After a short introduction into the functioning of contraptions, participants will build in small teams their part of a room-sized chain- reaction installation out of recycled components. 
Each team is responsible for one section of the whole mechanism. Equipped with a building sheet, the participants start transforming a pile of apparent random stuff into a working component of the whole machine in a process of creative thinking, tinkering and experimentation.
Once all assembled and connected, the kids learn to preset their part, eliminate mistakes and explain the functioning of their section to the others. After that, off we go: once triggered there is no stopping of the chain- reaction (at least in a perfect world) till the big final surprise: it ends as a lolly shooting machine!

Creativity, problem solving, precision, learning through doing, communication and team work are encouraged, while children gain some hands-on understanding of the ‘cause and effect’ principle.

• Suitable for ages 5 - 12+
• Bookings are limited
• Payment is required to secure a place

Loose Ends: Out-of-the-Ordinary Visual Theatre set in a Wondrous Tinkering Heaven

Makers, creators, and story lovers; dive into a theatrical adventure that feels like the magic box of a bygone trickster!

Journey to an eccentric place where gadgets are poetic, puppets naughty, machines untamed and circus tricks pop up when you’re least expecting it! This is a world where music appears from lemons, carrots and bunny’s bums, monsters go crazy and birthday parties are ferociously celebrated.

Loose Ends is the story of a man who thinks he can organise all his life in boxes, and has a knack for getting into mischief. Can this tinkerer learn enough about real friendship to keep him out of trouble?

This breathtaking show is highly visual, emotional and unpredictable. It makes inventions and machines fun and adds a few quirky edges to puppetry.

Bookings & Enquiries

Shanna Muston, Arts & Cultural Advisor, Banana Shire Council
Phone:4992 9500
Email: enquiries@banana.qld.gov.au

The Queensland tour of Loose Ends is coordinated by Red Chair. Red Chair is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.