Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo October 28, 2010

Meet erth’s awesome prehistoric creatures, from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants. Ancient life-like dinosaurs come alive and are mostly friendly in this fun, educational and unique performance event, erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo at Riverside Theatres on Friday, 29 October and Saturday, 30 October.

Petting Zoo is a unique show that allows interaction for children and adults while they travel with the erth performers on a journey through prehistoric Australian history with an amazing selection of dinosaurs and creatures. Children will have the opportunity to help feed, water and care for these prehistoric marvels.

Get up close and personal with an amazing array of creatures from bygone eras. Meet a menagerie of insects, mammals and dinosaurs that once roamed free around the southern hemisphere and are now in residence at The Petting Zoo daily. You can pet, feed and interact with them in a once in a lifetime imaginative experience. Children of all ages can watch wide-eyed from a safe distance, or dare to get right up close to the creatures.

“Dinosaur Petting Zoo is a visually spectacular performance event with a wonderful use of puppetry and design elements. The interactive nature of the performance allows parents to have a fun and entertaining time with their children and this gloriously vivid production is ideal for young audiences,” said Director of Riverside Theatres, Robert Love.

“The erth company is made up of a team of people with diverse backgrounds such as sculpture, painting, costume design, mechanical engineering and performance arts including musical, physical, circus and aerial theatre. All of these elements come together in the magical adventure that takes audiences to the Dinosaur Petting Zoo,” continued Robert Love

Founded in 1990 in Ballarat Victoria, erth headed interstate to perform at the Sydney Festival in
1994. The experience inspired the company to relocate from its country home and is now recognized as an innovator of physical and visual theatre both nationally and overseas. erth combines a truly fantastic aesthetic with performance, using giant puppets, stilts, inflatables
and aerial techniques to create productions.

Times: Friday, 29 October at 10am & 12.30pm; Saturday, 30 October at 11am & 1.30pm
Ticket Prices: Adults $15; Family (4 people) $50
Bookings: Riverside Box Office 02 8839 3399