Puppetry masters head to Creswick

A SHADOW puppetry show for children about healing, resilience and friendship will be performed in Creswick this month.

Crow Kid is on Monday 18 September from 2pm at the at the Creswick Theatre Company and tickets cost $10.

The story is about the titular Crow Kid, who has moved to Nana’s farm after experiencing a loss, and the pair begin to feed the corvids.

It will be performed by award winning Lemony S Puppet Theatre.

Em Chandler, a graduate of the University of Ballarat and a local resident is part of the production.

“I am one of two performers in Crow kid with my co-performer Youbi,” said Chandler.

“We were part of the Lemony S Puppet Lab last year which was a nine-month intensive that the theatre ran for about 12 performers and makers.

“We learnt lots of different things and we wanted to be part of Crow Kid.”

The performance uses puppets and is projected onto a black screen where the audience can see the mechanisms and how the effects are created.

“It’s fundamentally a very easy art to get your head around because we’ve all made shadows throughout our lives,” said Chandler.

“Being able to see the full narrative is really exciting as you’re not just seeing it behind the screen, you’re seeing Youbi and I pick up puppets and decide where to put them.”

Chandler encouraged the community to come along and hear the heartwarming story.

“It’s a very unique Australian show with a sense of discovery,” they said. “There’s a gentleness to it and a realness to it.”

To book tickets visit creswicktheatre.com.au.