All grown-ups were children once. Although few of them remember it.

There was a time, long ago, when Wilbur Whittaker’s mind would wander and wonder, but these days he cares more about sensible things like neck-ties and… fences.

As a boy, Wilbur kept his wonderings in a special shoebox, but as he grew up and followed the path of ‘What Was Best’ and ‘Doesn’t That Sound More Sensible’, he forgot all about his wonderings and his plans for one day.

That is until Wilbur is visited by a collections officer from ‘The Bureau’ – a recycling agency for long forgotten wonderings. Wilbur surrenders his special shoebox only to discover that without it, he begins to disappear. With time running out before he is un-wondered forever, Wilbur is drawn into an epic adventure that takes him to the furthest reaches of the galaxy.

From the writer/director duo behind 2021’s sell-out smash hit HOUSE and Helpmann Award-winning Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories, comes a brand new play about creativity, growing up and living outside of the box. An intergalactic adventure for intergenerational audiences, this 80s inspired electric dream is a heartfelt and irreverent escapade for the whole family.

The Great Un-Wondering of Wilbur Whittaker is the new work from playwright Dan Giovannoni and Barking Gecko’s Artistic Director Luke Kerridge, the duo behind the sell-out smash-hit HOUSE and Helpmann Award-winning Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories.

A brand-new Australian play about creativity, growing up and living outside of the box, it is the story of Wilbur Whittaker, a reluctant hero who must journey across the universe in search of his lost wonder.

Story Dan Giovannoni & Luke Kerridge
Concept & Direction Luke Kerridge
Writer Dan Giovannoni
Set & Costume Designer Jonathon Oxlade
Animation & Video Designer Tee Ken Ng
Composer CLAUDIO
Sound Designer Tim Collins
Lighting Designer Lucy Birkinshaw
Movement Bernadette Lewis
Puppetry Consultant Sarah Nelson
Dramaturg Dom Mercer
Directing Secondment Michelle Hall

CAST includes
Adriano Cappelletta
Grace Chow
Luke Hewitt
Laura Maitland