Theatre
INTERACTIVE STORY THEATRE
“This was an outstanding performance! The actors were wonderful and the students were in hysterics!”
— TEACHER, LAKEFIELD
Fairy Tales and Classic Stories
Grades:
K-6, K-8, 4-8, 9-12
Audience Maximum:
300
Price per performance:
$720 + GST
DuffleBag Theatre returns for another fun filled and hilarious season of interactive storytelling theatre. Since 1992, “the nearly world-famous” DuffleBag Theatre has wowed audiences of all ages in theatres, festivals and schools across the country.
In their hilarious and refreshing adaptations of fairy tales and Shakespearean classics, audience members are invited into the show to play the main parts! The resulting excitement and spontaneity creates an uproarious experience for all and forms a perfect introduction to traditional fairytales/folktales and the classics.
With Dufflebag Theatre, the dream of living a fairy tale actually does come true!
CHOOSE FROM THIS SELECTION OF STORIES
For grades: K-6
Rumpelstiltskin - Available Year Round • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Available Only: Nov. 16th -Dec. 18th, 2009
For grades: K-8
Beauty & The Beast • Peter Pan • Sleeping Beauty • Robin Hood - Available Year Around
Dracula - Available Only: October 13th-29th, 2009
A Christmas Carol - Available Only: Nov. 16th-Dec. 18th, 2009
For grades: 4-8, 9-12
Hamlet • Macbeth • Romeo and Juliet - Available Year Around
In their hilarious and refreshing adaptations of fairy tales and Shakespearean classics, audience members are invited into the show to play the main parts! The resulting excitement and spontaneity creates an uproarious experience for all and forms a perfect introduction to traditional fairytales/folktales and the classics.
With Dufflebag Theatre, the dream of living a fairy tale actually does come true!
CHOOSE FROM THIS SELECTION OF STORIES
For grades: K-6
Rumpelstiltskin - Available Year Round • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Available Only: Nov. 16th -Dec. 18th, 2009
For grades: K-8
Beauty & The Beast • Peter Pan • Sleeping Beauty • Robin Hood - Available Year Around
Dracula - Available Only: October 13th-29th, 2009
A Christmas Carol - Available Only: Nov. 16th-Dec. 18th, 2009
For grades: 4-8, 9-12
Hamlet • Macbeth • Romeo and Juliet - Available Year Around
- All presentations are adapted to age and the grade level of the audience
DuffleBag Theatre: En Français!
Grades:
K-8
Audience Maximum:
300
Price per performance:
$720 + GST
For French as a second language students enrolled in Core, Extended and French immersion programs
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge / Les Trois Mousquetaires / Cendrillon
Available Only: February 1st - March 5th, 2010
Enfin! The “nearly world-famous” DuffleBag Theatre brings its wildly popular and hilarious interactive story theatre to French as a Second Language and French Immersion audiences! Bienvenue à DuffleBag Theatre: en Français!
Fully bilingual actors fuse French and English to perform original adaptations of familiar fairy tales with linguistic wit and humour. Using a carefully crafted blend of languages, coupled with a variety of visual cues, DuffleBag Theatre: en Français! enables students to use their French language abilities in a dramatic, meaningful and unforgettable experience.
This unique, bilingual, theatrical performance engages audiences of all ages. Students (et quelquefois les professeurs) are asked to come up on stage to play the main parts, with supportive guidance from the narrator, while the audience responds verbally en français to cues throughout the show. In this bilingual performance, everyone's dream of living un conte de fées can come true!
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge / Les Trois Mousquetaires / Cendrillon
Available Only: February 1st - March 5th, 2010
Enfin! The “nearly world-famous” DuffleBag Theatre brings its wildly popular and hilarious interactive story theatre to French as a Second Language and French Immersion audiences! Bienvenue à DuffleBag Theatre: en Français!
Fully bilingual actors fuse French and English to perform original adaptations of familiar fairy tales with linguistic wit and humour. Using a carefully crafted blend of languages, coupled with a variety of visual cues, DuffleBag Theatre: en Français! enables students to use their French language abilities in a dramatic, meaningful and unforgettable experience.
This unique, bilingual, theatrical performance engages audiences of all ages. Students (et quelquefois les professeurs) are asked to come up on stage to play the main parts, with supportive guidance from the narrator, while the audience responds verbally en français to cues throughout the show. In this bilingual performance, everyone's dream of living un conte de fées can come true!
Curriculum Focus & Expectations
Themes:
- Bringing the classics to life, bringing traditional stories to life through improvisational theatre
Character Education:
- Teamwork, co-operation, responsibility
Expectations:
- Listen and respond to oral presentations
- Identify and respond to a variety of verbal and visual cues in a dramatic situation
- Describe or identify feelings and reactions in various situations and compare them to those of a character they have portrayed
Tour Availability:
- Available year-round
Technical Requirements:
- Large open area or stage, access to electrical outlets