Cicada

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Event Cicada
Venue Wharf 2 Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney, NSW
First Date 18 September 2024
Opening Date 18 September 2024
Last Date 13 October 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Cicada tell story. Story Good. Story simple. Story even human can understand. Tok! Tok! Tok!

So begins the story of a dutiful cicada who works away in a grey office year after year. Overlooked and unappreciated by his co-workers, Cicada weaves a dream of escape, keeping his secrets hidden until the day something truly extraordinary begins to happen…

Winner of the Children’s Book Council Award for Best Picture Book in 2019, this new adaptation brings master storyteller Shaun Tan’s much-loved Cicada to life on the stage with exquisite puppetry and visual storytelling by some of WA’s leadi
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Children's Theatre
Visual Theatre
Subjects Resilience
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Arielle Gray Adaptor
Luke Kerridge Adaptor
Tim Watts Adaptor
Shaun Tan Author
Jonathon Jie Hong Yang Composer
Tyler Hill Designer
Luke Kerridge Director
Chloe Ogilvie Lighting Designer
Arielle Gray Performer
Tim Watts Performer
Tamara Rewse Puppet Maker
Tim Collins Sound Designer
Emily Stokoe Stage Manager
Tim Watts Video Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2024/cicada
Programme https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/2024/september/cicada-digital-program
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211856