With 6 Tall Tales of love, lust and murder, Dancing Back Home is born out of a truly continent-wide collaboration.

A girl embarks on a pilgrimage, another is chained to a tree…
A woman mourns her children, another discovers love on the side of the road…
A boy dances in a country town hall, another is running from a crime so bloody…

Director Christopher Glover says Dancing Back Home is a modern Australian fairytale comprising six short stories by a group of young playwrights that is destined to have audiences delighted, frightened, gobsmacked and sad.

“Starting with very sweet, cute stories about love before morphing into a world that will have you jumping out of your seat – and back again to a much lighter place with more sweet moments.

“From a set created by animated, hand drawn illustrations brought to life with an original music score, the design is quite extraordinary and will blow people’s minds,” he said.

Written by emerging playwrights from Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory, Dancing Back Home will tickle with delight, while watching you from afar.

This new work celebrates the first co-production between JUTE Theatre and Launceston’s Mudlark Theatre.

The cast of three features Launcestonians Jane Johnson and Chris Jackson, joined by Suellen Maunder, artistic director of Cairns-based JUTE Theatre. Direction is by Chris Glover, Design by Luke Ede, Dramaturgy by Peter Matheson, Music Composition by Peter Bishop and Production and Lighting Design by Darren Willmott.

You can catch Dancing Back Home at The Annex Theatre, Academy of the Arts at Inveresk, Launceston from June 23 - 26.

You can find out more at JUTE's website: www.jute.com.au For bookings call ticketLINK on 1300 855 835 or go to www.ticketlink.com.au