Billie was supposed to be taking care of Auntie Lie’s Straw-Headed Bulbul, but it escaped while Billie was feeding it! Auntie Lie is already on her way back and Billie needs to find it before Auntie Lie realises her beloved pet songbird is missing. But wait - where did Auntie Lie even get her pet Straw-Headed Bulbul from?

Come help Billie as she sets off on an adventure into the wild in search of the lost Bulbul and uncover the threats faced by our wildlife along the way.

Over the course of three trials, they evolved their original idea from a performance-based program into a workshop-based format, incorporating elements such as shadow puppetry, mission and action cards, and more.

About the artists

Warble, Warble the Wild’s in Trouble! Is a collective comprising Eleanor Ee, a theatre-maker, performer and drama educator, and Michelle Hariff, a theatre-maker and nature educator. The collective came together with the desire to create works for children that use the imagination of theatre and play to explore themes relating to nature and nature conservation. Their most recent project was “Warble, Warble, the Wild’s in Trouble!”, which was staged as part of PLAYlab for Esplanade’s March On festival 2024