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Make Friends With Puppet (MFWP) will stage the colourful children's puppet musical "Winter in Sweetyland" in December. With a touching storyline, original music and interactive projection, the performance promises to transport audiences to a sweet and cozy world of candy.
The story begins as winter is late arriving. The temperature keeps going up, causing a growing sense of fear in the world of candy. So Cotton Candy decides to leave Sweetyland to find winter. Cotton Candy encounters many hardships on the way, but also discovers that the world can be bitter as well as sweet. In order to save Sweetyland and bring the real taste of sweetness to people, Cotton Candy decides to make a great sacrifice. Finally it snows. The weather is cold, but people's hearts are warmed by snowflakes that taste like cotton candy.
Make Friends With Puppet was founded in 2001. Always able to think outside the box, the group has created a host of impressive puppet shows since its establishment, including audience favourites "Adventure in Rainbowland", "Woola Jungle", "The Iron Scarecrow", "The Little Red Riding Hood", "The Little Snowman and Sunflower" and "My Secret Friend".
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), "Winter in Sweetyland" (in Cantonese) is one of the attractions of the "Cheers!" series. It will be staged at 8pm on December 19 and 20 (Friday and Saturday) and at 3pm on December 20 and 21 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre. Tickets priced at $180 and $130 are now available at URBTIX. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20 per cent is offered for the "Cheers!" series events and group booking. Please refer to the programme leaflet for details.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7323(LCSD)/9288 2062(MFWP) or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/f_entertainment/program_671.html. For ticketing enquiries, please call 3761 6661. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk.
Other programmes in the "Cheers!" series include "White Lie" by Jumbo Kids Theatre, "Snowman" by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education, Hong Kong Oratorio Society Christmas Concert 2014 – "Joy to the World", "The Adventure of Baron Munchausen" by National Black Light Theatre of Prague (Czech Republic), "primitive" by enra (Japan), "The Snowman & The Bear" by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, "Morgan's Journey" by Robert Morgan (Canada) and "Let Dreams Fly II...Over the Rainbow" by Mui Kwong Chiu Production.
Ends/Friday, November 7, 2014
Issued at HKT 10:00
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