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A hand holding a wooden hand that is reaching down in darkness to yet another hand reaching up. This looks sort of like the God meeting man painting on the roof in the Sistine Chapel.
A scene from Tree of Dreams. Duane is sitting on a bed off to the right with a guitar in hand singing. In Center stage there are 2 puppeteers holding a pawn piece that represents "the Child" and are passing it each other while a camera man is filming this and live projecting the scene to large surface at the back.
A puppeteer holding two small disco balls that represent the eyes of a creature. He is moving them in front of a pawn piece on a table that represents a child.

Tree of Dreams

Tree of Dreams is an intimate, cinematic theatre experience blending live music, object storytelling, shadow play, and projection. Inspired by The Little Prince, The Alchemist, and Where the Wild Things Are, the show follows a boy growing up in government housing who has forgotten how to dream — but the universe conspires to help him remember.

Through evocative visuals, transformed everyday objects, and original live music, Tree of Dreams explores what it means to keep dreaming when circumstances tell you not to — and how imagination can become an act of survival.

Created by Duane Forrest in collaboration with artists behind the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 sell-out shows Book of Dew and Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World, Tree of Dreams offers a visually rich and emotionally resonant journey where reality and inner worlds blur.

SHOW DETAILS
Run time: 45-60 minutes
Recommended for ages 8 and up. Some scenes may be intense for younger audiences.
Content warnings: Loud sounds, flashing lights, haze effects
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Performed / Created by: Duane Forrest
Co-Directors: Connor Lifson, Sid Zhang
Live Projection: Andrew Shozo Okada
Stage Design: Kenzie Kupyn
Puppet Design: Sid Zhang & Lana Tleimat

 

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Music • Puppetry
Canada • Australian Premiere
 
Sat, 21 Feb - Sun, 22 Mar
 
60 min
 
The Gallery at The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum
 
PG (1 Warning)
 
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