The Owl and the Imp is a family-friendly storytelling piece about an owl who goes on a journey to rid its forest home of a mischievous imp. The performance uses rhyme, song and puppetry to transport the audience to the magical river island. For the work-in-progress we focused on storytelling and puppetry; future development would consider outdoor performance elements and movement / staging.
Alina Ben-Larbi (manipulating the owl in pictures), John Tulloch (the pine), and Heather MacDonald (the thistle) performed the three narrators in the work-in-progress event.
This was my first experience of professionally directing my own creative work and the report published by Vivid Roots Collective provides some more insight into the directors’ and performers’ experiences of the project. You can see the full report here [a link to the VRC report page].
Laura Valerie Walker 