GPAC’s Love Central Geelong Family Magic Program returns in 2017 bigger and better than ever with six fantastic family productions based on popular children’s stories.
Each production comes to GPAC for two performances on one action-packed day.
Tickets for all Family Magic performances are $20 each or $18 for groups of four-plus and are available only from GPCA’s box offic.
Performance dates, times and bookings are available at gpac.org.au
The program kicks off with Mr Stink on 25 March.
This cdp kids production by Maryam Master brings David Walliams’ award-winning book to life for children aged 6 to 12.
It’s the story of Chloe, just the loneliest girl in the world until she makes friends with local tramp Mr Stink, who takes up secret residence in her family’s garden shed.
Kids’ comedians The Listies arrive at GPAC with their award-winning show 6D (*It’s Twice as Good as 3D).
The Listies’ sketch comedy forgoes the usual pitfalls of kids’ entertainment such as fairies and princesses, instead getting laughs out of things kids really love, like fart jokes and vomiting puppets.
“Best of all, it’s 100 per cent education free,” say The Listies.
Slightly more highbrow, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt plays GPAC on 24 June.
The international touring production tells the story of a family on the lookout for a fear, with the family dog in tow.
A 55-minute mini-musical, the show inevitably leads to the discovery of a big, brown, cuddly bear.
Diary of a Wombat plays GPAC on 12 August , based on the picture book of the same name.
Children from three-plus will be delighted to meet Mothball, the naughtiest wombat in Australia who created chaos for the humans around her.
Another book adaptation, Horrible Harriet, arrives at GPAC on 23 September.
Harriet lives in the roof of her school and keeps teachers chained in the cellar to do her homework – but all she wants is a friend.
Grug and the Rainbow rounds out the program on 21 October.
Also based on a popular picture book, the show will delight kids as Grug embarks on an epic journey to find a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp.
