Goldfish
When and What
Summary
- A ground-breaking theatre work in collaboration with Japan’s Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
- Featuring a unique low-carbon international touring model
- Exploring the role of the theatre in times of increasing disaster
- Suitable for children 8+ and their families
Impact
- Goldfish does not travel with a set: all set items are locally sourced in touring locations, focusing on locally relevant disaster recovery items, and donated to partners at the end of the season
- This significantly reduces the carbon impact of touring the work and supports service delivery organisations
- Goldfish is a cross-cultural collaboration between leading Tasmanian and Japanese artists. Its unique design methodology was honed through field research in Hobart and Nagoya.
Description
A solo puppeteer is performing a fable for children. We imagine a flourishing society that does away with time, ignoring night and day, leading to a great flood.
Suddenly, in the theatre, a team of disaster recovery workers burst in to transform it into an evacuation centre. Among these competing narratives we begin to ask, what role should humanity, and the theatre, play in times of increasing disaster?
Upcoming performances
2025
- AsiaTOPA Main Hall, Arts House, Melbourne 26 February – 2 March
- Ten Days on the Island Theatre Royal, Studio Theatre, Hobart 26 – 29 March
Interested in Goldfish?
Touring Japan and Australia in 2025
Goldfish creative development, 2023. Image: Terrapin 
Goldfish creative development, 2023. Image: Terrapin 
Goldfish creative development, 2023. Image: Terrapin
Partners
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Ten Days on the Island, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Terrapin, City of Melbourne through Arts House, Asia TOPA, Darwin Festival and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.
Terrapin is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts. Goldfish’s development was supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation.
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