Productions

The Childhood of the World

In a time of famine, siblings Ré and Crann find themselves lost in a forest that holds both danger and promise. Only by learning to read the wisdom found in their natural surroundings will they survive a perilous journey home.

The Giant’s Garden

Under the shade of a huge tree, Ida tends her quiet corner of nature. When a giant claims the tree as their own, one small, courageous voice may hold the power to change fate.

The Tree of Light

It is the last day of the year 3099. The leader of the Moonfolk asks you to pause your ceaseless survival work to do something unthinkable: listen to a story that might lead you on the long journey home.

The River That Ran Uphill

With a cyclone at its centre, this is a story of the collision between nature and humanity. The River That Ran Uphill drops the audience in the eye of the storm. As the waters rise, this story carries forward a message of warning and, perhaps, a raft of hope.

What makes a small theatre company work?

WORKSHOP

A workshop for teachers and Year 10, 11 & 12 students. The workshop will provide a living example of the SACE process of formulating a  working company with a vision.

Slingsby Theatre Techniques:
Shadow & Miniaturisation

WORKSHOP

Over the past 15 years, Slingsby has developed a distinctive look and feel to its theatre-making, incorporating elements of shadow play, miniaturisation and sustained moments of image and sound. Through this hands-on workshop students will discover how these techniques can be used in storytelling to create their own short pieces of theatre.

RSVP Process – A Creative Kick-Start to Theatre-Making

WORKSHOP

Sometimes, the hardest part is making a start.

The RSVP Cycles is a method for working collaboratively to simultaneously generate and reflect on creative processes as you create original theatre from scratch. The workshop will immerse students in the RSVP cycle to devise and develop short performance pieces.

This Tree is a Story
(about everything, including you, as told by me)

The history of humans and our relationship with trees grows from five overlapping and interwoven stories. Travelling through time, literature, the underworld and our family trees, this world premiere by Slingsby’s Flying Squad digs into the roots and climbs through the branches of scientific knowledge and ancient and personal stories of trees and how they shape our lives, cultures and future.

The Boy Who Talked To Dogs

Young Martin is a misfit. Bullied at school and misunderstood at home, his only comfort comes from sneaking off to the family coal shed to bond with his German Shepherds, Major and Rex. When things reach breaking point, the 13-year-old runs away from his home in Limerick, Ireland, and finds himself taken in by a new family - a pack of stray dogs.

Songs for Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas

An isolated volcanic island emerges from the ocean. A seed floats in from distant shores, finding purchase on the rock. A stranded beetle clinging to debris bumps against the monolith. As time passes more and more visitors make this island home creating a beautiful, rich and varied place like no other.