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★ Introduction
Shadow Thief is contemporary and engaging musical narrative which
combines live performance with beautiful watercolour environments
and 3D Max real time animation, creating a world where shadows are
alive and imagination is reality.
The performers utilize our trademark vocal harmonies with exotic
characters; and hilarious puppets to draw the audience through the
imaginative world of shadows and dreams.
The result is “a blend of new and mythic characters moving through
a rich tapestry of images in an archetypal ‘quest tale’ redolent
of Gilgamesh, Little Dragon and The Wizard of Oz.”
★ The Story
Anna lives in a lighthouse with her family. Her best friend is
her shadow. She is a brave girl and enjoys jumping from the roof
of the lighthouse to the shark filled waters below. Her parents
warn her not to jump but she does not stop. At bedtime her parent’s
warn her that people who are naughty three times in one day could
be visited by the shadow thief.
That night as Anna sleeps she dreams that the shadow thief creeps
in to her room and steals her shadow. When Anna finds her shadow
has gone she is very sad but as she sits crying the Shadow Friend
comes in to her room and gives her a bag, telling her that if she
can get the Shadow Thief in to the bag then the all the captured
shadows will be free.
Anna is warned that the bag will protect her but if she gives them
to anybody else the Shadow Thief will have power over her. Anna
is not happy but she agrees to pursue her quest.
In her dream quest Anna enters three rooms. The first room is a
maze with an angry Minotaur and the second a cold Medusa guarding
a door. At first both of these creatures are frightening and unfriendly
but Anna finds that they too are missing their shadows and they
join her as companions on her quest.
In the third room the friends encounter the shadow thief she sends
them to the horrible ‘Darkworld’ and in the ensuing battle both
the Maxwell and Medusa are lost, but Anna succeeds in catching the
Shadow Thief in her bag and the shadows and her friends are freed.
When Anna wakes her ‘best friend’ is there with her and she is
unsure if it was real or a dream.
★ THEMES
Interdependence and Friendship; Difference; Good and Bad; Fear;
Courage and Selflessness.
★ Learning
Outcomes
Shadow Thief is a small scale, well researched English language
program that subtly promotes language acquisition and the fun of
new technology whilst easily entertaining ESL speakers.
Shadow Thief is a entertaining and imaginative way to promote Creative
Ability and Thinking. (C.A.T). utilising attributes children already
possess to help them become
Sharper and more imaginative thinkers
Clearer in their expression of both English and Korean
More acute with problem solving
and
More confident in their approach to life.
Shadow Thief is FUN! This is vital.
-- Roger Rynd --
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