Check Out!
Check Out! is a wickedly funny work of theatre about the consumer culture bonanza. Set in a supermarket, Check Out! follows the remarkable adventures of tantrum-throwing Baby who is determined to get what she wants. Filled with puppetry at its most inventive and cheeky, Baby soon meets shelf products which come to life, and Speedy who helps her discover that you need more than just stuff to see you through.
Fast paced and physical, Check Out! is a very funny and ever-so-scathing take on parent/child relationships and the market power invested in children. Designed as a cure for affluenza, Check Out! is a muzak-filled slapstick puppet tale which will make sure that a trip to the supermarket will never be the same again.
Entranced by the lure of a chocolate bunny, Baby runs away from her Dad, gets lost in the Supermarket and meets Speedy, who lives in the supermarket. Baby swaps her beloved toy Ivan with Speedy and, in return, can have all the products she wants. As life at the top becomes sugar fuelled and dangerous, she realises that having everything is not all it's cracked up to be. On the run from shelf stackers, the Manager and the products themselves, Baby battles for survival in the supermarket and realises that life is not just about ‘I want, I want'.
Check Out! won the 'Excellent Production Award' at the Shanghai International Children's Festival in 2009.
"A cautionary tale... with lots of the mess and yuck and screaming farce that kids love and Polyglot Theatre is so deft at." - Alison Barclay, Herald Sun, 2009
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Check Out! – interview with Director, Sue Giles
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Check Out! on the TV
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Check Out! (highlights)
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Time Out Hong Kong
04 Aug 2010
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National Theatre of Korea Program
07 May 2010
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Rhapsody Magazine, Oct to Dec Issue 2009
01 Oct 2009
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Herald Sun
17 Apr 2009
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Groggy Squirrel
16 Apr 2009
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The Standard Newspaper
05 Mar 2009
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Herald Sun
10 Sep 2008
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Since Sue Giles was appointed Artistic Director of Polyglot in 2000, she has directed, written...
Artistic Director
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Keira has been joyfully associated with Polyglot Theatre for several years. Her roles within the...
Original Cast - Check Out! and Muckheap performer
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Christian arrived in Australia in 1980 from Hungary via Germany. After several years studying...
Performer
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Ania graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Music Performance at NMIT in 2003. She has worked as...
Musician / Composer
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Darryl graduated from the VCA, majoring in fine arts (sculpture) and completed a post-graduate...
Set Design / Maker
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Graeme Davis has studied Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts Sculpture and has a history of...
Puppet Designer / Maker
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Julianne is writer and dramaturge of many years experience with a history of involvement with...
Writer
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Mischa Long has been a performer, puppeteer, set and props maker...
Performer
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For Polyglot, Justine has performed in Check Out! and Muckheap. Other...
Performer - Muckheap, Check Out! and Workshop Tutor
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Bruce has been a puppeteer/actor for over twenty years, performing with Puppet companies...
Performer
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28 Sep 2010
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01 Oct 2010
9.30am and 12noon
Monash University - George Jenkins Theatre (Frankston) and Alexander Theatre (Clayton)
5 to 12
$19.90 / $18.40 (Groups 6+) / $15.90 (Groups 20+)
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04 Aug 2010
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08 Aug 2010
Sha Tin Town Hall and HKICC
4 to 12 years
HK$180 / HK $120
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04 May 2010
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08 May 2010
2.00pm & 5pm
National Theatre of Korea and Nowon Theatre in Seoul
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| 18 Jul 2009 - 26 Jul 2009 | 27 Feb 2009 - 22 Apr 2009 | 11 Aug 2008 - 29 Aug 2008 |
| 28 Jun 2008 - 28 Jun 2008 | 27 Apr 2008 - 13 Jun 2008 | 18 Feb 2008 - 20 Mar 2008 |
| 15 Oct 2007 - 26 Oct 2007 | 15 Oct 2007 - 26 Oct 2007 |
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For full technical specifications, email info@polyglot.org.au
Check Out! can be performed as a theatre production or a school hall production. The theatre production works on a larger scale. It has a larger set, lighting and an extra performer. The tech requirements for a theatre production are -Audience - Children 5 - 12 and families Length of show - 45 mins (plus optional 15 mins for Q&A) - No interval Lighting - Plan provided, will fit on most standard rigs. Sound - In house system (USB, mini disc or CD capabilities) Stage Requirements - 8m x 8m stage needed, minimum 3m height. Time - 6 hour bump in including tech run. 1 hour bump out. The tech requirements for a school hall production -Audience - Children 5 - 12 and families Length of show - 45 mins (plus optional 15 mins for Q&A) Lighting - General in house lighting Sound - Polyglot to bring audio player Stage Requirements - 8m x 8m stage needed, minimum 3m height. Time - 1 hour bump in, 1 hour bump out. |
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