Fairy tales & Puppetry Show - Good Things Come In Threes

Meerkat Productions

Fairy Fairy Fairy

Sensational!... A wonderfully entertaining and well put together production.
Overnewton Anglican Community College Junior School

The best thing I've seen in a long time!... The puppets were amazing, really brilliant!... Brilliant voices!
Scotch College, Hawthorn, VIC

SYNOPSIS
Students will watch and learn as our two high energy performers take them on a guided tour through some of the world’s most famous fairy tales, each told through the lens of a different style of puppetry.

Three of our favourite fairy tales are performed using three different styles of puppetry. We use Marionettes, Shadow Puppetry and Hand Puppetry to tell the fairy tale stories of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Goldilocks & The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs.

But here’s the twist! By spinning a “triangle of trickery” the students choose which story will be told and by picking out of a hat they choose the style of puppetry we will perform. At least, that’s what they think!

After each story, the performers will spend time informing the students about how our puppets are designed and built and give them a chance to show off what they’ve learnt.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Good Things Come In Threes supports delivery of the English curriculum by providing an opportunity to develop students’ listening and viewing skills as well as supporting the Creating Literature element of the curriculum by providing examples of how we can use song, sound, rhythm and dialogue in storytelling.

The show is designed to tell the three fairy tales in a straightforward and linear fashion, ensuring students from Foundation to Grade 3 are all able to comprehend it.

Throughout the show, our performers interact directly with the students; singing, dancing, and teaching them all the ways they can do this at home by breaking the elements down to the simplest steps so that students aren’t overwhelmed.

The performance also gives students an accessible way to learn about various types of puppetry, all whilst having fun with our two upbeat performers.

All of our puppets are designed with a focus on using recycled materials that are readily available, we instill in students the yearning to build their own puppets to play with at school and at home. The free teacher resource pack included with the show provides follow up activities to enable students to create their own puppets and scenes back in the classroom.

We use a professionally recorded voice over narrator to drive the story forward and play into the style of “Story time” – a concept we are sure the students are very familiar with. This, and the use of puppets, heightens the experience of the puppet shows.

Starting with Goldilocks and the Three Bears, shadow puppets are used to show the students that their homemade puppets don’t need to be highly detailed to work!

Moving onto The Three Little Pigs, using atypical hand puppets allows us to get up close and personal with the students, whilst also presenting them with something new that they may not have seen before.

Finally, the Three Billy Goats Gruff is presented in the style of Marionettes, with a hand built staging area set up in front of the students. The performers operate the puppets in full view of the students, breaking down the “fourth wall” and prompting discussion about the process of puppeteering.

Between each puppet show the performers “lift the curtain” on how the different characters were created and how to operate the puppets. Then some students are given the opportunity to have a go at operating them.

We provide all of the staging and sound requirements, all we need from you is a performance space approx. 5m by 5m, plus enough room for the students to sit and watch the show.

Q&A:
We include a structured and informative Q&A session which supports the school’s delivery of the Critical and Creative Thinking curriculum.  We discuss the themes raised in the show and support Inquiry Learning by discussing how we made the set, puppets, music, etc.

“Was great how it was run by you and not just the kids asking random questions. (10/10)” – Bargara State School, Bargara QLD


BOOKINGS
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More Reviews

Absolutely Brilliant! Please, please come again. Great Inspiration for follow up activities.
East Launceston PS, East Launceston, TAS

Wonderful show. The puppetry was particularly appropriate. All students K-4 were engaged throughout the whole show.
St Philips Christian College, Port Stephens, NSW

Very fast moving, lots of good costumes and props... Energetic, fun and easy to follow... dialogue pitched to all levels - well done ...Covered fairytales in a fun and enthusiastic way and really engaged the children.
Birchip P-12 School, Birchip, VIC

Production was fast paced and interactive which kept the children interested... They also enjoyed seeing behind the scenes... Thank you for a great performance. It has inspired the children to make their own puppets.
St Therese's PS, Kensington, VIC

Show Details

Type

incursion

Year Level Suitability

Prep-2 to 3-6

Curriculum area

The Arts - Drama, The Arts - Music, English, Civics And Citizenship

Themes

Fairy Tales, Puppetry, Pantomime, English, Literacy

Artform

Comedy, Dance, Drama, Music Theatre, Puppetry, Workshop

Duration

50 minutes including question & answer time

Cost

$6.95 +GST per student (minimum show fee $799.25 +GST for first 115 students)

School Term:
Term 1, Term 2

Availability

Available Terms 1 & 2.
Tours throughout ACT, NSW, QLD, SA & VIC

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