Best-selling author Andy Griffiths’ much loved book The 26-Storey Treehouse comes to life at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs next week.
Araluen
Arts Centre director Tim Rollason said the 1pm show on Friday 5 June is already
sold out but tickets are still on sale for the 6pm stage adaptation of the
best-selling book.
“This
original stage adaptation of The
26-Storey Treehouse follows the highly successful stage production of The 13-Storey Treehouse, which premiered
in 2013 to critical and audience acclaim and completed a major national tour in
2014,” Mr Rollason said.
“Much
loved characters Andy and Terry return, along with their friend Jill and the
mysterious Hector Houtkop.
“And
with another 13 Storeys, you know what that means…
“More
INVENTIONS – like the 78 flavour ice-cream-dispensing robot and the brain
bamboozling Maze of Doom (not to mention the self-inflating underpants) and
more things to go WRONG – not least of which is the very real possibility that
the entire show is a complete and utter disaster.
“Will
Andy and Terry push Jill to her absolute limits? Who is this shady Hector
Houtkop, with a really bad pirate accent? And what about ALL THOSE PIRATES?”
Adapted
by award-winning playwright and author Richard Tulloch (The Book of Everything,
Bananas in Pyjamas) under the artistic direction of Julian Louis and directed
by Liesel Badorrek, The 26-Storey
Treehouse is part of an extensive national tour, brought to Alice Springs
by children’s theatre geniuses, CDP Productions.
“The 26-Storey Treehouse play — like the
book — extends and deepens the fun that began in The 13-Storey” says author Andy Griffiths, who has won more than 50
children’s choice awards and been on the New York Times bestseller list.
“It's
crazy and ridiculous AND it's got a pirate with a wooden head! Who could ask
for anything more?”
Proudly
supported locally by 783 ABC Alice Springs, a 2015 partner of the Araluen Arts
Centre, The 26-Storey Treehouse is a one hour show
best suited for children aged 6-12, and their teachers, parents or carers.
Ticket
prices are $20 for adults and children and are available from the Araluen Box
Office on (08) 8951 1122. Go to www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au for more information
about the Araluen Arts Centre.
Media note – for more information / interview contact Tim Rollason on 89511126.
Image:
James Lee, John Shearman and Freya
Pragt in The 26-Storey Treehouse. Photo: Sasha Bradbury
