A bearded man looking fearfully over the top of a paper model of a streetscape resting on an open book, alongside a drawing of a young woman with a scarf on her head.

23 – 25 Apr

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.

Date	Times
Thu 23 Apr	6:30pm - 7:25pm
Fri 24 Apr	6:30pm - 7:25pm
Sat 25 Apr	2:00pm - 2:55pm 6:00pm - 6:55pm

Accessible toilets
Assisted listening
Audio description
Auslan interpreted
Companion card accepted
Mobility access
Quiet spaces
Service animals
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