…. Participants at the South Brent workshop chose, mostly fantasy and mostly evil! Children & adults spent a wonderful afternoon making shadow puppets, that culminated in some imaginative and hilarious performances.
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Come along to this fun workshop at The Old School Community Centre, South Brent, Devon, UK.
Tess Wilmot from “Growing Community Abundance” invited us to deliver Light Bulb Fantastic’s “Our Soil is Alive” shadow puppet activity for adults and children who make their own soil in the city, just from neighbours’ kitchen waste!
This is what Tess had to say after the workshop….
“Light Bulb Fantastic came to Food Plymouth’s Growing Community Abundance celebration event on 22nd February 2020 and made the event magical! People of all ages and interests worked together and enjoyed the conversations about the soil and the amazing creatures that live in it. Highly recommended the creativity that comes from making shadow puppets together.”
At the end of the day we were treated to a shared supper of the delicious home produce grown from the community’s own soil! Yummy!
Come along to a free, drop-in shadow puppet workshop discovering the wonderful creatures that live in a healthy soil and how they are affected by the activities of humans above them! Make your own puppets of such amazing characters as tardigrades, springtails and rotifers. For the finale you are welcome join in with a short performance at the end!
Backstage at Dartington, in Devon, where we performed "Dreams before Dawn" in collaboration with the talented Totnes Young People's Theatre. On stage the actors are debating inside the mysterious Turtle Island Tavern, while the puppet screen reveals the action outside as the terrified Brian makes his unwise decision, to escape in the rowing boat out across they bay.....
We are excited about combining live action with shadow puppets, for a collaborative performance tomorrow with Totnes Young People's Theatre. This devised piece tells a tale of a ship wreck and mermaids seeking revenge for humans' pollution of the seas. Even the dolphins are angry ..."and it takes a lot to annoy a dolphin!"
The wood Fair was great fun, young and old enjoyed creating a woodland scene together, bringing it alive with their charming shadow puppets. One family decided to throw out their TV and get a shadow puppet stage instead!
Twin boys celebrated their 6th birthday with friends on 8th July, by creating their own scary monsters and mythical creatures shadow puppets. As a grand finale to this Lightbulb Fantastic workshop, the children performed a story, devised themselves, to their proud and delighted families.
"Great afternoon - very varied activities; designing, making, story, performance. Very different from usual party stuff" Neil Davenport.
"Fantastic experience, variety of activities, learning new skills and working as part of a team. Great idea for a party. Evelyn loved all the colours and making. Highly recommended." Dave Glassock.
Join us for some Christmas Magic on Saturday 17th December at the lovely Jellyfish Gallery in Buckfastleigh, Devon. All ages are welcome (under 11s need an adult with them) and the workshop runs from 3 - 6pm. £10 per puppet, which you can take home.
