Theatre, puppets and the world of stories in which they come to life, giving joy to children and adults alike, is a world of beautiful fantasy. Young children, but also most adults, are fascinated by mystery, magic, fairy tales and stories. It is this fascination, the acceptance of abstraction and trust in the puppet, that can open the soul and the heart. The story and its mission can then enter and convey its message, its lesson, its mission.
It is the above that I see as a chance to teach, to direct, to leave a good mark in the minds of children and adults. Learning by experience is the best learning.
My stories are educational, entertaining, preventive and interactive. They are designed and created for today’s young and older audiences and reflect completely social situations among us. Take your pick, what are we going to play about? Are you bothered by name-calling, the germs of bullying in your collective, are you worried about the lack of respect between children? I’ll build you a story.
Be a part of my stories. Help the princess learn to sort waste, help the prince devise a strategy for learning English, advise him on vocabulary to accomplish tasks and free the princess. Together, we can convince the three-headed dragon that vegetables and fruit are really better than a skinny princess; besides, why shouldn’t he be friends with Goldilocks the horse? In fairyland, we stop the bullying right at the beginning, because Ježibaba belongs there too and is needed, no one is better or worse. You can direct the fairy tales and stories yourself, together, as a collective, discuss, play.
The school classroom is a living organism where children socialise, learn to cooperate, respect and help. These values can be reinforced through theatre performances focused on friendship, fair play, standing up for a friend or bullying prevention. Puppet theatre introduces children to familiar situations and helps them to find the right solutions.
I would like to reach out to an older audience. The joy of the abstraction of the puppet world is not limited by age and the story of the deaf shoe is very funny.
Let's laugh together, laughter is healthy and connects:)
Stories “tailor-made together, or me according to your specifications”, creative thinking, vocabulary expansion, English and German vocabulary, creating dialogues in a foreign language, it depends on the level of ability of the children or adults. You just need to agree on what you want to practice, what topics are important for the collective audience.
Another option is to dramatise a story that the children or adults direct themselves, a skit that they invent. Theatre and puppets can be at their disposal. I will help the creators to build the story, prepare a short outline and guide them.
Performances in a foreign language can be used for older children or adults to understand. A questionnaire can be created with questions in German or English where the audience writes down or circles facts from the story. A very nice learning opportunity for older pupils. In addition, it can be combined with their own dramatisation of stories and situations, dialogues, in pairs. It has worked very well for me in my German language lessons
