pop-up Book Designer and Production Designer
- Tane Upjohn-Beatson Composer and Sound Designer
- Edward Watson Poster Designer
School Performances
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Mon 12 May
Tue 13 May
10:15am
1:00pm
Wed 14 May
10:15am
1:00pm
Thu 15 May
10:15am
1:00pm
Fri 16 May
10:15am
1:00pm
Sat 17 May
Sun 18 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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