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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Created for and by children, this exhibition featured a giant puppet, music, dance and children's stories.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Tom takes his special egg and counts 1,2,3 and before him stands Dimity, whose pockets are filled with bells, shells and seeds. Together they enter into the garden for some fun, games and adventures.
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Date: 14th June 1996
Description: Specifically designed for young audiences, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter presented a moving performance that provided insight into culture through song.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: All shadows live in the mystical House of Dancing Shadows, but something is wrong. Only the audience can rescue the shadows from their fear. Play Shadows was an in-theatre performance that also f...
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Date: 15th June 1996
Description: The Imogen Children's Chorale, an internationally renowned choir, performed at Out of the Box 1996.
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Date: 11th June 1996
Description: The Mathemagician practices her mysterious art of counting, measuring and calculating. When the dangerous Flabbafamish comes out of hibernation and the Mathemagician goes on strike, it is up to t...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: A double performance inspired by the children's books with the same titles. Little Piggies follows ten little pigs who decide to have a party and A Sausage Went For A Walk tells the story of Tim'...
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Date: 12th June 1996
Description: Inspired by Alison Lester's children's book Ruby, Dance North created Scary Snakes and Other Stuff. The audience follows Ruby and her flying quilt, Betsy on an adventure.
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Date: 11th June 1996
Description: Across Out of the Box 1996, there were free forums held in the afternoon. These forums covered a variety of topics such as blurring the boundaries between artists and educators, how the arts can ...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Tony's Imaginary Circus Troupe featured a magician, trapeze artist, juggler and acrobat, who performed a series of comical blunders to make children laugh.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Children were able to board the 'Jolly John' on the Brisbane River with Capt'n Cutlass and his First Mate. On board, they learnt about pirate culture, made a pirate memento and were part of a sea...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Kid's Village was a seven-day world of activities and merriment. Running alongside Out of the Box 1996, the Kid's Village featured activities including art activities and a giant sand pit, as wel...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Picturebook land was a collection of free literary activities that were designed to encourage children to read pictures and view words.
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Date: 14th June 1996
Description: Multi award-winning author, Margaret Mahy read from selected books and told stories about her writing process.
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Date: 15th June 1996
Description: Giant Mural was a collaboration between a number of illustrators. Together over five hours they created an amazing picture for visitors to Out of the Box 1996.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Billbar Puppet Theatre was one of six exhibitions featured in Out of the Box 1996. Created by Barbara and Bill Turnbull, these hand-crafted marionette and rod and glove puppets were originally to...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: The Web: Children's Art was one of six exhibitions featured in Out of the Box 1996. Visual artists Raquel Redmond, Sara Butcher and Susan Poggioli worked with students from the following state sc...
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Description: Together Under One Sun was one of six exhibitions featured in Out of the Box 1996. Displaying a collection of children's drawings, Together Under One Sun, showed how children from China viewed th...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: The Enchanted Tree was a rainforest installation featuring a giant tactile fig tree. Led by Queensland Museum educational staff, children could learn about the environment through storytelling. T...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: The Bunyip and the Night was one of six exhibitions featured in Out of the Box 1996. The exhibition displayed original "Bunyip" artworks from picture books, animated film and memorabilia.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Fiona and Osker both have ideas about what has happened within the chair. But Mychair knows more than both of them could ever know. Mychair was a disability friendly show developed by Kite Theatr...
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Description: The naughty angels of the six senses, the Sensationals, frolic with Drean Creatures in the most unusual places. This participatory performance featured dance, music, theatre and clowning.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Little Miss Muffet is trying to put on her own performance of Hey Diddle Diddle. But the Dish runs away the spoon! She chases them through a giant story book where other puppet characters jump to...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Poems Between My Ears celebrated the poems, songs and stories of Bill Scott, Queensland's living folk poet.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: A grandmother tells her children about the story of a young Aboriginal girl who finds herself away from her family. In search of her clan, the young girl journeys back to her birthplace, facing s...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Carlos the Cane Toad decides to travel the highways of Australia with his swag. He is searching for a true friend and on his way, he meets some unusual characters.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Wake Baby made its world premiere at Out of the Box 1996. Combining puppetry, acrobats, objects and ropes, Wake Baby, was a visual theatre performance for children of all ages. Wake Baby follows ...
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Date: 12th June 1996
Description: Castles in the Sky follows a "star-catcher" who rescues fallen stars and restores them to the sky. Incorporating magic, original music and highly skilled clowning, Castles in the Sky tells the st...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: The dance company, Expressions, adapted Babette Cole's book, Prince Cinders. This story was a comical and gender reversed adaptation of the Cinderella fairytale.
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Jessie Hanrahan finds a rare 1937 penny and her parents are thrilled because they can pay off their debts. But Jessie spends the money on an old sailing ship and enters her family in a round-the-...
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Date: 12th June 1996
Description: This was the Australian premiere of Japan's Taiko Drummers. The Taiko Drummers combined agility, tradition, dance and music to create a dynamic piece of musical theatre.
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Description: The East Meets West gala concert was opened by guest artists the Taiko Drummers. Sarah Odgen accompanied by the Queensland University Symphony Orchestra narrated The Carnival of the Animals by Ni...
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Date: 13th June 1996
Description: Chamber orchestra, Kazzoo, were joined by Mem Fox for a narration of Wombat Divine. The story of a Wombat and his bush friends as they prepare for the annual bush Christmas nativity.
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Date: Between 10th June 1996 and 16th June 1996
Description: Out of the Box 1996 was the third iteration of QPAC's festival for children. The festival's theme was MYTHS, LEGENDS AND DREAMING, inspired by the cultures from all over the world and their story...
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Date: 17th June 1994
Description: Music To My Eyes explores the concept of colour through acting, singing, contemporary dance and music.
