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10th Annual Spring
Break Theatre Festival The 3 Little Fairy Tales Dates 21 March 2007 Venue Surrey Arts Centre Reviewer Heidi Hoff |
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In true West Coast tradition, Vancouver delivered rain during spring break. One of the best no-fail indoor activities on days like this is to catch some live entertainment. Thankfully, you don’t have to look too hard to find quality shows geared to kids and you don’t always have to travel all the way downtown. Three members of the Vancouver
TheatreSports League demonstrated some fun improvisational exercises
during their performance of The Three Little Fairy Tales. The premise
is to explore the various twists and turns a standard fairy tale can
take by changing certain aspects of the story through suggestions from
audience members. Hansel and Gretel became a tale about a brother and sister who ran away to avoid boarding school. The story of Robin Hood took liberal and hilarious detours. Audience members were involved to the fullest and made for a lighthearted 45 minute performance full of belly laughs. Though TheatreSports is usually reserved for adult audiences, the three cast members related well to the school age and below set. I bet many of the fun exercises demonstrated were picked up and incorporated into a day’s imaginary play. I know they were in our home. © 2007 Heidi Hoff |
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