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Special Delivery single work   drama   children's   humour   fable  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Special Delivery
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'"Special Delivery" is an urban fairytale about a deliveryman, who is lured out of the busy-ness of his daytime world back into the mysteries and possibilities of childhood play and imagination.

'This wordless visual comedy features a foley artist who provides the music and sounds that orchestrate the story of a deliveryman who, in attempting to make a delivery, finds himself lured into a quirky, Tati-esque world where ordinary objects are imbued with mystery and magic. The journey beguilingly unfolds as the boxes and their contents make connections that draw him, clue by clue, back to the wonders of his childhood, beckoning him to reconstruct the lost joys of his own parenting.

'In an enchanting finale, the "Delivery Man" is packed into a small box and delivered through the previously impenetrable warehouse door, back into a life of new possibilities and priorities. And so a Special Delivery is made.'

Production Details

  • Produced by Patch Theatre at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Dunstan Playhouse, 9-13 January 2008. Followed by productions in Sydney, Melbourne and Port Augusta, also during 2008. Director: Dave Brown.

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Works about this Work

You're Never Too Old for Magic Jacqueline Williams , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 August 2010; (p. 9)
You're Never Too Old for Magic Jacqueline Williams , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 August 2010; (p. 9)

Awards

2008 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards Best Production for Children Nominated for the 2008 Patch Theatre production.
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