Keeping Aussie kids fit and heathy! An interactive and fun performance for children and families!

Tuesday 9 April | 11am | GPAC Little Theatre

Snowy is becoming more beautiful every day and The Wicked Queen is not happy! She has decided to send Snowy away, to get rid of her, once and for all. 

The Magic Mirror has warned The Queen this is a huge mistake – Snowy is beautiful on the inside and the outside- everyone loves her. The Queen isn’t listening and orders The Hunter from the Palace to take Snowy into the forest and leave her there forever!                  

Meanwhile, the Cool Dudes have decided it’s time they started making healthier food choices and doing some exercise.         

During this interactive production, kids will enjoy the opportunity of role-play as they are invited on stage to become a variety of characters- including The Cool Dudes- that love to rap! The off-stage action continues with singing and dancing for the rest of the audience. 

A timely piece of live theatre about making better food choices, while keeping kids fit and healthy! 

“...It is bright, colourful, happy and my kids were very entertained, they can’t stop talking about it. Bravo to all concerned, one thing-take some ear plugs as the kids become very, very excited”- Adelaide Fringe Festival 

A biological-musical-comedy-adventure — that explores the ins and outs of the human digestive system. 

Friday 25 October | 11am and 1:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

It’s true! YOU are a great big fleshy lump with a remarkable hole running all the way through your middle — your digestive system. 

Join biology teachers Oesoph A. Gus and Dewey Dean as they embark upon an utterly brilliant all-singing, all-dancing (and all-clowning!) exploration of every twisting tube and remarkable organ — with sketches, songs, and sensational science. Along the way you’ll encounter a frenzy of enzyme-powered ping pong balls, sing along with a rainbow collection of poop puppets, and witness the weirdest poetry performance you’ve ever seen. 

You Are a Doughnut is a ‘riot of fun’ (The Clothesline) and a ‘sure winner for the whole family’ (Glam Adelaide) — presented by the ‘masters of educational entertainment’ (Play & Go).  

It’s a little bit gross — and a ‘hole’ lotta fun! (You might even learn something...). 

2023 Adelaide Fringe Festival Science at the Fringe Award 

2022 Adelaide Fringe Festival Weekly Award: Best Kids and Family 

★★★★★ “…a sure winner for the whole family.” - Glam Adelaide 

How to Catch a Star

Wednesday 12 June | 10:30am and 12pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Once there was a boy and the boy loved stars very much. 

Every night he watched the stars from his window and wished he had one of his own. 

One day, he decided he would try to catch a star… but first he had to think of a plan… 

Based on the book by international best-selling author Oliver Jeffers, How to Catch a Star is brand new ACO Families production which will take you on a journey from awe and wonder, through perseverance to triumph. 

In a stunning adaptation by Sandra Eldridge, Jeffers’ magical tale about reaching for dreams will be brought to life on stage through storytelling and exquisite new music by Elena Kats-Chernin performed by an ACO string quartet. This enchanting performance will leave audiences of all ages filled with hope and optimism. 

"The music was fabulous, the set was perfect, the script was terrific and the actor was marvellous. I couldn't speak more highly of the whole experience..." (ACO Audience Member) 

Join the ‘Rekindled Systems’ artists for a FREE interactive workshop experience delivering ancestral knowledge on music making, dance, language and poetry.

Sunday 19 November | 2pm | GPAC Little Theatre

Building on the cross-cultural offering of the live concert series, you will receive direct insight and instruction from Allara, Olenka Toroshenko, Monica Jasmine Karo, Culture Evolves, and Corey Theatre into their honed expressive techniques.  

 

Open to all ages and capabilities, the 3-hour workshop will seek to place you inside the art forms central to the expression of the artist’s culture and communities, passed down through age-old knowledge sharing and now offered to you.  

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek..." 

Friday 25 August -  Saturday 2 September | GPAC Main Theatre

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there's more to the story than meets the ears. 

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek..." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand... and his name is Shrek. 

Shrek presents a treasure trove of creative opportunities, including costumes, sets, puppets (there is a fire-breathing dragon after all) and more! Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre. 

A high energy interactive show for kids aged 3 - 5 years.

SOLD OUT!

Thursday 6 July | 10.30am | GPAC Town Hall

Fun energetic and engaging circus show for young people aged 3 -5 years.  A mix of juggling, acrobatic and unicycling performance with hands on activities including a silly warm up, juggling challenges, and plate spinning.

Children will be engaged and laughing from start to finish! The show includes moments of quiet focus, eruptions of noise and excitement, moving and grooving. 

Circus Workshop for kids aged 6 - 12 years

Thursday 6 July | 1.30pm | GPAC Town Hall

SOLD OUT!

This is a fun and structured workshop that gives children aged 6 - 12 years a taster of a variety of circus skills. 

The instructor led workshop will have the children, laughing, being silly and making plenty of noise.  Everyone is guaranteed to achieve something, and everyone is guaranteed to be challenged. 

Participants will have the opportunity to learn skills including, juggling, diabolo, devil-sticks and spinning plates, plus a bonus unicycle demonstration!

Workshop accompanying adults attend for free.

Please contact Box Office on 03 5176 3333 if you're having trouble with workshop ticket purchases online.

Barry the Bunyip is a smelly fellow and all the bush creatures don’t let him forget it!

Saturday 24 June | 7.30pm | GPAC Little Theatre

The Fairy Queen has decreed that Barry the Bunyip has to leave his home, and he’s not happy about it!  

Bush Tale Bunyip is developed over the span of five months by a group of 30 young stars aged between 8 - 16, and will premier in the GPAC Little Theatre this June.

The Gippsland Youth Drama Workshop produces an original show with every group, based on the participant’s ideas for characters, plot and themes that are important to them. 

The audience will meet fairies, pixies, witches, brownies and of course a bunyip in a story that focuses on differences and acceptance and not judging books by their covers (or others by their smell)! 

The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes centre stage in one of the world's best-loved, award-winning musicals. Presented by Lavalla Catholic College.

Thursday 27 July | 7pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Friday 28 July | 7pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Saturday 29 July | 1pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

Saturday 29 July | 7pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Annie JR  features everyone’s favourite little redhead in her very first adventure. 

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. 

Annie JR  is full of classic songs likes “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”, “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here” and “Tomorrow”, and is sure to have audiences leaving the theatre singing them for days!  

This live edutainment extravaganza is jam-packed with all your favourite Pevan & Sarah  bangers.

Thursday 12 October | 10.30am | GPAC Main Theatre

Pevan & Sarah are on the road again bringing the joy of their music to delight audiences in theatres across the country. Audiences will sing, learn and laugh their way through a 50 minute adventure and have their little minds blown as they witness this dynamic duo come to life on stage.

This interactive performance will weave its way through many points of the literacy and numeracy curriculum as well as highlighting key early years experiences such as teamwork, social skills and managing emotions.

Together, the big friendly tiger and his pocket rocket bestie will rock the house with a performance that’s equal parts musical, educational, hilarious and downright FUN! Prepare your little ones for a show like no other and one they’ll never forget. So don your tiger ears, brush up on your favourite lyrics and get ready to rock because

Pevan & Sarah can’t wait to see you all!

Class Act Productions is back with Oliver! JR. A 60-minute version of the beloved classic Broadway musical, adored by generations.  Featuring a cast full of Gippsland’s most talented youth, this musical will have audiences begging for “more!” 

Thursday 13 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Friday 14 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Saturday 15 July | 3:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Saturday 15 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Sunday 16 July | 1:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Consider yourself at home with Oliver! JR., the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart's classic musical based on Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike. 

The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin.

When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family. 

Oliver! JR. is full of classic songs like "Consider Yourself", "Food Glorious Food", and "Oom-Pah-Pah", and is sure to have audiences leaving the theatre with them stuck in their head for days!