by jungletheatre | Oct 18, 2022 | Current Projects, Shows
River Of Life is an African fairy tale about a rural tribe and their special princess Mamlambo, who all live by a beautiful river full of magical creatures. Set in an idyllic rural village where people live and work with nature and whose local river provides for their...
by jungletheatre | Sep 29, 2021 | Shows
The Puppet Planet program was born in 2020. Dr Wendy Taylor, a palaeontologist and educator at UCT and avid puppet theatre enthusiast, was inspired by the idea of creating a puppet program about all the wealth of natural and cultural heritage we have in South Africa....
by jungletheatre | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
By Vincent Meyburgh Last year on one of the darker days of lockdown I was contacted by Dr Wendy Taylor who is a palaeontologist and educator at UCT, and avid puppet theatre enthusiast. She was inspired by the idea of creating a puppet program about all the wealth of...
by jungletheatre | Dec 1, 2016 | Current Projects, natural & cultural heritage, Shows
When Lion Had Wings is based on a traditional Khoikhoi folktale. The story starts in ancient times when all the animals lived in fear of Lion who could fly. However, some tricky Frogs reveal that Lion’s magic is hidden beneath a pile of bones. The balance of nature...
by jungletheatre | Oct 24, 2018 | Resources
Go on an adventure into this Khoekhoe folktale about magic.…. Listen to a storytelling AUDIO: Click here for English, here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Read the story as an E-BOOK: Click here English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Watch a...
