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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto credit: Haddangse Company<\/p>\n
\u00a0Charming & Magical Visual Storytelling<\/h1>\n
In this unique and eco-friendly show, the story is acted – and painted right in front of you. \u201cBrush\u201d uses a vibrant bilingual storytelling style in English and Korean \u2013 yet it does not need many words to understand it. The five playful and animated actors quickly make a warm rapport with the audience, through movement and drawing, which continues throughout the 55 minute show.<\/p>\n
Photo credit: Haddangse Company<\/p>\n Haddangse Company Director Jun Lee took traditional Korean painting and created a modern variation with additional surprises and impressive results. The paintings on stage seem to come to life, sometimes to the surprise of the characters, which builds a compelling complicity with the audience. This is magical stuff!<\/p>\n Photo credit: Haddangse Company<\/p>\n \u201cBrush\u201d by Yoon Jobyung is a tale of a lonely boy called Daesung who wishes he had a brother. While his mother says \u2018no\u2019 she sends him to visit his grandmother and his best friend, Dalbong, a cute little pig, played by one of the actors. Still sad, his grandmother has a solution and sends him on a journey through the mountains.<\/p>\n Photo credit: Haddangse Company<\/p>\n These actors create characters and effects to tell the story physically and visually, accompanied by live music. In one scene, they even make a rain storm happen using large drawing paper and movement – so simple yet so effective. In another scene they need a house for the family in the story – so they paint a giant home complete with colored wall paper, it\u2019s so imaginative that it makes you want to join in and play.<\/p>\n Photo credit: Haddangse Company<\/p>\n Experts in movement, the actors\u00a0use many theatrical techniques in their performance – storytelling, puppetry, music, acrobatics, and weave them all together into a delightfully magical show. \u201cBrush\u201d is very well devised by Lee and the company, comprising several short scenes, which move the story forward – holding the rapt attention of even the smallest children. I went not knowing what to expect and was completely drawn in and enchanted, like everyone in the audience. You will be too.<\/p>\n Location: (above) Photo credit: Haddangse Company Review by Jo Tomalin www.ForAllEvents.com Photo credit: Haddangse Company \u00a0Charming & Magical Visual Storytelling In this unique and eco-friendly show, the story is acted –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jo-tomalin"},"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/strong> C venues – C (Venue\u00a034)
\nChambers Street, EH1 1HR
\nPerformances:<\/strong> 12 Noon, August 4-10, 12-24.
\nBox office: 0845 260 1234
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