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'Do you think a boy bird can sing a girl bird’s song?
'A dark fairytale for grown-ups, a song cycle, a thrilling piece of solo performance, Little Bird is a gripping story of how people can transform many times over the course of a lifetime.
'Commissioned by State Theatre Company and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Little Bird looks at the journey of young boy, Wren, from his parents’ isolated cottage all the way to the lights of the big city. Along the way a series of startling transformations occur, blurring the lines of identity, gender and reality as Wren searches for self, for love and for a place to belong.
'Little Bird has been created especially for Australian stage legend Paul Capsis by multi-award winning playwright Nicki Bloom (Tender, Land and Sea) and features songs by Cameron Goodall (The Audreys) and Quentin Grant (When The Rain Stops Falling) who collaborated on the Adelaide Cabaret Festival hit, You Me and the Bloody Sea. The production will be set in the fading Edwardian grandeur of Her Majesty’s Theatre and promises to be a rich and powerful theatrical experience. It's sure to be one of the highlights of the 2014 Adelaide Cabaret Festival program.
'Drawing upon fable, mythology and song to create a compelling dramatic and musical journey, Little Bird will leave you transported, uplifted and with tears in your eyes.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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Presented by State Theatre Company in association with Adelaide Festival Centre. Performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide: 6 - 22 June 2014.
Director: Geordie Brookman.
Composers: Cameron Goodall & Quentin Grant.
Set Designer & Lighting Designer: Geoff Cobham.
Costume Designer: Ailsa Paterson.
Musical Director: Quentin Grant.
Choreographer: Larissa McGowan.
Dramaturg: Julian Meyrick.
Sound Designer: Jane Rossetto.
Associate Lighting Designer: Chris Petridis.
Cast: Paul Capsis.
Band: Belinda Gehlert, Harley Gray, Jonathan Sickerdick, and Dylan Woolcock.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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One Little Bit of Help, Man
2015
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 July 2015; (p. 21) -
Paul Capsis on Little Bird and Three More Modern Fairytales
2015
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 January 2015; -
Original Capsis Flies High
2014
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— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 15 June 2014; (p. 94)
— Review of Little Bird 2014 single work musical theatre -
Little Bird Review - Paul Capsis as Master of Song and Story
2014
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 June 2014;
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Outstanding Capsis Makes Little Bird Fly
2014
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— Appears in: The Australian , 12 June 2014; (p. 15)
— Review of Little Bird 2014 single work musical theatre
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Outstanding Capsis Makes Little Bird Fly
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 June 2014; (p. 15)
— Review of Little Bird 2014 single work musical theatre -
Little Bird Review - Paul Capsis as Master of Song and Story
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 June 2014;
— Review of Little Bird 2014 single work musical theatre -
Original Capsis Flies High
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 15 June 2014; (p. 94)
— Review of Little Bird 2014 single work musical theatre -
Paul Capsis on Little Bird and Three More Modern Fairytales
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 January 2015; -
One Little Bit of Help, Man
2015
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 July 2015; (p. 21)
Awards
- 2015 winner AWGIE Awards — Music Theatre