Paper Planet

by Polyglot Theatre

Dates: 22–27 June 2027
Venue: Glasshouse Balcony Foyer, QPAC
Duration: 60 minutes
Ages: Ages 3+
Year levels: Kindy to Year 3
Learning areas: The Arts

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Overview

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that families find inspiring and utterly captivating.

Children and families are invited into a forest of tall cardboard trees and after exploring the space, they add to this strange and delicate planet using only paper, tape and their imaginations. Theatre and play merge in this magical place, as creatures, plants, costumes, characters, stories and adventures spring to life.

Paper Planet grows as more families visit, and every session is truly unique as imaginations go wild. Children choose how they interact with the performers and the space; some find themselves absorbed in quiet making, and others prefer to play and explore.

Paper Planet is child-led, deeply involving and highly sensory, and sure to delight the whole family.

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience that students find inspiring and utterly captivating.

Students and their educators are invited into a forest of tall cardboard trees and after exploring the space, they add to this strange and delicate planet using only paper, tape and their imaginations. Theatre and play merge in this magical place, as creatures, plants, costumes, characters, stories and adventures spring to life.

Paper Planet grows as more classes visit, and every session is truly unique as imaginations go wild. Children choose how they interact with the performers and the space; some find themselves absorbed in quiet making, and others prefer to play and explore.

Paper Planet is child-led, deeply involving and highly sensory, and sure to delight the whole school.

Polyglot Theatre is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

About Polyglot Theatre

Polyglot Theatre is a world-renowned contemporary theatre company based in Melbourne/Naarm making exceptional arts experiences for children and families. Its unique brand of theatre encompasses a wide variety of forms and is shared with audiences everywhere, from the world’s most prestigious theatres to the football grounds of regional Australia.

Polyglot’s artistic and philosophical approach of child-centred practice has earned the company a strong reputation at home and abroad as a leader in the theatre for young audiences (TYA) sector, celebrated for creating distinctive, participatory and inclusive works that are playful and conceptually rigorous. Access is fundamental to Polyglot’s work; the company is driven by the right of all children to experience growth and resilience through creative play.

For families

Workshop dates and times

Running time: 60 minutes

Tue 22 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Wed 23 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
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Thu 24 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Fri 25 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Sat 26 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
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Sun 27 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon

Accessibility

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience. There is no English language barrier, and it can be entirely non-verbal.
You choose how you interact with the performers and the space. You can move around as you like.
You can come and go from Paper Planet at any time.
Paper Planet does not use bright or flashing lights. It incorporates live music, and a soundscape played through speakers embedded in the set.

Access at Out of the Box

For Educators

Workshop dates and times

Running time: 60 minutes

Tue 22 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Wed 23 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Thu 24 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Fri 25 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Sat 26 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon
Sun 27 Jun
- 9:30amComing soon
- 11:30amComing soon
- 1:00pmComing soon

Accessibility

Paper Planet is a universally accessible experience. There is no English language barrier, and it can be entirely non-verbal.
You choose how you interact with the performers and the space. You can move around as you like.
You can come and go from Paper Planet at any time.
Paper Planet does not use bright or flashing lights. It incorporates live music, and a soundscape played through speakers embedded in the set.