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Blue Like An Apple
Blue Like an Apple
a
colourful shadow play with live music for 8 – 11
year-olds exploring the
theme of climate change
by Rhythm Tree Theatre : play of light
Contacts:
Karin Andrews
Jashapara
0208 647 8141 e-mail
karin@jashapara.com
or Will
Embliss 020 8374 3453
email: Will
Embliss >>
In the lake, sensing the dangerously rapid increase in warmth, Drak, a
dragonfly, decides to find a way of telling the humans how they could
avoid contributing to these changes. But where do you start with a
species that hardly knows where it’s food comes from,
let alone what gases result from burning fuel, or where those gases end
up.
With Drak’s help, Oli begins to see…
They travel round
planet Earth, whose layer of air is as thin as the skin of an apple, and
find some of the problems caused by climate change, and some positive
ways of alleviating
it. The question is, how will Oli’s family respond?
A puppet audience
discuss the matter…the question is open for the audience to decide.
What’s your view?
Karin Andrews Jashapara – Maker and Performer
Zannie Fraser – Director
William Embliss – Composer and Musician
The play was devised by the company, from an idea by Karin Andrews Jashapara.
Ø The play lasts just under half an hour, and is followed by a 10 - 15 minute discussion (shadow puppets to launch this).
Ø Designed for Years 4 – 6, age 8 - 11. Up to 100 pupils (3 classes) can see each show.
Ø The show is shadow theatre with a performer using overhead projector and other light sources to create colourful shadows on a screen, and a musician playing a wide variety of musical instruments, mainly made from recycled/reclaimed objects.
Ø A reasonable blackout is essential.
Ø DEFRA have funded the initial production and first 26 performances of the show.
Reviews include:
‘The performance raised lots of issues which met with a lively discussion in the hall as well as in classrooms later on…...they were especially impressed by the creative use of recyclable material for those beautiful puppets and the musical instruments. .......[The show was] ‘wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking’ Mrs Sarah Qureshi, Science Co-ordinator, Camden Junior School
‘an excellent, informative and entertaining production’ Miss E Bliss , Year 4 teacher
'a
very poetic way of putting across a lot of information’
Ms L Brown, Junior School Eco Teacher
Technical information
* Auditorium : Flat
* Get in and get out times : depends on venue; please discuss with company. Average time is 45 minutes each.
* Staging : A clear flat area of 5 m (18ft) wide, 3.5 m (10ft) deep, 3.5 m (10ft) high
* Blackout : all windows in the auditorium or hall should be covered.
* Sightlines: The front row of the audience, if seated on the floor, must be a minimum of 1.75m (5ft) away from the front of the theatre set.
* Sound: Provided by the company. House lights to be operated by the venue.
* Power : 1 x 13 amp power point
* Access : Parking and easy access to the performance area are essential. Help will be required with difficult get-ins.