A vintage Australian children's book, long out of print, has been brought back to life through a magical new composition and dance theatre work for this centrepiece event of QMF 2011.
Two of Australia's top-tier creative practitioners - composer Elena Kats-Chernin and director/choreographer Rosetta Cook - have together crafted a new interpretation of the 1922 whimsy, The Little Green Road to Fairyland.
This world premiere work comprises an exquisite musical score enhanced for live performance by dance, movement, physical theatre, song and narration.
Featuring the stunning vocals of Katie Noonan and narrated by Christine Johnston, this QMF commission blurs conventional boundaries of "family entertainment" with its simultaneous embrace of make-believe storytelling and contemporary music supplemented by dance.
The tale is set against an Australian bush backdrop and tells of a fairy questing to return from the mortal world to Fairyland after relinquishing fairyhood for human form.
Live on stage, the QMF Chamber Ensemble conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams, performs Kats-Chernin's exquisite score while Brisbane's leading dancer/performers help tell the story through Cook's enchanting choreography.
Inspired by its delicately water-coloured source material, the performance will be presented with a charming lo-fi 1920s theatrical feel evoked by footlights, shadow play and period costuming.
Important Information:
Haze and strobes will be used during this performance.