Children's shows
"When I grow up" 2011
Actor and Dance performance show (for kids aged 3 to 5, 45 min)
Following the Antoine De Saint-Exupery’s words “We were all children once… but only few of us remember that”, I started to answer the question “How do we become grown-ups?”. Exploring the children territory, the dream of a little child came up: “I want to grow up to become a dinosaur doctor!”. By following this dream, the child discovers what is big and what is small in his life, turning dreams into reality. I resorted to sounds, dance, mime and objects to engage with very little audience.
WRITTEN & PERFORMED by SIMONA ROVEDA
DINOSAUR PUPPETEER: DEBORA DANTE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: GIOVANNI SACCAROLA
"Arlecchino invisibile". 2012
Commedia dell’Arte Theatre show (for kids aged 4 to 10, 45 min)
Using the classical Commedia dell’Arte “canovaccio” with its characters and revisited script for the audience, the comedy tells of the troubled adventures of Harlequin. The whole comedy is born from a staged fiction: Harlequin is invisible for the characters on stage, but not for the audience, who is engaged as his accomplice to make fun of the characters on stage and unmask them. This funny farse is enriched with live music, puppets, dance and pantomime to engage also with the families.
WRITTEN,DIRECTED, PERFORMED: DEBORA DANTE, SIMONA ROVEDA
MUSIC: MORVEN GANNON
SET: SIMONA ROVEDA, DEBORA DANTE
“Who knows
the Little Man of Dreams?” 2013
Puppet and Physical Theatre show (for kids aged 4 to 8, 45 min)
Inspired by Gianni Rodari’s novel, the story explores the dreams of a young boy, Tonino, with his big imagination and fears. “What happens when you dream? ...there is a strange kind of fellow who makes dreams for you… one whisper, one word is enough to change the story”. It is a story about being scared, it is a story about dreams, it is a story about a night-time journey, where Tonino learns that in dreams you can fly even if you don’t have wings and that the ecological rubbish monster is more interesting than a crazy teacher… because sometimes reality is not what it seems.
The show is designed to engage and inspire the young audience with puppets, shadows, interaction and physical theatre.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY SIMONA ROVEDA
PUPPETS & SET: ANNA TOSATTO, SIMONA ROVEDA
PERFORMED: ANNA TOSATTO, SIMONA ROVEDA
FILMED BY BRIAN MAC GLOINN
"Nel paese dei giocattoli". 2014
Act and Storytelling show, based on the Tony Wolf’s novel (for kids aged 3 to 6, 30 min)
When Christmas is coming there is always the same question: “What a gift to ask for…? Today I want to tell you another story, that of Robin bunny journey in the land of toys… yes precisely that! ...A world where every child wants to go, but what will Robin choose to take with him?”. This act and storytelling show brings the young audience into an adventure journey in a fantastic world: the land of toys, full of toys, fairy tale characters and animated sweets, with the great northern gnome to help them discover the value of the gift chosen with the heart. An interactive show using objects, sounds, shadows and projections.
WRITTEN & PERFORMED: SIMONA ROVEDA
SHADOWS & TECHNICAL SUPPORT: ANNA TOSATTO
SET: SIMONA ROVEDA
COSTUME: AGRITA VINDZANOVA
