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The
Presentsfor fresh eyesand ears
for 6-18 months babies
(and their adults)
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THE PRESENTS
From musn nd dretor Ktherne Morley
Composed by Paul Rissmann
Set Design by Karen Tennent
Lighting by Sergey Jakovsky
Produced by Tim Nunn
Marketing by Ruth Marsh
For: 6-18 month old babies and their adult
company
There’s a beginning, a middle and an end. But
this isn’t a normal story. There’s a him and
a her and lots of others – all watching bright
eyed.
A tiny present appears, all wrapped up and
shiny. What is it?
Listen, the present is singing. Where does
that sound come from?
There’s a pause, a focus, curiosity. A pin
drops…
The shiny paper falls open and there’s a rabbit
with a oppy neck.
The stripy paper tears apart and here is a
brand new bath duck.
The white paper shimmers and grows a eld
of lavender.
The furry paper growls and starts to lap some
milk.
Amongst the stillness there are repeated
smiles and giggles.
Presents... We can hear them. We can see
them. If you want to, you can reach out and
touch.
A mesmeric show for fresh eyes and ears.
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‘The Presents’ is a performance with minimal
speech and live music, for babies of 6-18
months old and their adult company. It is
performed in an intimate in-the-round space
for a maximum of 25 babies, so that each
audience member can have a front seat view.
Set in a circular, performative play space,
The Presents contains a series of gifts madefrom objects, colour and sung-sound. Led
by four performer-musicians, the journey
of the performance lifts from naturalism
and the everyday, to magic-realism and the
impossible. Some presents are physical and
recognisable, but others unfold as sung-
sound and light that spill out to tell their
‘story’.
A present might move our location to a hillside
for an encounter with a beautiful red deer, or
under the sea, or to caves dancing with light.
Or it might just be a rabbit with a oppy neck.
Performers have a twinkle of quirk about them
and with it, they bring a magic focus and
some beautiful image-stories to the audience.
‘I’ve never seen so many babies focus and sit
transxed for so long’.
A parent in Edinburgh after watching previous
work Katherine has directed for a babyaudience.
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TEcHNicaL
Audience capacity: 25 babies with 25 adults
Performance team: Two performers, two
musicians and one stage manager
Duration: 15 minute meet the performers +
25 minute show
Playing space required: approx. 7x7 metersinclusive of audience seating
Performances: We can play two and perhaps
three performances per day
Get-in time: 90 minutes (with simple pre-rig)
Get-out time: 60 minutes
LX requirements: LX board from venue.
Simple overhead light with two specials
Sounds requirements: No sound required
from venue. We tour our own sound
equipment
Performance space and Seating: The
Presents can be presented in studios or larger
houses. In main auditioriums we close main
tabs and create a studio theatre feel on stage
including customised seating.
aRTiSTS:
Ktherne Morley (Dretor)
Katherine is a new writing director and
creative learning specialist. She is supported
by the Imaginate and Starcatchers network
and has recently received two Imaginate
Inspiration awards to develop her original
ideas. In 2008 she received a Federation of
Scottish Theatre bursary to work with Dougie
Irvine at Visible Fictions on the international
co-production of Peter Pan, which was very
inuential on her practice.
After an Imaginate trip to the Danish+
festival in 2008, Katherine began to develop
specic ideas for young audiences and in
the past two years has brought two early
years touring shows to fruition. The rst
became the very popular R&W production ‘If
I was a Mouse’ for 3-6 year olds.
She took another of those ideas to ScottishOpera where she developed the show
‘BabyO’ with composer Rachel Drury for
6-18 month olds. They piloted the show
on tour in venues and nurseries through
Scotland in 2009 and the show has just
toured again in Spring 2010.
‘The Presents’ is a natural progression in
Katherine’s work as an artist drawing on her
rich experiences as a musician, a director
and early years practitioner.
Pul Rssmnn (composer)
Paul’s music, for children and adults, has
been performed by the Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner Symphony
Orchestra, Ensemble 360, London
Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia,
RSNO and the Scottish Ensemble. His
composition BAMBOOZLED! has been
performed by over 40,000 children around
the world - from Ullapool to Daytona Beach.
His work SUPERSONIC was performed
by the LSO and 2000 teenagers at the
Barbican, and was also recorded for TV. In
2008 Supersonic won the Royal Television
Society award for best educational
programme for use in schools.
Paul has created and presents ‘Naked
Classics’ the critically acclaimed music
discovery concerts for adults at the RSNO.
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