Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show - Rose Myers (Director)

Dec 8, 2020

Rose Myers, award-nominated artistic director known for Windmill Theatre Company, led the stage adaptation of Bluey. She discusses adapting Joe Brumm’s story for live theatre. Puppetry design and the challenge of visible puppeteers come up. Music by Joff Bush and bringing Brisbane’s spirit to the production are highlighted. Touring plans and the return of live theatre are also covered.

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Puppetry Reimagines Bluey For Live Action

Translating Bluey to stage required reimagining characters as large emotive puppets rather than costumes.
Rose Myers worked with designer Jonathan Oxlade and year-long prototyping to capture TV fidelity plus movement for action-driven scenes.

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Show Puppeteers To Celebrate The Craft

Embrace visible puppeteers to showcase puppetry as an art form and communicate emotion.
Rose advises building performers' fitness and using varied puppet forms like ibis and shadow puppets for theatrical richness.

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Kids Notice Set Detail More Than Adults

Faithful set detail matters because children spot and expect recognisable locations like the Heeler house and yard.
Rose notes the show moves through multiple rooms and the tree and yard must feel iconic to kids.

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After a year of disruptions that saw the cancellation of Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show earlier this year, the production will be launching its national tour, kicking off at QPAC in Brisbane on December 22nd through to January 10th 2021.

The great news is that due to COVID restrictions being lifted, QPAC can operate at 100% capacity, which will mean fresh tickets being available shortly. Sign up to their waitlist to get the word on when the tickets drop!

A brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children's television series, Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show features an original story by Brisbane’s own Bluey creator Joe Brumm and new music by Brisbane based Bluey composer, Joff Bush.

Thanks to our friends at QPAC we spoke to Rose Myers who is the director of Bluey's Big Play.

Rose Myers is the Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre Company, an award-winning national performing arts company based in Adelaide, South Australia. A multi-Helpmann Award nominated director, her productions regularly visit leading stages and festivals around Australia and the world, including the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne’s International Comedy Festival and New York City’s New Victory Theatre.

Her directing credits for Windmill include the multi-award winning Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz, Fugitive, School Dance, Big Bad Wolf and Girl Asleep.

Prior to Windmill, Rose was the Artistic Director of Arena Theatre Company and also the Artistic Director of Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Out of the Box Festival in 2010.

Rose has worked independently for ABC Television, Back to Back Theatre Company, Victorian College of the Arts, Queensland Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company.

In 2006, she was a Creative Director for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.

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