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How Bluey made the move from animation to stage

ArtsHub speaks with 'Bluey's Big Play' puppetry director Jacob Williams and performer Jess Golle on translating from screen to stage and the power of make-believe.

10 Jan 2024 8:45

Gemma Betros

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‘Bluey’s Big Play’ onstage at QPAC. Photo: PhotoCo.

Five years into the Bluey phenomenon and it could be easy to be cynical. After books, albums, and a merchandising juggernaut that can weary even the most dedicated parental Bluey fan, there is also, in case you missed it, a Bluey stage show.

ArtsHub spoke with Jacob Williams, the show’s puppetry director, and Jess Golle, who brings Bluey to life, to learn more about the process of translating Bluey from screen to stage.

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Gemma Betros

Gemma Betros is an historian, arts critic and writer based in Toowoomba, Queensland. She studied at the University of Queensland and the University of Cambridge, and has held academic posts in the UK, US, and Australia. Previous reviews have appeared in the Australian Book Review and Sydney Review of Books, where she was a 2021 Emerging Critics Fellow.