Seven Ravens prepares to go out on the road ... Today mostly finding and delicately repairing flying crittur damage to our felted landscape - munch munch, not for lunch! #lytharts #wicklibrary #cumbernauldtheatre #lanternhouse #scottishstorytellingcentre #eastgatetheatre #theatreroyaldumfries #clifftopprojects #puppetry #storytelling # projection #foundobjects #sevenravens #notmanysleepsnow
Its the little Things…
just a few wee upgrades for our kit...
Big Stories, Tiny Worlds
A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? And what is the secret that Ada learns about her past? Inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, this tells the story of Ada, a feisty young girl, is visited by a Raven and thrust into a dream world of … Continue reading Big Stories, Tiny Worlds
Growing a New Class
Over 50s Drama Drop In at the Prentice Centre Weekly drop in drama sessions for those feeling a bit isolated, or are looking to gain confidence in going back out again or are looking to find new friendships. What is it? A weekly session where we play fun games, tell stories and enact small scenes … Continue reading Growing a New Class
The Stage is Set…
Here we have the empty space, an invitation to Tragic Carpet from Edinburgh Palette for the entire month of March. The invitation is to reconnect with the work of the company and with each other and to find out what our next steps will be. So what will be happening? We will be getting things … Continue reading The Stage is Set…
The Seven Ravens R&D Residency 1/3 to 31/3
Tragic Carpet is delighted to announce its residency at St Margarets House, Edinburgh. The residency is supported by the lovely people at Edinburgh Palette and runs from 1st to the 31st March 2022. Each week we will be exploring different aspects of the show such as The Narrative, The Music and Sound, The Shadow Puppetry, … Continue reading The Seven Ravens R&D Residency 1/3 to 31/3
15 Minutes of Pure Magic!
This Sunday saw us at The Pyramid Anderston Glasgow as part of the Wee Theatres Glasgow: All you need is Love event. Freda O'Byrne directed 'Out of Order' by Alan Gillespie with Kirsty May Hamilton and Mathew Gallagher as performers. Below is some information about the Glasgow Wee Theatres initiative. The most excellent poster designed … Continue reading 15 Minutes of Pure Magic!
Coding Demystified
This was just the most interesting and exciting workshop with Areti Manataki of Edinburgh University in which we explored some of the basics of coding using the MIT block editor programme Scratch. Over the course of one afternoon 22 women were introduced to coding and to the Scratch Platform and then they proceeded to create … Continue reading Coding Demystified
No Drama No Text, Just Fun!
We had the most splendid of times delivering the Visual Theatre Workshop at the Audacious Women Festival at City Arts Centre Edinburgh this weekend! The work was focussed on getting to know each other through theatre games and exercises with the emphasis on fun, mutual support and curiosity. Participants learnt about visual performance by working … Continue reading No Drama No Text, Just Fun!
More Than the Sum of the Parts
Over the past week I have been working on the puppet protagonist of The Keeper. She is a wee tabletop specimen made of plastic tubing, foam and clay. I’ve especially enjoyed making her tiny tiny clothes. Elspeth Chapman
Castleview Primary School
There be dragons! We have been working with staff and P1 pupils at Castleview and Karin Chipulina of Carr Gomm, on growing vegetables, planting apple trees, recycling and meeting and talking with puppets. Tomorrow we will be bringing Burlap, our baby dragon along to meet the children. Burlap hopes that they will make more baby … Continue reading Castleview Primary School
Trumpets for Raspberries
We had a very enjoyable evening at Edinburgh Hacklab with Rikki Guy wrangling our raspberry pi, pi camera and an adafruit TFT screen into to submission. The task was to get the screen to display and the the pi camera to capture an image. Success meant that a pizza was in order so we left … Continue reading Trumpets for Raspberries
The moments before…
So there we were, Emma, Ella and I, waiting to go on for Snapshots 4 at Manipulate 2018. We had spent the day together, more or less, doing tech and run throughs and cheering each other on. Pete Searle and Euan Jackson were standing by to weave their magic for Rendition, Traverse staff were being … Continue reading The moments before…
Painting The Floor for Doors Open Day
This week I'm feeling a little more settled at St Margaret's House. We've painted the studio floor in preparation for Doors Open Day, and got everything we should have PAT tested. Next up is a supply of coffee and biscuits in the hopes a pal or two will drop by. Thanks due to ScotPat (organised … Continue reading Painting The Floor for Doors Open Day
The Door to Tragic Carpet’s New Home.
We have been looking for a home for some time and suddenly, last week, we got the keys to studio 2.34 at Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House. Gradually various items and pieces of furniture are making their way up in the lift and along the corridor to our new door. Pretty exciting!
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