Through 86 original colour drawings and additional still and moving images, Lulie The Iceberg from Page to Stage looks at the development of images and designs for the stage production and shows the visual story boarding through artwork by Director/Designer, Kim Carpenter. These works represent the key source of inspiration for the realisation of the visual and dramatic elements of the production, shadow puppets, costumes, digital imagery, lighting design, action and dance, and offer a stimulating and insightful viewing experience, particularly as an accompaniment to the production itself.

Adapted from the picture book by Her Imperial Highness, Princess Hisako of Takamado, Lulie The Iceberg is a captivating tale about a young iceberg who breaks free of the Greenland Icecap and embarks on a courageous ocean journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Along the way Lulie has many new, wonderful, dangerous and exciting adventures. Helped by the winds, the currents and a wealth of extraordinary sea creatures and birds, he learns lessons about life and the environment, to eventually become one of the Wise Elders of Antarctica.

The themes in Lulie The Iceberg, of the vast beauty of the world, and of the interdependence of all life on earth, transcend cultures and are equally relevant to audiences in Japan, Australia and everywhere else. This timely and beautiful story about the living earth and environment, and the importance of friendship, is given life in a wonderful collaboration between Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image and Kageboushi Theatre Company, two of the world’s leading visual theatre companies for children and families. Award-winning Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image is one of Australia’s premier theatre companies for children and families and Tokyo’s Kageboushi Theatre Company is a world leader in the world of Japanese shadow puppetry and is unrivalled in Japan for its international collaborations.

 “Lulie is made of water, the most precious thing on Earth. Water is indestructible. Since thebeginning of time, every drop of water that ever was is still around somewhere. Water is a part of life. Water is life.” from the script of Lulie The Iceberg – the soul of ice.

For more information about the stage production Lulie The Iceberg – the soul of ice, please visit www.theatreofimage.com.au .