2025
2025 Subscription Season
Theatre
Family Friendly
Ten Days on the Island
Terrapin in association with Aichi Prefectural Art Theater and Ten Days on the Island

Goldfish

27 - 29 Mar 2025 (5 performances)
Thu 27 Mar 2025 5:30 pm
Fri 28 Mar 2025 5:30 pm
Sat 29 Mar 2025 11:00 am
Sat 29 Mar 2025 2:00 pm
Sat 29 Mar 2025 5:30 pm
Studio Theatre


Could a goldfish save the world?

We're in the middle of a performance. Suddenly, the theatre must transform into an evacuation centre due to an impending flood. Yet, the show must go on, right?

In Goldfish, reality and fantasy collide, creating a world where magic takes the lead. It’s a dynamic, inventive performance—a game of eye spy on stage, where everyday items are transformed through communal imagination.

We invite audiences of all ages to imagine new possibilities in an uncertain world, joining Goldfish in discovering a future shaped by creativity and resilience.

Goldfish is the result of four years of collaboration between Terrapin and acclaimed Japanese artists Narumi Kouhei and Ayami Sasaki. This major international production blends contemporary Japanese design with Terrapin’s unique brand of tactile, evocative puppetry.

Grounded in a shared commitment to material sustainability, it’s theatre—but not as you know it.


Writer | Dan Giovannoni
Designer | Ayami Sasaki
Co-Directors | Narumi Kouhei and Sam Routledge
Composer | Dylan Sheridan
Script Translation | Norifumi Hida
Residence Coordination and Cooperation in Japan | Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater


Limited 30 Under 30 / Industry Allies / Student Members $30
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Ten Days on the Island, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, City of Melbourne through Arts House, Asia TOPA, Darwin Festival and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Tickets
Premium Full $49 |  Concession $45
A Reserve Full $45 |  Concession $39
B Reserve Full $35  

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Duration

70 mins (no interval)

Patron Advice
  • Recommended for ages 8+

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