Return to the Village

03/02/2024

We’re excited to share a new project from one of the village creatives!

Storyteller, Helen Lawry, will be premiering her show, I Spy With My Little aaahhh! in the beautiful surrounds of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

Check it out, snap up some tix and get ready for the Adelaide Fringe!

I Spy With My Little Aaahhh! Remember when cars had ashtrays and no air-con? I Spy With My Little aaahhh! is an original interactive children's show that tells the story of a family’s car trip from the furnace of February to the coolness of the Dandenong Ranges. At a roadhouse the ....

16/02/2023

Highly recommended show - Party for Two presented by local storyteller, Helen Lawry. See details below. ❤️

16/01/2023

Today is the day to buy tickets if you’re planning to check out Party for Two at the Adelaide Fringe! $5 off full price tickets! See details below!

Today only! $5 off full-price tickets to see Party for Two at the Adelaide Fringe with the Lumo Energy SA Flash Sale! Be quick, tickets are limited.

Join us at the Adelaide Botanic Garden for a Fringe show designed for children who like to make and do.

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/party-for-two-af2023

02/11/2022

While Return to the Village is taking a break for next year’s fringe, we’re very excited to tell you about a new project in the works from one of the village creatives! Storyteller, Helen Lawry, will be sharing a new interactive children’s show, Party for Two, in the beautiful surrounds of the Botanic Gardens. Check it out, like the page and get ready for fringe fun in 2023!

We are VERY excited to announce that Party for Two is the recipient of an Artist Fund for the 2023 Adelaide Fringe! 🥳

We can’t wait to share this interactive, outdoor children's show with you, set in the beautiful Adelaide Botanic Garden. Designed for children who like to make and do, Party for Two celebrates imagination and collaboration while also inspiring nature play.

Stayed tuned as we share more over the coming months in the lead up to the amazing Adelaide Fringe!

22/05/2022

We love every chance we get to share our village with others so it was an absolute joy to perform for the at Adelaide Festival Centre Program yesterday.

Here are some snaps from the day. Thank you to all the families who came along and helped make it such a memorable day.

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12/05/2022

So excited to announce that Return to the Village will be part of the Families at Adelaide Festival Centre Program on Saturday 21 May (yes, election day)!

We’re running two free performances (11am and 1pm) and there’s also a post-show craft workshop which you can participate in to make a real day of it!

Come be part of our magical pop-up village in this immersive role-playing theatre experience.

One day only at the Adelaide Festival Centre with limited places for this free event - register now so you don’t miss out! 😀

A playful, interactive and immersive storytelling experience where children create their own village.

20/03/2022

Wait.... what? OMG! We just won the 2022 Adelaide Fringe Award for BankSA's Best Kids and Family show! 🥳

So thrilled and excited. 🎉 Massive thanks to the wonderful, hardworking cast and crew. 🤩

This show is all about participation and so we thank all of the wonderful audiences who came along and created our village. We couldn't do it without you. ❤️

Adelaide Fringe City of Adelaide

05/03/2022

We have now SOLD OUT our 11.30am session.

Only TWO shows left to buy tickets - 9.30am and 1.30pm. Get in quick! 😊

Adelaide Fringe

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/return-to-the-village-af2022

05/03/2022

ONE day to go. THREE shows only.

This is it people. Tomorrow is your last chance to get your village on. ❤️

Sunday 6 March - 9.30am / 11.30am / 1.30pm

Adelaide Fringe

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/return-to-the-village-af2022

04/03/2022

As the writer, producer and director, Marina Barbaro loves nothing more than to craft stories and create shared experiences. She has produced children’s theatre for the Fringe Festival, City of Adelaide and City of Charles Sturt Council. She has studied writing for performance at Adelaide Uni and professional writing at the Adelaide College of the Arts where she received an Arts Excellence Award upon graduation. This is what she likes best about working on Return to the Village:

“This show is my heart on a plate. I love watching families come into the space and seeing them transported to another place as the stress or busyness of their day melts away. It’s great seeing the parents become as invested as the children as they jump into the village world.”

04/03/2022

Todd Pursche is our Technical Director. He specialises in pre and post-production across film, radio, TV and theatre. You’ll often find him up a ladder setting lights, behind a mixing desk or troubleshooting all the things that go wrong. Outside of the village you’ll find him at Flinders Uni providing tech support to screen and media students. This is what he likes best about working on Return to the Village:

“I see their faces light up when they’re doing their roles, I see joy, confidence and enthusiasm and it gives me hope for the world.”

04/03/2022

Bianca Barbaro is a fibre artist who has created a bespoke macrame installation for the village. Her work has included a number of commissions from curved booth screens at the Palais in Semaphore to a rope bridge for a bookstore, and a Kookaburra costume. This is what she likes best about working on Return to the Village:

“The wonder in the kids’ eyes as they become engrossed in the story and tasks is beautiful. They are deep in thought, they have a mission, and they work with their fellow villagers on the task at hand, much less restrained from the rigidity of social structures and inhibitions we can become burdened with as adults.”