A child is afraid to sleep alone. He finds comfort in the animals in his room, that join him in his bed: first the Teddy Bear, then the snake, and even his toy-truck. They take away his fears, but take up the whole bed until the child misses the bed that he once had all to himself. Then, after fulfilling their mission, all the toys go back to their place, and at last the boy can go to sleep... A sweet show for the little ones, about dreams, fears and other animals, combining actors, puppets and shadow theater. Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Adaptation, direction and design: Nathalia Rosenthal
Design of the boy-puppet: Revital Arieli
Lighting: Dov Mielnik
Music: Yulia Dukhovny
On stage:
beautiful performance created in talent professionalism and impressing improvisation abilities that state it high above the standard childrens performances A gentle event that would appeal to adults as well and will still enchant the children It is recognizable that Rosenthal the actor dedicated a lot of thought to the childrens experience The puppets respond to remarks from the audience and ask them questions Rosenthal as the mother respond to the audience presence as well The children are hypnotized with the puppets and vary from curiosity to naïve observance at Efraims make-believe world
Aviva Levinson, TIME OUT Tel Aviv, 2005
"I believe this is one of the better if not the best performances to children at that age"
Dalia Dan, TalpiyotCollege
* The International Festival of Puppet Theater in Jerusalem, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. * The Children's Theater Festival, Haifa 2005. * The Festival of Puppet Theater in Holon, 2004. * "The Magic of Fairytales" Festival, Tel-Aviv, 2003. * Hanoi first international Puppet Festival, Vietnam. 2008 (winner of first prize of shows for children).
Stage size: 4 X 4 meters
Performance space must be darkened!
Electric outlet needed
Set up time: approx. 2 hours
Dismantling time: 1 hour
Staff: 2 (actress +