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Chicken Licken

"DNA’s wonderful blend of classic tales is one of the best children’s shows touring the UK" - Barney Jeavons, The West End Centre, Aldershot

A baby chick is born and thinks the sky is falling down. On the way to tell the King, she meets Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky & Turkey Lurkey, but there's a shocking surprise! Chicken Licken grows up to be the Little Red Hen and asks her friends to help her make bread, but no one wants to play! Mixed into this recipe of food, puppets and music is the story of Little Red Hen and the sly Foxy Loxy. Will she outwit him and save her stuffing?

This one-man show is a trilogy of classic tales from the Ladybird books - Chicken Licken, The Little Red Hen and The Fox and the Hen. Starting as a baking demonstration, the show rapidly becomes the adventures of a growing chick and her encounters with a hungry fox.

This show uses shadow and rod puppetry and has an original musical score by Jon Owen.

Photo credit: Phil Crow +44 (0) 7787 155852 http://www.philcrow.com
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Family Workshop

A special workshop for early years, to extend their participation, and aid audience development and family learning.

The Chicken Licken performance can be accompanied by a simple shadow puppet workshop. The kids cut their favourite characters from the show out of card.

If it's a chicken they bring it to life with a magic feather. If it's a pig it gets a pipe cleaner curly tale. They make a cellophane window in the creature, tape on a bendy straw and hey presto! It's a shadow puppet!

They get to try out their creations on the actual stage set, two by two, in a 'Parade of Poultry' with music from the show as the others applaud.

The workshop session lasts for approximately 40mins and can be held with up to 25 children with adult support.

All materials supplied.

Booking Information

Ages Suitable for three to six year olds
Running time 45 minutes
Suitable venues Theatres, arts centres, halls and community venues, street & outdoors
Technical information Available here
Availability All year round
Contact Info@DynamicNewAnimation.co.uk

Reviews

Reviewed by Ronnie Haydon in Time Out, May 17th 2000

Video

Download the short video of Chicken Licken here (14.1Mb, ~4 Mins playing time)

All text and images © Dynamic New Animation 2005