Wombat stew

Following the success of the adaptation of Possum Magic into a children’s musical theatre, which in 2008 toured to over 40 theatres to over 80,000 patrons, Garry Ginivan Attractions’ is at it again with another Australia children classic, Wombat Stew.

In this new production, which has been stage adapted by Helpmann Award-winning duo Gary Young and Paul Keelen and produced by children’s musical theatre impresario Garry Ginivan; it retells the 1984- instant-hit Aussie fable (sold more than 350,000 copies Australia wide) of a dingo who catches a wombat and decides to make wombat stew, but his attempt was cleverly foiled by a group of native fauna into a 60-minute musical theatre with story-telling, mime, music, dance and puppetry and loads of audience interactions.

Touring around the country at almost 50 venues for this year alone and boasting a series of 150 performances, the play is set beautifully in the Aussie bush equipped with a few well-crafted props, including a free-standing caravan, a couple of gum trees, gallon drum, and even a clothes line; and performed by a cast of six highly entertaining singing and dancing troupe wearing wonderfully coordinated “dress-up” costumes that highlight their unique personalities with their animal characters. Despite high expectations, the performers did manage to stimulate their highly-distracted audience with high energy performance and vibrancy as well as well-timed audience exchanges. Although I would have liked to hear the sound of the buzzing flies on audio, the beauty of this adaptation is that it gave the audience (especially with kids) the idea that may be they could try to try retell their favourite story on their own with their friends.

Well-suited for children aged 2-8 years, Garry Ginivan Attractions’ Wombat Stew makes a great school excursion or a special treat for that little one or two.

Wombat Stew

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