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NewsQuest Seekers Shadow Puppet Workshops 2009
Jabberwocky Armchair Puppet Theatre is now taking bookings for its Quest Seekers shadow puppet workshop in libraries nationally during the school summer holidays. The workshop complements the 2009 Reading Challenge that aims “to take young readers into a mysterious and wondrous land where they can discover the joy of reading and nurture a life-long love affair with books”. We are offering a choice of two themes for this quest workshop - Lewis Carroll’s THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS or a second chance to experience JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Team Read Libraries Tour 2008
Photo by Steve Reid from Portsmouth News During the summer of 2008, Armchair Puppet Theatre's Team Read tour visited twenty-four Libraries across the South of England. For this Olympic theme we developed a workshop based on the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece. Our introduction included a shadow puppet performance where Jason decides to gather together a team of athletic Argonauts to set sail in the Argo on their epic journey. At the end of the workshop participants performed their own shadow puppet shows of Jason’s adventures on his quest for the Golden Fleece. See Options/Libraries Schools and Higher Education Pages
Audience gathered for a performance of Small Wonder We are currently developing a school’s page on this website that will have information for teachers about the services we provide to schools and teacher training colleges. Armchair Puppet Theatre delivers puppet performances for book weeks and end of term celebrations, as well as shadow puppet workshops for all ages that meet curriculum criteria through storytelling, making, performing and prolific team work.
All ready for the class at Bowhill Primary, Exeter
B Ed Students getting to know each other on their Induction Day at Plymouth University Entertainment at a Tudor Banquet
Armchair Puppet Theatre performed Small Wonder in the Great Hall at Dartington for a spectacular 40th Birthday Tudor Banquet Celebration. One World Week, 18-25 October 2009
The performers’ view
The audience’s view “Zhu Rong and Gong Gong saw that Nu Wa and her powers of creation were stronger than either of them, and so their fight was settled.” As part of this year's One World Week's "Hungry For One World" theme, Armchair Puppet Theatre will be participating in the twelfth anniversary of the Plymouth Respect Festival. Last year at this festival, our workshop participants made the shadow puppets and then performed the Chinese creation myth of the goddess Nuwa. Once a participant has made a puppet they are free to enjoy all the other festival delights, before returning to a rehearsal and their performance later in the afternoon. One World Week is a popular time for our shadow puppet workshops in schools. See Options/Cultural Diversity Family Learning Workshops
Photo courtesy of Crediton Courier Newspaper. Armchair Puppet Theatre have led Family Learning workshops in West Sussex and Wiltshire as part of the summer Reading Mission Challenge and in Devon for Family Learning Week in October. These enjoyable workshops have enabled children and adults to come together to make and perform shadow puppets from a wide range of stories. World Book Day - Thursday 5th March 2009
Making the "EVERYONE" shadow puppet from Janet & Allan Ahlberg's "Each Peach Pear Plum" Armchair Puppet Theatre led two weeks of shadow puppet workshops for 20 school groups, based on Janet and Allan Ahlberg stories at the Gosport SEARCH Centre, alongside the wonderful "What's In The Book" exhibition that was currently on a national tour. History Collaboration with the 1646 Centre
As part of the Torrington Revels, Armchair Puppet Theatre led three workshops at Great Torrington Junior School that re-enacted the Battle of Torrington in shadow puppets. Master Jake, dressed in 17th century costume, recounted his experience from the night of this battle between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers, which the Year 4 participants were enabled to transform into detailed shadow puppet performances. Exciting Art Games website Following the launch of our Art Arena games website in 2004 there are now many large vibrant Art Arena game paintings on display in schools, museums and businesses such as Shebbear and Spreyton Primary Schools in Devon, Central Foundation Boys and Bow Boys Comprehensive Schools in London, the new EDF Energy building in Exeter, Croydon Museum and NESTA's HQ in London.
Old Street, East London Spaghetti Junction. Acrylic on Canvas, 160cm x 160cm. Played by Year 7 students at Central Foundation Boys School, London. 2006 With help from Melissa, our elder daughter, we
have devised a format that produces a group composite print as an end
result and a range of new environmental Art Arena game scenarios. |
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for
your participation in this year's Respect Festival."
"It was well worth it as the children had a whale
of a time. It was brilliant."
"Having experienced today's shadow puppet workshop
collaboration, these children will remember the Battle of Torrington
unlike any others." |
