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Crabbing at High Tide single work   drama   children's   Indigenous story  
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Crabbing at High Tide is an adaptation of books by indigenous writers about family life. It follows a father and son on a crabbing expedition... Together they remember traditional stories as well as yarns about growing up in regional WA. The play draws on other published texts ...including Crabbing at High Tide, Dabu the Baby Dugong, and Bip the Snapping Bungaroo.' Source: Publishers blurb
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Crabbing at High Tide
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'It's crabbing season in Broome and Errol is excited! His uncle is coming home to visit from his big-time job in New York, and Dad and Uncle Carl are all set to take him out in the boat to search for the biggest and best mud crabs. Little does Errol know that he will have to rescue them from the mud crabs as well as a way too curious crocodile in a day like no other. Real and mythical creatures are brought to life using music, puppetry and storytelling.' http://www.perthfestival.com.au/festival/ (Sighted 21/02/05).

Notes

  • Barking Gecko Theatre Company, creators of children's theatre, and Magabala Books, publishers of Indigenous Australian works, have come together for this collaborative theatre project.

Production Details

  • Performed at the Scented Gardens, South Perth Foreshore 14 February - 5 March 2005, as part of the 2005 UWA Perth International Arts Festival. Director: Justin Cheek.

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First known date: 2005
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Works about this Work

Tide of Creativity Too Deep for Youngsters Victoria Laurie , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 February 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of Crabbing at High Tide Grahame Gavin , 2005 single work drama ; Aqua Sapiens : Mission Inconspicious Shaun Tan , 2005 single work drama
Tide of Creativity Too Deep for Youngsters Victoria Laurie , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 February 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of Crabbing at High Tide Grahame Gavin , 2005 single work drama ; Aqua Sapiens : Mission Inconspicious Shaun Tan , 2005 single work drama
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  • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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