Press Coverage
Forging a swift and effortless rapport with the audience and removing all cultural barriers, they make the stories sound contemporary and perfectly accessible The Stage.-August 19th 2004
A riotous spectacle of colour and costume… The four delightful actors, accompanied by live musicians… cleverly fused traditional Asian theatre and pantomime slapstick. Three Weeks August 8th 2004.
The four performers charmingly danced, mimed and acted their way through nine improving tales. Times Educational Supplement 20th August 2004.
Really beautiful singing… The Stage August 19th 2004
The theatre was filled with laughter and shrieks of excitement… DANCING WITH DRAGONS was wholly successful in entertaining the kids and helping to nurture in them a love for stories. Kenneth Kwok – Flying Inkpot
The stories, acting, and music were woven into a delightful tapestry of Asian culture. Dancing with Dragons was an enchanting and enjoyable introduction to the diverse world of Asian folk stories. Benjamin Joshua Ong
Thought-provoking
and fascinating, this theatre work by I- theatre is one of the best I
have seen. Joel Lee
A few quotes from audience members:
"Fantastic!!"
"Stage, costume, acting & direction, audience interaction - Novel, unique, unpredictable!"
"Very nice - stories are SO interesting!"
"Impressive actors - my children (6 and 8 yrs) really enjoyed them."
“I enjoyed the show immensely, and so did my children.”
"A magical piece; all my (Secondary school) students who went to see it enjoyed it immensely"
"Loved the scary giant!"
Dancing
With Dragons
Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the BIGGEST ARTS FESTIVAL IN
THE WORLD!
August
4th to 14th 2004
C Venues, Chambers Street, Edinburgh 10.30am daily
We collected a whole
host of press coverage, and some very nice reviews - which we'll post
up soon...
And even with 1700 shows running every day, we had sizeable and wonderful audiences every day, with a very positive response! Overall a brilliant experience, hopefully leading to further overseas performances.
Many thanks
to all those who came and supported our preview performances at AGF Theatre
Alliance Francaise, 29th and
30th July, enabling
us to go on this wonderful trip.
Four
forest Folk find fun in folk tales!
First Run - Asian Children's Drama Fiesta
13th to 23rd November 2003
Second
Run - March 1st to 7th 2004
Third run - August 4th to 14th 2004
Featuring: Adelynn Tan, Eleanor Tan,
Joni Tham, Jonathan Lum
Duration – 1 hr 15 minutes
AGF Theatre, Alliance Française.
Tickets $16, family package (2 adults 2 children) $54.
A group of Forest Folk have returned to their forest home from wandering through Asia, bringing with them their favourite stories and tales. Fascinating Folk Tales from all over the region are celebrated through physical theatre and storytelling, puppetry and mask magic, evocative and atmospheric live music. This is LIVE theatre, not a storytelling session, or a film.
Tales of a prawn from Myanmar, a giant from Indonesia, buns from Japan, Dragons and heroes from China, a shirt from Malaysia, a trickster from India, birds from New Zealand and a statue from Tibet!
Performed in English
Young or old, you will be drawn in to this magical world of stories. Thrills and fun for children and their adults aged 4 and up.
Coming back To The AGF Theatre
Our first run as a part of the Asian Children's Drama Fiesta was attended by a small but VERY appreciative crowd who gave it a very solid two thumbs up - and many of whom asked us to re-run the show so that they could bring families, friends or even schools to see it.
So we thought - why not? it will give us a wonderful chance to further polish and sharpen the production - to tweak those weaker areas, and make it even better than before.
DANCING
WITH DRAGONS, a playful romp through nine folk tales from around the
Asia-Pacific region, certainly kept the kids in the audience happy for
a good 70 minutes, no easy feat as many a tired parent will tell you.
The slapstick humour and interactive elements, in particular, went down
a storm. The theatre was filled with laughter and shrieks of excitement…
DANCING WITH DRAGONS was wholly successful in entertaining the kids
and helping to nurture in them a love for stories. Children’s
theatre is notoriously difficult to do because you need to sustain the
interest of a young and over-active mind, so kudos to I Theatre for
doing that.
Kenneth Kwok – Flying Inkpot
