after the show...

When the show is over, the kids in kindergartens draw me some pictures. Not always. But if they do, I'm very happy. I already have a huge collection! Here are some drawings from the two previous days. Sometimes they also draw me. It's really sweet to see, how they see me:) 

Popoty at the house of Mr. Proffesor

The cat Popoty and his fish

the gold fish Gaga 

GAGA

Not sure..

Lena and the fish puppet

Popoty returns

And here I go again, after 10 months, visiting viennese kindergartens and entertaining the little ones with my crazy puppets. The story about Popoty is somehow really working well. The kids are so enjoying. The kindergarten teachers too ;) My german is reappearing in my head. 

Three wonderful shows are over. Three more still coming up this week! Exciting and nostalgic at the same time. It is sooo nice to be back! 

On monday my friend Tereza joined. She is the author of the puppets and the stage. And she was spying on the audience during the show. I enjoyed seeing the kids from another perspective ;) Hope you enjoy it too! 

 

DOlls 

the puppets of this week

My blog is sleeping like these sleeping beauties. Well, I didn't see much of good puppet theatre recently, there are no fleamarkets (it is cold i guess)... And I'm more than busy with preparations for the next week trip to Vienna. I hope I won't be too exhausted to post some updates. I'm going to perform in kindergartens with the good old Popoty ;) The blue cat, sad and always hungry. Wish me luck, I didn't speak german for more than six months! Also bis bald, wir sehen uns in Wien! x Alles Liebe!

cards

This week wasn't really a good one. And today wasn't good at all... but I made myself happier with these postcards!

Source here and here!

May the weekend be creative (:

the susprise workshop

This weekend I've got a little surprise. My friend asked me to lead a workshop for children about shadow theatre. He couldn't and needed a substitute. Of course I took over and it was so much fun! Unfortunately we only had one hour, but still we were able to make simple puppets, and experiment a little bit with the light. 

The kids loved it. Especially the magic part of the shadows getting alive. They were focused and really into it. The girls prepared a story inspired by a short shadow theatre show, they've seen before the workshop. The boys brought up to the stage almost compleet Star Wars saga:)

I enjoyed it very much, and here are some results. Enjoy it too!

 one rainy afternoon
or how to survive belgian rain :)

There's no better rainy view than the one through my 'see through' umbrella. 

No better feeling than dry feet in a pair of funky rubber boots.

And last but not least, this waterproof bag already saved many thigs from getting wet.

It just confuses me, that I don't see the locals being so perfectly rain protected:)

I wish everyone a good rainy day! 

puppet of the week

Duda Paiva and his horse - a legpuppet! One year ago in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Spectaculo Interesse Festival. Duda Paiva is not only great puppeteer, but also a dancer, so the animation of this laughing horse was really 'spectacular'. Eventhough this wasn't the main character of the show, for me it was the best idea.

What puppets do you prefer? Stringpuppets? Handpuppets? Legpuppets?

(Duda Paiva Company is mainly active in Netherlands. Worth seeing!!)