Gallery Kids Sunday performances 2012

    • Free, fun performances for children and adults

      For kids, Performance

Exploring art through drama, storytelling, music and mime.

Note

There are sometimes changes to scheduled performers and we suggest you check the website close to the date. There will be no performance on Sundays 23 and 30 December 2012.

Sundays, 2.30pm

Free

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court

    • Look at me: what do you see?

      Sunday 8 January 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 12 February 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 4 March 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 25 March 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 11 November 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 2 December 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Join the Gallery character Pertinos from the planet Boomdiddy Vostock as she takes you on a journey through modern and contemporary art. Written by Geoffrey McSkimming. Directed by Robina Beard OAM. Performed by Tara O’Sullivan. Designed by Virginia Naylor.

      28 October performance interpreted into Auslan

      sign language

    • Interactive art

      Sunday 15 January 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 22 January 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 26 February 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 11 March 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 17 June 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 22 July 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 19 August 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 14 October 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 16 December 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Imaginative, explorative, improvisational storytelling with Open Stage Productions through the Gallery’s modern collection.

    • Commedia dell’ Arte

      Sunday 5 February 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 18 March 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 15 July 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 12 August 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 16 September 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 18 November 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Meet a cast of carnival characters in a lively puppetry performance with lots of laughter and mischievous action with Dennis Murphy.

    • Didgeridoo dance

      Sunday 19 February 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 6 May 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 8 July 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 4 November 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Share songs, stories, dance and music with the Aboriginal performer Matthew Doyle.

    • Floating on a sea of stories

      Sunday 1 April 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Join performer Bronwyn Vaughan for a delightful mix of contemporary and traditional stories from Japan, blending beautiful costumes, puppets, props and music.

    • New, next, now

      Sunday 8 April 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 22 April 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 29 April 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Join the Etcetera Duo for a performance filled with mime, magic and illusion as they ‘unpack’ contemporary art. Performed by Russell Garbutt and Julia Cotton.

    • People and portraits

      Sunday 15 April 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 20 May 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 27 May 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 3 June 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Be inspired by well-known children’s illustrator David Legge and learn how to draw your own portraits.

    • On a far away mountain

      Sunday 10 June 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 29 July 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Theatrical storytelling with Bronwyn Vaughan.

      29 July performance interpreted into Auslan

      sign language

    • Aditi and her rickshaw

      Sunday 24 June 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 9 December 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Theatrical storytelling, song and music with Bronwyn Vaughan.

    • Gert by Sea: my album, my country

      Sunday 1 July 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Join our Gallery character Gert by Sea on a lively tour of the Australian galleries, specially written and created by children’s author Geoffrey McSkimming. Directed by Robina Beard, performed by Crystal Hegedis.

    • The art of drawing

      Sunday 5 August 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 26 August 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Be inspired by well-known children’s illustrator David Legge and learn some special drawing techniques.

      26 August performance interpreted into Auslan

      sign language

    • When camels could fly

      Sunday 2 September 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Traveller’s tales from the Silk Road told through theatrical storytelling, song and music with Bronwyn Vaughan.

    • My Sauce Good

      Sunday 9 September 2:30pm – 3pm

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      My Sauce Good perform songs with a French flavour in this special interactive music show inspired by the exhibition Eugène Atget: old Paris.

    • You beaut!

      Sunday 23 September 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 30 September 2:30pm – 3pm

      Sunday 7 October 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Join the Etcetera Duo for a performance inspired by the Australian art collection. Filled with mime, magic and illusion, this special performance has been created exclusively for the Gallery. Suitable for children of all ages. Performed by Russell Garbutt and Julia Cotton.

      30 September performance interpreted into Auslan

      sign language

    • No performance this Sunday

      Sunday 21 October 2:30pm – 3pm
      CANCELLED

      Sunday 28 October 2:30pm – 3pm
      CANCELLED

      Sunday 23 December 2:30pm – 3pm
      CANCELLED

      Sunday 30 December 2:30pm – 3pm
      CANCELLED

    • Interactive art

      Sunday 25 November 2:30pm – 3pm

      Read the description

      Imaginative, explorative, improvisational storytelling with Open Stage Productions through the Gallery’s modern collection.

      Interpreted into Auslan

      sign language