Jess Gollé’s performance days are routine. She wakes up on a tour bus. At 8 a.m., she and the rest of the crew arrive at that day’s venue to prepare for their 6 p.m. show, “Bluey’s Big Play.” After a two-hour performance on stage, she and the rest of the cast participate in a meet-and-greet with fans before packing up and returning to the tour bus to travel to the next location.
Gollé may go to sleep in New York City and wake up in Washington, D.C., or another major city. And then the process repeats.
“It can get pretty exhausting,” Gollé told the Mississippi Free Press. “You’re trying to keep up with getting settled into a new city. As Austrailians, being in a foreign country, there’s new experiences to get used to and a different way of working.”
“It’s been a lot to process, but it’s also been like the most incredible experience,” the Brisbane native added. “It’s really hard to put into words how cool this has been to see so much of the country by road, on the bus and in so many different beautiful theaters.”
Jess Gollé, 26, serves as the puppeteer of the character Bluey for “Bluey’s Big Play,” which has been touring in America since November 2022. Photo courtesy Jess Gollé
Gollé is a performer and puppeteer operating Bluey, the lead character in “Bluey’s Big Play,” which has been on a live-show tour across the United States since November 2022. “Bluey” is an Australian cartoon set in Brisbane centered on Bluey, a 6-year-old blue heeler dog, alongside her little sister Bingo and her parents Chilli and Bandit.
“Each episode basically shows the typical day in the life of an Australian family, but I think it’s so different because it just shows the rawness and the reality of family life,” Gollé explained. “‘Bluey’ has really shown parents how special it is to spend time with kids.”
Each episode always contains a game and a life lesson at the end. For example, “Bluey’s Big Play!” audiences will get the chance to experience Chilli teaching Bluey the
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