Children's Theatre Research by David Perkins https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre en-us 2016-09-27 08:19:51 UTC 2025-11-15 00:20:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Childrens Theatre davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126580909 A theatre group for children, a form of child creativity. Children’s theatres are organized in schools and extracurricular and cultural institutions to fulfil the creative needs of children, to cultivate their interest in the arts and develop their skills, and to promote education in aesthetics and the arts.

The repertoire of children’s theatres consist largely of works of children’s literature in keeping with the age and personality traits of the young performers. The theatres employ the principles of the professional stage, including the system of Stanislavsky. The presentations often combine acting with music, dance, and pantomime.

The beginning of children’s theatre dates from school drama, which originated in the ecclesiastical schools of Western Europe in the 13th through 15th centuries. In Russia, Simeon Polotskii and F. Prokopovich in the 17th and early 18th centuries organized theatrical performances combining educational functions with ideological aims. Attempts to define the specific goals of children’s theater were made in the second half of the 18th century.
]]> 2016-09-27 08:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126580909 The Very Hungry Catterpilllar davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126581010 A much-loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers with its vivid and colorful collage illustrations and its deceptively simply, hopeful story. It features a caterpillar who eats its way through a wide variety of foodstuffs before emerging as a butterfly.
The very hungry caterpillar is a children's book which contains very basic children themes throughout the short story. The book features many illustrations showcasing a large variety of fruits and foods that the hungry caterpillar has eaten. It is very important to keep children enticed with colours and images as it's what keeps them motivated to read on and finish the book. 
Going off this logic, it could be beneficial when performing children's theatre to use colorful and cartoon like costumes to keep their attention on the performance.]]> 2016-09-27 08:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126581010 Room on the Broom davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126581041 Room on the Broom is a British children's book written by and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which tells the story of a kind witch and her cat who invite a number of other animals to join them whilst traveling on her broomstick. The novel was then adapted into an animated film and has yet been selling it's own merchandise and has it's very own app on the 'app store' due to the popularity and success of the franchise. The main ingredient for 'Room on the Broom' is the simplicity of the book, it's not too long that the children are lost when reading it but it's not short enough so that they demand more.  The plot is simple and relative throughout the entirety of the book. I think these are some key points to note when performing in children's theatre as the attention span of children compared to adults is very low it's easy for them to lose focus and not understand the performance. you're performance can have elements of repetition like in the book, but they need to be unique to its original point, at the same time as incorporating captivating devices like humour and illustration in order to keep them not just listening or reading because they want to get to the end, but paying attention to the story because they want to have fun along the way.]]> 2016-09-27 08:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126581041 The Stick man davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126598023 Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a marvelous book. Treasured by many, the dazzling illustrations excite young imaginations and keep them thinking throughout. Recently, there has been a theatre adaptation of the book roughly 55 minutes long.]]> 2016-09-27 10:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126598023 davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126598577 2016-09-27 10:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126598577 davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126676785 2016-09-27 14:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/126676785 davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/134860518 2016-11-02 17:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/134860518 davie664 https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/136090854 2016-11-08 14:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/davie664/ChildrenTheatre/wish/136090854