Each shadow puppet show lasts approx. 15 minutes. You may choose two shadow show titles or combine one with a hand puppet show (see list below) These shows are most appropriate for children ages 2+
Every production in our repertoire has an original script which contains lots of humor and original songs by the puppeteers of the Drawbridge Puppet Theater. Our complete productions are approximately 45 minutes in length, and conclude with a demonstration of 'Puppetry Arts", or a backstage tour. Therefore, the entire show lasts about one hour.
THE WIND and the Sun dispute which one is the stronger.
Find out who is indeed the strongest with their contest of trying to remove 'Willy the Wizard's' cape.
HAND PUPPET SHOWS
Each Hand puppet show lasts approx. 15 minutes. You may choose two hand puppet show titles or combine one with a shadow puppet show (see list above)
These shows are most appropriate for children ages 2+
This delightful version of the classic tale is written entirely in verse. Mother pig sends her three sons out to seek their own success. However, two pigs build houses of straw and sticks and scoff at their older brother, who builds a brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down, they scoff no more! Humorous songs throughout as well.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is an amusing story of Jeremy, the shephard boy who learns some very important lessons about honesty, and the consequences of playing pranks.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Based on the Classic Aesop Fable
The beautiful classical music of
Camille St. Saans is played while
many different types of animals
are performed on a shadow screen.
The audience is encouraged to guess what animal they see, then a different type of puppet will appear; maybe a hand puppet tiger, or a marionette bird or perhaps a very big dinosaur!
Very interactive, fun and
educational show for all ages.
The Carnival of the Animals
The Wind & the Sun
Goldilocks & The Three Bears
The famous story which tells the tale of the little girl with golden hair who runs away
from doing her daily chores, and instead becomes lost in the woods only to discover a house which has plenty of porridge in three bowls, three chairs and three beds. But who do all these things belong to so far in the woods? We'll find out together.
The Frog Prince
The selfish Princess Gwendolyn learns that not all things seem how they might look on the outside. Meet her father, the wise King who teaches his daughter that she must learn many things to be a good and noble princess. One of those things is honesty. Will Gwendolyn learn these
lessons? Or will she learn them
from a little green frog?
How the Elephant Got His Trunk
This wonderful Chinese fable tells the story of Eli, the silly elephant who boasts to all of his animal friends that he is the wisest creature in the jungle. And no one can answer the questions he has. Well, not until he meets the wise owl...and especially the honorable Chinese Dragon!
