2026 Season
Primary - Kid Frankenstein
Secondary - James and the Giant Peach
Primary School Production
Directed by Peta Flanigan
Adapted By Kathryn Schultz Miller
Production Dates
Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June 2026
7.00pm
Black Box Theatre
Lower Floor of the Allan Shaw Centre
Synopsis
Meet Frankie and Irving — two brilliant science nerds with a seriously out‑there idea for the school Science Fair. But when Doctor Frankenstein’s ancient secret book mysteriously arrives from Transylvania, things take a turn for the electrifying. Suddenly, the boys are thrown into a whirlwind of time warps, spooky surprises, and high‑energy adventure. It’s funny, it’s weird, it’s fast‑paced… and it’s going to be an unforgettable show.
Secondary School Production
Directed by Sarah Hardingham
Adapted for the stage by David Wood
From the book by Roald Dahl
Production Dates
Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026
7.00pm
Black Box Theatre
Lower Floor of the Allan Shaw Centre
Synopsis
In this delightful stage adaptation, Roald Dahl’s classic tale is faithfully told by James himself, along with the insect characters – Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird, and Earthworm. The play begins at the end of the story, when James and his friends are living in the giant peach stone in Central Park, New York.
A tour guide brings a party of tourists (the audience) to see this major attraction, and James and his friends tell the story of how they came to live in New York. The insects play the other roles, like James’s cruel Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, and the epic journey across the Atlantic is acted out with live action, puppetry and storytelling in David Wood's masterful adaptation.