The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition is closing on Sunday, 7 October following a five week extension. The exhibition, showing at the Powerhouse Museum since May, extended its Sydney season to give visitors one last chance to see the popular family exhibition during the October school holidays.
Coinciding with the exhibition’s extension, the Powerhouse Museum will stage a special school holiday program (22 September – 5 October) looking at how the creative professionals in theatre and film turn ideas from the page onto the stage and big screen.
‘From Page to Stage’ will feature a series of public programs including a drop-in children’s activity for budding prop-masters who can design and create their own swords and shields; combat demonstrations by trained actors showing how battles are performed for the stage and screen; and an illustrator drawing exercise, accompanied by demonstrations by puppeteers who will bring mythical Australian creatures to life.
Many of the mythical creatures from Narnia are also revisited in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition. Reepicheep, a Minotaur, the White Witch, and Mr Tumnus are just a few of the characters that fans will come face-to-face with once they step through the wardrobe.
Based on the blockbuster film series and C.S. Lewis’ beloved fictional books, and produced by GES in partnership with Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, this state-of-the-art entertainment and educational experience offers the opportunity to tour scenes from the famed literary world of Narnia. Through authentic costumes, props and set dressings from the magical Narnia films, visitors enter a three-dimensional world that combines the wonders of science with aspects of fantasy. Narnia scenes and characters captivate visitors and take them on a journey of discovery.
Once inside The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition, visitors encounter several interactive elements including a replica of the White Witch’s throne where visitors can sit and feel the chill of the icy throne, a frozen waterfall that is icy to the touch, a fabulous model of King Miraz’s castle, a metal armour suit and swords that can be touched and lifted to experience their tremendous weight, and a life-size working catapult that demonstrates how the medieval device can hurl an object great distances.
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of classic children’s books written by C.S. Lewis that appear on the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge for primary school years five and six. A re-creation of C.S. Lewis’ study, where he wrote the Narnia adventures, is also shown in the exhibition.