ART FOR THE THEATRE
Selected Designs
2015
Danks Street Gallery Sydney

This curated collection of designs and paintings are from varied productions for
Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image.

They range from The Happy Prince (which toured nationally and internationally over a period of 16 years) to The Book of Everything (which also toured nationally and internationally including a season on Broadway in New York City in 2012)

\Medium: Watercolour, ink & Caran d’Ache Crayon On Arches Watercolour Paper

All paintings are framed and under glass

Kim Carpenter's The Book of Everything

Adapted by Richard Tulloch
The set was a giant book that opened a new page for every scene
BELVOIR - NEW YORK CITY BROADWAY
& NATIONAL TOUR

Kim Carpenter's opera
Grandma’s Shoes

Composed by Graeme Koehne
Adapted form her book by Libby Hathorn
A little girl’s fantasy journey to find her missing Grandma.
With Opera Australia singers and orchestra
OPERA AUSTRALIA

Kim Carpenter's The Gypsy Boy O Romano Chavo

By Gillian Rubenstein
A story about Romani Gypsies in Australia
SYDNEY FESTIVAL -SEYMOUR CENTRE

Kim Carpenter's The Happy Prince

Adapted by Richard Tulloch
Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of The Prince and The Little Swallow
The original play was in Theatre of Image’s repertoire for 16 years
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY & SYDNEY FESTIVAL
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS

Kim Carpenter's Jake And Pete...A RoadStory For Cats!!

Adapted from her book by Gillian Rubenstein
A tale about two kitkids looking for a home. Our first show to feature digital animation
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS

Kim Carpenter's Lulie The Iceberg

Lulie The Iceberg sails from The Arctic to The Antarctic to highlight climate change.
A collaboration with Kagaboushi Theatre Company, Japan’s leading shadow puppet company.
Adapted by Richard Tulloch from the book by Japanese Princess Takamado
Storyboard exhibition at The Japanese Foundation Gallery, Sydney
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY

Kim Carpenter's Monkey…Journey To The West

Adapted by Donna Abela and Kim Carpenter
A series of paintings inspired by the Theatre of Image adaptation of the Chinese classic tale
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE - RIVERSIDE - MELBOURNE AND BRISBANE FESTIVALS

Medium: Colour Pencil

Kim Carpenter's Pixel And Friends…The Colour Show

A dance-based production (integrated with digital animation) and accompanying exhibition commissioned by
THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM SYDNEY

Kim Carpenter's Snow On Mars

by Richard Tulloch with Gale Edwards
A physical theatre work about an Australian boy’s ambition to become an astronaut (integrated with digital animation and video)
SYDNEY FESTIVAL - YORK THEATRE

Kim Carpenter's Stella And The Moon Man

by Richard Tulloch
A child’s journey to discover the wonders of the universe with the help of an old astronomer
(integrated with digital animation and video)
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY with THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA