Skeleton Woman
Scriptwriters: Dave Smith & Euan Martin (Right Lines Productions)
Music Composer: Bob Pegg
Director: tbc
We are thrilled to have this opportunity to raise our artistic standards and work with experienced professional artistes.
This exciting new work is based on an Inuit (Arctic Circle) tale about love and human endurance overcoming fear and adversity. Like all fairytales, the story works on different levels appealing to a wide age range.
The bumbling fisherman catches something on the end of his line. It feels like the biggest fish ever... and he is so eager to reel it in. But out of the ocean rises the scary bald skull of Skeleton Woman... she isn't letting go. Surely this is not the big fish he dreamed of?
The retelling of Skeleton Woman by scriptwriters Dave Smith & Euan Martin (Right Lines Productions) will create strong puppet characters with comedy and sensitivity. Originating in the Northern rural culture, the story is about working with adversity and discovering something of value.
A strong new musical score by composer Bob Pegg uses digitalised natural sounds and pipes. Bob has a wealth of experience in creating powerful soundscapes, and the music will truly enhance the highly visual puppets.
The production team, including Amy Clarkson, are exploring a variety of puppet mechanisms. Plans are in place to film the process (by Irisaria Pictures), so interested promoters can view film clips or come to open rehearsals.
Provisional bookings are now being accepted for this show due to tour from March 2011 onwards. Expressions of interest have been received from around Scotland and England... to be continued...
If your venue is interested please contact us now
Background to Skeleton Woman show:
Skeleton Woman appeared in 'Women who run with the wolves’ book by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1993). Karrie has used this story in workshops for children as well as for adults. Estes links this tale to the life/death/life process that we all experience in our lives. A sense of enthusiasm for someone or something, is often followed by the absolute fear about what it would really mean to take it on. It takes a good deal of strength to find the trust and confidence required to see the process through... for new life, renewed enthusiasm to grow.
As each Zenwing show develops, we recognise the reflections in our lives. Our first show was about a circus troop who couldn't do their tricks. Audiences will have spotted the parallel process immediately... and we are ever grateful that they still managed to clap and cheer! It's been five years of dusting ash off our jackets and starting over again and again... driven by that incessant internal creative force that must go on. And then it happens... a moment arrives where we realise we've done a show that feels right... that feels as though the audience truly enjoyed themselves. And at last we are ready to take on the biggest work of our lives 'Skeleton Woman'...
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