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The Magic Horse
- part of The Puppet Animation Festival 2002
Creator and Puppeteer - Alison Monaghan
Company -Yugen puppets
01501 785 346
Venue - Netherbow Theatre
Date - 11 April 2002
Reviewer - Thelma Good
Fingal is the third brother. When his father dies he doesn't get the house
or the land, those go to brother one and two. He gets the horse, the old
horse so he goes off to make his fortune and the horse gets stolen. But
this one can speak tells him, wherever he wants to go the horse will take
him there.
So off they go in a journey which has shadow puppets and landscapes as
well as glove and rod and stick ones, so that we see Fingal and his horse
fly over huge mountains, and arrive at the castle where the Princess lives.
Her father sets challenges to Fingal and another suitor but Fingal's horse
helps him out.
Alison Monaghan is the sole puppeteer for her version of this traditional
Scottish tale, she works hard, sometimes too fast for the children to
follow the story's many details. There is a soft musical accompaniment,
but I left feeling a second puppeteer would make the tale's telling more
lively.
© Thelma Good 11 April 2002
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