Tallard and the Ladderbird

Tallard and the Ladderbird

A puppet theatre production with Jessica Ng,
September 2015

Tallard and the Ladderbird was a puppet theatre production I conceptualised with Jessica Ng (Hong Kong) in 2015.The production took place on 19 and 21 September 2015 at the SAX Arena as part of Open Window’s iMPAC Festival for the Moving Image.

Producer/Art Director
NINA TORR

Writer/Director/Narrator
JESSICA NG

Composer and Choir Conductor
PIETER BEZUIDENHOUT

Props and Set Supervisor
NADINE MINNAAR

Puppetry Coordinator
MARINDA BOTHA

Stage Manager
ANNEMARIE VAN BASTEN

PUPPETEER CAST

Imile Wepener – Tallard body
Annicia Labuschagne – Tallard right hand
Catlin Stevenson – Tallard left hand
Michelle Le Grange – Head of Longdawg
Jaco Bothma – Longdawg segment one
Charlotte Grub – Longdawg segment two
Ilham Ghoor – Longdawg segment three
Tjar-Lize van der Walt – Tail of Longdawg
Zack Mtombeni – Mouth of Orpheus
Shane Stone – Head of Orpheus
Peter Claassens – Godhand right
Henco Swanepoel – Godhand left, Fellow Tallard
Rikus Strauss – Fellow Tallard leader, Villager, Ladderbird
Luandri Reynders – Pale Fellow Tallard, Villager, Ladderbird

HORIZONS PROJECT CHOIR

Conductor
Pieter Bezuidenhout

Soprano
Jani Venter
Minette Vermaas
Elissa Lessing
Netanja Brink
Nina Roussouw
Suzanne Roberts
Lerize Pieterze

Alto
Nicole Godfrey
Emilië Roussouw
Jean-Louise Parker (Viola)
Ola Kobak
Elani Botha
Marle Steenkamp
Tessa Wagenar

Tenor
Nelius Botha
Petroné Bezuidenhout
Shaun Bouwer
Cornel Schoombee
Franco Prinsloo (voice of Orpheus)
Ruben Kasselman

Bass
Johan Swanepoel
Conrad Oosthuizen
Terence van Hoogstraten
Rinus Schwim

SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER (Orpheus’ Lament)
Laurika Rauch

Stagehands/Additional Puppeteering
Tracey-Leigh Marsden
Michael Nel
Kahn Nöthnagel
Tikara Nöthnagel
Wilnorene Britz

Production assistant
Francois Linde

Lighting design

Pieter-Jan Kapp and Braam Pretorius

Puppet costume construction
Gwendi Gourley

Additional set-building
Corné Roodt

Live sound
Frikkie Kruger

DVD sound
Jozua Loots

DVD and poster design
Werner Burger (featuring photography by Bernard Brand)

Title Design
Maaike Bakker

Photography
Bernard Brand
Yetu Dada
Christiaan Pretorius

Construction volunteers

Peter Claassens
Imile Wepener
Marike Hechter
Roxanne Ferreira
Tharien Strydom
Elzette Botes
Sarah Abbott
Catlin Stevenson
Leon de Bruyn
Yolandi Hugo
Jamie Du Plessis
Reneé Shirley
Wilnorene Britz
Wilmari Botha
Morné Venter
Angi Botes
Cindy van Heerden
Line Visser
Hickley Hamman
Michelle Le Grange
Sera-Ingrid Calitz
Rivon Daniel
Maaike Bakker
Vicky Gauld
Masai Sepuru

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Fatima Ng
Pluto Panoussis
Karen Ng-Hui
Isabeau Kotze
Lavina Tien
Kate Chan
Gert Wepener
Dorothy Eiserman
Michelle Tang
Shareen Swart
Kevin Medina
PJ Kotze
Maaike Bakker
Werner Burger
Bernard Brand
Chris Torr
Bibi Slippers
Marike Hechter
Retha Bornmann
SAX Arena, Southdowns
Mus!ca Instruments and Kawai Pianos
Doppio Zero, Southdowns
Cappuccino’s Southdowns
Tawny Eagle Spur
Plascon
Henkel/Pritt

All songs composed by Pieter Bezuidenhout

“Orpheus’ Lament” words by Jessica Ng, music by Pieter Bezuidenhout, performed by Laurika Rauch

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