Honk! Jr.

Honk! Jr. is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, “The Ugly Duckling”.   It is a fun-filled adventure that follows the story of an odd looking baby duck, “Ugly”, and his quest to find his mother.

The musical is set in the English countryside.  It features a duckling who discovers his inner beauty when he becomes a swan, his tearful mother Ida, a drake who "ducks" his fatherly responsibilities, a gaggle of comical geese, a sly, French tomcat who wants to befriend Ugly so he can eat him, a wisecracking bullfrog, and other barnyard creatures, together with a great many "fowl" puns.

Soon after Ugly is born, he is seduced away by a wily Cat who wants to eat him for dinner. Eventually, Ugly manages to escape but has no idea how to return home. Along his way, he encounters a beautiful swan, Penny, tangled in a fishing line. After saving her, the two birds fall in love. However, she must return to her flock and fly south for the winter. Eventually, Ugly’s mother finds him frozen in snow. Luckily, her warm tears manage to thaw him out and he comes back to life – as a handsome swan! Soon, Ugly is reunited with Penny and the two swans decide to live out the rest of their days in the same pond as Ugly’s loyal mother.

With the main themes of tolerance, prejudice and sibling rivalry, Honk! Jr. is a timeless tale of personal transformation and of an outsider searching for somewhere to belong.

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Banyule Theatre
Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg

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(Cheque made payable to Catchment Players of Darebin Inc.)