The Fortune Theatre's school holiday production, The Little Jester, tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who joins his uncle's gypsy carnival troupe after his father is called away to war.
"The play is like a travelling gypsy troupe has arrived in town," Rhys Latton, of the Ake Ake Theatre Company, said yesterday.
"We created this especially for the Fortune. There are so many elements to it ... spellbinding elements. We use everything we possibly can to tell the story well."
The play features all the fun of the circus, with singing, dancing, silk acrobatics and puppet work.
"It's for pre-schoolers to adults.
"The kids are wowed by the big, physical theatre and the little subtle jokes about circus animal poos and things like that, which make kids laugh," Mr Latton said.
"But, like all great kids' plays, there's plenty of laughs for the adults, too." The Little Jester is on at the Fortune Theatre at 11am and 1pm daily until October 22.
