Saturday, Nov. 22 11:00am
Tickets are $10-$16
Ages: 4-7
to purchase tickets:
http://tickets.waltonartscenter.org/production/view.asp?id=3141&x=13&y=9
to purchase tickets:
http://tickets.waltonartscenter.org/production/view.asp?id=3141&x=13&y=9
I took Maeve to see this show two years ago when she was 1 ½. The puppetry is excellent and mostly done in black light. Maeve was mesmerized by the slow storytelling and the very expressive puppets. She sat in her seat for ½ of the performance before needing to walk up and down the WAC auditorium steps. I can't wait to take her (now 3 1/2) and Rowan (almost 2) and watch their experience of the show.
I’ve known about Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia since grad school. One of my mentors and professors, Graham Whitehead, was the former Artistic Director. The company has been around for a long time and has an excellent reputation. Definitely read the books before (and after) the show. Their mission is to excite young readers and inspire their literacy experience.
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia has adapted for the stage, three of Eric Carle’s stories: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud, Mixed-up Chameleon. Two puppeteers operate several puppets at once. They wear black clothing and masks to be invisible. The puppets and scenery are designed to look like Eric Carle’s drawings and pop-out on the stage through the use of black-light. This purple light makes anything black disappear and anything with color on it stand out. The puppeteers use body movement, rhythm and precise timing to create the characters of Caterpillar, Cloud and Chameleon. Mermaid Theatre chooses challenging books to adapt, writes original music and hires professional puppeteers in the hopes to acquaint young spectators with the visual and performing arts as with the pleasures of reading.
The website for Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia (see a video clip and photographs of the performance).
>http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_paint.html Learn how Eric Carle paints his tissue in the illustrations of his storybooks.
>www.atozteacherstuff.com
Excellent resource for lesson plans on making books with students. >www.familycrafts.about.com/od/puppets/
Instructions for making lots of different kids of puppets with simple materials.
I will be teaching Family Workshops both before the show: 9:30-10:30am and after the show 12:15-1:15pm. The cost is $5 a person. We'll be using our bodies and voices to play in the stories and making puppets. To learn more or buy tickets - go to:
http://tickets.waltonartscenter.org/production/view.asp?id=3713&x=6&y=14
See you at the theater!
