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Penguins by Cahoots NI Birmingham Repertory Theatre & Prime Theatre Informa:on Pack
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Penguinsby
CahootsNIBirminghamRepertoryTheatre
&PrimeTheatre
Informa:onPack
ThisisTheMACwhereyouwillseeyourperformance.
Thisisthemaindoor.
Youwillcomeintothebuildingthroughthisdoor.
Thisistherecep:onarea.Thisiswhereyouwillgetanyinforma:onyouneed.
Therewillbelotsofotherchildrenandadultshereonthedayofyourvisit.
Sheisheretohelpyouandyourfamilyifyouneedit.
ThisisMary.ShewillbehereonWednesday14thMarch.
Thisisthedoorto‘DownstairsattheMAC’.
Yougothroughthisdoorwhenitis:meforyourperformance.Youwillneedtocrossadarkenedcorridor.
Yourperformanceisinatheatrecalled‘DownstairsattheMAC’.
Theseareyourseats.
ItmaybealiLlebitdarkinsidebutnottoodark.
Herearesomeexamplesofthetoiletsigns.
Thisiswhatthedoorslooklike.Therearetoiletsthroughoutthebuildingyoucanuse.
Thisiswhatsomeofthetoiletswilllooklike.
Ifyouneedabreak,youcantakethestairsortheliPandgotofloor6.
There,youwillfindtheDen.Thisisaspecialareaforyouifyouneedabreakduringyourvisit.
Youcancomebacktotheperformancewheneveryoulike.
Theseareearplugs.Theywillbeavailableatyourperformanceandareyourstotakehome.
Thisisarelaxa:ontoy.Itwillbeavailableatyourperformanceandisyourstotakehome.
Hereisastoryabouttheperformanceyouwillsee.
TheperformanceiscalledPenguins.Twoboysandonegirlwillactinthisperformance.
ThisisSiloThisisRoy
ThisisTango
Shownotes• Penguinsisadeviseddanceshowforchildrenandismainlyperformedthroughdance
andmovement.• DialogueisplayedwhentheZooisopenandvisitorsarrive.Thisdialogueisinavariety
ofvoicesandlanguages,aspeoplefromallovertheworldliketovisittheZoo.• Theboxesonstagewillflashatdifferent:mesthroughouttheperformance.• Theplayhaslotsofillusionsandmagic,soobjectswilldisappearandappearwhenyou
leastexpectthem.• AtthebeginningoftheplaytheLiLleGirl/ZooKeepergetssquirtedbytheelephant.• Whenthepenguinsswimunderwateryouwillseebubblesfloa:ngontheset.• Therearelotsofsoundeffects,includinganimalnoisesandmusicunderscoringthe
piece.• Theshowwillstartat50%ligh:ng.Thiswillthendecreaselateronintheshow.• Attwopointsintheplaythelightswillgodowntoablackoutbutitwon’tbeforlong
andyouwillhearthevoicesofallthepeopleattheZoovisi:ngtheanimals.• Youarewelcometocomeandgofromtheauditoriumasyouplease.• Themusiccanbeloudat:mesthroughouttheplay.Youcanuseyourearplugsifyou
findthemusictooloud.
WemeetaLiLleGirlwhocannotsleepsoshepretendstosneakdownstairs.
SheopensanoldcabinetandfindsaZookeeperscoatandhat.Sheputsthemonandbecomesthezookeeper.
Thezookeeperfindsanegginhercoatpocket.Itmakesanoise.Thezookeeperputstheeggsafelybackinherpocket.
Shefindsitemsofclothingthatsheimaginesaszooanimals.Youwillheardifferentanimalnoisessuchasalionroaring.
Theelephantsquirtsher.Thenthepenguinssquawkfromwithinthedrawers.
ThisiswhatthesetatCentralParkZooinNewYorklookslike.
RoydoeshismorningexercisesbutheaccidentallyfallsonSilo’shouseandwakeshim.Silofallsoutofhishousewithacrash.Don’tworrythey
aren’thurt.
RoyandSiloplaytogether.Whentheyareswimmingyouwillseebubblesfloa:ng.
RoyandSilolookaPertheeggandwatchithatch.
Itwillbequitedarkherebutyouwills:llseetheactors.
ThezookeeperthentransformsandhatchesfromtheeggtobecomeTangothebabypenguin.
Whentheypretendtoswim,youwillseewatereffectsonthestagefloor.Itmakesitlookliketheyareunderwater.
TangoplayshideandseekwhileRoyandSilotrytolookeverywhere.Theyfindherontopoftheirhouse.
Peopleclaptotelltheactorstheyenjoyedtheshow.
Attheendoftheshowtherewillbeclapping.
ThispackwascompliedforyoubyYoungatArt.WewouldliketothankTheMAC,CahootsNI
BirminghamRepertoryTheatre,PrimeTheatreandallYoungatArtfriendsfortheirsupportofRelaxedPerformances.
Wehopethatyouwillhaveagreat:mewithus!
