Gallery Kids Sunday performances 2012

    • Free, fun performances for children and adults

      For kids, Performance

Exploring art through drama, storytelling, music and mime.

As well as the performances listed here, there will be special performances on:

  • Sunday 29 January as part of our Chinese New Year celebrations: see Chinese zodiac stories
  • Sunday 13 May as part of our Open Weekend

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

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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.

    • 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

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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

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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

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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.

    • 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

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      Theatrical storytelling with Bronwyn Vaughan.

    • Aditi and her rickshaw

      Sunday 24 June 2:30pm – 3pm

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      Theatrical storytelling, song and music with Bronwyn Vaughan