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WHALEBONE is an entertaining and unusual show, melding gadgets, video animations, stop motion, contraptions, circus, flying objects, computer generated visual effects and lots of fun!Featuring dazzling video and computer animations, flying objects and a pinch of circus, this richly visual theatrical experience takes kids and adults alike on a roller-coaster ride.
WHALEBONE is filled with eccentric contraptions, strange machinery and clunky inventions, including the world’s first half- human juggling machine!
Nestled in the mysterious ‘Depository’, meet a lone worker with a mission. In a world where AI and machines are going rogue and making more and more decisions for us, he tries to safeguard human stories, memories and emotions.
Laugh out loud, gasp in awe, and let your imagination soar. Whalebone will ignite the curiosity of young aspiring inventors, as well as everyone who loves stories and wonders.
It invites audiences to ponder the role of technology in our lives, sparking conversations about what really defines us as humans.
“This is the kind of show your kids will love. It is full of junk, fantastical objects, artificial intelligence, drama, thrills and puzzle solving.” – Samsara Dunston ★ ★ ★ ★
“WHALEBONE’ is a real imagination buzz from start to finish. This is a perfect show for everyone, no matter what age, to be introduced to wonder and imagination through theatre"
Janice Haynes, Forge Theatre and Arts Hub Manager
"WHALEBONE is smart, funny and inventive theatre. The show is a wonder; fabulous entertainment for young people from a broad range of ages, with much to enjoy for their adults. Jens has found a sweet spot in exploring a complex idea whilst providing a thoroughly enjoyable hour in his company. It's terrific fun with many ideas to take home."
Graham Coffey, Independent Arts Administrator
"WHALEBONE is a clever, witty , endearing work about the recollection and passing on of precious memories and stories to future generations. A great, fun show for young people to consider the ethics and boundaries around coexistence with artificial intelligence."
Jodee Mundy, Fuse Festival, City of Darebin
"I wish your inventions could be made real and we could collect and save memories that we touch, live with, connect to and share them. I just want to say thank you for being you, so creative and generous and bringing to life an idea that I wish looked like and worked like you showed today in WHALEBONE."
Mandy Ellerton, Audience member and Grandmother
“In Whalebone Jens Altheimer has created something very special. Whalebone is visually delightful; the recycled contraptions, inventions, cleverly used technology and magic combined with juggling and clowning are totally mesmerising and engaging.
Yet through all of this wizardry and physical theatre there is a show with real heart that shares an important message without any didacticism.
This is undeniably a show for all ages, with as much to connect adults and children. It is a show to make you smile and laugh, to be surprised and delighted.
Most of all it is a show to make you empathise with the human dilemma and with our responsibility to the world around us and all that is animate and inanimate within it.”
Stephen Champion, Manager, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs, NT, Australia, Northern Territory 0870
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