THE illustrator of children's book Where is the Green Sheep? has helped inspire the Flying Fruit Fly Circus' all-female show Girl with Altitude which debuts next year.
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Judy Horacek's cartoon Woman with Altitude, depicting a purple-clad female standing defiantly on a peak, gave circus artistic director Anni Davey impetus for the coming production.
"The woman with altitude pun was based on the derogatory statement 'that girl's got attitude'," Davey said.
By adapting the line for her show, Davey is set to collaborate with Horacek and explore attitudes of female acrobats on the brink of adulthood.
"What I want to say is girls have got opinions and you've got to listen to them," Davey said.
"I'm interested in young girls and what they think of the world and the world they are going to inherit and how that affects them."
New Horacek cartoons will be superimposed on performers and animated through the show that will debut at Wodonga's The Cube next September.
There will be 17 girls cast in the production, which is not the first all-female show produced by the Fruit Flies.
As part of its latest arts funding, the NSW government has given $19,200 to Girl with Altitude.
She has scored $13,342 for Neighbour which will be an "immersive theatre performance that celebrates the vibrant multicultural communities in regional Australia".
Froudist and teaching artist Alyson Evans will tell stories of Albury-Wodonga ethnic citizens on stage.
Murray Arts has also received $55,000 to allow it to continue to employ a curator for its Burraja art gallery.