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'Experience a compelling and magical fairytale about The Grimstone family. There is a girl who reads dreams, a baby boy with three legs, a mother who sews garments lined with warmth and joy, and a grandfather who heals people with his magic potions. Hatched celebrates the wonder of books, the acceptance of difference, family love and the simple pleasures of life.
The story is told with giant books, old-world marionettes and sign language. Gertrude Grimstone (Asphyxia) and her assistant August (Paula Dowse), the delightful story-tellers and puppeteers, interact with the puppets and have their own role to play in The Grimstones fairytale.' (Source: http://www.judithwrightcentre.com/02_cal/details.asp?ID=687 )
The story is told with giant books, old-world marionettes and sign language. Gertrude Grimstone (Asphyxia) and her assistant August (Paula Dowse), the delightful story-tellers and puppeteers, interact with the puppets and have their own role to play in The Grimstones fairytale.' (Source: http://www.judithwrightcentre.com/02_cal/details.asp?ID=687 )
Production Details
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Performed at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts 21 June - 25 July 2012
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Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone
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'Hello, my name is Martha Grimstone. Shall I tell you my best secret? One day I'm going to be Lady Martha the Magnificent. I don't know what my special talent is, but I hope to find it any day now. I live in a grand old house in a valley full of rare and precious herbs, which my grandfather uses to heal and comfort people. But they haven't worked on Mama; she cries a lake of tears every night. If only I could get into Grandpa Grimstone's apothecary and work my very own spell!
'Hatched is a gothic fairytale about a girl who keeps her secrets safe between two pieces of cardboard, a mother who sews garments lined with love, and a giant egg that seems to take forever to hatch.' (From the publisher's website.)
Works about this Work
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Asphyxia's Tale Will Take Your Breath Away
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2012; (p. 9)
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Asphyxia's Tale Will Take Your Breath Away
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2012; (p. 9)
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