To tell this tale of Leonardo and Sam, the actors, musicians and technicians from Manual Cinema make Willems’ characters jump off the page and onto the stage and onto a large screen. The children get to see how the magic is created.
Bonyun hopes the show will inspire a few of the children to become puppeteers, writers, actors or animators. To this end, children and their parents are invited to stay after each performance for a demonstration of the technology used in the show and to ask questions of the performers and technicians.artscommons.ca/leonardoJoe Iampen as the sorceror and Anzel Collantes as the apprentice in Workshop Theatre’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
Hodgson wrote the script and music for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and co-directs with Jacqueline Strilchuk.