KAMISHIBAI
Premiere 2015
For children 3+
Duration 30 minutes
Production FRU-FRU
KAMISHIBAI
Kamishibai Theater is storytelling with pictures on a small stage. It comes from Japan, where Kami means paper and Shibai theatre. The performer stands next to a small wooden stage, on which the story told by him runs in the pictures. The pictures depict important events in the story much like comics. You can choose to have a single Kamishibai show that enhances a workshop, birthday or event, or a set of multiple shows that round out the whole theatre event.
Shows
About a mouse that wanted a kitten …
In the attic lives a mouse family, daddy, mommy, grandpa, grandmother, mouse brother and a little mouse. And the little mouse wants a pet, a puppy, a kitten, but would prefer to have both. One evening, as she was sitting on the tile and peering into a large loaf of cheese in the sky, she heard a soft moan. A frightened white kitten sat behind a chimney…
The show lasts for 20 minutes and is suitable for children from 3 years onwards.
Lyrics, illustrations and music by: MARJAN KUNAVER • Narrated by: IRENA RAJH
Blow here!
There is a yellow dot on the white field. Is it the sun, the moon, the ball or the duck? Let’s blow it away! We are blowing and blowing, but the spots on the white field are increasing. They are growing and changing colours… An interactive game where we blow, clap, shake our heads and have fun
The show lasts 15 minutes and is suitable for children from 3 years onwards.
Based on the story: HERVE TULLET • Illustrations and execution: MARJAN KUNAVER
Emperor’s new clothes
Once upon a time, there lived an emperor whose only concern was his clothing. He did not care about the people, from morning till evening he stood in front of the mirror and looked around. One day, however, strangers-weavers came into the empire, claiming to be able to weave such goods that are invisible to anyone who is incapable of doing their job or who is stupid. The emperor immediately called them to himself…
The show lasts 15 minutes and is suitable for children from 3 years onwards.
Following the story’s motives: H.C. ANDERSSEN • Artist: MARJAN KUNAVER • Narrated by IRENA RAJH
About a terrible mountain witch
A young student on a walk meets a friendly old woman who invites him for a visit. When he tells his teacher, a monk from a mountain monastery, he warns him, “Look, student, this old woman is not a kind aunt, but a terrible mountain witch who wants to lure you to her.” The student does not go for the warning and goes to the forest the next day…
The show lasts 15 minutes and is suitable for children from 4 years onwards.
Japanese fairy tale • Illustrations by EIGORO FUTAMATA • Narrated by: IRENA RAJH
A boy on a cloud
One day, a boy was standing on the balcony of his house when a cloud floated by. The boy made a lasso out of a rope, caught a cloud like a goat and sailed on it across Ljubljana.
The show lasts 15 minutes and is suitable for children from 3 years onwards.
Based on a story by: LOJZE KOVAČIČ ˙ • Artistic image: ANJA GRUDEN • Narrated by: IRENA RAJH
Eyes on the tree
A man used to be able to throw his eyes at a tree. A white man came by and asked him to teach him these works of art as well. He is taught and warned that he can only throw his eyes at a tree three times a day. The white man disobeys and when he throws his eyes at the tree for the fourth time, they stay there.
The show lasts 15 minutes and is suitable for children from 3 years onwards.
Native American fairy tale • Character: ANJA GRUDEN • Narrated by: IRENA RAJH