Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at Vivid Sydney 2018

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Exactly 100 years ago, Author May Gibbs gave Australia two characters who dropped out of a gumtree and became instant superstars. Since then, pretty well every Australian child has grown up steeped in the adventures of the intrepid Gumnut Babies, the audacious Snugglepot and the demure Cuddlepie.

Generations of Australian children have barracked for their gumnut heroes as they battled the evil Banksia men and their wicked henchmen, the vicious Mrs Snake and the voracious monster Octopus. Renowned art and animation collective Ample Projects brings May Gibbs’ immortal characters to life on the façade of Sydney’s 1845 Customs House.

Join Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and their stalwart companions on their journey through the Australian Bush as they encounter the weird, the wonderful — and things quite unknown altogether.

Projection adaption by: Ample Projects: Lucy Keeler, Nicholas Tory, Miles Nicholas, Julian Reinhold, Oliver Abbott, Bonnie Forsyth, Tumen-Erdene Altangadas, Iva Coburn, Jelena Sinik, Nicolette Axiak, Alex Dray, Lester Chan, Erika Ju, Yori Narpati, Deborah Szapiro, Karen Etherington, Atticus Gough, Amy Bell, Bel Holborow, Will Thompson, Isabella Meagher, Sandra Ye, Genevieve Stewart, Kylie Kwok, Jeremy Cox and Erin Sutherland.

Voiceover by: Noni Hazlehurst, Frank Cotton, Samantha Campbell, Orson Keeler and Alice Keeler.

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