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Samuel Paxton has to share a house with his very moody family. And he hates it. So he heads out to the shed which is full of all the electrical things that his family has ever broken and thrown away – and he knows how those things feel. There are teles with no picture, and radios with no noise, computers that have holes in them. There are phones that will not call you, and records that won’t spin. There are microwaves in early graves…..so he started fixing. For a year people wondered what went on in the shed, until one day Samuel emerged. He had fixed everything.

But there is boring fixing – where you make a thing be able to do what it did before. And there is magic fixing – where you make a thing better than it ever was……

Terrapin’s new show is about the power of imagination. Using contemporary multimedia and electronics, digital puppetry and powerful performances to create magic , the show tells the story of a boy who lives in an imaginary world of mechanical wizardry but emerges from it to embrace his family.

"Kruckemeyer's funny, intelligent script keys straight into (the Kids's) capacity for slipping effortlessly in and out of make-believe mode....

..... Puppets, props and set are all wonderfully loopy, and the puppetry itself - whether physical or virtual - offers moments of genuine surprise and joy....

....(the Director) stays true to pushing at the boundaries of puppet-based visual theatre, but his exceptionally innovative show never loses sight of the power of a strong story, imaginatively told...."

Ellie Court, The Mercury, 11 June 2009

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Frank Newman
Writer: Finegan Kruckemeyer
Production Design: Rachel Lang
Puppets and Props Design: Greg Methé
Performed by Sabrina D'Angelo and Jeff Michel
Sound Design and Music: Fred Showell
Video Animation: solidorange.com.au
Lighting Designer: Reuben Hopkins

The Tasmanian school tour is supported by Aurora Energy. The public performances were presented in association with the Theatre Royal and supported by The Mercury.

For fun games and activities for Kids with Sparky, Aurora’s Electrical Safety Officer, click here