6 shows
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.
Sensorium Theatre invites children to roll the dice and set out along a safe, exhilarating pathway into the unknown.
Inside a giant puzzle-box of illusions, kooky-carnival friends lead audiences into an immersive multi-sensory wonderland of fantastical large-scale projections, strange tiny delights, and infectious live music.
As boxes reveal boxes within boxes each child is given the opportunity to find a magical version of themselves.
Inside the Wonderbox, EVERYONE is invited to be wonderful!
Sensorium Theatre is Australia’s leading theatre company making work specifically designed for young audiences with disability and their friends.
Enhance your experience by using Wonderbox's online preparatory materials available here. These resources will familiarise you with the story, characters, songs and storytelling methods, resulting in a more enjoyable show experience.
Wonderbox is a show specifically created for children with Disability.
DreamBIG’s staff will work with you to adapt the performance to accommodate the specific requirements of each audience member.
Image | Jessica Wyld
Wonderbox is a dynamic, multi-sensory fest which engages young people with disabilities in a joyous, play-based performance.
- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
- 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 exit the workshop/event, and re-enter when they are ready to re-join
- Participants can touch anything within the space
- Wonderbox is a show specifically for children with disabilities, and will be adapted based on the access requirements of individual audience members
- Download the Visual Story for 'Wonderbox'
- Age Suitability
- Ages 8 and up
- Runtime
- 1 hour
- Year Levels
- Learning Age 8 and up
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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Commissioned by the 2023 Perth Festival and produced by Performing Lines WA, Wonderbox has been supported by Lotterywest and the Cassandra Ganter Foundation. The 2024/25 National Tour has been made possible by the Australian Government's Playing Australia program, managed by Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body. Sensorium Theatre acknowledges ongoing support from DLGSC and Creative Australia.
School Performances
Performance Location: Latvian Hall
It is conveniently located on the perimeter of the city at Wayville.
It is conveniently located in close proximity to the Central Business District of Adelaide, with buses and trams running close by.
Getting There
Street parking is available.
Access
This venue is step-free and is wheelchair accessible. Accessible toilets are available, please be aware that the door to the toilet is a bit heavy.
There is a disabled carpark on site - access from Rose Terrace.
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