Play a picture book

Playing a picture book (4+)

Play a picture book

Based on a picture book, Sjors & Ruud theatre makers create a crazy performance on location. First, the picture book is read out loud, so that everyone knows the story. Then, the players create the performance together with the children and perform for the parents. The picture book is chosen based on the location, the event or the occasion.

“It is wonderful to see how Sjors and Ruud bring a picture book to life. They create a magical world for young and old.”
Mirte Glasbergen | Communications and Events Officer Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum
Participatory Theatre.

The performance is created together with the audience. The input and fantasy of the children is used to create a slightly different performance each time. With this, the audience creates and plays along in this performance by Sjors & Ruud.

Target audience.
Family performance, for everyone aged 4 and up.
Duration.
30 minutes
Picture book.
Connect with Children's Book Week, National Reading Days, the theme of the event, or choose a theme from Sjors & Ruud's personal selection.

boy on coffin - Playing a picture book
Price.one per daytwo per daythree a day
Show55010001450
Prices exclude VAT and travel expenses of €0.40 per km from Harderwijk. Prices apply to performances within two hours of the previous performance and at the same location.
Combination deal Play a picture/reading book

The performances Play a picture book and Play a reading book in 1 day for € 1050 (excl. VAT and travel expenses).

Conditions/technique.
Stage size depends on the number of attendees, minimum 4 x 2 meters (W x D). Flexible for use in all types of spaces.

Electricity required for speaker with laptop connection – we will bring this with us.

Microphones with sound system: These are required for performances with more than 60 attendees and/or in noisy venues. Cost: €120.

Assembly time: 30 minutes

Maximum number of visitors.
Regular show without microphones: 60
Regular show with microphones: 150
Regular show with more than 150 visitors: contact us for the possibilities.
In school context: 60

Playing a picture book at school.

Target group: Primary school group 1 to 3
The performance can be supplemented with a theatre workshop and performance for the entire school.
For more information, costs and options, please contact us - click here

Giraffe - Playing a picture book

Played by.
Sjors Noordsij,
Ruud Moesbergen,
Willemijn Hordijk and/or
Marit Goetjaer

and together with the audience!

Poster.
Gert-Jan Oosting

Comments

“It is wonderful to see how Sjors and Ruud bring a picture book to life. They create a magical world for young and old.”
Mirte Glasbergen | Communications and Events Officer Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum
"Children are completely absorbed in the story, overcome their fear and play along. It's wonderful to see children experiencing a book."
Agnes Schüller | Program Manager Cultural Anchors Loosduinen, Nieuw Waldeck & Leidschenveen -Ypenburg
"With Sjors and Ruud, it's always a big party for the little ones. Children (and their parents) experience a picture book and spontaneously join in!"
Yolanda Meijer | Librarian Leidschenveen Library
For the 10th anniversary of the VoorleesExpress Lek & IJssel, Sjors and Ruud performed their interactive show "Playing a Picture Book" at our four main locations. And interactive it was! After reading the picture book aloud in a fun and interactive way, the children were invited on stage to act it out. The children waddled around like ducks, stomped like elephants, and crawled like turtles. This made the performance enjoyable for both children and adults. Sjors and Ruud were perfectly attuned to the audience and knew exactly what to do to keep them captivated. Highly recommended!
Mignon van Hasselt | Coordinator of the VoorleesExpress and DoorleesExpress Lek & IJssel
Play a picture book
The ideal performance during the Nationale Voorleesdagen or Kinderboekenweek!
Knight - Playing a picture book

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