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WHEN THE PICTURES CAME - Collaboration WITH THE CHILDREN'S ART THEATRE OF CHINA |
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When The Pictures Came is a collaboration between Terrapin and the Children’s Art Theatre of China in association with the Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham UK, and Reckless Moments. It premiered on International Children's Day 2010 in Shanghai. The surreal and poetic narratives of Finegan Kruckemeyer are brought to life by the inventive and comic techniques of digital puppetry. When The Pictures Came blurs the distinction between theatre and cartoon with a seamless merge of projection and live action. Puppets and performers walk in and out of animations using projection and precision timing. The projected worlds that the characters enter are fraught with danger lacking any laws that govern the normal. Worlds collide, people merge, double, shrink or explode. Nothing is fixed or real. When The Pictures Came employs techniques that are at the forefront of puppetry innovation. There is black light theatre, object manipulation and physical performance creating a world where what is only possible in the madness of cartoons becomes a live theatre performance and an animation all in one. A Chinese and Australian artistic team, along with an English composer, created When The Pictures Came, with performers and puppeteers from both countries. It underwent development stages in both countries, producing a unique aesthetic as the team merged different artistic voices and traditions. Synopsis Four people sit in four rooms and try to make themselves better: the opera singer wants to sing louder; the strongman wants to be stronger; the martial artist wants to be more artful; and the kid wants to play with them all. But one day, two deliverymen arrive. And in their arms, is a box. And in the box, is a machine. And in the machine… are the pictures. When the pictures came, they sucked in stories, and secrets, and four characters with no idea what they were in for – they spat out revelations, and magics, and impossibilities. Now the pictures are here, tastes can be heard, sounds can be seen, heads will roll (literally), and shadows abandon their bodies. Now the pictures are here, once upon a times will happen twice, and happy ever afters are gone in the blink of an eye. For four characters, the inside world will mash with the outside, and the mess create a flood big enough to wash all rules away. Hold your breath – we’re going in. Director: Frank Newman The Children's Art Theatre of China is Terrapin's Collaboration Partner.
The development & creation of When The Pictures Came was facilitated by Reckless Moments, Creative Producers, Shanghai, China.
Lakeside Arts Centre is the Associate Producer.
When the Pictures Came was developed with the financial assistance from the COME OUT Festival and The WD Booth Charitable Trust, and is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia International Cultural Council, an initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The involvement of Nottingham-based composer Matt Marks has been made possible with funding from the Legacy Trust through the Igniting Ambition programme. Quest Waterfront was the accomodation provider for the Hobart season. |
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