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Small theatre company The Last Great Hunt is renowned for a boundlessly innovative level of creativity many of us could not even imagine.
Since founding in 2013, its award-winning team of theatre makers at the Maylands-based HQ has brought audiences everything from an underwater micro-epic puppet adventure in Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and heartfelt story of memory loss in It’s Dark Outside to combating loneliness in pooch production New Owner.
The “Hunters” 2019 Perth Festival work Le Nor [The Rain] travelled to the fictional Solset, a small island nation somewhere in the northern seas where a faux foreign film was performed live each night.
Audiences were captivated by the on-screen story and behind-the-scenes action, complete with imagined language and culture.
It is an aspect that adds an additional layer to The Last Great Hunt’s latest creative offering Night Night, which made its world premiere at Perth Festival 2025 on February 26, set on a Solset Antarctica base.
This next instalment follows initially hopeful Antarctic scientist Pip (Arielle Gray) on her quest to discover the origin of life, with a content warning of flashing lights, loud sounds and whimsy.
Pip’s curious exploration of humanity is spurred by visions of an albino penguin as the becomingly despondent heroine’s reality is challenged and a mysterious, glowing entity soon takes centre stage.
Who knew a luminous stick figurine could convey so much adorable personality?
Billed as a blend of puppets, animation and DIY digital magic, Night Night unfolds in multiple dimensions as the audience is placed in the privileged position of witnessing the intricate behind-the-scenes artistry as a theatrical film is created live in front of them.
Performers Gray and Tim Watts provide a masterclass in combining artistic techniques — animation, found footage, live film, puppetry, real human actors and old-school theatrics — the couple sharing co-creator and co-director credits with collaborator Luke Kerridge.
Given the lack of dialogue throughout the work, Rachel Claudio’s composition factors as a key component, the soundtrack skilfully contributing to the joy and intensity of the onstage action.
With multiple moving parts, Night Night is a 55-minute marvel to experience, making for an inspiringly poignant and adept evening of theatre as it draws to an illuminating interactive conclusion.
4 stars
Night Night is at Studio Underground until March 2.
Small theatre company The Last Great Hunt is renowned for a boundlessly innovative level of creativity many of us could not even imagine.
Since founding in 2013, its award-winning team of theatre makers at the Maylands-based HQ has brought audiences everything from an underwater micro-epic puppet adventure in Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and heartfelt story of memory loss in It’s Dark Outside to combating loneliness in pooch production New Owner.
The “Hunters” 2019 Perth Festival work Le Nor [The Rain] travelled to the fictional Solset, a small island nation somewhere in the northern seas where a faux foreign film was performed live each night.
Audiences were captivated by the on-screen story and behind-the-scenes action, complete with imagined language and culture.
It is an aspect that adds an additional layer to The Last Great Hunt’s latest creative offering Night Night, which made its world premiere at Perth Festival 2025 on February 26, set on a Solset Antarctica base.
This next instalment follows initially hopeful Antarctic scientist Pip (Arielle Gray) on her quest to discover the origin of life, with a content warning of flashing lights, loud sounds and whimsy.
Pip’s curious exploration of humanity is spurred by visions of an albino penguin as the becomingly despondent heroine’s reality is challenged and a mysterious, glowing entity soon takes centre stage.
Who knew a luminous stick figurine could convey so much adorable personality?
Billed as a blend of puppets, animation and DIY digital magic, Night Night unfolds in multiple dimensions as the audience is placed in the privileged position of witnessing the intricate behind-the-scenes artistry as a theatrical film is created live in front of them.
Performers Gray and Tim Watts provide a masterclass in combining artistic techniques — animation, found footage, live film, puppetry, real human actors and old-school theatrics — the couple sharing co-creator and co-director credits with collaborator Luke Kerridge.
Given the lack of dialogue throughout the work, Rachel Claudio’s composition factors as a key component, the soundtrack skilfully contributing to the joy and intensity of the onstage action.
With multiple moving parts, Night Night is a 55-minute marvel to experience, making for an inspiringly poignant and adept evening of theatre as it draws to an illuminating interactive conclusion.
4 stars
Night Night is at Studio Underground until March 2.
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