- The Puppet and Its Double Theatre · Taiwan
The Selfish Giant
- Saturday 27 September, 18:00-19:00, Chanzy
- Sunday 28 September, 10:00-11:00, Chanzy
- Sunday 28 September, 16:00-17:00, Chanzy
1h
From 5 years old
English (a few words) with french surtitles
- Carried puppets
- Dance
- Objects theatre
- Shadow theatre
Based on Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant, this beautiful show uses puppets, a huge automaton, music, dance and acting to tell about a giant who forbids children to play in his wonderful garden. It becomes icy and lifeless, until children return, and the lonely giant helps one to climb up a tree…
Writing Oscar Wilde
Direction Cheng Chia-yin
Music Luo Fei-tsuei
Puppet making Yeh Man-ling
Mecanical conceptionYu Meng-ju
Lighting design Helmi FITA
Costumes Wang Yi-ching
Storyteller Liu Yu-jane
Performance Yang Bo-wei, Wei Lin-chuan
Stage management Lin Chien
Coproduction National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts • Art Facilities Management Center, Taoyuan