Grug single work   drama   children's  
Adaptation of Grug Ted Prior , 1979 series - author picture book
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Grug
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Grug began his life as the top of a Burrawong tree that fell to the ground. Resembling a small, striped haystack with feet and a nose, Grug is fascinated by the world around him and solves everyday problems creatively and without fuss.

'When dancing instructions are too difficult to understand, he invents his own dance and calls it "The Grug". When snails eat his cabbages, Grug plants more cabbages so there will be enough for both him and the snails. Source: www.windmill.org.au/ (Sighted 08/09/2011).

Notes

  • 'Grug' won the people's choice award for its production at the International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) showcase in January, 2011.

Production Details

  • A co-production of Windmill Theatre Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Out of the Box festival, the Australian premiere season at The Forge Theatre, Marryatville High School, 170 Kensington Road, Marryatville, Adelaide, 12-14 April, 2010.

    Director: Sam Haren.

    Scheduled to be presented by Windmill Theatre at La Boite Theatre, 23 June - 4 July 2020.

    Director: Sam Haren.

    Set and Costume Designer: Jonathan Oxlade.

    Composer and Sound Designer: DJ Tr!p.

    Cast: Elizabeth Hay, Tim Overton, and Ellen Steele.

    Production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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First known date: 2010
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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : Grug, Arts Centre Melbourne Isabelle Oderberg , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2024;
— Review of Grug 2010 single work drama

'An award-winning show based on a picture book creature.'
Grug's Grooving Back Liz Walsh , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 November vol. 30 November no. 2013; (p. 56)
Windmill Sails Full of Energy 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Artery , no. 15 2011;
Theatre Review : Grug, Arts Centre Melbourne Isabelle Oderberg , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2024;
— Review of Grug 2010 single work drama

'An award-winning show based on a picture book creature.'
Windmill Sails Full of Energy 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Artery , no. 15 2011;
Grug's Grooving Back Liz Walsh , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 November vol. 30 November no. 2013; (p. 56)
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