AustLit

'Chloe and Hassan are under suspicion for stealing money while feeding the class Axolotl. Sent outside to work out who’s responsible, the unlikely pair find they have something in common. Each of them has been forced by their parents to leave their respective homes and face life as the new kid at school.

'As their personal histories are revealed, Chloe hears the incredible first-hand account of a 12-year-old boy who’s travelled alone, thousands of kilometres across land and sea, for a better life.

'Is the discovery of Hassan’s back story enough to save him from Chloe’s desire to protect her position in her new-found friendship group?'

Source: Windmill Theatre.

'A slightly sideways tale about unexpected friendship, finding where you fit and learning to mix it up a little.

'In Mort’s Village everything has its place, every day is the same and everyone likes it that way. Until one morning, crash, boom, bang… down comes Beep.

'What is this annoying interruption to Mort’s breakfast molly melon, who is this noisy robot girl, and how will she find her home?

'With Windmill’s trademark design, gentle storytelling, music and puppetry, Beep tells the story of what happens when someone new comes to town.' (Production summary)

'It is the 22nd century in central Australia. Everyday life is basic in this future world. The post climate change environment demands that skills for living return to the way they were for thousands of years before that fast-paced period of just 10 generations, which resulted in global warming and the near destruction of the planet. Eva and Roam have fallen in love and they face a life and death predicament as they run from an unseen enemy, because of their wrong-skin marriage.'

Source: Adelaide Festival Centre website, www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au (sighted 10/05/2010)