Paper Cinema

This is a specially commissioned 35-minute adaptation by the extraordinary and highly original Kora & the Paper Cinema. It explores Conan Doyle’s The Lost World though puppetry and music.

Hand-drawn marionettes are projected onto a white screen, and animated, to tell a fairytale-like version of The Lost World, accompanied by improvised live music by Kora. 

Four gentlemen set out on a head long journey across a continent searching for the existence of pre-historic life. One is journeying to prove his findings right; one to prove the other wrong; one to win the hand of his sweet heart and the last just for the adventure.

Performances

Paper Cinema will be appearing at The Forest Cafe, as well as some libraries, community centres and CEC high schools that are participating in the campaign.  If you'd like to experience Paper Cinema's Lost World, then book a performance or see our public events listings.

The pleasure here is not just that the animations are both sinister and enchanting, or that the wonderful music gives the whole thing the feel of a quirky silent movie, but also that you can see how the show is being made right before your eyes. - The Guardian

Duration: 35 minutes
Suitable for P7 and High Schools (age 11+)

www.thepapercinema.com 

You can get more information and book direct by contacting Paper Cinema Director Nick Rawling on nic_beard@hotmail.com.

 
Paper Cinema requires the following in order to perform:

• a darkened room (black-out if possible)
• three chairs
• four small tables (roughly 2 foot sq surface area, approx chair height)
• power socket (so something to plug a 4-way into – it has a 10m lead)
• power socket to plug our projector into (via an A/V cable which is 20 feet long)
• amplification for the sound effects - something that to plug a CD player or ipod into so that it can be heard via a stereo system / speaker
• the two performers will arrive 90 minutes before the performance time to set up

• Lost World main page
• Lost World schools page