Malpas Young Actors

Malpas Young Actors

THE LITTLE ACTORS 

This term the little actors have focused on the story of an amazing zoo hidden deep in the forests of Japan. Using the imaginations of the group we ave travelled from a fine restaurant in Victorian London where two photographers set out, determined to capture the animals on film for the first time. 

As the photographers cross the oceans to the Zoo, their plans are overheard by a Seagull who decides he must warn his friend the zoo keeper and flies off soaring high above the ocean and the countryside of Japan.

After an exhausting journey through forests, grasslands, mountains and snow the two Victorians finally arrive at the gates. The Zoo keeper decides to admit them but much to the bewilderment of the photographers, as the flash of the camera ignites, the animals in front of them disappear to be replaced magically by the very elements of Japan that they have travelled through.

The children each created their own animals, chose a special power that best represented their animal and chose what they should transform into as the photographs were taken, for example snowflakes, trees, mountains and grass. The group created ancient Japanese scrolls which they kept to remind them of their powers as they discussed and developed the story. 

 

The Little Actors have now began work on the story of the Butterfly Hunter. 

THE YOUNG ACTORS

The Young Actors have been unravelling the story of The Dancing Tiger. This story set in Ancient Japan is based around a 17th Century Japanese Emperor and his hunt for a most feared Assassin. It's a story that covers a lot of themes, not least Fear, Love, Loss, War, Revenge. Each week the proverb unveils a little more, and each session is aimed to allow the group to imagine, react, discuss and then recreate each part of the unfolding story.

The reactions and imaginations of the group make each week a story in it's own right as we journey through ancient Japan, and get a little closer to the true identity of the assassin known only to the people as The Dancing Tiger.

Malpas Young Actors is on Saturday mornings at Bishop Heber High School. For more information, visit www.theyoungactors.co.uk

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