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The Two-Bum Bun
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Written by Peter Wynne Willson
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In the kingdom under the sea, the dragon’s ill — and the only thing that can save him is a rabbit’s liver. The underwater animals duly fetch him a rabbit — but their plans don’t go as smoothly as expected, thanks to the secret of the rabbit’s second bum …
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A brand new show for young people aged four and over, their families and friends |
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Moby Duck’s latest Korean collaboration completes the trilogy that began with Iaggi Boddari and The Tiger Trail. Storytelling mixes with dance, live music, strange, evocative puppets and wild, exuberant Korean humour in Moby Duck’s unique and unmissable performance style.
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Where the land meets the sea
Hats off to the ‘Young Promoters’ of Devonshire Junior School, Smethwick, for organising a magical evening’s theatre in their school hall.
Their chosen show was ‘Two Bum Bun’ presented by Moby Duck Theatre Company. Based on a traditional Korean story, ‘Su-Gung-Ga’ or ‘The Turtle and The Rabbit’, it celebrates the values of difference and friendship. Re-written and directed by Peter Wynne-Willson this version is set on a beach, where the sun is not shining and two children, Toggy - a beautiful and imaginative performance by Yoon Won Hye - and Kobi, played with great panache by Dan Hagley, need to be entertained. Their mother, Susan, in a terrific performance by Lorna Laidlaw, has to find a story that will amuse and entertain two children with very different interests and enthusiasms, and so the ‘Two Bum Bun’ begins.
As Laidlaw cleverly weaves the narrative, the three actors create and act out the story. The dragon king (Laidlaw) under the sea is ill and only the liver of a rabbit (Yoon Won Hye) can cure him. Turtle (Dan Hagley) bravely volunteers to go in search of this strange and unknown creature and sets off for the land. As he journeys he calls on the audience to describe a rabbit for him, and to save him from a fierce ‘tiger’ that rampages up and down the aisles of the hall to catch him for its supper. When Turtle finally finds Rabbit a friendship develops despite their many differences and they are able to help each other. As for the two bums ……… it’s what every clever rabbit needs to get out of a fix!
The simple but effective set is made up of beach-style flotsam and jetsam, bits of driftwood, decking, rope, and blue cloths which open out as huge fans to make the billowing waves of the sea. The skill and enthusiasm of the actors creates an enchanted world for their audience and for one hour we were not in a school hall in Smethwick, but out there, with them, ‘where the land meets the sea’.
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Granny Vampire
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Written by Guy Hutchins
Dance by Chitraleka Bolar
Music by Praveen Rao
Designed by Craig Denston
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Sunita’s dead excited about going to visit her family village in India; but when she gets there, Grandma’s a big disappointment. She’s vegetarian; she faints at the sight of blood; and she doesn’t even wear her feet backwards, the way self-respecting Indian vampires should. Sunita decides to train her — but discovers that the holocaust that follows is anything but cool …
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A brand new bloodsucking romp for young people aged eight and over, their families and friends |
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“My Nan’s a vampire! How cool’s that?” |
The team that made Firegirl and Bloodhand blends storytelling with South Asian dance, live music, wild digitally generated projections and haunting, evocative masks in Moby Duck’s unique, unmissable performance style.
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2006 |
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The Tiger Trail
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Written by Peter Wynne-Willson
Dance by Chitraleka Bolar
Music by Kim So Ree
Design by Craig Denston
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Ssssh! What's that in the bushes? A rustling?
Listen! It turns to a fussing and tussling
Then the tussling to a muscular bustling
The bustles to growls, and unearthly howls
And out of the bushes the tigers come pouring
Some of them smiling, some of them roaring
Some of them dancing - none of them boring
Tall ones - short ones - thin ones - fatty ones
Natty ones - chatty ones -catty ones - batty ones
Flashing their stripes or smoking their pipes -
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You weren't expecting ordinary tigers, surely - Not in a Moby Duck show? On the Tiger Trail anything can happen! The Tiger Trail revisits the magic and enchantment of Korea. Storytelling, South Asian dance, samonuri drumming and haunting, evocative masks and
puppets swirl together in Moby Duck's unique, unmissable performance style.
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Bloodhand
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Written by Guy Hutchins
Dance by Chitraleka Bolar
Music by Praveen Rao
Designed by Craig Denston
Lighting and projection
by Arnim Friess
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"Don't meddle, Malati!"
She can't help it. Her nose pokes in here - fingers twiddle there - she's always done it. It doesn't do any harm - and it's fun.
Especially opening the old chest. That crumbling leather book has the strangest smell - its yellowed pages a tantalising crackle. And those spidery scrawls have to be spells ... But what do they do? How can she make them work?
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She's catapulted into a terrifying land. Ancient desert forts - warrior kings and cruel queens - and when she tries to get back to her own safe world they start to follow. How can she stop what she's unleashed?
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click here to see the show's gallery |
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2005 |
Iaggi Boddari —
the Story Bundle
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Written by Peter Wynne Willson
Puppetry by Yang Hye Jung
Music by Mira Yugai
Storyteller Lizzy Hughes |
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“Let’s open the story bundle …” — sounds more exciting than ‘once upon a time’, doesn’t it?
But there’s something strange about Pom’s bundle. It’s bigger — heavier. |
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Things are moving inside — and what are those noises? Poor Pom hardly dares turn and look; but story bundles have to be opened. Will you be brave enough to come and find out what’s inside?
Iaggi Boddari explores the riches of Korea. Storytelling, live music and haunting, evocative masks and puppets swirl together in the captivating mixture that has become the company’s trade mark. |
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Firegirl
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The forest burns outside Lata’s village. A girl dressed in flames dances in her dreams.
“The firegirl,” says the old woman. “She wants to destroy you.”
“What have I done?”
“Nothing — yet. But she knows only you have the power to stop her. And if she can’t breathe and eat fire, she’ll die …”
What is Lata’s strange power? And will she learn to use it in time?
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click the image for a picture gallery of the show and links to large, printable files. |
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Written by Guy Hutchins
Dance by Chitraleka Bolar
Music by Praveen D Rao
Designed by Craig Denston
Lighting and Projection by Arnim Friess |
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A new epic for the twenty-first century, Firegirl draws on ancient eastern and western myths. Storytelling, live music and South Asian dance swirl together with wild digitally-generated projections and haunting, evocative masks — the captivating mixture that has become Moby Duck’s trade mark. |
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2003/2004 |
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Bop! and Bopoluchi |
(Chitraleka Bolar, Praveen D Rao and Guy Hutchins)
Small/middle/large scale tour of South India, reviving two versions of a North Indian tale about a young girl kidnapped by robbers who turns into a serial decapitator. Told through storytelling, live music and Bharatanatyam dance. Toured to 96% of capacity.
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The Mazemaker |
(Guy Hutchins, Praveen D Rao, projections and lighting by Arnim Friess)
Small/middle scale national tour of the Daedalos story — murders, mayhem, Minotaurs; man’s first flight; and a king boiled alive in his bath. Told through storytelling, a range of digital and analogue instruments and digital projection. Toured to 77% of capacity (For older family audiences) (Arts Council funded) |
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The Story that Went to Sea |
(Chitraleka Bolar, SV Balakrishna, Lorna Laidlaw, KS Vijayalakshmi and Lena Patel)
Small/middle scale national tour about a story who’s kidnapped and bumped and sploshed half-way round the world — told through storytelling, Bharatanatyam and Yoruba dance, live music, puppetry and mime. Toured to 82% of capacity. (Arts Council funded) |
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2002/2003 |
Beans! |
(Chitraleka Bolar, S.V. Balakrishna, Guy Hutchins and Lakshmi Bai Gurudatt)
Small / middle scale national tour exploring Jack and the Beanstalk’s Indus Valley roots - told through storytelling, live music, puppetry and Bharatanatyam dance. Touring to 88% of capacity. Nominated for Arts Council Children’s award. (Arts Council funded)
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2001/2002 |
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Ice! |
(Chitraleka Bolar, S.V. Balakrishna and Guy Hutchins)
Small / middle scale national tour blending The Snow Queen with Tibetan ice witch tales and a Punjabi kidnap story, told through storytelling, live music, puppetry and Bharatanatyam dance. Toured to 88% of capacity. Shortlisted for Arts Council Children’s Award (Arts Council funded) |
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“It is rare to see a young audience at Battersea Arts Centre as rapt as this one ... the surest sign that the show was as engrossing for the children as it was for me.”
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