Bring along the whole family for a magic musical journey with the grandest band in the land

Following the success of The Owl and the Pussycat, comes a new favourite for our littlest theatre lovers, featuring Bryan Probets, Christine Johnston, Guitarist Karin Schaupp, Animator Andi Spark and Composer Quincy Grant.

Based on a beloved Brothers Grimm tale, The Grand Ragtag Animal Band is a whimsical 50-minute musically-driven theatre work for Families.

The tale begins with four animals at the end of their working life, who have long toiled at menial tasks. They have been unable to pursue what truly matters to them - making music. Donkey, Hound, Cat and Rooster set off to become musicians in the fabled town of Bremen. Along the way, the friends find renewed vigour for life through making music and overcome obstacles by working together.

This tale reminds us of the value of our oldest citizens in society. Age brings experience, wisdom and knowledge to find solutions. In our youth obsessed culture, it is a perfect tale for grandparents and parents to share with loved ones.

Venue Format
Theatre, Black Box Venue
Technical Rating
C
Touring Party
8
Considerations

Work in development. More info soon.

Little Match Productions is one of Queensland’s leading independent theatre companies, creating and producing high quality new Australian musical performance.

Based in Brisbane, Little Match is driven to explore our collective humanity via its most primal and intrinsically expressive media, the voice. We are insatiably curious to share and hear others’ voices, both literally and figuratively.

Our works traverse comedy-cabaret, opera, classical music and children’s productions, delivering high quality theatre to every member of the family. We develop, create and tour musical works that tell great stories of integrity and contemporary relevance, of women, society’s values and reflect on its growth and challenges. We are committed to tuning-in little ears to quality music through highly-accessible theatre to foster the next generation of music lovers and music-makers.

In rigorous collaboration with diverse artists, we have established a reputation for our unique ability to present classical repertoire and techniques in contemporary contexts. The foundation for each new work is ethical story-telling with integrity and contemporary relevance, high quality new music, ability to tour regionally and engagement of female creatives.

Company Website
littlematchproductions.com

Unique Selling Point

If you enjoyed the extraordinary music, humour and charm of The Owl and the Pussycat, this new work brings the team together again to deliver another musical adventure for our youngest audiences.

It’s a cross-generational tale for grandparents and parents to share with children It’s a page-to-stage work with a difference It features live musicians, as part of the action It features internationally-renowned Classical guitarist Karin Schaupp in a theatrical role Bryan Probets and Christine Johnston are Australian favourites in young audiences’ work It focuses on important themes of cooperation, perseverance, positivity and respect *The creative team is largely female

Marketing Materials

The Producer will be providing a new marketing pack format from 2020 for all productions. This will include collateral for multi-channel use and represents a full marketing strategy. This includes full media kit, social media materials, print templates, gifs, MRECs, video content, images and public relations materials. There will be customisable content, content creation assistance for presenters and a suggested schedule for implementation.

Community Engagement

The Producer is enthusiastic to engage in discussion with each potential Presenter to find ways to meaningfully engage with distinct audiences and find layered connections with each community.

There is a desire to tailor-make activities and opportunities to maximise relationships outside of traditional spheres.