A trans-Tasman story about two childhood heroes saving the last Tasmanian Tiger, an Indigenous dawn gathering and a look inside the quirky production of the Marvellous Corricks in the early 1900s is on the cards.
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A sneak peek at what audiences can expect to see at the upcoming Ten Days on the Island in March was revealed on Thursday.
Indigenous writers Nathan Maynard and Jamie McCaskill's family-friendly production Hide the Dog follows two children who discover the last Tasmanian Tiger and take it to New Zealand to keep it safe and along the way encounter spiritual guides as a rite of passage tale.
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It is truly a trans-Tasman production with Australian and New Zealand influences including the lutruwita writer Maynard and Aotearoa writer McCaskill, alongside Noongar director Isaac Drandic and Mori designer Jane Hakaraia.
It will feature at the Sydney Festival first in January before coming to Hobart's Theatre Royal in March for the event.
Event artistic director Lindy Hume said the full program would be released on January 28.
"Reflecting on our decision in March to shape the 2021 festival as a celebration of Tasmanian artists now feels like a defining, empowering moment in the rich 20-year history," she said.
"The whole program just buzzes with global connectedness and the confidence, innovation, brilliance and ingenuity of local artists animating our festival. We will reveal more abundant riches in January but, as a taste of things to come, we are delighted and proud to share three very special events."
In addition to the rare 1900 Deagan aluminium organ chimes owned by the Marvellous Corricks, who settled in Launceston, making an appearance. Footage from heyday looking back at the shows they used to put on will be at production at the city's Princess Theatre.
In addition to the mapali - a dawn greeting, at the Burnie foreshore to celebrate the festival's opening with a Welcome to Country and a production of performers from the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and beyond.
The festival will run over three weekends from March 5-21.
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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
