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Accessibility
Prices
School Price
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Accessibility
Prices
School Price
Equity School Price
Accessibility
Prices
School Price
Equity School Price
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 adult ($20 per show).
How can one friend become many?
In a quiet world, simply constructed from cylinders of all shapes and sizes, we meet a very shy boy and witness how he makes a friend with the assistance of his ball. This nonverbal performance is a wondrous tale of reassurance, joy and connection...with a little visual magic.
Image | Andy Rasheed
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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)
- Get Involved - this activity is hands on. Participants are encouraged to get in on the action through dancing, making, or sharing their thoughts and ideas
- Participants can explore the space at their own pace
- Participants can touch anything within the space
- Select audience members will be invited on stage to participate throughout the performance.
- Audience members who are nervous about being invited onto stage can bring a support person with them.
- Download the Visual Story for 'the Boy & the Ball'
- Ages 3-6
- This production is non-verbal, features a music soundtrack, and keeps the house lights on for the duration of the show.
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Year Levels
- Kindergarten
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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Performance Location: Hetzel Lecture Theatre, 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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