Country Arts SA pays respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognises their continuing connection and spiritual relationship to these lands, waters and skies. We are committed to listening and helping care for Country, and to safeguard, share and celebrate First Nations’ living cultures.
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Featuring dazzling video and computer animations, flying objects and a pinch of circus, this richly visual theatrical experience takes kids and adults alike on a roller-coaster ride.
Whalebone is filled with eccentric contraptions, strange machinery and clunky inventions, including the world’s first half- human juggling machine! Nestled in the mysterious ‘Depository’, meet a lone worker with a mission. In a world where AI and machines are going rogue and making more and more decisions for us, he tries to safeguard human stories, memories and emotions Laugh out loud, gasp in awe, and let your imagination soar. Whalebone will ignite the curiosity of young aspiring inventors, as well as everyone who loves stories and wonders. It invites audiences to ponder the role of technology in our lives, sparking conversations about what really defines us as humans.
“This is the kind of show your kids will love. It is full of junk, fantastical objects, artificial intelligence, drama, thrills and puzzle solving.” – Samsara Dunston ★ ★ ★ ★
Nominated for the Green Room Awards, Best Set and Costume Design
This performance contains Contains flashing lights/photo sensitive imagery, haze, triggering sounds.
Education
The concept of Whalebone connects the Arts with Science and Technology. Stories and narratives meet inventions,machines, digital content, video animation and sociallyrelevant questions about implications of present and futureArtificial Intelligence.
Thus, the show and possible school activities extends into different areas of the curriculum.
Appropriate for 6-12 year-olds.
Learning Areas
– The Arts (Drama)
– English (Listening andUnderstanding
– Science
– Technologies and Designs
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Transaction fees apply: Online $2.50 – Counter/Phone $3.50
Nunga Tickets for First Nations Communities
Country Arts SA offers discounted Nunga Tickets to support access and inclusion for First Nations peoples. These tickets are available at our Arts Centres and through the Shows on the Road program.
Sponsored by
This project is supported by Creative Victoria and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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