SIX LONG LEGS: What you don’t know, you can’t love
A new visual theatre show for families exploring the importance of insects on our world is set to open in North Edinburgh this month.
Using secondhand objects such as kitchen utensils and feather dusters, three performers transform into colourful insects, using puppetry and physical theatre to celebrate biodiversity and abundance.
With the help of the voice of a child who knows everything about insects, original music by Pete Buffery and Michael Hyland and a buzzing soundtrack, Emily Dyble, Ella Mackay and Bori Mezo shapeshift into strange new bodies and behaviours with joy and effort. The work hopes to create empathy with the smallest creatures we share our planet with.
A number of organisations have helped to shape the work, which will be brought to stage at Whale Arts and North Edinburgh Arts through a number of performances for schools, groups and families. The Entomology (Insect) team at National Museums Scotland has fed into the script, and the work has also been developed from conversations with conservationists and scientists with insect charity Buglife and Forestry Research.
Six Long Legs is the company’s second show, following the well-received Hopeful Monsters. The project is supported by Creative Scotland, and through the Captivate programme at Manipulate Arts.
Six Long Legs will preview at North Edinburgh Arts on Friday 20 November at 4.30pm and Saturday 21 November at 11.30am.
Imaginary Insects Workshops (for ages 5+) will run Friday 20 November at 3.30pm, Friday 20 November at 4.45pm, Saturday 21 November at 1pm.
Workshops are free, but places are limited.
Find out more on North Edinburgh Arts’s website.
