Pearl Verses The World

Jigsaw Theatre Company brings to life the critically acclaimed and delightful Australian children’s book Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy.

There was a young lady called Pearl
Who was not a rhyming type girl
She said “I’ve no time
For poems that rhyme”
Which made her poor teacher go hurl.

Pearl is eight years old and lives with Mum and Gran. It takes three to make Pearl’s warm safe family. Pearl finds school a lonely frustrating place where, in her group of one, she rebels against her teacher’s insistence that all poetry must rhyme.

Pearl’s world doesn’t rhyme, and as Mum looks after Gran, Pearl struggles to convince her world that poetry, like people, comes in all shapes and sizes.

Pearl Verses the World is a rhyme riddled musical journey about finding your place in the world. This is a touching and delightful story for anyone young at heart.

When: Friday 18 May - Saturday 2 June 2012
Where: The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre
Ticket Prices:

• Public performances: Adult: $25.00, Concession: $20.00, Family: $75.00 (2 Adults + 2 Children / 1 Adult +3 Children)
• Schools performances: $15.00 per student, 1 teacher free per 20 students

For Audiences: Upper Primary School and Families
Presenting Partner: Canberra Theatre Centre
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