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Puppet Portal Day 11 - Hospital C | Puppet Portal Project Hospital C
2009-09-30
Puppet Portal Day 11 - Hospital C
Very low numbers on our first day back but we really enjoyed ourselves and made some shows we were proud of.
Based on the theme of Neighbours I brought in some odd bits and pieces and told participants I am the local Nosey Neighbour and like to collect my neighbour`s belongings and find secret things out about their lives. We investigated the things I had `found` and gave them labels like an archaelogical study - imagining who they had belonged to, in what time and what they had done with them e.g. A yellow marigold glove became a relic of a middle-aged Waterworks engineer. Then everyone was set a challenge to choose one item and incorporate it into a puppet. It was a fun, easy way to set off imaginations with ready made materials.
Presently, a home for the puppets was created and a `Welcome to my Crib` type tour performed for children in another hospital. Then we got a chance to nosey into the homes of their puppets and we were invited to take part in a football game and a party..we were even fed cake through the screen! Cyber cake Yum!
In the afternoon, I made a `Kilkenny Cat` puppet by the bedside of a shy little supporter. This wasn`t easy for a recently defeated Tipperary woman but he quite enjoyed my angst and made a little video about the Spirit of the Kilkenny Cat who lies sleeping in the Castecomer mines dreaming about a 6 year old hurling prodigy who will grow up to beat the socks off Tipp in another All Ireland.
Fun Day back! Working on a group theme makes structuring the activities much easier I feel - there is more focus for me to guide the participants input.
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