The Harbinger is an enchanting adult fairy-tale by Queensland's inimitable Dead Puppet Society that melds live performance, puppetry, animation and stage trickery to create a richly magical world where the lines between reality and make-believe fall away.

Written by David Morton (The Timely Death of Victor Blott) and Matthew Ryan (boy girl wall) this is a gothic tale of solitude, heartbreak and a time long forgotten.

In 2011, The Harbinger premiered to sell-out houses and an extended season as part of La Boite, Brisbane, Indie. Due to the overwhelming popular demand for the production it moved to La Boite's Mainstage in 2012. A refreshed and fuller version of this extraordinary adult fairy-tale is now touring Australia with Cairns and the Gold Coast being the only privileged venues that will see this amazing performance in Queensland.

In a long lost city in a time far distant from ours, an Old Man works in a rundown old bookshop. He has lived there for many years, centuries even, all because of a pact made long ago that has allowed him to cheat death. Gifted with this extraordinary long life the Old Man has watched the world around him change, watched his city sink into misery, watched his nightmares come to life and walk around the streets. But his attention is elsewhere, on a masterwork that will change the city forever.

Until late one afternoon a nameless Little Girl finds her way into the bookshop and, refusing to leave, ruins everything. Torn from his work, the Old Man is forced to relive the pain of his past, taking the Little Girl through magical worlds of story and memory where the lines between reality and make believe fall away. But before long the Old Man's adversary returns to take his due, and with time running out the Old Man calls on his young friend to help him complete his task. But what does the Old Man have planned for the city? Will he save it or destroy it?

Part puppet show, part storybook, part daydream, The Harbinger is a classic tale of heroes and villains, centred on a little girl and an old man who find themselves thrown together in the aftermath of civil war. The Harbinger embraces terror and beauty and enchants us with both.

28/29th August 2014

Thursday 28 August - 11am & 7.30pm
Friday 29 August - 7.30pm
Duration - One hour 30 minutes
No interval

PG - Parental Guidance Recommended

To Book click link here: http://www.cairnscivictheatre.com.au/whats-on/the-harbinger