Two shows for children up to the age of seven as well as one for Moms and babies up to one. Each production has been designed to communicate with young audiences, while offering a totally indigenous, South African storytelling experience.
The programme is: SCOOP: Kitchen Play for Moms and Babes (ages two weeks to 12 months) at 10h00; Ekhaya, (ages 3 to 7) at 11h30 and KNOCK! (ages 3 to 7) at 14h30.
The Magnet Early Years Theatre Company is an initiative to train young theatremakers in the field of Early Childhood Development Theatre, and create these three new productions in 2015.
The company members are Koleka Putuma, Jason Jacobs, Indalo Stofile, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe and Sivuyile Dunjwa.
SCOOP: Kitchen Play for Moms and Babes. This production is performed in a contained and relaxing space especially designed to accommodate individual attention. With the use of sounds, lights and textures, babies will be taken on an enchanting journey.
Ekhaya explores a child’s understanding of being ‘’at home’, in various contexts, using music and images, while drawing on the three major languages spoken in the Western Cape: English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa.
KNOCK! is a fun discovery of the natural material of wood – its sounds, what it can do and what it can make. The cast create animals and images with shaped pieces of forest wood, interacting with the children through song, rhythms and creating sounds.
2 to 12 December at Magnet Theatre in Observatory, Cape Town.