‘Our Soil is Alive’ – Shadow Puppet Workshop

Saturday 25 February 2023: ‘Our Soil is Alive’: A Shadow Puppet Workshop by Light Bulb Fantastic from 1-4pm in the HUB in the Moor Room at the Old School Community Centre. The workshop explores the fascinating creatures that live in healthy soil and sees how they are affected by our activities above it. Participants learn about the incredible, fantastic, microscopic creatures, living beneath our feet. They create their own puppets of beautiful rotifers, sci-fi looking tardigrades and wriggling worms who perform on pre-made scenery. Here the creatures interact with the external forces that mankind inflicts on them, and we see the results.

The ancient art of shadow puppetry is where 2-D articulated puppets perform between a light source and a screen, their moving silhouettes come alive in the minds of the enchanted onlookers. Suitable for ages 7+ (Parents can ‘drop & go’ for this workshop, or if you want to stay then please book yourself a spot so that we have the right amount of materials!!!).

Tickets on a first come, first served basis are £12 / £15 /£9 or free (pay what you feel) for the 3-hour session and include refreshments.

Spaces are limited so BOOK NOW on www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-soil-is-alive-a-shadow-puppet-workshop-tickets-534788726477 or email hub@ssb.org.uk.

You can download a video, made by Kate Stubbs/Light Bulb Fantastic at this workshop, here shadow-puppets-our-soil-is-alive_25-02-2023_video.mp4