Goldfish - Darwin Festival

A solo puppeteer is performing a fable for children, when suddenly a team of disaster recovery workers bursts into the theatre to transform it into an evacuation centre.

Reality and fantasy collide in this ground-breaking collaboration between celebrated Tasmanian puppetry company Terrapin and Japan's Aichi Prefectural Art Theater. Everyday items are transformed through the communal magic of suspended disbelief, coming alive to tell the tale – a blue tarpaulin becomes a surging ocean; bags of rice become sandbags to hold back a flood.

Goldfish is a dynamic, inventive performance – a game of eye spy on stage.