Join Redcliffe Museum on a space-bound journey of entertainment this month, with a free event featuring sing-a-longs, parodies and family-friendly activities.
‘Music and Skits: Sci-Fi Jubilee’ celebrates the museum’s Australia in Space: Earth and Beyond exhibition and the Beyond the Horizon Imaginarium.
St Benedict’s College Choir will launch the jubilee with a celestial performance led by teacher Jenna-Maree Woodforth, a Star Wars fan with a love for all things space-related.
“The students have really enjoyed learning the new repertoire and are keen to share these songs with the community,” Jenna said.
The choir will perform five starry numbers, including Fly Me to the Moon, Moondance and Jabba Flow from Star Wars.
Following the choir, nine talented young actors from Mousetrap Theatre will take to the stage with two skits and a one-act play.
Mousetrap Youth Workshop Drama Coordinator, Karen Christl, said the event was a wonderful opportunity for the students.
“This chance to perform in partnership with the museum shows the community that Mousetrap is still going strong after 70 years of being part of the local community,” Karen said.
See Redcliffe Museum’s Sci-Fi Jubilee for a Stellar Experience
The skit, Space Race, written by student Liv Wood, explores the age-old question of who truly won the Space Race: the USA or the USSR?
In How the Constellations Got Their Names, written by Karen, audiences will travel back in time to discover how familiar constellations came to be.
Danger in Space, also written by Karen, is a 20-minute play where Captain Danger faces off against Empress Sia, leader of the mighty Drens, who has threatened to kidnap Princess Penelope.
Rounding off the event, the Australian Space Agency Adelaide will present a live telecast – Fact or Fiction?
Nate Taylor, Manager at the Australian Space Discovery Centre, said participants could test their space knowledge to distinguish between space facts and space fibs.
“During this online presentation you will be challenged with common (and not so common) ideas like, ‘The asteroid field is dense’, ‘In space, no one can hear you scream’, ‘Mobile phones rely on space technology’, ‘We are already making oxygen on Mars’, and many more examples,” Nate said.
“Along the way, you may even learn about many of the cool ways we use and rely on space today.”
Attendees are encouraged to dress up as their favourite space-themed characters or planets.
For more information, visit Moreton Bay QLD website.
Music and Skits: Sci-Fi Jubilee
- Saturday, 5 October, 10.30am-12pm
- Redcliffe Museum
- 75 Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe
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