Pic: Jeff Busby
Terrapin Puppet Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company combine to present Egg, a brand new family production that mashes together puckish pranking and wide-eyed wonder in an eco-adventure about hope and the promise of renewal. Silly and funny and a little bit cracked, Egg will be performed in Launceston, Devonport and Hobart after its premiere Melbourne season.
The acclaimed creative team of writer Angela Betzien and director Leticia Cáceres unite with puppetry director Sam Routledge for this quirky story for ages eight to eighty, starring comedy favourites Genevieve Morris and Jim Russell, and brilliant puppeteer Michelle Robin Anderson. The production also features the talents of Owen Phillips as the set and costume designer. Schooled at Elizabeth College in Hobart, Owen went on to study theatre design at NIDA and his work has been nominated for multiple awards. Terrapin Artistic Director Sam Routledge said, ‘It is a joy to be working with the renowned Melbourne Theatre Company on this exciting new play. Egg will capture the imagination of audiences young and old when it travels across Tasmania next July, and transport them into this futuristic tale with an important message at its core.’
Across a dry and dusty desert, two tinkers, Clyde and Horse, drag an enormous egg. They can’t remember how long they’ve been dragging it, or why they’ve been dragging it, or where they are dragging it to. All they know is that it’s really important. Life on their big bald egg of a planet depends upon it. So there’s nothing to be done but to go on. Let’s tug this great big googy into the future. And who knows? Maybe something wonderful will hatch.
Egg will be performed at the Earl Arts Centre in Launceston on July 22-23, Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre on July 26, and the Theatre Royal Hobart on July 29-30. More details at www.terrapin.org.au.
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Angela Betzien
Director: Leticia Cáceres
Puppetry Director: Sam Routledge
Set & Costume Designer: Owen Phillips
Lighting Designer: Andy Turner
Composer & Sound Designer THE SWEATS
Starring Genevieve Morris, Jim Russell and Michelle Robin Anderson
Established for over 35 years, Terrapin is Australia’s centre of excellence for contemporary puppetry in Australia, creating puppetry-based performances for young people and their families. Playing to more than 10,000 Tasmanian children each year, the company tours nationally and internationally and over the past two years has performed across Australia, in Hong Kong, Canada, the USA, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The Hobart performances of Egg are presented in association with the Theatre Royal, the Launceston performances in association with Theatre North at the Princess, and the Devonport Performances with the Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre. Terrapin Puppet Theatre is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.
Kevin O’Loghlin, Terrapin Puppet Theatre
