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LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE

Prya and the Twirling Wind

Priya and the Twirling Wind
Presented by Raven Kaliana, Puppet (R)Evolution, Ram Devineni, Rattapallax
In Association with Little Angel Theatre 

Ram Devineni, creator of Priya - India’s first female superhero (and named “gender equality champion” by UN Women) teams with Raven Kaliana, an award-winning UK-based puppetry director to create Priya and the Twirling Wind. Priya, astride her flying tiger Sahas, visits Somya, an ill and frightened child in hospital. On a panoramic flight across the countryside, Priya shows Somya the environmental sources impacting her health.  She introduces Somya to an idyllic land, which is protected from harm through the teamwork of her magical friends.  This inspires Somya to take action when she returns home. The characters are all rod puppets handmade by Raven Kaliana, with lush illustrated backgrounds by artist Syd Fini.  The film will be accompanied by an interactive comic book augmented with pop-up videos, which will feature Priya interviewing scientists and other experts on climate change and the process of switching to cleaner energy sources.

This film will be released at 12pm on Sunday 3rd April, and will be available for 18 months. 

Credits:
Director: Raven Kaliana
Screenplay & Storyboard: Raven Kaliana
Additional Writing: Shubhra Prakash
Producer: Ram Devineni
Production Company: Rattapallax and Puppet Revolution
Puppeteer: Raven Kaliana
Puppet design: Raven Kaliana
Actors: Shubhra Prakash, Dipti Mehta, Amaya Mehta, Vick Krishna
Animators: Syd Fini and Neda Kazemifar
Editor and Camera: Ram Devineni
Music and Sound: Rene Veron
Executive Producers: Tanvi Gandhi, Indrani Ray, Monika Samtani, and Shubhra Prakash
All rights reserved by Rattapallax, Inc ©2022. Priya and Sahas were created in 2013 and introduced in a comic book series. 

The project was funded through grants from Little Angel Theatre, The Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi and developed with North India Office (NIO).  
@usembassyindia - Instagram
@USAndIndia - Twitter

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Little Angel Theatre is a home for puppetry. Since our doors first opened in 1961 the theatre has been dedicated to creating and sharing inspiring stories.
All of our online activities are being made available for free. If you are able to consider making a donation - however small - it would be greatly appreciated: https://www.littleangeltheatre.com/supportus

Priya and the Twirling Wind
Presented by Raven Kaliana, Puppet (R)Evolution, Ram Devineni, Rattapallax
In Association with Little Angel Theatre

Ram Devineni, creator of Priya - India’s first female superhero (and named “gender equality champion” by UN Women) teams with Raven Kaliana, an award-winning UK-based puppetry director to create Priya and the Twirling Wind. Priya, astride her flying tiger Sahas, visits Somya, an ill and frightened child in hospital. On a panoramic flight across the countryside, Priya shows Somya the environmental sources impacting her health. She introduces Somya to an idyllic land, which is protected from harm through the teamwork of her magical friends. This inspires Somya to take action when she returns home. The characters are all rod puppets handmade by Raven Kaliana, with lush illustrated backgrounds by artist Syd Fini. The film will be accompanied by an interactive comic book augmented with pop-up videos, which will feature Priya interviewing scientists and other experts on climate change and the process of switching to cleaner energy sources.

This film will be released at 12pm on Sunday 3rd April, and will be available for 18 months.

Credits:
Director: Raven Kaliana
Screenplay & Storyboard: Raven Kaliana
Additional Writing: Shubhra Prakash
Producer: Ram Devineni
Production Company: Rattapallax and Puppet Revolution
Puppeteer: Raven Kaliana
Puppet design: Raven Kaliana
Actors: Shubhra Prakash, Dipti Mehta, Amaya Mehta, Vick Krishna
Animators: Syd Fini and Neda Kazemifar
Editor and Camera: Ram Devineni
Music and Sound: Rene Veron
Executive Producers: Tanvi Gandhi, Indrani Ray, Monika Samtani, and Shubhra Prakash
All rights reserved by Rattapallax, Inc ©2022. Priya and Sahas were created in 2013 and introduced in a comic book series.

The project was funded through grants from Little Angel Theatre, The Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi and developed with North India Office (NIO).
@usembassyindia - Instagram
@USAndIndia - Twitter

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Little Angel Theatre is a home for puppetry. Since our doors first opened in 1961 the theatre has been dedicated to creating and sharing inspiring stories.
All of our online activities are being made available for free. If you are able to consider making a donation - however small - it would be greatly appreciated: https://www.littleangeltheatre.com/supportus

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Priya and the Twirling Wind | Free Performance for Children

BBC PRIMARY ENGLISH

Where the Night Came From

Suitable for ages 5 to 8. A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be. 

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A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be. It tells the story of three servants who disobeyed the King of the Ocean’s orders and released the deep-sea shadows into the daylight. This film invites children to think about curiosity, disobedience and to consider how we use narratives to imagine the earth’s phenomenon and origins.

This clip is from the BBC series Tales from Around the World. A series of six animated short films based on folktales from around the world - from a Brazilian story about where the night comes from, to a Punjabi king who allows himself to be eaten for breakfast each day and a Caliph who is turned into a stork by his greedy brother. The series includes stories from Brazil, India, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria. Narrated by Maureen Lipman, Meera Syal and others.

Aimed at literacy students at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, the films provide an engaging way to inform children about different countries, cultures and storytelling traditions. They constitute an invaluable and versatile resource for further learning across the curriculum and provide a great starting point for discussions in the classroom.

For our Tales from Around the World playlist:http://bit.ly/TFATW
For our English Literature playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachEnglishLiterature
For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p02lx1s6.

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Teaching English Literature?

This video could be used to support the teaching of key literacy skills such as reading, writing and listening. It could encourage pupils to explore decisions of characters, and examine their actions to understand their cultural belief, values, differences and similarities in everyday life. It could also engage pupils in the way others see and imagine life and ask questions on what is familiar and unfamiliar. This could be used in connection with learning about stories from other cultures, as well as in conjunction with teaching about traditional stories and fables to explore the differences or similarities in storytelling. The tale could be incorporated into specific reading and writing exercises (e.g. pupils can write about a specific dramatic scene or a descriptive setting in the film). In addition, it could be used as part of creative writing exercises.

This clip will be relevant for teaching English Literature at KS2 in England and Wales. 

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For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach
More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone
More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

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Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies
Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education 
Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics
Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History
Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years

Suitable for ages 5 to 8. A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be.

Subscribe for more English Literature clips from BBC Teach on Fridays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach

If you found this video helpful, give it a like.
Share it with someone.
Add the video to your own teaching playlists.
Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses.

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A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be. It tells the story of three servants who disobeyed the King of the Ocean’s orders and released the deep-sea shadows into the daylight. This film invites children to think about curiosity, disobedience and to consider how we use narratives to imagine the earth’s phenomenon and origins.

This clip is from the BBC series Tales from Around the World. A series of six animated short films based on folktales from around the world - from a Brazilian story about where the night comes from, to a Punjabi king who allows himself to be eaten for breakfast each day and a Caliph who is turned into a stork by his greedy brother. The series includes stories from Brazil, India, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria. Narrated by Maureen Lipman, Meera Syal and others.

Aimed at literacy students at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, the films provide an engaging way to inform children about different countries, cultures and storytelling traditions. They constitute an invaluable and versatile resource for further learning across the curriculum and provide a great starting point for discussions in the classroom.

For our Tales from Around the World playlist:http://bit.ly/TFATW
For our English Literature playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachEnglishLiterature
For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p02lx1s6.

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Teaching English Literature?

This video could be used to support the teaching of key literacy skills such as reading, writing and listening. It could encourage pupils to explore decisions of characters, and examine their actions to understand their cultural belief, values, differences and similarities in everyday life. It could also engage pupils in the way others see and imagine life and ask questions on what is familiar and unfamiliar. This could be used in connection with learning about stories from other cultures, as well as in conjunction with teaching about traditional stories and fables to explore the differences or similarities in storytelling. The tale could be incorporated into specific reading and writing exercises (e.g. pupils can write about a specific dramatic scene or a descriptive setting in the film). In addition, it could be used as part of creative writing exercises.

This clip will be relevant for teaching English Literature at KS2 in England and Wales.

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For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach
More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone
More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

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Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days:

Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies
Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education
Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics
Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History
Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years

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Where the night came from (Brazil) | English Literature - Tales from Around the World

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MICHAEL ATTENBOROUGH CBE

Digital Theatre Collection

The Digital Theatre Collection for children, powered by Theatre Makers on YouTube, serves to showcase the work of emerging and established theatre makers through to household names in the UK and around the world. Each playlist is attributed to a featured theatre maker with link to their website, in blue text under playlist title, enabling schools and families to explore availability of shows and workshops through to entertainment and educational resources both live and on demand. The Digital Theatre Collection is accessible without sign in or subscription to teachers, families and anyone with a love for creativity.

Children’s television, film and theatre are blood relatives, the trio are rooted in storytelling. There is no reason, if children’s theatre makers can engage an audience they know better than anyone (holding a child’s attention in real time for an hour is no mean feat), that children’s theatre cannot be as successful as its siblings in a digital space.

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The OnTheMap Directory lists theatre makers in the UK and around the world with links to their websites where you can explore shows, creative workshops, festivals and events. The Festival Calendar features annual events within the UK and Ireland.

Sharing the imaginative power of theatre with new generations

Children’s Theatre Digital is designed by Annabel Morley and Sean Hollands. We are both theatre directors in the UK with a simple ambition, to get theatre in front of more children. We want to promote the children’s theatre sector and share the imaginative power of theatre with new generations. When we started this project we knew very little about streaming platforms or websites, but here we are! We have learnt a lot since we started working on this project back in the early days of 2020. We hope that you will see that hard work reflected in where Children’s Theatre Digital is today.

“Theatre is so important for young minds. From expanding imaginations, to connecting with emotions; the world of performance encourages confidence and enables the ability to see the world in colour.”

OLIVIA BIRCHENOUGH

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Our Story

We started Children’s Theatre Digital with a simple ambition, to get theatre in front of more children.

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We are indebted to our patrons for their unwavering support in our mission to bring accessible theatre to children everywhere!

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We travel together with our partners and supporters on our journey facilitating accessible theatre to entertain, educate and inspire generations!

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“Theatre is all about the creative imagination, and nowhere is this more important and more apparent than in the minds of young people. Children’s theatre seeks to inspire young people to engage in the arts.”

NICHOLAS PINNOCK

Theatre Notes

What is Children’s Theatre Digital?

Children's Theatre Digital: Explore

The choice is yours!

Videographer/Editor: Ben Hewis

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Is Digital Theatre becoming the most financially viable option for family theatre?

Is Digital Theatre becoming the most financially viable option for family theatre? Annabel Morley, co-founder of Children’s Theatre Digital which provides a site to explore and interact with the best of theatre for young people across the globe, discusses the importance of digital theatre in the modern age and how valuable it can be to family viewers and the shows they support. An interesting look at the way live and digital interact in today’s creative culture as well as the value each element offers. Digital cannot live without live. Live cannot thrive without digital. A question I’ve been asking myself constantly creating Children’s Theatre Digital has been ‘can theatre live without the…

“Children are instinctively theatrical. They build their worlds by telling stories about the experiences they see and the inner lives they imagine.”

SONYA WALGER

Digital cannot live without live. Live cannot thrive without digital.

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