For ages 5 - 9 years

The Boy with Wings

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A comic, touching, educational and environmental story.

As autumn closes in, the Kuaka (Bar-tailed Godwits) take flight to begin their long migration from New Zealand to Alaska, striving to live out their life cycle to its fullest.

The success of this mission relies on gritty determination and their trust in some kind of ‘inner map’ that guides them to their ‘treasure’ – the northern breeding grounds that assure them of continued life.

This process is nothing short of a miracle and watching them take to the sky in awe is Jack-the-Everyman! As he sets out on a journey of his own to seek his ‘treasure’, he looks up to the sky and makes a quiet wish that he will be able to find his own wings.

“We gave it 1,000 out of 1,000!”

South New Brighton School children

“Gorgeous props, puppets and sets bring the journey of kuaka to life”

Read the full Dom Post review here

About the show

The story so far…

As autumn closes in, the Kuaka (Bar-tailed Godwits) take flight to begin their long migration from New Zealand to Alaska, striving to live out their life cycle to its fullest.

Who it is for?

Suitable for ages 5 to 9.
A comic, touching, educational and environmental story that uses different scales of puppetry, live song and storytelling, together with exquisitely hand-crafted sets and puppets, melded with a ‘real time’ lecture with slides from an ardent bird-lover!