PuppetCraft presents
The Tin Forest
A puppet show and workshop
based on the book by Helen Ward, illustrated by Wayne Anderson,
published by Templar.
For everyone...
all the way down to 3 year olds.
PuppetCraft presents
The Tin Forest
A puppet show and workshop
based on the book by Helen Ward, illustrated by Wayne Anderson,
published by Templar.
For everyone...
all the way down to 3 year olds.
The
Tin Forest is about an old man who lives in a dreary
junkyard, full of other people's broken and unwanted junk. He dreams that one
day his world will be full of life, colour and sound.
His wish is about to come true…
The Tin
Forest is an uplifting, humorous and touching show, full of visual invention,
puppetry and musical fun…with mechanical birds, a wind-up circus and exotic
animals of all shapes and sizes.
The show has no words, but will have a sound-scape of live music and sound effects.
Show lenth: about 45 minutes.
A workshop
will be run before the show for anyone aged 7 years and up, including family
groups. You will make their own animated sculptures from discarded materials
to display after the show and to take home.
You will also learn to perform in a junk-instrument orchestra, to play an overture
for the show.
The workshop lasts 1½ hours.
"Puppet
show wows." Stroud News
"Beautiful… A truly magic show, full of enchantment, ingenious craftsmanship
and marvellous ideas… Inspiring." Audience comments
"The PuppetCraft team have come up with another winner. Boundless imagination
and finely crafted puppets from the masters. Villages Promoter
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"A day in the life of PuppetCraft"
See
YouTube.
A time-lapse video of setting up for the show, running a workshop,
doing the show and packing up.... 6 hours compacted into 3 minutes... the wonders
of computers!
Performed at a village in Devon called Harterton ...err... hence the title of
"Harbertinforest."
GALLERY
of photos of workshop sculptures.
Copies of
The Tin Forest book were on sale.
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This project
is produced in association with the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, which is assisting
by providing space and audiences to develop the show and workshop.
Arts Council England has given funding for a national tour.
Additional funding has been given by The Mitchell Trust and The Elmgrant
Trust.
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation has funded professional development
training by an internationally renowned Japanese puppet-master.
Drawing © Wayne Anderson
For bookers: see technical details.
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MAKING OF THE SHOW
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