Escape from Plastika in Glebe Park

FREE performance for young families! Escape

From Plastika is a fun and educational dance and theatre performance by award winning dance company Australian Dance Party, Canberra (Ngunnawal).

With the help of their mission recruits (that’s you), Dance heroes: Alpha, Delta and Pi, time travel to the year 2109 to planet Plastika – formerly known as Earth, and otherwise known as the local park. Tasked to find ways to lessen a most unwelcome makeover to beloved planet Earth, discover your own power to change the future.

Join us on an imaginative and active mission using dance and theatre to explore the problem of plastic!

WHEN: Saturday 7th June 11am & 1pm
WHERE: Glebe Park, Canberra City

BONUS FREE WORKSHOP:

12-12:45pm: For infants and primary aged kids & families exploring dance and making with plastic!

"It was fabulous! It was interactive, factual, funny, engaging both physically and thought provoking”

"Amazing. Please do more kids concerts"

"Perfect way to engage kids in environmental conversations and share an important message. Loved the setting and interactive format. Well done everyone!"

Created by Alison Plevey, Alana Stenning, Olivia Wikner, Ryan Stone.
Performers: Alison Plevey, Patricia Hayes-Cavanagh, Gabriel Sinclair
Costume and set: Aislinn King
Dramaturgy: Karla Conway
Sound design: Kimmo Vennonen and Joe Oppenhiemer
Sound Op: Olivia Wikner

Escape From Plastika was developed with assistance from the Canberra Theatre Centre and Ainslie Primary School.

This event is supported by Inspiring the ACT, ANU and the ACT Government.