Puppet Play
Apr. 13th, 2014 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitAs my regular readers will have gathered my job is not like many others. And indeed today I was involved in the shadow puppet play. We've been practising at lunch times for weeks - I give up half my lunch hour and then half an hour of work time - as I said, there aren't many office jobs where you have time off for play rehearsals.
The puppets and the voices have been under the control of three residents, five voluntary co-workers (people who work in the community for six months or a year), comprising one Czech, one German, one American, one Moroccan and one Philippino, two staff members and myself as narrator. The stage, scenery and puppets were made in our woodworkshop, with the painting being done by the students who attend the weekly college course that's run onsite.
Today was the big day. Residents, parents and other family members, co-workers and staff came to watch. It was held in our hall and we ran out of chairs.
And it went really well. The puppets and the story held everyone's attention. All the bits that had been wobbly before stayed in one place. The sound effects were effective. People got involved in the plot. There was instant applause at the end. All our hard work over the last six weeks paid off.
We're going to perform it again to a different audience in a few weeks' time.
The puppets and the voices have been under the control of three residents, five voluntary co-workers (people who work in the community for six months or a year), comprising one Czech, one German, one American, one Moroccan and one Philippino, two staff members and myself as narrator. The stage, scenery and puppets were made in our woodworkshop, with the painting being done by the students who attend the weekly college course that's run onsite.
Today was the big day. Residents, parents and other family members, co-workers and staff came to watch. It was held in our hall and we ran out of chairs.
And it went really well. The puppets and the story held everyone's attention. All the bits that had been wobbly before stayed in one place. The sound effects were effective. People got involved in the plot. There was instant applause at the end. All our hard work over the last six weeks paid off.
We're going to perform it again to a different audience in a few weeks' time.
