Students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed your performance, one of the best that we have had. The kids were engaged the whole time, there was plenty of involvement and it sent a clear message the kids could understand. Perfect to start the year.Bernadette Kelly, Berwick Lodge Primary School
The feedback from the teachers after today's performance has been amazing - SUCH A WINNER, THANK YOU!Helen Moore, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
"We need your help! Someone has stolen the happy endings! Come on a search to find them again, so everyone can live Happily Ever After! Meet some well loved heroes and some rotten villains in this high energy, side-splitting show which inspires children to read all their favourite tales! The show includes the stories “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “The Three Little Pigs” The children are able to become part of the stories and see them come to life.”
A unique take on traditional fairytale performance, including up-to-date music and references to popular culture,“Happily Ever After?” brings many much-loved characters to life and inspires students to love literature! It also explores the differences and similarities between fairytales, participation in performance, characterisation and role-playing, and the transition from books to performance. With music, puppets, laughs and parts for selected students to play, this show has it all! Carp's Fairytale shows are a hit around Melbourne schools every year, and we always have something new to offer each year. Let your students laugh as they learn with Carp Productions!
"Happily Ever After?" brings many much-loved characters to life and inspires students to love literature! It also explores the differences and similarities between fairytales, participation in performance, characterisation and role-playing, and the transition from books to performance. "Happily Ever After?" encourages students to explore:
- Storytelling and narrative
- The differences and similarities between fairytales
- Participation in performance
- Characterisation and role-playing
- The transition from books to performance
The performance encourages participation in drama and promotes reading. With the help of simple props and costumes, your students become the stars of the shows! All our shows contain positive messages about friendship, sharing, self-belief and tolerance. Various acting techniques are employed - music, poetry, puppetry, mime, song and narration - to encourage the students.
Victorian Curriculum: Communication, English, Interpersonal Development, Personal Capabilities, the Arts, Thinking Processes, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The show was brilliant! The perfect introduction for the children. The storyline and humour were perfectly suited for preps; there wasn't a moment they weren't either smiling or laughing. The children incorporated into the show got a real buChristie Holman, Overport Primary School
Thank you so much for the wonderful performance yesterday for the Preps and the Year 1 students. Feedback from both the Prep and Year 1 teachers was that the performance was entertaining, interesting, interactive and just downright fun.Tanja Jensen, Wheelers Hill Primary School
The Preps were enthralled for 45 minutes as we explored the idea that everyone is good at SOMETHING! We learnt we should all be proud of the way we look, and if we make mistakes we should never give up. Entertainment of the highest calibre!Michael Rennie, St Kilda Primary School
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