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Mega Busy!

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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It's that puppet again!

She gets everywhere!!!

So, as promised, the everything happening at once that I promised to tell you all about.

Lots of things have been happening just when I am trying to really crack on with the Hansel & Gretel Toy Theatre show that is creeping up increasingly quickly.  Despite this I have got the majority of the final quality puppets drawn out and I plan to get all of the artwork finished for Monday when it will be taken to the printers.  Our filming date has been pushed back to next Friday, all being well.  A large chunk of the sliders are complete and the corrugated plastic scenery that things will be mounted on will also be complete by Monday.  The curtain is already finished!

So, what else has been happening?  I hear you ask.  Yesterday I had an audition for a tour of Little Red Riding Hood with Norwich Puppet Theatre.  This is the first in house show they have produced for some time, so it is very exciting.  The voices I have been using for Hansel & Gretel came in very nicely, I fancy.  I also got to play with an in progress wolf rod puppet and used a song, some acting and puppetry from our Alice in Wonderland show to demonstrate my skills for them.  This took all day, including the drive from North Yorkshire to Norwich and back.  The people I met there were all very nice by the way.

This leads on to another thing that has happened.  We are doing our Alice in Wonderland show at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival on Saturday the 25th of June at 1.30pm.  I am also doing shoe box toy theatre making workshops at Buxton Puppet Festival on Saturday the 30th of July.

Given the amount of work I need to do in time for the Vischmarkt Papierentheater Festival, you will not hear from me for some time.  If any of you are attending the festival I shall see you there.  I am very much hoping that someone will write a review of our show, and I intend to try and write up some of other people’s.  So, goodbye for now.  Don’t forget, you can help support our show by going to our Wefund page, please see the links on the right of the home page.

Hansel & Gretel – Musical antics & the Witch takes her place….

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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On Wednesday we toddled over to the house of my very good musician friend, together with a bag full of peculiar noise making equipment and a guitar.  As it turned out there were plenty already there, but at least we were amused by funny birdy noises squeaking out at every bump in the road.

We recorded all of the stuff we wanted into the computer and now all we have to do is edit it and combine the tracks in various exciting ways.

Previous to this we have rehearsed with my toy theatre mock up and identified various puppets and sets that will need to be adapted for the real thing, (which is what it is for).

We have also, after the advice of the good people who voted on the poll on this blog inserted the word “witch” into the script.  I’m not ashamed to say there is some insane cackling involved too.

We also recorded a script learning tape for ourselves and I have worked out that Tim is doing 3 separate voices and I am doing 4.

I have also purchased an A2 cartridge paper pad and will be starting painting A.S.A.P.  I have delegated “slide” making to Tim, but I don’t know if he realises what he’s let himself in for.

I think we may have to simplify our lighting ideas, (boohoohoo!), but we’ll just have to wait and see how much time we have.

For those who haven’t seen it yet, please look at our “Wefund” page.  As you can see we now have a roll of honour for people who have pledged, but there other exciting benefits, so do have a look.  Like I said before, you don’t have to give money, you can just share this with your friends.  But, do feel free to do both if you wish!

I shall update you again as soon as I have actually got more stuff done!