By Finegan Kruckemeyer, conceived by Andy Packer

Director: Andy Packer

Operator: Roland Partis

Designer : Wendy Todd

Lighting Design/Design Consultant: Geoff Cobham

Composer: Quentin Grant

Sound Design: Nick O’Connor

Illustrator: Andy Ellis

New Media Artist: Simone Mazengarb

New Media Consultant: Sophie Hyde

Executive Producer: Jodi Glass

Cast: Stephen Sheehan and Sam McMahon

Inside an enchanting travelling theatre tent, discover a storyteller who shares a timeless tale. Cheeseboy’s home planet has been reduced to a bubbling fondue. Where are his parents? How did he become marooned on earth? Gypsies have given him a home, of sorts, but Cheeseboy is tugged this way and that by tides of strange longings and stranger powers. Imagine Oedipus meeting Edward Scissorhands, over a dish of exotic curds. Stephen Sheehan is a gifted performer who seems to magically weave a tale out of thin air. This production complements his art with theatrical magic from ingeniously simple lights and mirrors to high-tech marvels. Set to lush original music by Quentin Grant, The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy transports you to a fantastic world.

In 2010, Slingsby's The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy tours to Perth, Wellington, Melbourne and more: Perth International Festival of Arts (23 February to 1 March), New Zealand International Festival of Arts (10-21 March), The Arts Centre, Melbourne (3-6 August).