For larger events
(theaters, fairs, festivals, city events,
etc.) the shows listed under Assemblies are quite
suitable. Below is a list of productions
great for smaller events, parties,
classrooms, etc.
Puppylocks and the
Three Bears
WHAT
IF? What if the
Three Bears were really Teddy Bears! And
What if Goldilocks was not a little girl
at all, but a golden, mischievous little
dog? That is exactly the case is this
very funny retelling of the traditional
fairytale. Watch this impish little dog
do everything wrong in the Bear's house
while the bears are off to the TEDDYBEAR
CIRCUS! Puppylocks is presented with
traditional Bohemian style marionettes on
a tabletop stage. It runs about 40
minutes and is highly recommended for
ages 3 and up. Live music and singing.
The
Three Little Pigs
Three pigs set out to
seek their fortunes with a bit of house
building. Things don't go as planned in
this creative retelling of the
traditional story; houses collapse, pigs
and wolves play together and audience
members help the story along with lots of
live music, singing, construction and
laughter. Presented with traditional
Bohemian style marionettes on a tabletop
stage. This show runs about 40 minutes
and is recommended for ages 3 and up.
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The Puppet Man
The Puppet
Man is a hand puppet presentation done in
a very traditional, European style.
With the puppeteer (Michael) wearing the
walk-around stage, the presentation
consists of a variety of humorous skits,
sometimes requiring audience members to
help out or make suggestions to help the
puppets solve problems. This
presentation can be geared to
few-year-olds or older, elementary aged
children. Different themes can
often be accomodated.
Cirque du
Cafe - Magical
Moonshine Theatre's table top circus for
the whole family, where salt shakers do a
trapeze act, a wine bottle and a baguette
perform magic, a bread roll rides a pizza
cutter unicycle and a banana swallows
swords longer than it's body. This is
object theatre and puppetry and circus
and great fun! Performed with live,
French musette accordion, this show can
be up to 70 minutes or more in length.
Little Elephant Has A
Ball
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table top presentation was designed for
the Puppets In The Preschool Conference
at Contra Costa College, and was created
to be developmentally appropriate for
preschool audiences. In the story,
Little Elephant finds a ball, but when
she goes to play with Monkey and Zebra,
she discovers that they are much better
players than she is and at first would
rather play without her. With the
prodding of Lion, the animals learn how
to play together and appreciate each
one's different skills with the
ball. This funny and tender show
includes live music on the ukelele and
singing with children learning the songs
and hand plays to join in, as well as
helping the animals figure out how to
solve their problems.
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