FINISHING 2010 - City of Riddles - Polyglot
City of Riddles is the newest work from Polyglot, creators of the award-winning, international touring smash hit successes Check Out!, Headhunter and Muckheap. City of Riddles is an interactive installation performance where children take an active part in the creation of an imagined world. Set in a landscape of a ruinous city, the space is full of little buildings, scattered around an large black cube, mysterious and atmospheric. The audience finds its way through the buildings, peering inside each one like giants in a miniature world. Each building has a specific place on the cube, and gradually the whole physical puzzle is put together. Then the story begins.
City of Riddles explores the fluid concept of truth, our preoccupation with our own space, and individual and group responsibility. We ask the question, ‘If you had the chance to do it all again – what would you do differently?’. The text utilises word play and enigma to create an intriguing and mischievous atmosphere in a fantastical world. Through a dramatic storyline the audience will be drawn into making the choices that decide the city’s ultimate fate, facilitated by three performers ‘in the round’, as they move and manipulate the objects in the space. The audience for City of Riddles is sometimes outside the action, sometimes inside the action. They are time travellers, integral to the action and able to change history.
Polyglot also offers practical workshops for children in which their own artwork becomes a part of the City of Riddles. Please indicate when booking if you would like to take part!
Visit www.polyglottheatre.com for more about the show.
Credits
Key artists: Sue Giles (director), Daniele Poidomani (designer), Nick Barlow (animator), James Wilkinson (sound designer), Tamara Rewse, Hung Le and Jacob Williams (performer-devisors).
Core Partners: Arts Victoria, City of Melbourne and City of Stonnington.
Funding partners: Australian Children's Theatre Foundation, Bendigo Bank Windsor Community Bank, The Ian Potter Foundation, Jack Brockhoff Foundation, Matana Foundation, Frankston Arts Centre, Glenelg Shire Arts Program, Yarra Ranges Council
Polyglot thanks its benefactor Miss Betty Amsden OAM.
Artforms: Puppetry, Drama, Visual Arts
Key Themes: Resilience, Team Work
Specific VELS:
Civics and Citizenship - ALL
The Arts - Exploring and Responding
English - Speaking and Listening
Communication - Listening, Viewing and Responding
Thinking - ALL
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ON THE ROAD: A Brand New Interactive Show Where Theatre IS Child's Play
- Polyglot Regional: 8th Nov 10 to 26th Nov 10
- Term: Term 4
- Duration: 45 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
- Suitability: Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
- Cost per student: $8.70 + GST*
- Minimum Fee: $1131 + GST*
- Maximum Student Attendance: 200
- VELS: Civics and Citizenship, Communication, Creativity and Technology, Design, English, The Arts, Thinking Processes
