The Events Centre presents a Born in a Taxi production.
for anyone who has ever cherished a beloved toy!
Lights! Cameras! Action! Set within a film shoot, layered with live projections, Melbourne theatre company Born in a Taxi thoughtfully and hilariously reimagines this 100 year old children’s story by Margery Williams. Please bring your own favourite snuggly toy to the show! This is a show where the toys are in charge on stage and your own special guest toy is a VIP.
One of those rare stories that dares to tease out complex themes of loss and love in a way that allows children to connect with them, The Velveteen Rabbit is about a toy rabbit who becomes real…but how did it happen? In the hands of Born in a Taxi, the story is infused with dynamic audience participation, music, live stream video and projections layered into the work that play with multiple scales and give the audience the perspective of a child. Playful, visual and poetic.
A must-see for families and anyone who has ever cherished a beloved toy!
“This is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece of work” – Anne-Marie Peard, Smart Arts with Richard Watts on Triple RRR Radio
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Creatives
Writers, Creators, Performers: Penny Baron Carolyn Hanna, Fiona Roake
Co Direction: Lily Fish Theatre
Set Design & creation: Miriam Ceh & David ‘Splatt’ Rosenblatt
Lighting & AV Design: Robert Brown
Animation: Vanessa White Media
Songwriting and composition: Fiona Roake
Costume: Nick Barlow
Music composition: Michael Havir
Born in a Taxi acknowledge Emily Barrie for the design concept development, Merophie Car for outside eye, Iresha Herath for initiating this project, Monash Performing Arts Centres for commissioning the work, Creative Victoria for supporting its development and Margery Williams for writing The Velveteen Rabbit in 1922.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
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