Here is a Christmas event for young and old – a remake of Claude Debussy’s children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux, (The Toybox), composed in 1913 but not performed until 1919, after his death.

Using Debussy’s own short precis, and his many stage directions and emotive tags, we recreate a semblance of the original story, complete with all the original illustrations by André Hellé.

They dance, they play. They are naughty and nice.
They fight a battle, but still they live happily ever after in the toybox.

Debussy started orchestrating the piano score, but didn’t get far. Thoroughbass therefore takes the liberty of forming its own children-sized orchestra, consisting of harpsichord, piano, violin, viola da gamba, triangles, whistles, drums, stamps and claps.  Narrated by Inara Molinari with Diana Weston, Shaun Ng, Tara Hashambuoy, and Steve Machamer forming the ‘Orchestre Thoroughbass’.

This is a show suitable for the 5 – 85 age group! Take your children or grandchildren for a Christmas treat.

Thoroughbass presents THE TOYBOX [Facebook Event]  Sunday December 16 @ 11am at Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman.