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I Once Was A Tree

A journey through the wilds of aging.

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A three-panel room-divider screen is backlit with pink and purple light. A shadow of a cane chair is cast on the screen. A painted cardboard woman with red wavy hair leans out from the side of the screen and reveals her red stiletto at the bottom.
A small old lady puppet is looking down as she sits on a silver walking frame. She is wearing a white nightie and blue slippers with short yellow socks. Behind her is a bed covered with a red and white-flowers bedspread

Image Credit: Bonkel Theatre

A three-panel room-divider screen is backlit with pink and purple light. A shadow of a cane chair is cast on the screen. A painted cardboard woman with red wavy hair leans out from the side of the screen and reveals her red stiletto at the bottom.
A small old lady puppet is looking down as she sits on a silver walking frame. She is wearing a white nightie and blue slippers with short yellow socks. Behind her is a bed covered with a red and white-flowers bedspread

  • Created and Performed by: Bonkel Theatre

Nora is old, frail, and well, she lives in aged-care. She's not entirely happy about that! Humour and heartfelt reflection drive this emotional journey, with puppetry and song.

Creative Development with Kate Kantor (Direction) and Bron Pringle (Lighting Design) through City of Melbourne 2024 Annual Arts Grants - Development.

This work was further developed in a space managed by the City of Melbourne’s Creative Spaces program.

About Bonkel Theatre

Bonkel Theatre is the collaborative partnership of Melbourne artists Katrina Gaskell and Enio Pozzebon. They joined forces in 2017 to combine their extensive maker and musician skills. Add to that a slap of humour, a dash of quirkiness, and land in the devised world of Bonkel Theatre. Together they make work that has music and puppetry at its core that is playful and vibrant in its heart. They explore ideas that are local and everyday to create work that resonates with a diverse audience base. From stories about a stolen bike to an old lady in a nursing home, works by Bonkel Theatre span quite the range from giant to intimate, rollicking to reflective. Since forming they have performed in and around Melbourne and regional Victoria.

katrinagaskell.com

  • Duration: 30 minutes

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store is wheelchair accessible. The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock. If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock. Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building where the Corner Store is on your right.

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  • Full: $15.00

  • Concession: $10.00

  • Group 4+: $13.00

  • Extra Applause: $20.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

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Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 09 October 2024

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Thursday, 10 October 2024

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Friday, 11 October 2024

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Saturday, 12 October 2024

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Sunday, 13 October 2024

5:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

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