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Box of Birds

Sunday · Sunday Shows

Birdlife Productions

When
10:00–10:30am · 30 mins
Ages
3–8
Where
Ridgway School Hall
Ridgway School, 120 Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021 (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Touch tour 9:30am. Audio described, headphones pre-booked with your ticket. Wheelchair accessible venue.
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a small boy table top puppet in a purple knitted sweater and hat with striped pants looks up an older woman puppet in a fawn belted coat and fawn and black tartan hat.

Peter and his grandma build a nesting box for Ruru, but Peter must learn to be patient and wait to discover who will eventually nest in his ‘Box of Birds’! The story introduces young children to the idea of supporting our precious manu and the different needs they may have. Hailed as “the cutest little show in Aotearoa” by Hamilton Arts Festival, this is an exquisitely produced puppet show with interactive songs and percussion, designed very specifically for young children and their whānau to enjoy.

Audio description is provided through a set of headphones for blind and low vision audience members (pre-booked through the ticket link). An optional touch tour starts at 9:30am.

Before you come

You can read, print or listen to these at home to find out what will happen at the show.

a small boy table top puppet in a purple knitted sweater and hat with striped pants looks up an older woman puppet in a fawn belted coat and fawn and black tartan hat.
Two fluffy baby owl (ruru) puppets peeking over a wooden nesting box, with a third owl looking out through its round hole

About the artist

Birdlife Productions Theatre for Children (aka Bridget and Roger Sanders) are an award-winning professional partnership with a passion for communicating a greater dimension of the world through Puppetry, Masks, Music and Storytelling. Based here in Pōneke, they produce original high-quality theatre using a hand-made low-tech aesthetic and intimate, sophisticated storytelling techniques, and are committed to creating shows for Schools, Kindergartens, Theatres and Festivals touring both nationally and internationally. Current touring shows are ‘The Boy with Wings’, ‘Box of Birds’ and ‘Aya and the Butterfly’. They initiated the re-establishment of the ‘Wellington Puppetry Festival’ in 2024.

Creative team

  • Roger Sanders, Maker, Writer, Musician and Performer
  • Bridget Sanders, Director, Writer, Maker and Performer
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