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"THE
BEST CHILDREN'S THEATRE THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER" |
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| Festival 2005 Archive |
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| The 2005 Festival presented a total of 14 world
class productions for
children aged between 3 and 14 years and their families.
Below is a short round-up of the 2005 programme.
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| Age:
3+ |
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| 3-5
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Connie's world is full of music and
mischief. A world through which she
travels with her Dad, George. A world
in which she wants to play, but her
dad wants her to sleep. A world in which
she wants to wear her coat, but her
dad wants her to take it off. A world
of discovery on a fantastic journey
filled with delight and wonderment for
children and adults alike.
Are We There Yet? is an enchanting performance
in which stories, song and specially-composed
live music transports the audience into
the magical world of a child's imagination.
An intimate, gentle performance for
the very young and certainly for grown-ups.
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| Age:
5+ |
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| 5-9
year olds |
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We're
staying home from school today
because....
our dog ate us
we've grown too big, too clever
and two more arms
we've got a very long list of
games to play
A band of friends play with hats
and objects that appear, disappear
and sometimes.....sneak up on
them. Sometimes, they hang out
upside down, because it's good
to see the world from a different
angle. Sometimes, they invent
exciting and daring new games
to play. And sometimes, they whistle
through their combs, to hear their
favourite tunes in vibrating harmonics.
Whatever they do,They do it with
style and panache, with wonder
and perfect poise. They do it
because they know how to, but
basically....
they do it for fun Hoops Hats
& Acrobats is fantastically
fun dance theatre, choreographed
and directed by Ruby Worth, with
music by Tom Bancroft and design
by Brian Hartley. |
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| 5-10
year olds |
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Imagine
if you can, a journey into a world
where a simple feather becomes
five chickens, and the ugly duckling
turns into a graceful swan. An
incredible journey, a magical
feat, translated in this performance
which tells the story of Hans
Christian Andersen's own life
from shoemaker's son to celebrated
author. Be amazed by this tale
of wonder and adventure. Imagine
if you can…..
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| 5-14
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Jamie Adkins has a great idea - he just
doesn't know what it is. Each sheet
of discarded words only makes this rubber-faced
clown even more determined. Sheet after
sheet of ideas are rolled and tossed
away. Until finally, the strangest thing
happens. As he tosses away another ball
of crumpled paper, it bounces right
back at him!
This hilarious turn of events pulls the endearing Chaplinesque bumpkin away from his typewriter and into a barrage of non-stop distractions and full-on silliness. To the melodious encouragement of roving musician Ann-Marie Levasseur, Jamie holds on for dear life. At the top of a splitting ladder, he wrestles with his own bulbous red nose, and flips and somersaults across a slack wire. Will he survive? Will he make it to the end?
A former member of Montreal's prized
Cirque Eloize and the Pickle Family
Circus, Jamie brings impeccable timing
and boundless wit to a show that spells
fun: t-y-p-o. |
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| Age:
7+ |
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| 7-12
year olds |
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Labyrinth is the magnificent story of
Theseus and the Minotaur. Theseus sets
out on his most daring adventure. First
he has to find the Minotaur, the monster
who lives in the maze…then he
has to fight it…and then he has
to find his way back home again…it’s
a hard life being a hero! This is a
classic tale from Greek mythology adapted
by the award-winning theatre company
Wee Stories. With its unique blend of
story-telling, live original music,
drama, comedy and banter, Labyrinth
is magnetic and hilarious entertainment
for all the family. |
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| Age:
8+ |
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| 8-12
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Zouff! first wowed Edinburgh audiences
at the 2003 Fringe Festival. Five hapless
performers present a circus show where
mockery is balanced with a skilful blend
of absurdity, poetry and petty-mindedness.
Crazy but harmless, the five go for
a walk, frantically seeking the shortest
curve between two straight lines. They
discover that if you never take anything
seriously, and laugh at everything,
you can never despair of anything.
Running the gamut of slapstick humour,
the unlikely five hold on to each
other, fit together and perform incredible
acrobatic feats. An intelligent play,
guaranteed to contain absolutely nothing,
zilch, zero percent of the old grey
matter.
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| 8-14
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LET’S PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! Modern ballet for young people with a difference. Imagine ballet with ATTITUDE. Be mesmerised by the heavy beats of an African sundance; be transfixed by the hilarious tricks of four dancers who are stuck together like glue; be captured by a tall girl and a short boy, a tale of the attraction of opposites.
All of this and much more fun in this unique opportunity to see work from the repertoire of one of the biggest ballet companies in the Netherlands and the only company in Europe presenting modern ballet performances specifically for children and young people.
Exciting costumes, humour, rhythm and unexpected movements will undoubtedly guarantee a PARTY! The repertoire includes ballets by renowned choreographers, Hans van Manen and Jirí Kylián.
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| 8-12
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At least that's what the papers called
them…
And it stuck! But how on earth did that
happen? But how could they possibly
have ended up as a bit part in somebody
else's story? Well now, they're back,
and back with a vengeance. To set the
record straight as it were.
Pam and Penny were the princesses of ballroom dancing. Waltz, foxtrot, quick step and jive. They could do them all. Nothing stood in their way. Surely they would win the ballroom championships…
..but they didn't.... and they're not
happy, not happy at all.
At the championships it was their sister
– their younger sister, their
step-sister, the girl called Cinderella
– who danced her way to glory.
From that day she was known as Cinderella,
Queen of the Ballroom. And what were
they called? From that day on, Pam and
Penny were known forever as ‘Cinderella’s
Sisters’, and they don’t
like it, they don’t like it one
little bit.
Cinderella’s Sisters is a story
of ambition, broken dreams, sibling
rivalry…and ballroom dancing.
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| Age:9+ |
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| 9-14
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Kashtanka is a dog, in fact Kashtanka
is a mongrel who gets lost and has to
find a new master. A stranger takes
her in but Kashtanka discovers she is
part of a much bigger family…
there’s the gander who’s
a bit pompous and full of himself, there’s
the tomcat, arrogant and proud and last
but not least, the little lady pig,
a touch naïve about the world as
it turns out. For Kashtanka, life becomes
very different.
Her new master performs with his
animals in a circus and is already
busy teaching Kashtanka a few tricks.
Then one day, the gander, that’s
right, the pompous one who is full
of himself, unexpectedly dies. Kashtanka
is told to take over his role. Excitedly,
she stands for the first time in the
circus arena when suddenly she hears
a voice. It’s the voice of her
old master calling to her from the
audience. Kashtanka! Kashtanka! Kashtanka
has to make an important decision.
Should she leave this crazy adventure
and return to her old life?
Chekhov’s moving story is brought
to life by one of Russia’s leading
theatre companies, a heart-wrenching
tale that is sure to drive every dog
lover to tears.
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| Age:
10+ |
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| 10-14
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There’s the Queen and there’s
her mirror. They are inseparable. A
thousand times she asks the mirror,
“Who is the most beautiful woman?”
A thousand times he replies, “You
are”. But the mirror is sick of
always following the rules, for he knows
there is another, someone more beautiful
than the Queen. Only when she is asleep,
can he turn towards Snow White, his
beloved princess. For him she is the
most beautiful woman in the world. But
as she is only a sculpture, she is still
and silent and might never be able to
follow him to new horizons.
Based on the fairytale Snow White
by the Brothers Grimm, Snow and White
is an intense game around beauty and
narcissism, the ending of human beauty,
the endlessness of ideals….
and of love.
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| Age:
12+ |
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| 12-14
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In the belly of the cruise ship, if
you are lucky, you can hear beautiful
music, music played on the piano by
a boy who was found in a lemon box,
on top of the piano, in the first-class
dancehall. He was found there by a ship’s
engineer, Danny Boatman. Danny didn’t
know who the parents were but he knew
it was 1900 and that was what he called
the baby boy – 1900, a name that
was bound to make him successful in
life.
And so now, 1900 plays for princes
and paupers alike on a ship that he
will never leave. But through the
keys on the piano he knows all kinds
of music and by looking straight into
people’s eyes he knows all about
the world beyond.
And then there’s that stack
of dynamite……
Inspired by Allessandro Baricco’s
wonderful novella Novecento, this
critically acclaimed Company uses
both storytelling and puppetry to
tell their own enchanting version
of this incredible story.
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