Arts & Entertainment
Review: 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' by Shakesperience
A review of the Shakesperience tour that stopped at Andrew Avenue School on Tuesday.
Naugatuck, CT - The PTO at Andrew Avenue Elementary School in Naugatuck funded a performance of ‘The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe’ by Shakesperience Productions on January 17, 2017. The Waterbury-based company has already booked 60 performances for this year of the adaptation of the C.S. Lewis classic novel. The play for young audiences was directed by Emily Mattina and has a run-time of 50 minutes, the perfect length for young children.
What this director does well is make sure that the students are prepared for the production. The preshow covers some vocabulary words including “faun” and the concept of an adaptation in kid-friendly language. The two actors briefly introduced the characters in the story that they would be playing and invited the audience to keep an eye out for bits on mime. They also had pre-selected five students to come up and demonstrate getting into character as the beaver.
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The actors were careful to thank the organization that brought this company to our school not once, but twice. I have seen several Shakesperience productions for young audiences and have never been disappointed. Schools interested in bringing the fine arts to their school can contact Bilal Tajildeen, Marketing & Operations Manager, to select a date for Shakesperience to bring The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe to your students. Mr. Higgins shared that next season will include ‘Jungle Book.’
