EA: The Arrival by Red Leap Theatre

The play is based off a graphic novel by which author?

• Chris Wave

• Shaun Tan

• Ivan Brunetti

• Anders Nilsen

True or false: The Arrival was directed by Julie Nolan

• True

• False

The puppets were made entirely out of what?

• Paper

• Cardboard

• Plastic

• Fabric

Red Leap Theatre's website says The Arrival is a story of...

• "Finding community, a new home and hope."

• "Overcoming hardship, humanity and hope."

Answer explanation

From the website: "Like Tan’s book this production is a tribute to migrants, refugees and displaced people worldwide. It is ultimately a story of overcoming hardship, of humanity and of hope."

What did they want to eliminate but ended up having to include?

• Shadow play

• Multiple characters

• Dialogue

• None of the above

Answer explanation

On page 20 of the Education Resource: "We didn't intend to speak in the show but we did need to create a whole world of sound for the performance that didn't exist in the book. It became obvious to us that you can't have a believable bustling city filled with people without some kind of chatter. So we made up a fictional language.

It is not used a lot but there are recurring words and phrases that the audience may come to understand, just as the traveller does. There are also some instances when I speak English. Just a few key moments when I speak a few key words. It was the best way to get the audience involved and for them to clearly know what the traveller is doing."

What is the play about?

• Immigration

• Friendship

• Imagination

• Hope

Why was the scenery so fantastical?

• It's a fantasy story

• The directors wanted it to look cool

• This is how the main character sees the world

• This new world looks like this normally

Describe the mood as the play opens

• Happy

• Ominous

• Sad

• Excitable

In the beginning, what could the shadow tails mean?

• The country is poor and a dangerous place to live

• Something bad is going to happen

• Black shadows rule over the country

• The shadows of people living in the country appear as tails

What does the paper origami bird/crane represent?

• Culture

• Hope

• Faith

• Religion