"The
performance was of high quality and very imaginative."
- Act3 International, Singapore
A box of tissues, a roll of paper.
Wiping runny noses, dabbing at tears.
Revolving around a young girl with
the flu, the audience is led on a trip to places which symbolise
her different symptoms. Using a mixture of puppetry, music, lighting,
shadows and paper, ‘A-Tishoo!’ allows the imaginations
of children to run wild. With a bed which turns into a tissue box
and then magically changes into a boat, the play is an enchanting
and creative journey through an experience everyone can relate to:
the common cold.
Using innovative visual theatre techniques and delightful puppetry,
Dynamic New Animation (DNA) lead young children through imaginative
landscapes and stories with a specially composed soundscape by Indonesian
composer Haviel Perdana.
Atishoo! premiered in Spring 2004 with a UK national
tour
In Spring 2005 Atishoo! was performed for a week run at Bristol
Old Vic
and at the Lowry, Salford for a special christmas season 2007 before
touring to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for Act 3 International arts
season.
Directed and designed by: Rachel Riggs
Puppeteer:Adam Bennett
Production Manager & Lighting designer: Jonny Quick
Performer: Kay Robinson (tour 1), Anna Wilson (tour 2), Becky Manning
(tour 3, featured on video), Tids Pickard (international tour)
Set construction: Jonathan Hale / Adam Bennett
Soundscape Composer and Musician: Haviel Perdana
Child's voice: Rebecca Riggs-Bennett
Voice recording: Katy Harris
Thanks to Julie Brown, Porl Cooper, Celine Wyatt
for all their support and assistance.
Workshop Information
Accompanied by a tissue play workshop for early
years, to extend their participation, and aid audience development
with family learning. Using lots of sheets of white and coloured
tissue, we go on a journey through snow, leaves and water, making
our very own scrunchy tissue puppet animal to play with.
Manchester City Life interview
by Kevin Bourke "It's tissue-tastic!", proclaims Rachel Riggs,
Artistic Director of this magical show from DNA
"Atishoo! is a seasonal tale of
a girl and her runny nose, whose imagination leads her on a magical
journey through paper lands of ice and snow, swimming underwater
to meet crepe-paper sea creatures, and dancing among magical forests
of tissue trees."
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