THE HISTORY

Carlos and His Five Reasons

is based on a traditional folk-tale originally written in Spanish, translated by Barbara Raimondi and edited by Kerry Corrigan, Marie Franek and Helena Adamczyk into a puppet play, featuring a young boy named Carlos, and the six witches that he encounters. The story takes an amusing and light-hearted approach to this tale of a young boy learning to deal with his anger.

Felt puppets were constructed by Marie Franek and the set was built by Gary Santucci, with props and decoration by Helena Adamczyk and Anne Parker.

Carlos and his Five Reasons was the debut performance for Studio Babette, April 27, 2008, in the Opus Mundi Festival at the Pearl Company. The production featured Marie Franek as Carlos, and Helena Adamczyk as the Witches, with Kerry Corrigan on sound and lights. The crowd loved us!

Carlos was also performed over the summer to students of the Colin MacDonald Community School who also were given workshops on puppet creation and performance. Carlos was repeated at the Pearl Company for 3 performances at Halloween.

Carlos and his Five Reasons was most recently presented in late October 2009, at Whispers Restaurant in Elora, in conjunction with Tim Murton's Twilight Zoo.

The play lasts approximately 35 minutes, and is only a little frightening for the wee ones (so far, they've all survived!). This heartwarming play is available for bookings. Contact Studio Babette for more information.

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