A dose of HICCUPS comes to Murwillumbah

The acclaimed Windmill Theatre Company returns to Murwillumbah Civic Centre on September 5 for its exciting new production, Hiccup!

The South Australian theatre company, already known to audiences with their award-winning puppet works Grug, Grug and the Rainbow and Beep, now present their latest work of art with Hiccup by Jude Henshall and Ellen Steele. Combined with masterful puppets, colourful sets and rollicking music, Hiccup is great entertainment for the entire family.

Hiccup is a hilarious rocking musical extravaganza about working together, finding friendship and curing the hiccups.

It’s a perfect, balmy night in the outback. A sleep-deprived camper, a cheeky quokka and an inventive emu awake to discover a koala has come down with a stubborn, loud case of the hiccups. The three embark on an epic journey through the night that sees them frantically eat, sing and invent their way towards a hiccup cure for koala.

 “Before we started writing Hiccup, we knew we wanted to bring a contemporary Australian perspective to a puppet show for children,” said Jude and Ellen.

 “The American influences from our youth, like The Muppets and Sesame Streetsit in a special place in our hearts. Hiccup gave us the opportunity to bring a contemporary Australian take on what we loved from our childhood and create the show we would have wanted to see as kids. We wanted to speak directly to Australian children and reflect back to them their environment and the incredible animals which inhabit it. As artists, we are passionate about creating new Australian stories as a tool to better understand ourselves and our place in the world.

Hiccup is about working together and finding new friends in unlikely places. It’s hard to try new things if you aren’t feeling brave, or you haven’t had enough sleep, but if you try your best then sometimes great things happen. Hiccup reminds us not to give up, that a bright new day is just around the corner and new friends are just a “hi’away”.

The exciting soundtrack, produced by award-winning composer Ross McHenry, was recorded on 2” tape to give it an authentic 70s aesthetic.

Windmill Theatre Company is supported by the Government of South Australia and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Hiccup is presented by Murwillumbah Theatre Company at 5.30pm on Tuesday, September 5 at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre Auditorium. Tickets, at $10 for adults or children, are available at www.murwillumbahtheatrecompany.com.au. Or use this link to go straight to Trybooking

 kvfub4bc@murwillumbahtheatrecompany.com.au  Tickets are also available at the door