Fresh from its seasons at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Shanghai International Children´s Theatre Festival (winning the ’Excellent Production’ Award), National Theatre of Korea and Nowon Theatre Seoul, Check Out! is now playing in Hong Kong. Presented as part of Hong Kong International Arts Carnival 2010. Supported by the Australia-China Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Read about our team’s tour report from Hong Kong.
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Check Out! returns to Melbourne for a season at Monash University (Frankston & Clayton) from 28 Sep to 1 Oct. Bookings essential. Special discounts for Polyglot enews subscribers - use this promotional code: "baby" when booking online or over the phone. Booking links in the next column.

Set in a supermarket, Check Out! follows the adventures of tantrum-throwing Baby who is determined to get what she wants. Filled with puppetry at its most inventive and cheeky, Baby soon meets shelf products which come to life, and Speedy who helps her discover that you need more than just stuff to see you through.
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On 9 & 10 July, Polyglot artists immersed themselves in a two day season of workshops at The Arts Centre for the very very young - creating a creative and hands-on space for children from 0 - 3 years old and their adults. The fully-booked workshops explored a range of sensory theatrical experiences with participants. Read more in Artistic Director Sue Giles´ report.

Next month, Polyglot will premiere a new roving act at the beautiful Australian pavillion at the World Expo in Shanghai. We are excited to feature two new characters - a koala and a pelican, being created by master puppet makers Graeme Davis and Tim Wells. This tour is supported by the Australia-China Council.

To celebrate the arrival of our new puppets, we will be running a naming competition for kids. So ask your imaginative young people (up to 12 years) to start dreaming up names. More details the next enews.

Polyglot has partnered again with the Shire of Yarra Ranges, presenting a series of free weekly child-parent workshops for local residents, ending in an inspiring installation outcome in Healesville. Polylgot’s artists working on the project are Jessica Wilson (Director), Madelaine Flynn and Tim Humphrey (Sound Designers) and Lisa Frankland (Designer).
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Polyglot’s Ambassadors’ Circle is an annual giving program supporting Polyglot’s artistic works, currently with 20 members, headed by its Patron Miss Betty Amsden OAM. Last month, we welcomed two new members - Damien Hodgkinson and Kirsty Ellem.

We aim to develop works in collaboration with children from marginalised communities – such as the children of Dinjerra Primary School in Braybrook who we are working with to develop City of Riddles. We offer these programs to the disadvantaged schools for free to achieve maximum accessibility, and we are seeking your help to fund this program.
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