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My sister Hannah was an actor in a play called X that contained puppets. It was a ' pirates! puppets! Adventure!' My sister was the head female pirate 'White Lace' and her arch enemy was 'Steak Heart.'
Steaky put on a very strong piratey accent where as White Lace's was a little more conservative which gave a great contrast but suited both characters wonderfully.
At first i struggled with the puppeteers being dressed in outfits rather than full black clothes, i was easily distracted because i would look at their mouth rather than the puppets. I think this was due to the expression they were putting on their own face rather than being subtle.
I loved the idea of the collaboration of puppets and actors and thought they mingled quite well together. Also the theater was very small making the connection between the audience and the actors very strong and intimate. You were able to see the expression so much clearer and the eyes of the actors sometimes caught yours. Also the set design was very simple but effective, there were two ships but they came from the same prop. The only difference was a pirate looking bag was placed over the mermaid on the front of the other ship. Very simple yet effective.