Velveteen Rabbit
RECOMMENDED AGE Ages 4-12 and their families
JOIN THE GREAT TOY PARADE Bring your favourite soft toy or teddy for a red carpet entrance before we settle in to enjoy the Velveteen Rabbit together.
A must-see for families and anyone who has ever cherished a beloved toy!
Lights! Cameras! Action! Set within a film shoot, layered with live projections, physical theatre company Born in a Taxi thoughtfully and hilariously reimagines this 100 year old children’s story by Margery Williams.
Please bring your own favourite snuggly toy to the show! This is a show where the toys are in charge on stage and your own special guest toy is a VIP.
One of those rare stories that dare to tease out complex themes of love, loss and change in away that allows children to connect with them, Velveteen Rabbit is about a toy rabbit who becomes real… but how did it happen? In the hands of Born in a Taxi, the story is infused with dynamic audience participation, live and recorded music with live stream video and projections layered into the work that plays with multiple scales that reflect the perspective of a child. Playful, visual and poetic.
Credits
Producer: Born in a Taxi
Writers, Creators, Performers: Penny Baron Carolyn Hanna, Fiona Roake
Co Direction: Lily Fish Theatre
Set Design & creation: Miriam Ceh & David ‘Splatt’ Rosenblatt
Lighting & AV Design: Robert Brown
Animation: Vanessa White Media
Songwriting and composition: Fiona Roake
Costume: Nick Barlow
Music composition: Michael Havir
Live camera operation/performer: Liz Everett
Technical Stage Manager: Jamie Turner
Velveteen Rabbit is created by Born in a Taxi, commissioned by Monash University Performing Arts Centre and supported by Creative Australia.
This performance is proudly supported by the WA Government and donors to our 2026 Annual Giving Campaign.
Tickets & Venue Info
The BREC Box Office is open on Mon, Tue, Thu, and Fri from 10am to 4pm.
If you experience any difficulties booking tickets, please contact our Box Office Team on 1300 661 272.
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BREC ACCESS
A doorway to the arts that’s always open!
We want everyone to have the opportunity to see this show at BREC.
So here’s our offer. Through BREC Access we are making some seats available for those who need a good night out but who can’t manage full price at the moment and we invite those who can to ‘pay it forward’ and choose a higher price.
$15.00 OPEN – I need a good night out but the cost of living is starting to bite!
$25.00 ENTER – I need a good night out but can pay a bit more
$70.00 FLING – I want to pay it forward and fling open the doors for someone else
* Limited BREC Access Tickets available
“This is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece of work”
Anne-Marie Peard, Smart Arts with Richard Watts on Triple RRR Radio
“This version is told in [a] way that’s so loving and honest that its sadness is hopeful and positive”
Anne-Marie Peard, Sometimes Melbourne (website)
“Born in a Taxi ‘holds the heart of this warm and tender tale in a mix of comedy, characters, personalities, theatrical forms and audience involvement without losing the simplicity and deep melancholy of its central character. Fiona Roake….holds the truth of the Rabbit in a way that never shies away from the vulnerability of the story’s character, or its heartbreaking end…. a rollercoaster from funny and physical to deeply warm and tender with the skill of a three ring circus… “
Sue Giles President ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People)