
The Frog & Princess
The Princess, tired of her life confined within the palace domain - controlled by servants and restricted by etiquette lessons - would prefer to be playing in the mud outside. When her ball bounces over the palace garden walls she is determined to follow it into the forest where, inevitably, she meets the Frog. Will they be friends?
In this project I worked as director’s assistant to Rene Baker – a role charged with keeping everything running smoothly: making tea at appropriate moments, recording the process of rehearsal in short films with additional photos of key elements, striving to capture any practical arrangements or movements to which Baker drew attention. In addition, I noted down lines said by the actor puppeteers and transfered this improvisation into the script. I had the satisfying role of making everything just slightly less hectic while getting access to all the behind scene conversation and the directing process.
Director
Director’s Assistant
- Bridget Whiting
Performers
- Aya Nakamura
- Paul Preston Mills
Venue
2018 - 2019
- Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich
- Toured to venues throughout England
- More about the production
Charaters
Process
Aya Nakamura and Paul Preston Mills depicted.