Terrapin Puppet Theatre l Australia's Leading Puppet-Based Visual Theatre Company


	NEWS CURRENT shows - The Gatekeeper - When the Pictures Came - Boats - Helena and the Journey of the Hello - The falling room and the Flying room - Explosion Therapy UPCOMING SHOWS - The Gatekeeper SCHOOLS - The Gatekeeper - The falling room and the Flying room - Boats - Teachers Kit TERRAPIN ARTISTS - Artist Biographies - Articulate - Dig In Puppetry Cabaret - Training Program ABOUT TERRAPIN - Digital Puppetry - Critical review Process - Mission and Annual Reports - Staff and board - History and Past Shows - Corporate and government Partners - Industry links CONTACT US


			The Gatekeeper PREVIEWS 8-9 SEPTEMBER THEATRE ROYAL, 15–16 SEPTEMBER TOURING TASMANIAN SCHOOLS, 20 SEPTEMBER – 26 OCTOBER A whole heap of horse-play in a play about a horse, and the man that wants to be one! Terrapin’s new show is about chasing your dreams. Puppetry, acrobatics, magic tricks and things you should not do at home with elastic, weave a spell-binding journey for young and old. Digital projections in places you would not normally expect; saddles and oscilloscopes, balloons and hay; these are but bits of the world with which our characters must do battle. The Gatekeeper is about that most beautiful of all adventures; the adventure of learning to be you.

			Boats TOURING TO REGIONAL VICTORIA IN SEPT/OCT 2010 TOURING AUSTRALIA-WIDE IN 2011 “A zephyr of pure originality and lyricism flows through this work....which simply (carries) one into a vivid and fantastical world.” Boats is classic storytelling where the magic unfolds in front of the audience. The sound effects are created live, a boat is cut from bread, a bird tied from rope, a circus hides in a jacket, and finally a storm is made with a teacup.

			When the Pictures Came A collaboration with the Children’s Art Theatre of China ON STAGE IN AUSTRALIA 2011 When the Pictures Came is an absurd and comic story about four hapless characters that have to learn to work together to overcome a formidable opponent. This fearsome foursome find themselves flung into an obscure battle with an omnipotent machine. Slapstick, puppets, and innovative digital techniques make this more-than-ridiculous cartoon-style story one for the whole family. When the Pictures Came is a cross-cultural collaboration between Terrapin and the Children’s Art Theatre of China, in association with the Lakeside Arts Centre, UK, and Reckless Moments.

			Helena and the Journey of the Hello AVAILABLE FOR TOURING “Helena and the Journey of the Hello is wonderful, in the truest sense of that word–filled with strange and intriguing delight. It's bursting with images and ideas...” Helena and the Journey of the Hello is a kid’s picture book tale in a crossed line conversation with contemporary times. Children and adults alike are amazed at what is possible with a mobile phone, a coat and an old iron bed as they are taken on the journey of the hello.

			The Falling Room and the Flying Room AVAILABLE FOR TOURING “Puppets, props and set are all wonderfully loopy, and the puppetry itself - whether physical or virtual - offers moments of genuine surprise and joy” The Falling Room and the Flying Room is about the power of imagination. Using contemporary multimedia and electronics, digital puppetry and powerful performances to create magic , the show tells the story of a boy who lives in an imaginary world of mechanical wizardry but emerges from it to embrace his family.


For more information about Terrapin’s activities please contact the office:		77 Salamanca Place Hobart, Tasmania Australia, 7004		Ph: (03) 6223 6834 Fax: (03) 6223 6399 info@terrapin.org.au		site by FUTAGO