Please note: this event is taking place offsite at ArtPlay. Wonderbox is a multi-sensory immersive theatre performance created with and for children and young people aged 6 - 13 years with disability and their families. The performance can cater for up to a maximum of 8 wheelchair users in each session. For more information please read the Notes section of this event page.
Curiosity! Choice! Wonder! What’s inside the Wonderbox?
Sensorium Theatre is Australia’s leading theatre company making work specifically designed for young audiences with disability and their friends. Wonderbox invites children to roll the dice and set out along a safe, exhilarating pathway into the unknown. Inside a giant puzzle-box of illusions, kooky-carnival friends with magic in their pockets lead audiences into an immersive multi-sensory wonderland of fantastical large-scale projections, strange tiny delights, and infectious live music.
Inside the Wonderbox, micro moments of whole worlds in a matchbox lead into macro universes where everyone, their face reflected in the stars of the Milky Way, is invited to be wonderful!
Every child’s curiosity is celebrated and rewarded with wondrous surprises. As boxes reveal boxes within boxes each child is given the opportunity to find a magical version of themselves.
Event Details:
Dates: Saturday 24 May 2025 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Duration: N/A
Suitable for: Ages 6 - 13 years
Location: ArtPlay Melbourne
Notes: Wonderbox is a multi-sensory immersive theatre performance created with and for children and young people aged 6 - 13 years with disability and their families. The performance can cater for up to a maximum of 8 wheelchair users in each session.
Accessibility: All performances of Wonderbox are relaxed performances, with audiences invited to sit or move around freely within the performance space and adjacent chill-out zone, which features comfortable seating. The performers use multi-modal communication including key signs, natural gesture, visual symbols and minimal verbal language. The show is highly visual with a rich aural environment and many opportunities for individual engagement and interaction through the senses.
Wonderbox is an inclusive show and Sensorium will adapt the work to the audience, as such during the booking process you will be asked a number of specific questions to support access and to best tailor the experience to each individual child. Before booking, we welcome interested audiences to call our friendly Box Office team for more information if you require. Please download the FAQ document to help prepare you for your visit to Wonderbox at ArtPlay.