Sensorium Theatre, Australia’s leading theatre company making work specifically designed for young audiences with disability and their friends, invites children to roll the dice and set out along a safe, exhilarating pathway into the unknown. Inside a giant puzzle-box of illusions, kooky-carnival friends with magic in their pockets lead audiences into an immersive multi-sensory wonderland of fantastical large-scale projections, strange tiny delights and infectious live music.
Every child’s curiosity is celebrated and rewarded with wondrous surprises. The discovery is the journey. As boxes reveal boxes within boxes each child is given the opportunity to find a magical version of themselves. Inside the Wonderbox micro moments of whole worlds in a matchbox lead into macro universes where everyone, their face reflected in the stars of the Milky Way, is revealed as wonderful!
After more than 12 years of connecting, engaging and captivating thousands of young audiences with disability nationally and internationally with their magical multi-sensory immersive shows, Perth-based Sensorium Theatre continues to break open barriers to truly inclusive arts experiences with their most ambitious show yet. Wonderbox aims to be accessible to all children and every child (and the child in everyone) is invited to look inside the box and find their rightful place.
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ACCESSIBILITY
- The show is created for children with all abilities and is fully accessible for wheelchair users
- The performers use multi-modal communication including key signs, natural gesture, visual symbols and minimal verbal language.
- Participants are encouraged to be involved in the show through dancing, making and sharing their thoughts and ideas
- Participants can explore the space at their own pace
- Participants can exit the show and re-enter when they are ready to re-join
- Participants can touch anything within the space
- Please note: Wonderbox is a show specifically for children and young people with disabilities, and will be adapted based on the access requirements of individual audience members. Ticketholders will be contacted closer to the performance for the attendees specific access requirements and how to best accommodate these within the show.
Enhance your experience by using Wonderbox’s online preparatory materials available here. These resources will familiarise you with the story, characters, songs and storytelling methods, resulting in a more enjoyable show experience.
Wonderbox has received significant public and private support including the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body; the WA Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; Cassandra Gantner Foundation, Wind Over Water Foundation, the Australian Culture Fund, Spinifex Trust, JEM Foundation and Arts Impact. The world-premiere of the work was commissioned and presented by Perth Festival. Wonderbox is produced by Performing Lines WA.
