Romeo and Juliet | DANISH+ 2020

ROMEO AND JULIET

LEGENDARY CLASSIC RETOLD WITH PUPPETS

A feud between two families has lasted for decades, and has been inherited. But what will prevail – love or tradition?

With humor and ingenuity, the touching tale of Romeo and Juliet is made heartfelt, lively and dynamic. Two, whose love will not succumb to fear, prejudice and power. Full of feeling and issues both children and adults can recognize.

Staged as (almost) wordless puppet theatre, it opens up to the severe and sometimes heavy themes by using humor, surprise, drama and deadly seriousness. It takes full use of the magic of puppet theatre using skillful puppeteering to allow the elegant and expressive puppets to break the boundaries of the realistic realm. The puppets jump higher than life, loose their head quite literately and their arms suddenly reach out the full length of the stage. It resembles the lightness of playing in order to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet from 8 years and up.

It is a show for the keen to experience, for the curious of mind and childish at hart.

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AGE: 8-12 YEARS

DURATION: 40 MIN

AVAILABLE LANGUAGE:

Very little language.

Available in English, Spanish,

German and more

"[It] does not only re-tell Shakespeare’s classic as a child friendly tale…. It simply tells the whole cruel tragedy in a way that the children understand"

TEATERAVISEN

CREDITS

PERFORMERS:

Sif Jessen Hymøller

Aapo Repo

MANUSCRIPT:

Jesper B. Karlsen after Shakespeare

DIRECTOR:

Bjarne Sandborg

SET DESIGN:

Mariann Aagaard

Niels Willum

- assisted by Amanda Axelsen Sigaard

PUPPETS:

Mariann Aagaard

Amanda Axelsen Sigaard

MUSIC:

Jakob Venndt

LIGHT DESIGN:

Morten Ladefoged

TECHNIQUE & WORKSHOP:

Morten Meilvang Laursen

William H. Nielsen

PHOTOS BY:

Bo Amstrup

Refleksion

TEATER REFLEKSION

Teater Refleksion creates performances for children and adults alike. During the past 25 years the theatre has created a unique knowledge and skills in puppetry and animation theatre. The performances are created in an intense production work where every detail and every movement is refined and perfected in order to create the illusion that the puppet has life.

For more info see www.refleksion.dk