A Half Moon and Z-Arts co-production
Grandad Anansi is being presented as an ‘as live’ performance for digital broadcast, as part of Half Moon’s digital performance platform.
Abi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi folktales. They play games as they work together in the garden among the beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables. As they plant memories, they share secrets and develop a bond that nothing can break.
Grandad is as smart and mischievous as the wily Anansi legend, a part human, part spider and the subject of many West African and Caribbean folk stories. Can he find a way to tell his granddaughter about his plans to return to Jamaica, his beloved homeland?
Join our intrepid characters as they step into the unexpected in this humorous and heartfelt inter-generational adventure. With captivating songs and joyous dancing, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go that celebrates storytelling and shines a light on Jamaican culture and the Windrush generation.
Written by award-winning children’s author Elayne Ogbeta, Grandad Anansi is a co-production from Half Moon and Z-arts, the award-winning team behind Dust, winner of the 2022 Off West End Theatre Award for Best Theatre for Children Aged 5-11.
Download image library and press kit Read an interview with Elayne OgbetaShow information
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Online performance lasts 40 mins.
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Grandad Anansi is available in the following formats:
- Film with closed captions
- BSL interpreted film (with captions)
- Audio Described film
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For audiences to view at home via an online streaming platform, at a time that suits them:
Grandad Anansi will be made available on a password protected Vimeo link, which will need to be passed onto bookers (link and password). The play has closed captioning for d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences.
Alternatively, the shows can be embedded onto the venue’s website and the page link sent to bookers. Audiences will still need to enter the password to access the video. This will be available for your audiences to view for 14 days following the date of the last programmed online show. After this time the video will no longer be available to watch as the password will expire. Venues will not be sent a digital file of the booked show to download.
For a live screening or at a specific date and time online experience:
Venues will be released the full MP4 file so that a venue can play it through their own playback or cinema system. Captions will be sent as a separate SRT file for you to upload to your platform. This is for 1 day (2 showings are permitted per day). Venues are required to delete the MP4 file after use and not distribute to anyone else.
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Please enquire.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Elayne Ogbeta’s warm, pleasing and thoughtful show…manages to pack in more layers than a good strudel…. Storytelling, and its extraordinary power, is at the centre of the piece.”
“A colourful, amazing production.”
Chris Elwell | 020 7709 8902 or chris@halfmoon.org.uk
Isah Levi Roach | 0161 697 5908 or isah@z-arts.org
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