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Tidemark
Edinburgh Fringe Experience 2004
Friday 13 August 2004
It
is such a rewarding experience entertaining the young, telling stories
in a simple, but at the same time, educational way.
Their
little minds are so open and their imagination has no bounds. Having
said that though, one of the best bits has been building in the
silly humour for the adults.
If
parents have to sit through an hour and ten minutes of a children's
show, the least we can do is write in some humour for them too.
Writing
and performing in a children's show has been a real awakening. It
has been such a joy to be part of 'Odysseus and the Really Freaky
Monsters' this year.
Since
the early first drafts of the script we've all had so much fun rehearsing
that everyone in the company has been going around with silly grins
on their faces all the time.
And
this 'feel good' factor is in the performances as well. I have a
permanent smile on my face in the wings watching the show and even
though I've seen the show countless times, I still love to stand
and watch Will Franklins' wonderfully comic Odysseus and the Goddesses
as they drift on and off stage so ethereally, charming the children
with their story.
We're
already planning our children's show for 2005. If anyone has any
ideas for a classic story or fairy tale, filled with villains, heroes
and fairy magic, which would benefit from a modern, slightly irreverent
re-telling for children four and over, please mail in!
| DEAN
RICHMOND, WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
Friday,
13-Aug-2004 18:24:51 BST |
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WANT TO SAY WHAT A GREAT SHOW MAC PUTS ON, WITH ALL THE PUPPETS,
EVERY BODY ATTENDING EDINBURGH ARE IN FOR A GREAT TIME, LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE PUPPRTS AGAIN SOON. |
| Mac
McCaig, Welwyn Garden City |
Thursday,
12-Aug-2004 16:01:56 BST |
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| I
will be doing my first ever live performance at this years fringe
of my interactive puppet show in Edinburgh this year, a mixture
of popular and new puppets, i myself playing the part of host
& compare Toots the mystical wizzard, my shows have been well
recieved in the hospitals and am hoping they appeal to the general
public. |
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