TRASH WITH A PORPOISE
A new, hilarious Trash Puppets adventure UNDER THE SEA
*****Trash Puppets and Packed House Productions are always a treat to work with. Their work is thoughtful, highly engaging and a laugh a minute while still hitting home with a great message of environmentalism and sustainability. (Geelong Arts Centre)
*****Trash Puppets and Packed House Productions are always a treat to work with. Their work is thoughtful, highly engaging and a laugh a minute while still hitting home with a great message of environmentalism and sustainability. (Geelong Arts Centre)
We are on a mission to save our oceans and we need your help!
Our fun, new sketch comedy show for children and families is a thrilling journey full of puppetry, clowning, song and of course, plenty of Trash!
Click Here to Express Interest in Having the Show at Your School.
Navigate the depths of our waterways - battling whirlpools, cracking jokes with a walrus and learning how we can reduce our impact through everyday actions!
Featuring a whole host of new, original trash puppet characters, including Crabs, Sea Slugs, Penguins, a Sea Horse & a Puffer Fish, who join our Porpoise and starring character “Merf”, students will be mesmerised by the diversity of sea creatures and the stories, song and jokes they share.
Trash with a Porpoise has the format of a sketch comedy show with short, punchy, sometimes hilarious sketches, whilst exploring the themes of marine waste, and how we can take positive steps to help it.
The show includes participatory elements, where students will be called upon to help, including call and response, and even inviting some audience members to help us in the show!
With a cross curricular focus on sustainability and the performing arts, this performance is suitable for school students in Years Prep to 6, and families.
“Absolute MUST SEE of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, don’t miss this gorgeous show” (Annie Junor, In Review)
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“Absolute MUST SEE of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, don’t miss this gorgeous show” (Annie Junor, In Review) ******
Presenters & Programmers
To enquire about booking Trash with a Porpoise for your venue or festival in 2023/4
please click here to email Producer Jen from Packed House Productions
“I’m a classy man with a finely tuned radar for the arts, so I was surprised to be giggling like a schoolkid while a trash-manatee did his best dad jokes.”
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“I’m a classy man with a finely tuned radar for the arts, so I was surprised to be giggling like a schoolkid while a trash-manatee did his best dad jokes.” 〰️ 〰️
Trash with a Porpoise Creative Team
Directed by Jhess Knight
Produced by Jen Gay, Packed House Productions
Originally Presented by La Mama for Kids
Puppets by Jhess Knight and Mads Hillam
Performers: Jemima Eva, Joseph Lai and Julia Landberg
Stage Manager/Director’s Assistant: Mads Hillam
Lighting Design : Tom O'Sullivan
Images by Jarryd Bravo & Darren Gill
The 2023 Remount of the show has been generously supported by the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development Fund.
The Original Production was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
