Unfortunately, this performance has been cancelled. Please contact the box office if you require further information.

CANCELLED: Riverlinks and Little Wing Puppets present A Little Bit of Blue Part of the 2023 Family Series

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When: Tuesday 27th of June, 2023, at 10:30am to 11:10am
Where: Riverlinks Eastbank - 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton
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Cost: Full $19.00
Group (6+) $16.00 each
Contact: Riverlinks Box Office: 03 5832 9511

CANCELLED: We regret to announce that this performance has been cancelled. All ticket holders will be contacted shortly and refunded in full. We apologise for any disappointment.

Family fun: A detective story, told with puppetry, where you help solve the case.

A Little Bit of Blue is an interactive environmental detective story, told with puppetry. As well as unravelling a mystery, it involves learning about the unique habits of an extraordinary Australian animal, the Satin Bowerbird, and their fascination for the colour blue. It is a fun frolicking mix of Detective Noir, slapstick, with some interesting facts thrown in.

Mavis’s world is turned upside-down by small disappearances. Something has gone missing and is nowhere to be found. Mrs Hooley has been looking everywhere. But it’s not just today. Every day a new thing seems to disappear. Little things. A $10 note. Clothes pegs. A ball of wool. It’s troubling at first, but the thief then takes it one step too far

Mavis calls in a Detective to investigate. The Detective, Harry McGee, an adorable fool, makes a mess of the investigation, and the children love always being one step of ahead of him. They set a trap for the burglar. A stake out is required. In the dead of night, and the Detective indeed finds something peculiar.... The children’s role is to help him solve the case.

Jenny Ellis, a puppeteer of more than twenty years, weaves the whole mystery together, sometimes playing three characters at once. The young audience will gasp with surprise, sigh with the sadness, shout in outrage, cheer with triumph, and dance with joy as they follow the sneaky bowerbird on his journey to find love.