JUNK

Download the programme for JUNK here. 

An ordinary boy, covered head-to-toe in safety gear, prepares to ride his bicycle. Then, out of nowhere, he is sucked back in time to the 1940s. There, in an abandoned junkyard, he meets a gang of kids wild at heart, whose boundless enthusiasm urges him to play as children once did: without inhibition and free from adult supervision.

Propelled by a cast of talented young performers, this vibrant take on childhood tumbles headfirst into a world of play and imagination through circus skills and acrobatics, beautiful shadow puppetry and a moving sense of nostalgia for a time when young people were encouraged to take risks and weren't wrapped in cotton wool.

Bring your children and embolden them to invent their own fun – and maybe inspire them to unleash their inner circus acrobat, too. 


EXTRA
Come early and experience pre-show performances by New Zealand circus theatre company The Dust Palace, or book in for exciting circus workshops. 

Top-of-the-Heap: Experience giggles, contortion, adventures, tea parties and awesome pirate battles in The Dust Palace's free pre-show circus performance installation. Top-of-the-Heap start in the foyer 45 minutes before every JUNK show. FREE entry

Kids' Circus Skills Workshops (for ages 4-12): Small group workshops for kids to learn tumbling, juggling, balancing and other fabulous circus skills. Numbers are strictly limited. Tickets $10. Click here for details

Click here for NZSL performance details
Click here for relaxed performance details  

Flying Fruit Fly Circus artistic director Jodie Farrugia talks to Radio NZ about how JUNK asks challenging questions about when kids should be given the chance to take risks, and discover their own boundaries. Click here to listen