Cirrus@Austlit

'Join 8 year old Grace and her family on their adventurous and often funny expedition around Australia!

'Following CDP's successful national tour of Magic Beach, Alison Lester AM's classic book comes to life on stage, with songs, fun, (and quokkas!) for children aged 3-10 and their adults.

'From the team behind The Gruffalo and The 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses, this new adaptation from multi-award winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer is a celebration of family, love, and the diversity and beauty of Australia.'

Source: Production blurb.

'It was Joanie’s Mum who sang the bedtime songs. Now she’s gone and Joanie can’t sleep. Encouraged by her dad, Joanie begins to tell a bedtime story of a village where sleep has ceased to settle.

'Can a young girl guide her community to the safety of Mount Torg Berg? Can the songs return, and can Joanie and Malley finally find sleep?'

Source: Production blurb.

'It’s the year 2030 and there is an immediate climate crisis. With little choice remaining, world leaders make a collective, pragmatic decision to save the planet. For an entire year, all 8.5 billion humans on Earth will hibernate.

'Gas will be launched into the atmosphere and the human population will be immediately plunged into a deep sleep, leaving the natural world to reset. The reset of the human world is not what was expected.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.