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Feathers

Background image: On a bright blue background we see a giant puppet ferret called Feathers with a puppet cockatoo it's shoulder
Credit: Image: Peter Mathews
By Dan Giovannoni

When and What

  • Now
  • Incursion

Summary

  • In 2024 we saw 14,676 Tasmanian school children through our schools tour
  • Each performance runs for 1 hour and includes a Q&A
  • Featuring 8 beautifully crafted puppets
  • Touring theatres from 2025

Impact

  • Puppets made entirely from reclaimed materials
  • Feathers employed 19 people to design, make, rehearse and tour
Feathers, a giant ferret puppet is poking their head through part of the set, this part looks like grass
Feathers at Landsdowne Crescent Primary School, 2024. Image: Peter Mathew

Description

Feathery-tailed and frustrated, Feathers embarks on a quest for belonging that will take him to every corner of the country. Will the laid-back pink cockatoos welcome him? Or perhaps the charismatic lyrebird is his true kin?

Feathers is trailed by Duck, a scrawny, flightless youngster who he would rather be rid of. But when finding his destiny threatens Duck, Feathers must decide who his true flock is.

Pullout quote

Students laughed, danced and smiled
– Teacher, Clarendon Vale Primary School
On a bright blue background we see a giant puppet ferret called Feathers with a puppet cockatoo it's shoulder
Image: Peter Mathews

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  • Feathers, a giant puppet ferret lays is in front of a group of school children, the set behind Feathers is nature coloured, green, blue and sandy colour.
    Feathers at Landsdowne Crescent Primary School, 2024. Image: Peter Mathew
  • Two cockatoo puppets are looking at one another, one with it's crest up, they're pink, white and yellow in colour
    Feathers at Landsdowne Crescent Primary School, 2024. Image: Peter Mathew
  • Feathers, a giant puppet ferret lays is in front of a group of school children, a giant owl puppet over the top of the ferret, the set behind Feathers and the owl is nature coloured, green, blue and sandy colour.
    Feathers at Landsdowne Crescent Primary School, 2024. Image: Peter Mathew

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