MY SHADOW AND ME – AHA

Drew Colby – Shadowgraphy, UK

MY SHADOW AND ME

No language – 45 minutes For all above 4 years of age.

The show is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person and his shadow meet and go on an incredible, imaginative, shadowy journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. The show uses minimal language in combination with electronic music, a kazoo, a shaker and non- verbal voice effects. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. Many are funny, some sweet. The ever fascinating and adorable hand shadow bunny makes an appearance as part of a simple magic trick, and the show ends with a colourful and impressive finale in which multiple shadow characters appear all at the same time – made with just two hands!

AHA! International Theatre Festival for Children

Neekoee Foundation in collaboration with Ranga Shankara brings AHA! International Theatre Festival for Children, the only festival happening across India, in Ahmedabad since the last three years.

This 7 days festival, celebrates Puppetry from across the world. Though puppetry is often seen in the public eye as children’s entertainment, people of all ages have used and enjoyed puppets for thousands of years. “All objects have a story to tell, but puppets are objects with rare power” writes puppeteer Steve Abrams. Recreating characters and stories with puppets helps children to absorb and remember what they have learned and internalise information so that they can retell the stories from the mind and the heart. Puppets make an emotional as well as cognitive connection to ideas, information, stories, characters, literature and historical & life situations. The performances are from India, Switzerland, Peru, U.K , U.S.A, and Germany.

Neekoee Foundation aims to widen the reach of art and culture across social, economic and cultural divides in the city. By bringing thought provoking productions, delivering top quality workshops, supporting local artists and providing a platform to community members and students to engage with artists of international repute
A is a pioneer for staging plays for children. It has show cased national and international productions of repute to the young audiences, the Festival has featured plays from Germany, U.K. and Switzerland, as well as local and Indian performances till now. The plays have catered to various age groups—from a 1year old toddler to a young adult of 16 years!