Lucy dreams of being an artist but her parents have other plans. Her high-energy adventure takes us into the mystical world of the Flying Boy and Ladybird. Here, creatures of the air clash with the terrestrials in bravura feats of aerial derring-do and astonishing acrobatics.
Perth-based Sally Richardson directed the 2009 NICA production Rhapsody and counts among her credits The Flying Fruit Fly Circus production The Promise, which featured in the Sydney Festival in 2009 and won a Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children; The Drover’s Wives which toured Shanghai and Beijing in 2007; and the production Alice, which featured in the Melbourne, Perth and Sao Paulo International Arts Festivals. Richardson has been the Artistic Director of Steamworks Arts Productions since 2001.
Richardson is delighted to be working once again with NICA’s final year students and teachers. “Such a talented and dynamic circus ensemble of this size is unique in Australia. The show is going to be a celebration of the imaginative, youthful, energetic, vibrant creative arts scene that is unique to Melbourne,” she said in a statement.
Lucy and the Lost Boy has a strictly limited season at NICA’s National Circus Centre in Prahran from June 13 to 23. This one is for all the family and a treat for audiences to see future stars of the circus world as they launch themselves into the stratosphere of their careers.
You can view a clip of Rhapsody below.
Tickets for Lucy and the Lost Boy can be bought here on the NICA site.
