OUR BOOK WEEK SHOW IS NOW AVAILABLE!
“Come with us for a magical adventure, as we explore the 2023 Book Week Books – and see them come to life!”
We’re celebrating Book Week 2023 with a performance showcasing this year’s nominees! An overview of the 2023 CBCA Book Week books, presented as an interactive show. Philip has just been invited to the 2023 Book Week Party, but he doesn’t know what costume to wear. Luckily, there’s a very studious Book Worm on hand to help him decide. He considers lot of costumes, based on short-listed and nominated books from the year, but what will he finally decide on?
This show aims to give as broad a view of this year’s nominees as possible, to encourage children to read ALL the 2023 books and celebrate all the authors. By the end of the show, you’ll want to get your hands on as many books as you can – and even act them out yourself. Our show is a celebration of both reading and participation in performance.
HOLIDAY PROGRAM PERFORMANCES
2023 Performances for Libraries, Festivals and Holiday Programs
Carp’s School Holiday performances provide 45 minutes of high-energy, interactive fun for all children from 3 to 12 – and their parents!
Select from the following Eleven Shows:
LAUGH TILL YOU SNORT!
New for 2023! Super Dooper the Superhero is performing his seriously good act tonight! But his sidekick Bendy Banana is sure to lead our hero’s act down a slippery slope! A side-splitting show to make you ROFL (roll on the floor laughing)! (Available from the April school holidays onward)
THE T-REX TEA PARTY!
Join us for a T-RIFIC T-Rex Tea Party! Dance with the Diplodocus! Sing with the Stegosaurus! With cute dinosaur puppets, dress-ups, magic tricks, music and a story about a cheeky dinosaur, there’s plenty to see on the way. So sharpen your teeth, practice your roars, and let’s all pretend to be dinosaurs! It’s a dinosaurumpus!
DREADFUL DRAGONS!
King Cranky Pants’ court is in an uproar! Sir Lee, his famous Knight, has disappeared and a fierce fire breathing dragon is heading straight toward his castle! He needs a hero to save the day!
FAIRYTALE FEAST
See some popular fairytales come to life in this show full of fairytale food! Includes the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’
YOU’RE A SUPERHERO!
What makes a superhero? Mind blowing powers? Super cool suits? No! Anyone can be a superhero! Our Super Dooper Superheroes will show you there’s a superhero in all of us!
BOOK WEEK 2023!
Come with us on a magical adventure, as we explore the 2023 Book Week Books! The theme for Book Week 2023 is ‘Read, Grow, Inspire’ (Available from August 2023)
ZOO PARTY!
Come along for a trip to the zoo! We’ll see a big tiger and a cute orangutan too! Slither with the snakes, bounce with the kangaroos – you might even see a snappy crocodile or two! Step this way everyone, please – but watch out for the cheeky monkeys!
CHEEKY LITTLE MONSTERS!
Monsters can be sweet, giggly, stinky, spooky or cheeky. Which kind of monster do you like? Make a Boo Stew! Learn the Monster Mash! Join us for a Monster Hunt! It’s spooktacular! (Available from July 2023)
SPACE ADVENTURE!
Professor Poe-Face Sirius’s seven-hour speech about Outer Space is a snooze… until some cheeky aliens come along and ROCKET! (Available from July 2023)
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR!
Grab your teddy bear and join us for a bear show full of magic, songs and stories about bears. New for 2023!
THE CHRISTMAS MIX-UP!
Help! Jingle Bell the Elf has mixed up the 2023 Naughty and Nice lists! Help her save Christmas… before it’s too late! (Available from November 2023)
*NOTE: Please be advised that a cancellation fee of 30% of the total cost applies to any show cancelled within 30 days of the booked performance. If the cancellation occurs within seven (7) days of the performance the fee is 50% of the total cost. Confirmation of booking is undertaken on the understanding that this fee is applicable.
FEATURED SHOWS FOR EARLY 2023!
THE T-REX TEA PARTY!
“Join us for a Dino-Mazing T-Rex Tea Party! Sharpen your teeth, practice your roars, let’s all pretend to be dinosaurs!”
Our crowd-pleasing Dinosaur show is back for 2023, incorporating all the fun and magic of the prehistoric world, with opportunities for children to join in the performance and develop skills such as characterisation and speaking before an audience. It’s laugh-out-loud fun for everyone! Join us for a Dinosaur Hunt, dance to dinosaur songs, and take part in a story about a very loud and cheeky Pterodactyl!
It’s Steg-tacular!
ZOO PARTY!
“Welcome to the Hullaballoo Zoo! There are so many things to see and do! You can visit lots of amazing animals, including exotic birds, friendly bears and Gertie the Orangutan, who is always giggling. Mr I M Cuckoo is here to show you around… but something’s wrong. The animals are sad, and they need something to cheer them up. Can you help make them smile again?”
“Zoo Party!” is a fun introduction to the animals of the world, as we take a tour of the Hullaballoo Zoo to cheer up all the animals. There are reptiles, jungle animals, Australian bush animals, birds, bears and more! There are lots of dress-ups and parts to play for children from the audiences, songs to sing and dance to, funny jokes, and a story to join in. There’s even some magic! It’s the perfect start to the summer for children aged 3-10, and a wonderful way to celebrate all the diverse animals of the world.