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The performances of the play ‘Tournament Journey’ presented by the team ‘Puppet Space’ as part of the events of the Theatre Affairs Centre in Darb Al Saai are witnessing a huge turnout of children viewers who enjoy the event’s festive and exciting atmospheres.

In a statement to QNA, director of the puppet show Muhammad Ali Bin Hamouda said that the performances have a major significance in developing the language and listening skills, where playing with puppets helps develop the language for children and assists them to overcome their shyness to engage in conversations with others, in addition to upgrading the listening skills of children. Puppets in theatre narrate stories and incidents with an attractive style and promote confidence in children, as well as trigger imagination and innovation for them, he added.

“The show was intended to present an artist’s work, combined with the actor and the puppet to be ingrained in the children’s memory. It is inspired by the incidents we live and the dream of hosting the World Cup, as the “Tournament Journey” play narrates a child’s journey with his puppet friends that seek to attend the opening match in the World Cup and watch the national football team. They travel in a journey with the children spectators across the eight stadiums dedicated to the World Cup, with some information offered on the aesthetics of these stadiums, designs, stadium’s history and the number of fans it accommodates,” he said.

He indicated that the play presents a cultural, educational and recreational message to the children through which they get familiarized with the use of puppets, pointing out that the blend in the play show between the human actor and puppet is a catalyst to expand the imagination for children. He added that the centre also presents another play titled “Realize your dream” which shows how family can support the ambitions of sons and daughters, in addition to presenting a myriad of workshops that target children from the age of 3-14 years, and are considered a combination of various hand and finger puppets, as per age category to educate the children the mechanisms of moving the puppets through selection of appropriate things from the environment.

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08/12/2022
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