A VELHA CASA DE MADEIRA

A VELHA CASA DE MADEIRA | Teatro do Montemuro

Puppet, Set and Scenic Designers: Andrew Purvin & Ruby Gibbens

Director & Writer: José Caldas | Composer/Music Director: Mary Keith | Photography: Lionel balteiro

A Velha Casa De Madeira" is a play that explores the themes of time and aging. The set design of the play incorporated a rotating stage and video projections that were mapped onto the curtains. Andrew Purvin and Ruby Gibbens spent a month in the Montemuro Mountains designing the show, creating the scenic art, and crafting the puppets featured in the show.

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RUBY GIBBENS

A puppets first breath, an audience captivated, the puppeteer fades.

It is a magician’s art form, tricking the audience into forgetting reality and allowing themselves to invest into the narrative of the puppet. This fragile being, kept alive by the puppeteer, can tell stories that are complex, beautiful and funny.

At RWCMD I began my journey; learning costume, woodwork, mould making and mechanisms. I explore these specialisms with the simple intention of making something that is soulful.

I draw from the world of the fantastical and enjoy simple and bizarre tales. Folklore passed by word of mouth and stories not quite forgotten.

A VELHA CASA DE MADEIRA

RUBY GIBBENS

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