6/15/2023 0 Comments Storm boy stc![]() Leagues available in the spring/summer and fall seasons. Learn and play baseball in a structured and safe environment, while instilling the ideals of good sportsmanship, loyalty and respect. Both recreational and travel baseball opportunities will create lasting memories and friendships for all players. Charles BaseballĪ community-based organization that provides an affordable, team-oriented and appropriately competitive baseball experience for ages 17 & under. Predators – Your program for boys and girls of all sizes ages 8yrs of age through high – A Division II Women’s club for ages – A Division II men’s club for ages St. Teams for men, women and youth available. Learn, enjoy and compete in the sport of rugby while fostering the ideals of teamwork, discipline, respect and sportsmanship. Fox Valley RugbyĪ legendary game that mixes strength, speed and agility for all of Fox Valley. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced player, there’s a spot for you! A professional coaching staff is committed to each player’s development to reach his or her full potential both on and off the field. Chicago Soccer fastest growing soccer club in the Fox Valley area with more than 550 kids on 40+ travel soccer teams and another 300 players in the Junior Academy (recreational program for ages 3-10). Campton is the only soccer club in the western suburbs with membership to the prestigious U.S. Emphasis on skill and character development consistently produces many state/regional tournament championships, and a National Championship. Life is meaningless when we refuse to look at the big picture, and that is exactly what Storm Boy wants us to see.Campton United professionally coached, travel soccer club with 30+ years’ experience that offers outdoor/indoor training for year-round programming. Theatre can do many things, but one of its greatest accomplishments is to remind us of the enormity and largesse of the universe, beyond our selfish daily concerns. Together, their work is consistently engaging, in a show that speaks intimately to our humanity and remarkable in its capacity to move us. Chemistry between the cast is natural, strong and joyful. Jimi Bani is the boy’s mentor and friend, Fingerbone, an animated and passionate personality manifested by Bani’s excellent use of gesture and movement. His father Tom is performed with subtle complexity by Julian Garner, an efficient and restrained actor who manages to reveal a world of emotion with a beautifully minimal approach. ![]() We see him completely absorbed, and believe unreservedly in all that he portrays. The lead role of Storm Boy is played by Rory Potter who impresses with an almighty focus and a deep understanding of his character’s journey. Lighting Designer Damien Cooper and Sound Designer Kingsley Reeve both contribute extraordinarily inventive work that help form a fantastical experience that is truly amazing. Peter Wilson is Puppetry Director, and along with Michael Scott-Mitchell who is designer for set, costumes and the puppets, their artful vision is successfully translated to convey Thiele’s magical tale with great poignancy. Phil Dean Walford and Anthony Mayor are dancers who provide an indigenous omnipresence to the show, while simultaneously, and marvellously, operating the pelicans that share centre stage with its protagonist. The expert level of stagecraft being incorporated is sophisticated and dynamic, with its puppetry elements a breathtaking stand out. It is a soulful rendition of an innocent tale that can touch the hardest of hearts. John Sheedy’s direction of the piece is intelligent, creative and tender. Theatre productions are staged regularly to introduce new generations of children to the story, and its lessons, not only of environment conservation, but also of death, grief, and for Australian audiences, the relationship between Aboriginal and European cultures on our land. Colin Thiele’s book Storm Boy was published in 1964, and in 1976, its film version was released. We then give ourselves permission to devour and ravage the planet as though a commodity at our disposal, without its own rights and destinies. Indeed, humankind often thinks of itself as separate from nature, and superior to it. ![]() Playwright: Tom Holloway (based on the book by Colin Thiele)Ĭast: Jimi Bani, Julian Garner, Kai Lewins, Rory Potter, Phil Dean Walford, Anthony MayorĬhristians believe that “Man is more valuable to God than animals,” and “men were created in the image of God”. Venue: Wharf 1 Sydney Theatre Company (Walsh Bay NSW), Apr 24 – May 17, 2015
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