Stepping into the old building one can smell an impending performance fresh in the air. Here lies the home of the lovelies who live and breathe Greenfools Theatre. Their latest production explores Ancient Egypt weaving the tale of Isis and Osiris the beloved earthly rulers. Osiris’s brother Seth jealously broods over Osiris’s popularity and devises a scheme to overtake the throne. A battle rages and only cosmic love can overcome.
Time warp to the sneak preview from inside Greenfools headquarters. A giant cream coloured sheet draped across the room becomes the backdrop for the stage. Directly in front of the sheet one finds a colourful array of goodies: one old school projector and two Egyptian cloth scrolls. On top of the scrolls, feast your eyes on piles and piles of shadow puppets in all shapes and sizes. These two dimensional characters that spill over one another have bodies born from bright neon construction paper, gels from all colours of the rainbow and black duct tape. Many of them can spin and move - and all can captivate.
Close by, three talented living breathing musicians have mapped out nooks for a keyboard, drum kit, Indian Tabla and Chinese Zithers. Imagine the audio-soup all those sounds will create! Three steps away an assortment of chairs and cushions await you: the viewer. This is ‘cozy up on a cushion’ intimate. The pre-show music fades. Lights dim. This is where the magic begins.
An old-school projector flicks on, shining vibrant light onto the backdrop. Shadow puppets dance on screen by the aid of the puppeteers hands. Performers act along side the shadows adding an extra element of interaction. Enchanting original compositions leave one beguiled and humming right along.
This is where I stop. The opera itself cannot be described in written words, but with song, unmistakable greenfools wit, ancient yet modern images, superb costumes and pure dedicated love. All those whom fancy a heart warming tale and stoking your sense’s curiosity follow the link below. The show starts it’s official run November 10-15. Keep marvellous storytelling alive!
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