The Bookbinder
They say you can get lost in a good book. But it’s worse getting lost in a bad one… An old man sits down to read the tale of a bookbinding apprentice. As his words fill the room, the story slips off the page and into the workshop around him.
The Bookbinder is a dark fairy-tale brought to life through inventive puppetry, paper art, shadow play and atmospheric storytelling, echoing the imaginative worlds of Coraline and The Labyrinth.
First performed in the back room of a second-hand bookshop, this award-winning production has since travelled the world – from the attic of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s oldest bookbindery to New York’s Lincoln Center.
A one-man performance from Trick of the Light Theatre, made for readers, dreamers and bookworms alike.
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| Date | Times |
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| Thu 23 Apr |
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| Fri 24 Apr |
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| Sat 25 Apr |
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Location 
Arts Centre Melbourne, The Show Room
100 St Kilda Rd
Southbank 3004
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