Ambassadosr: Hugo Weaving and Miranda Otto
Chair: Louise Upton
Artistic Director: Kim Carpenter
Board Members: Rob Adams, Sally Evans, John Kitney, and Susanne North
General Manager: Neil Hunt
Company Profile
Theatre of Image Ltd (TOI) was founded in 1988 by the Artistic Director, Kim Carpenter.
TOI is an advocate for young people and their families. Through the vision of the Artistic Director, Theatre of Image tells Australian and universal stories to our young people as much through visual and musical images as through words.
By combining high production values with the expertise of the best Australian performing artists, TOI offers young people a real alternative to the cinema, television and theme parks that have increasingly become the mainstays of their cultural diet.
TOI has toured regionally, nationally and internationally. The company has collaborated with major performing arts companies in Australia, Canada and Japan.
- 2004 & 2006 Helpmann Award Winner Best Presentation For Children
- 2000 & 2006 Australian Writers’ Guild Award Children’s Theatre
Theatre of Image has toured regionally, nationally and internationally. The company has collaborated with major performing arts companies in Australia, Canada and Japan.
Some of Theatre of Image's memorable productions for young people and families are The Happy Prince (national & international tours), Carnival of The Animals, Pierrot And Columbine, Jake And Pete (national & international tours), Hansel & Gretel (international tour), Grandma's Shoes (an opera for children with Opera Australia), Mad Bad & Spooky (with Sydney Festival), Robinson Crusoe, Tales From The Arabian Nights (regional NSW and national tours). Recent productions include Go Pinocchio! (regional NSW and national tour), Stella & The Moonman (with Australian Youth Orchestra) and Lulie The Iceberg (both at Sydney Theatre).
"Theatre of Image is the best possible introduction to theatre children can have ..."
- The Australian
Kim accepting the prestigious Helpmann Award.
About Kim Carpenter
Artistic Director of Theatre of Image, Kim is the only practising director/designer in Australia. A graduate of NIDA and the English National Opera School Design he was formerly Co-Artistic Director of Nimrod Theatre, a member of the Board of Studies and Head of Design at NIDA. He is a Loudon Sainthill Scholar & a Churchill Fellow.
Productions include: Slice, Nimrod; Rapunzel In Suburbia, Marionette Theatre; A Midsummer's Night Dream, Nimrod; The Little Mermaid, Opera Australia; An Imaginary Life, Belvoir St Theatre; Passenger, Dance North & 1988 Sydney Festival; Veneer, NIDA & 1988 Adelaide Festival; The Sky Wizard; The Pathfinder. For Theatre of Image: Hello; Swimming In Light; Hansel & Gretel; The Last Days Of A Famous Mime; Carnival Of The Animals; Pierrot & Columbine; Jake & Pete; Robinson Crusoe; eXotic Pleasures; Grandma's Shoes; The Gypsy Boy; Mad Bad & Spooky; Go Pinocchio!; Stella & The Moon Man; Lulie The Iceberg and Pixel & Friends.
A word from Hugo Weaving
My involvement with Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image as audience member, parent (of two small fans), actor, board member and now, Ambassador, has spanned some 20 years. During that time Kim Carpenter and the company have created exciting, challenging, visually arresting and magical theatre for young audiences. These productions are unique to Theatre of Image, combining live action, puppetry, music, dance and design with digital media and text – both classic and contemporary.
Theatre is a great stimulator of the enquiring mind and, more than any other company in the country over the past 20 years, Theatre of Image has consistently animated the creative instincts of young Australians.
