Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter.

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND

Roving entertainment that's out of this world

 

 

 

Extraordinary, entertaining and highly visual physical theatre...

 

 

1969: 1st moon landing

Aliens are scary!

 

Playful, comic, interactive and visually spectacular - two humanoid performers entirely and utterly encased in 2 metre high inflated PVC space suits.

Visually spectacular and larger than life

Covered with lights and reflective tape, the Astronauts are space age and modern, yet a little retro, vacuumpacked and tight as a drum!

Hilariously comic

Audiences of all ages are intrigued by Kate Hunter and David Wells' quirky brand of shrink-wrapped entertainment. The Astronauts can perform inside or outside, day or night, and even in the rain!

Adaptable

The Astronauts can hide their heads from view - literally becoming headless astronauts while still running around - and their arms extend to a whopping 3 metres wide, creating an hilariously surreal couple of characters.


A mixture of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lost in
Space and the 1969 moon astronauts


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The Performers

Kate Hunter

Kate Hunter is a Melbourne-based performer/producer with a background in dance and physical theatre. She trained as a gymnast, studied acting at the National Theatre Drama School and holds a Graduate Diploma of Movement and Dance.

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David Wells

David Wells has been performing and teaching dance since 1983 when he was a dancer in residence at the Melbourne Zoo, and has worked as a dance therapist for the last 20 years.

 

 

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Contact us

Phone

        In Australia         03 9318 5783         0409 870 057
 
        International    +613 93185783      +614 0987 0057

Email us
         Click here

Snail mail
Kate Hunter
PO Box 6312
West Footscray
Victoria
Australia       3012

  

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The Suits

The costumes are extremely well-designed and hilariously comic because of their cartoon proportions which evoke a whole range of memories and images for the audience.

Each costume is fitted with 20-odd lights of various sizes, colours and shapes that ensure the Astronauts create a stunning spectacle at any twilight or evening function. Inside the suits, the performers heads' are also lit, and small red beacons pulse in their ears like electronic gadgetry.

The costumes are constructed so that the performers can hide their heads from view - literally becoming headless Astronauts while still running around on two legs. The Astronauts' arms can be disengaged from inside the suit and extended to a whopping 3 metres wide, creating an hilariously surreal couple of characters that are visually spectacular and larger than life.

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Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter.Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter.Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter. Astronauts - roving entertainment that's out of this world, based in Melbourne Australia. The astronauts are David Wells and Kate Hunter.