Kids Activity - Casula Powerhouse

TheatreWay Out West Children’s Festival6 7This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries,This Girl Does NothingWednesday 26 September, 10am and 12.30pm | $12Ages 6+Once upon a time… and twice upon a time… and thrice upon a time… a girlwas born.’.12-year-old triplets are left in the forest by their woodcutter father. From thispoint of great sorrow and uncertainty, three resolutions are made – one sisterwill walk one way, one the other, and the third will stay right where she is.Twenty years later – having circled a globe, fought Vikings, crossed oceans,toppled lighthouses, tamed wilds, braved horrors and achieved greatness – thetwo wanderers find themselves returned to the forest of their abandonment,the forest where a third sister waits.Written By Finegan KruckemeyerDirected By Noel JordanDesigned by Alicia ClementsA must seeperformancefor childrenWay Out WestFestival for Children11-14 July 2012 | FREEWOW Festival for Children caters to the diverse interests and needs of childrenin the West and South West Sydney region.By working closely with locally and nationally recognised artists andcompanies, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has produced a contemporarychildren’s festival that will engage and inspire children and their families.The program includes premiere performances, films and hands on artmaking workshops in an atmosphere designed to explore and encouragecreativity and imagination.Bookings essential for all WOW Festival events. Visit www.wayoutwestfestival.comfor more information. Bookings open 4 June, 10am.The Democratic Set by Back to Back TheatreFilming and Participation | Tuesday 23 – Thursday 25October | Times vary | FREEFilm Screening | Saturday 27 October | 7pm | FREEDance Party | Saturday 27 October 6 – 9pm | $10 | CarersFREEWhat do you do with difference, in regard to equality? Ignore it, mark it,suppress it, smooth over it?The Democratic Set is a rapid series of short live performances andscreen-based video portraits created in collaboration with communities. TheDemocratic Set explores the belief that all people are, in principle, equal andshould enjoy social, political and economic rights and opportunities.Participants are invited to bring along an idea for a performance, a prop orcostume or come just as they are, to create and film the idea in 16 seconds.Performances will then be edited together to make a film that premieres atCasula Powerhouse Arts Centre’s Dance Party for all Abilities.Please email performance@casulapowerhouse.com to reserve your sessionor call 9824 1121.Filming and Participation dates at Casula Powerhouse Arts CentreTuesday 23 October, 2pm – 5pmWednesday 24 October, 10am – 4pmThursday 25 October, 3 – 9pmRandom Musical by Troupe du Jour13 July, 1pm | 14 July, 10am | All Ages | FREETotally spontaneous, totally improvised and totally hilarious! RandomMusical sees kids aged 5-12 and their families decide what happens on stage!Your ‘random words’ inspire every twist and turn of the show, propelling ourbrilliant cast into uncharted storytelling and musical theatre territory.Don’t miss the smash hit of last year’s Melbourne International ComedyFestival from the creators of Spontaneous Broadway.“This is a real kid pleaser. And the adults will get a big laugh out of it, too.”Herald SunPaper Planet11 to 14 July | 9.30am, 10.45am, 12 noon and 2.30pmAges 5 – 12 | FREEPaper Planet is a site specific installation in which children encounter astrange paper world, to which they add, adapt and create.From the makers of the 2011 interactive hit Tangled Web, Polyglot Theatrewill turn children into paper characters as they explore an out-of-this-world,constantly changing play space. A live soundscape transports everyonefurther into the world of delightful paper creatures and objects whilst workingtogether to create and add to a fantasy Paper Planet.Concept and direction Sue Giles