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Moscow Children's Shadow Theater

The Moscow Children's Shadow Theater was the first in Russia to use shadow theater techniques; they skillfully combine the form of ancient art and classical plots. So, among the performances there are “Aibolit”, “Thumbelina”, “The Nutcracker”, “The Little Humpbacked Horse”. The repertoire includes performances for children from 3 years old, for children from 5 and 7 years old. The seats in the hall are also specially adapted for small spectators.

For children over 3 years old, we can recommend the wonderful story “Butter Lisa” - about the adventures of a butter bun in the shape of a cat, created by the wizard Krem.
For children from 7 years old, the theater’s repertoire includes the play “The Lotus of the Heavenly Princess” based on Lyudmila Ulitskaya. The journey to the magical city of Kanakapuri is based on Indian folklore and the idea of ​​reincarnation and responsibility for one's actions in the past.

Theater "Scientist Bear"

The theater employees write their own scripts, create puppets and scenery with their own hands, as well as some rare musical instruments: the harp, the psaltery, the hurdy-gurdy, the kalimba. In the theater you can watch the performance-play “Well and Well” - it combines shadow theater, African masks, songs and dances of the African people of Mali. The play “Christmas”, based on a Russian nativity scene, will tell kids about the main religious sacrament.

For children aged 4 years and older, “The Scientist Bear” conducts a master class “Travel in 10 minutes around the world.” After an hour-long rehearsal with the actors and director, the kids put on their own shadow show for their parents.

Trickster Theater

Directors of the Trickster Theater, winners of the Golden Mask theater award Maria Litvinova and Vyacheslav Ignatov, create amazing puppet and shadow performances. Here they stage not the usual “Teremok” with “The Pockmarked Hen”, but “The Little Prince” or “Fairy Tales of Robots”. The popular play "The Farmer and the Giantess" tells the funny story of Scottish farmers and their neighbors - rampaging giants.

“Trickster” also organizes shadow master classes for children, the topic can be any work: “Don Juan”, “Prometheus”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Swan Lake”. There is a lot of improvisation in these classes. First, the directors and the children remember the story, the plot, then the children themselves draw the dolls, cut them out, attach them to the same pencil they used to draw, and as a result they play the version of the plot that they managed to recreate together.

Theater "Praktika"

The shadow play “The Tale That Was Not Written” was also staged by the directors of the Trickster Theater. It can be perceived both as a children's fairy tale and as a philosophical parable: a princess finds herself in a magical world, and the audience helps her find her own fairy tale. The authors call their performance a draft, but it turned out to be very interesting, and we have been loved by the audience for more than five years.

Home theater

“Home Theater” was founded by GITIS graduates Olga Zeiger and Arseny Epelbaum. It turned out to be a real theater house, where there is a theater studio for children. In it, children first get acquainted with the theater behind the scenes, study theatrical genres, help create costumes and scenery for performances, and then go on stage and play the roles of Onegin, Odysseus, Hercules, Juliet, Athena.

Among the shadow performances, you can now watch “Swan Lake” at the Home Theater, or rather, you can order it by inviting artists to your event. This is not just a performance, but a shadow master class: children cut out dolls using patterns, and then use them to stage a short excerpt from the play.

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information relevance: February 2012

Shadow theater is an ancient, very spectacular and amazing (especially for children) art form. How to make a screen and “actors” for a shadow theater with your own hands; how to come up with and provide for the most spectacular and surprising moments of the performance; how to involve children in rehearsals and staging shadow theater performances - answers to all these questions can easily be found in the publications of this thematic section. Here is collected the living experience of teachers in the field of this type of theatrical art, which contains great opportunities for the comprehensive development of children.

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Notes on speech development in the second junior group “Shadow Theatre” Summary of a lesson on speech development in the 2nd junior group Educator: 0lga Uryupina Summary of GCD in the second junior group “Walk with the Mouse in an unusual « Shadow play» Educational area “Artistic and aesthetic development” The type of children's activity is cognitive,...

Project “Shadow Theater for Preschoolers” Theater shadow&;#769;th is a form of visual art that originated in China over 1,700 years ago. Shadow play uses a large translucent screen and flat colored puppets operated on thin sticks. The puppets lean against the screen from behind and become visible....

Do-it-yourself shadow theater - Summary of the lesson “Introducing the shadow theater” in the second junior group

Publication “Summary of the lesson “Acquaintance with the shadow theater” in the second junior ...” Goal: Development of creative abilities through theatrical activities. Objectives: -Introduce children to shadow theater; -Teach children to dramatize a simple fairy tale using a tabletop theater; -Develop a sense of beauty and love for the theater. Materials and equipment:...

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Templates. We cut out characters from cardboard and attach sticks to them. Let's remember the fairy tale. We set up the stage, turn on the lights and music. We put on a show. If there are a lot of spectators, you can distribute tickets. TURNIP Russian folk tale Grandfather planted a turnip and said: - Grow, grow,...

The new, well-forgotten old Theatrical activity develops the child’s personality, instills a sustainable interest in literature and theater, improves the skill of embodying certain experiences in play, and encourages the creation of new images. The shadow is of great interest to children...

Theatrical activities in kindergarten are a magical world of fairy tales. It is theatrical activity that makes it possible to develop a child’s creative abilities to a greater extent, develops children’s aesthetic feelings and artistic perception. That is why teachers, as part of...

Do-it-yourself shadow theater - Theatrical and gaming leisure in the form of the shadow theater “Under the Mushroom” in the younger group

“Under the mushroom” Theatrical and gaming leisure (shadow theater) in the younger group Goal: to arouse interest in the shadow theater performance, positive emotions in the process of theatrical and gaming activities. Materials and equipment: bell, screen, lamp or slide projector, cardboard figures and...

Fairy tale “Turnip” Grandfather planted a turnip and the turnip grew big and big. The grandfather began to pull the turnip out of the ground. He pulls and pulls, but he can’t pull it out. The grandfather called the grandmother for help. Grandma for grandfather, grandfather for turnip. They pull and pull, but they can’t pull it out. The grandmother called her granddaughter. Granddaughter for grandma, grandma for...

We offer two master classes on making a shadow theater for children at home. You will learn how to make a screen and actors for a theatrical performance from light and shadow with your own hands, get acquainted with the theater of manual shadows, download templates for figurines of fairy tale heroes and find useful tips for working with shadow theater.

Shadow theater helps children get acquainted with theatrical activities in a fun way, develop speech, show imagination, encourage children to actively interact, communicate, etc. Theatrical performances can be performed with children of all ages, both in a group and individually.

Lego Shadow Theater

We present a step-by-step master class with photographs on how to make a shadow theater from Lego Duplo or its analogues.

Necessary materials:

• designer Lego Duplo (on, on)
• building plate Lego Duplo green (on, on)
• A4 sheet of paper
• phone with a flashlight function or other light source.

How to do

Build the frame of a theater stage from red blocks and adjacent turrets from multi-colored bricks.

Source: lego.com

Place a white sheet of paper between the structures.

Build a stage behind the screen and use the blocks to make a phone stand. Place the light source in front of the paper sheet.

Decorate the theater and prepare the actors for the performance.

Turn on the flashlight on your phone and start the show.

Shadow theater "The Gruffalo" out of the box

Create your own shadow theater based on the popular book “The Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson (,).

“The Gruffalo” is a fairy tale in verse for adults to read to children. A little mouse walks through a dense forest and, in order to escape from a fox, owl and snake, invents the terrible Gruffalo - an animal who loves to eat foxes, owls and snakes.
But can a resourceful mouse outwit all the hungry predators? After all, he knows very well that there are no Gruffalos... Or do they?

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Necessary materials:

• printable hero templates (download);
• A4 paper;
• black cardboard;
• wooden skewers;
• scotch;
• glue;
• cardboard box;
• scissors.

How to do

1. Download and print templates with characters for the shadow theater. Glue onto black cardstock.

2. Cut out the figures and glue a wooden skewer to each.

3. We make a screen (screen) for a shadow theater.

Lay the box flat. On the large rectangular parts of the box, draw a frame, stepping back 1.5-2 cm from the edges. Cut along the marked lines.

4. Assemble the box in its original state, but with the colored side facing inward.

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5. Take a sheet of white A4 paper and cut it to the size of the box. Cut out a rectangle of the same size from black cardboard.

6. Cut out trees from black cardboard and glue them onto a white sheet.

7. Glue the paper to the inside of the box as shown in the photo below.

8. Make a slot at the bottom of the box for the figures.

9. Secure the screen to the edge of the table with tape.

10. Install the lamp at the back at a distance of 2-3 meters from the screen. For clear shadows, the light must fall directly and not from the side. Be sure to warn your child to be careful around the hot lamp.

The shadow theater is ready! Turn off the lights, invite an audience and perform a shadow show.

Hand shadow theater

Hand shadow theater is one of the simplest types of shadow art. To equip it you will need the most common items - a table lamp and a screen - a large sheet of white paper or cloth. If the room has light walls, a theatrical performance of light and shadow can be shown directly on the wall.

The pictures show how you can use your hands to create silhouettes of animals, birds, and people. With practice, you can bring the shadows to life and show your own story.

• You can start introducing children to shadow theater at the age of 1.5-2 years. The first classes should be held as a theatrical performance, when the roles are played by an adult, and the children act as spectators. After the child understands the rules and traditions of theatrical art, he can be included in the game as a participant in the action. Children play and voice roles, learn texts and poems. At first, trust small, simple roles. Then gradually make it more difficult.
• Cardboard figures of shadow theater actors should be black, then they will be contrasting and noticeable on the screen. To make your own figures, use curly stencils. If you plan to reuse your homemade figures, we recommend laminating them.

• To ensure clear shadows, place the light source behind and slightly to the side of the screen. The light source will be a regular table lamp or flashlight.
• The size of the shadow on the screen depends on the distance from the figure to the lamp. If you bring the figure closer to the screen, its shadow will become small and clear. If you place it further away, the shadow will increase in size and the contours will be blurred.
• To ensure that the decorations do not move during the performance, attach them to the screen itself using tape or paper clips.
• What paper, tracing paper or a white sheet are perfect as a screen. The smaller the screen you use, the thinner and more transparent it needs to be, and the brighter the light source you need.
• In order to create a theatrical atmosphere, you can draw a poster, tickets and even arrange an intermission.

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The Shadow Theater is a small but very cozy building, the auditorium of which can accommodate about 100 visitors. The foyer is not very large, but you can wait there for the start of the performance or relax during intermission. Moreover, the atmosphere inside is mesmerizing.

There is a small buffet in the theater where you can drink warm tea and enjoy fresh pastries.

As for the hall itself, it has an elongated shape. There is no big lift, but it is visible even from the last rows. At the same time, it is still better to plunge into the atmosphere of the performance and enjoy the clearest sound possible closer to the stage.

Since the theater is for children, everything here is thought out to create the most comfortable environment for children. Here the child will not have to sit in his arms during the performance. The seat seats are securely fixed in the upper positions and are equipped with a special stand. This provides an excellent overview even for two-year-olds.

All performances shown in the shadow theater are adapted to the perception of child psychology. At the show you can expect:

• simple plot;
• clear images;
• pleasant soundtrack.

When going to a particular performance, remember that this is a simple and understandable art, so you shouldn’t expect any special special effects. At the same time, you will be guaranteed a trip to a fairy tale.

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About the site

Moscow children's shadow theater. Moscow, Izmailovsky Boulevard, 60/10

How to get there

Art. Pervomaiskaya metro station, 1st car from the center, then take bus 645 or T51 to the Moscow Shadow Theater stop, or 10 minutes walk along Izmailovsky Boulevard.

History of the theater

The founders, or rather the founders, of the Moscow Children's Shadow Theater in June 1944 were the artist Ekaterina Sonnenstral and the director Sofya Svobodina. It was they, working in the Moscow branch of the VGKO, together with enthusiastic actors, who initiated the creation of a professional shadow theater, although its origins date back to 1934, when a shadow theater on a semi-professional basis was first created by them at the Moscow Museum of Children's Books, where Ekaterina Zonenstral led Graphics club for children. Already in the thirties, this theater was so actively and successfully staging performances and showing them in schools and pioneer camps that it was taken over by the Mosgorono budget. The work of the theater was interrupted by the fact that, by decision of the People's Commissariat of Education, just before the Great Patriotic War of 1941, the Museum of Children's Books, along with its extensive and valuable funds, was transferred to Leningrad.

Until the end of the 50s, the theater worked only with a projection doll, giving a black silhouette on the screen, which is always very emotionally expressive and even aesthetically exquisite, and in choosing the repertoire it relied on works of foreign and Russian classical literature.

During the first 20 years of its existence, the theater produced about 50 performances and, since it was traveling, gave hundreds of performances for children and adults in pioneer homes, schools and pioneer camps, in creative unions and institutes, constantly winning public recognition and receiving good reviews in the press.
In 1957, the theater participated in the 1st All-Union Festival of Puppet Theaters and received a Diploma for the play “Ashik-Kerib” by Lermontov, and in 1958 at the World Exhibition in Brussels it was awarded a Silver Medal.

The end of the 50s is a new stage in the development of the theater. It was during these years that he became acquainted with the traditional Chinese shadow theater - the theater of “light puppets”, and, seeing some of its advantages over projection theater, adopted its techniques.

The next milestone in the history of the theater is associated with the arrival of its new artistic director, Emil Isaakovich May. In 1963, he produced a cheerful performance - a game based on the fairy tales of K. Chukovsky “Aibolit” (artist N. Tselikov). In it, he went on a bold experiment - he combined in one performance a flat shadow puppet on the screen (Chinese and silhouette) and a three-dimensional puppet on a screen, which gave the entire stage space of the performance some perspective and made the performance very diverse in artistic expression. And the element of play - games with the audience - was introduced into the performance by the characters of the presenters. The performance enjoys constant success among the audience and lives on the stage of the theater to this day.

In 1988, an important event occurred in the life of the theater - it received a permanent station on Izmailovsky Boulevard, which, on the one hand, greatly facilitated the existence of the theater, since the theater ceased to be mobile and could easily work in one place, and on the other hand, it complicated creatively, since other requirements began to be placed on stationary performances, because the stage expanded production possibilities. And in 1989, the theater, having left the Mosconcert legally and organizationally, became an independent city theater. During these years, from the mid-80s until his death in 1996, the artistic director of the theater was Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Lev Konstantinovich Mashlyatin.

Since 1997, Alexander Gennadievich Krupenin became the artistic director of the theater. The theater’s repertoire included wonderful performances: “The Black Hen” based on the fairy tale by A. Pogorelsky and “The Lotus of the Heavenly Princess” based on Indian fairy tales (play by L. Ulitskaya.)

In 2012, Margarita Andreevna Modestova became the director of the Shadow Theater. In 2014, Alexander Gennadievich Krupenin left the post of Artistic Director of the theater. In the same year, 2014, the Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Leonidovich Platonov became the main artist of the theater.