Muckheap is a colourful show full of delightful puppetry. Funny, fast and fantastically messy, Muckheap is a tale of two people trying to clean out their shed for hard rubbish day. In the process they find everything that they thought was junk is too interesting, useful or too full of memories to throw away. When memories and characters take over, the audience is swept up with the junk into a fabulous storytelling frenzy. While the ‘keep' pile gets bigger and bigger, they find themselves telling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk - with a twist. In the end, all good intentions are joyfully discarded in favour of a rich and exciting life. Junk will never look the same.
Slipping from throwing out junk to creating characters with consummate ease, this show displays the awesome power of the puppeteer. It also invites children to become their own story makers and encourages imaginative play through whatever you have at hand. Muckheap has toured to festivals, schools and theatre since 2001 and is enjoyed heartily by adults and kids alike.
Muckheap Teacher Resource
Muckheap teachers kit - Adobe PDF file (download).
Muckheap Technical Specs
Length of Show - 45 minutes - no interval
Audience - Children 4 -12 years and families
Technical Needs - Power (including appropriate transformers / plugs when appropriate)
Lighting - Plan provided - in-house rig sufficient
Sound - Sound CD playback required
Stage Requirements - 5m x 5m for performance area, minimum height of 3m (Theatre) Thrust or proscenium, Black curtains, Clear, smooth black floor, Indoor with no incidental sound
Set up time - 4 hours with lighting (if pre-rig is in place), 6 hours (if no pre-rig is in place)
Pack up time - 2 hours
Freight: Road- The physical production fits into most standard vans.
- Program and Operations Manager
Seeking an experienced, motivated and dynamic Program and Operations Manager to work closely with Artistic Director (Sue Giles) and Executive Producer (Simon Abrahams) in the implementation and realisation of Polyglot’s annual program nationally and internationally. Read about the Position Description.
- 2009 Annual Report
2009 was a fantastic year! Polyglot performed 155 performances of 7 works, 4 community engagement projects, 2 creative developments and 431 workshops, reaching a total of 57, 338 children. Read all about it in our latest annual report.
- City of Riddles creative development continues
City of Riddles artists have been busy this week.
- Polyglot's global assault continues...
2010 is turning out to be our busiest touring schedule ever - Check Out! and Tooth & Claw in Korea, We Built This City in UK and Ireland plus Muckheap returns to Melbourne at Chapel Off Chapel. More in the latest enewsletter.
