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Big news this month - we're thrilled to announce two more international tours of two works. Following its award-winning run at the Shanghai International Children's Theatre Festival in 2009, Check Out! will tour to Korea in May, to the prestigious National Theatre of Korea, and Nowon Theatre in Seoul, premiering on 4 May 2010, ahead of Korea's National Children's Day celebrations of 5 May. A last minute injury has made cast member Justine Warner unavailable for the tour, so we welcome Beth McMahon to the show, alongside Bruce Paterson and Mischa Long who have been touring with Check Out! since 2008. The trio will perform both Check Out! and our classic dinosaur actTooth and Claw.

Following Korea (and our January tour to Pittsburgh), we are proud to announce a third international tour this year: Check Out! has also been selected as part of the Hong Kong International Arts Carnival program in August. We are firming up some other major international activity this year - we're struggling to keep this one under our hats - expect a major announcement coming soon.

For those heading to Bendigo for the long weekend, we will be returning with our classic hit We Built This City for the Bendigo Easter Weekend this Sunday and Monday.

City of Riddles development continues
		Exploration of our new work City of Riddles continues on apace as the artists work alongside kids from Dinjerra Primary School in Melbourne's western suburbs. Through drawing and animation techniques we are experimenting with story structures, creating images for an animation piece in the show and working out how three dimensional construction can happen with children doing all the work. We leave each session covered in charcoal and full of ideas. We welcome animation artist Nick Barlow to the creative team. City of Riddles has been selected to pitch to presenters at industry forum Long Paddock in Parramatta next week for extensive touring in 2011. > More Info

Palm Oil Campaign
		In 2009, Polyglot contributed to the Melbourne Zoo's Don't Palm Us Off campaign by creating a beautiful orang-utan puppet by artist Tim Wells. The Zoo is lobbying for compulsory labelling of palm oil on consumer products. Demand for palm oil is contributing to destruction of Malaysian rainforests at an alarming rate. For more information, or to help, visit www.zoo.org.au/palmoil

Ticket Giveaway - Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane
		Oh my gosh! It's the brand new show from the award-winning creators of the international smash-hit, Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams! Meet Sammy J (skinny man) and Randy (purple puppet), two very different housemates with very different pasts. Sammy's an underpaid, overworked, tax lawyer. Randy hardly works at all. He's been married, divorced, thrown from a hovercraft and seen the world from all angles. But when Sammy uncovers some financial skeletons in Randy's closet, things are going to get awkward at the breakfast table. They're about to learn that friendship and full-scale tax fraud don't mix. For a chance to WIN 2 double passes to this show on Wed 7 April 2010, be the first two to email jane@buxtonwalker.com before Tuesday 6 April, 10am. ADULTS ONLY.

Ambassadors' Circle
		Polyglot's Ambassadors' Circle is an annual giving program supporting Polyglot's artistic works, currently with 13 members, headed by its Patron Miss Betty Amsden OAM. We welcome two new members to the Ambassadors' Circle – Naomi Tippett (Box Ambassador) alongside Daniel and Danielle Besen (City Benefactor) whose generous donation supported the recent development of the How High The Sky project. > More info

Rehearsal Venue for Hire
		Polyglot has a fully functioning theatre available for hire for rehearsals and creative developments. Some availability remains for the second half of the year at affordable rates. For enquiries, or to make a time to see the venue, please contact us.

	Check Out! touring to Korea in May
	City of Riddles development continues
	Palm Oil Campaign
	Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane ticket giveaway
	Rehearsal Venue for Hire

We Built This City
this weekend in Bendigo!
Back by popular demand, We Built This City headlines the 140th birthday celebrations of Bendigo's Easter Festival.

Dates: Sunday 4 & Monday 5 April 2010
Times: 11am - 1.30pm & 2.30pm - 5pm
Venue: Rosalind Park, end of Williamson Street, Bendigo
Ages: Ages 1 to 100
Cost: FREE!
> More info

City of Riddles Arts2Go Schools Tour
Schools wanting to book Polyglot for an incursion performance can do so in the period 8 to 26 November in Victoria only. Availability is strictly limited. Bookings are through Regional Arts Victoria.

KIDS WORKSHOPS
Polyglot's hands-on workshop program for primary school aged children currently has some availability for bookings for school incursions (90 to 120 minutes per workshop), and free form festival workshops in marionette making, rod, junk, shadow or sock puppets.
> More info

ROVING PERFORMANCES
Some of Polyglot's most popular puppets, including the dinosaurs Tooth and Claw and Wild Things animals are available for roving performances at festivals and events.
> More info

Polyglot Theatre
27A Cromwell Road
South Yarra
Victoria Australia 3141

T: +61 3 9827 9667
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