Slingsby Theatre Company - Man Covets Bird

The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy / Wolf / Man Covets Bird / Ode to Nonsense / V (Greetings / The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage / Show #7

By Finegan Kruckemeyer
Director/ Original Concept: Andy Packer

Image: Andy Ellis ©

A boy wakes to finds he has grown. He recognises the stranger in the mirror, but his parents, his town do not. Outside his childhood bedroom he finds a bird that cannot fly and together the strangers embark on adventures.

This is the story about their journey to the big city, what they find there, what they join in and what they make themselves. A story about flying from nests, birdsong, the nature of man and wild things and growing up.

From Slingsby, the award winning company that created the internationally acclaimed hit The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, comes this enveloping world of pearly prose, lustrous live music, melancholia and sunshine.

Lovingly crafted for adults and children aged 10 and up.

CREATIVE CREDITS

Director/ Original Concept: Andy Packer
Writer: Finegan Kruckemeyer

Actor: Nathan O'Keefe
Musicians: Quincy Grant, Steve Lennox, Gareth Chin

Composer: Quincy Grant
Designer: Wendy Todd
Lighting Design Realiser: Dave Green
Initial Design Concept: Geoff Cobham
Animation: People's Republic Of Animation
Image: Andy Ellis
Production Manager: Lisa Hill
Stage Manager: Lisa Osborn
Marketing Manager: Rebecca Moyle-Croft
Executive Producer: Jodi Glass

Man Covets Bird: Artist Biographies (80kb)

Performed by a solo male actor and a live musical trio and set against large scale projected animations inspired by the art of Australian industrial photographer Wolfgang Sievers.

Slingsby’s Man Covets Bird has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

WORLD PREMIERE

Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia March 2010, presented in association with 2010 Adelaide Festival and the Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program.

PRODUCTION SNAPSHOT

Audience age range: 10 years to adult
Show duration: 70 minutes
Audience capacity: dependant on venue
Number of Performers: 1 performer and 3 musicians
Touring Party: 8
Bump-in: 2 days, performing on the evening of the 2nd day (dependant on venue)
Bump-out: approx 6 hours (dependant on venue)
Space requirement for studio space presentation: minimum venue dimensions of 16mW x 16mD x 5.5mH (includes audience seating of approx 120)
Space requirement for proscenium arch presentation: minimum stage dimensions of 15mW x 10mD x 5.5mH

For more information (detailed technical specifications and plans, artist biographies, touring details) please contact Jodi Glass, Executive Producer jodi@slingsby.net.au


REVIEWS ***** [five stars]…"brilliant feelgood family theatre with a depth that speaks to any generation." Sunday Mail "…like a beautiful children's book, a treasured bedtime story with illustrations which come to life before our eyes." The Advertiser "If more theatre were like this, the world would be a magical place indeed" Australian Stage Online AUDIENCE FEEDBACK From High School Students during 2010 previews: "I have never seen a play before – it was great." Year 9 "I want that to be the sound track to my life." Year 11 "I'm an nearly man." Year 9 "Are we going to get to do this again?" Year 8

PHOTOGRAPHS photos by Andy Rasheed, eyefood (click to view)