IMAGINE LIVE

Magical and meaningful, IMAGINE LIVE is a celebration of creativity, friendship and our precious natural world. With the help of the audience, performers play and sing their way through the pages of Imagine, and quickly discover there is WAY more to these pages than they first thought. Spot a leopard, dive with a dolphin or dig up a dinosaur as this iconic book springs into life before your  eyes. 

IMAGINE LIVE is an innovative artistically rigorous work using cutting edge body mapping digital puppetry, face recognition technology, animation, original music and participatory storytelling. Underscored by a beautiful music score, characters and objects travel between real and animated worlds. IMAGINE LIVE oscillates between Imagine's iconic natural environments and the playful 
home setting of the children. Projection screens work seamlessly with oversized props and puppets  skillfully brought to life by live performers and digital puppeteer. 

The players use creativity to connect a long distance video call between a granddaughter and grandmother, enjoying a nostalgic connection with their favourite book, Imagine. 

Relevant to both multi-generational and diverse audiences, the show is a reminder that connection, creativity and play are essential ingredients for positive mental health. IMAGINE LIVE’s deep environmental theme invites us to look beyond our backyards into a shared and richly beautiful world. 

Produced by NCM & Jolyon James

“It’s EXQUISITE! So rich, real, layered and perfect for kids. I kept having to pinch myself that Imagine was my book, I feel so honoured.” – Alison Lester, Author of ‘Imagine’