Down to Earth (Chinese Version) (2022-2024)
Wonderful, amusing, full of imagination, warm-hearted music and singing, touching the hearts of children.
Type | Immersive Theatre
Age Recommended | 6-14 years children with special needs (PMLD)
Original | Bamboozle Theatre Company (U.K.)
Production | Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre
Producer | Esther Beixuan Geng (2022-2024)
Down to Earth is an interactive, multi-sensory production inspired by the British Land Girls. During the show, children can get up close and personal with nature, touch a variety of vegetables and fruits, dance with the land girls in their wheelchairs and meet a mischievous mole who causes chaos! The children will also be taken to a magical forest to escape an air raid. There are shadows being cast on the ground and wildlife rushing through the woods.
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Down to Earth Family Workshop (2022-2024)
This immersive exploratory workshop was specially designed for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), inspired by the setting and scenes of the immersive theatre production Down to Earth.
Curator & Producer | Esther Beixuan Geng
Set within a farm-themed environment filled with natural materials, children and their families were invited to engage in free exploration — digging through colourful and aromatic fruits and vegetables, feeling the flow of water and sand through their fingertips, creating unique artworks using fallen leaves and twigs, and listening to the enchanting melodies played by different seeds.
Amid this calm, nature-rich space, the experience offered a gentle retreat from the bustle of urban life — a chance to embrace the wonder and joy of the natural world.
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