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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:34:21 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Toy Theatre: primitive approach ?


Hi all.

I'm meeting with one of my favorite customer tomorrow morning (Monday).
She always brings me such inspiring projects, and she's fun to work for.
Among other things,  there is a possibility that I may build her a simple 
Toy Theatre.

For her purposes,  since she's a storyteller for classrooms, who travels on 
foot, the simpler the better.
So I'm wondering what we can do without, to lighten the total weight, and 
simplify manipulations.

Three questions for Puptcritters:

1- Can a Toy Theatre be efficient without its own lights?
The usual lighting in classrooms is usually fluorescent tubes.

2- Could a single desktop lamp (or booklight if possible) be enough to light 
the toy theatre's stage?
I'm not talking about a shadow show, just your regular silhouettes on 
sticks, within a box.

3- Does adding magnets under the puppets and metal under the floor really 
enhance the efficiency?
Or is it just a gadget? (I've seen this in really cheap Toy Theatres in 
stores). I personally like the idea of stability it might bring,  but I've 
no idea how this translates into performing a show.

Thanks for pointers!

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