The road to the Tree of Life is long and treacherous, and the forest is littered with the remains of unfortunate travelers…Life is a Carousel is a chaotic whirlwind of psychotic mayhem, a grotesquery of improbable creatures and their efforts to make sense of a senseless world.

Life is a Carousel premiered to a sold out season at the Melbourne International Festival of Puppetry, La Mama Theatre, Carlton, Melbourne, 2017.

Presented by SANCTUM THEATRE and MAGIC LANTERN STUDIO. Devised and Directed by GONZALO VARELA and LACHLAN PLAIN. Puppeteers & Performers: LACHLAN PLAIN, GONZALO VARELA, JULIAN CHAPPLE & PHIL WOODWARD. Set Design by GONZALO VARELA. Puppets by GONZALO VARELA & LACHLAN PLAIN. Music by PEDRO FUENTES. Dramaturged by JOHN-PAUL HUSSEY. Created with the support of VOODOO PRODUCTIONS. Film by LACHLAN PLAIN. Photos by MAGIC LANTERN STUDIOS and DARREN GILL.