We’ve curated a digital programme of captivating performances from around the world in high-quality recorded form that gives students a front row seat to inspiring performing arts.
Each performance is entirely distinct in form and style introducing students to inventive theatrical storytelling without words including music, movement/dance, puppetry, and rich design.
Give your students “A Play a Day” and the chance to experience each one of these beautiful and engaging performances.
Details
- Once registered, you will receive access through the WeeFestival event page via Eventbrite.
- Streaming access for all 5 shows for 5 days
- Present via shared screen using your preferred video conference tool at anytime–or view the daily live stream.
- Shows are between 35 and 50 minutes including introduction and goodbyes.
- Contact: Education@weefestival.ca
Discover the 5 Featured Shows
A Bucket Of Beetles
Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Indonesia)
Puppetry
Wehea is a little boy who lives in a big rain forest. Just like any other people who live there, Wehea has a special connection with nature. Even the smallest beings in the forest are his friends. One day, after spying a rhinoceros beetle, he embarks on an adventure to find out where it lives.
Based on a story told by a 5-year old little boy, with puppet design inspired by his drawings, “A Bucket of Beetles” is more than just a story of a beautiful friendship. It is a story about the connection between humans and nature.
Cyclo
A co-production Compañía Aranwa and Comedia Köln Theater (Chile and Germany)
Music/Dance/Puppetry
A musical and visual feast! The cycles of life, like the cycles of nature are celebrated in this festive production that combines music and dance from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile to create a captivating performance for young children.
Taama (Journey)
Théâtre de la Guimbarde & Soleil Theatre (Burkina Faso)
Music/Theatre
A woman is searching for a new place to call home, along the way, she meets a traveling musician who joins her on a shared musical path that crosses borders of culture and language. Taama – “Journey” in the Dioula language of Burkina Faso – brings together a Burkinabe singer and a Breton violinist in a colourful world that mixes traditional rhymes and classical melodies. Friendship and play discovered through the universal language of music!
H2O
Helios Theatre (Germany)
Installation Performance/Puppetry
This is engaging “discovery” theatre exploring water’s many playful properties. Water is enormous power, sputtering life and sparkling joy. Maybe it is a melting ice–block, a shimmering fountain, as a refreshing drink or a sweeping wave, as an element of sound or reflector of light, in this performance it always takes on new forms. Water inspires, children and adults alike and generates a poetry that gives us an idea of the Wonder of Life…
The Cozy One-Man Band
Company La Mue/tte (France)
Music/Puppetry
Mixing puppetry and performance, a musical inventor creates a “one-hand-one-man-band” and from there assembles his own one-man band. With humor, charisma, and incredible artistry, artist Santiago Moreno draws young audiences into a world of rhythm and imagination. A fascinating display of puppetry moves seamlessly into a thrilling concert featuring a multitude of instruments all played by one musician!
Education Resources
Each of the shows in the “A Play A Day” programme is supported by an online and downloadable Study Guide including prompts for discussion and suggested arts activities to support continued arts and play-based exploration.
“The arts provide a vehicle through which children can express their growing sense of self and their interpretations of the world. The arts transcend any single subject or discipline.”
– The Kindergarten Program 2016 pg. 53
Learn more about the Festival Family Passes
8 days of streaming access to all Festival content.