Journey of the Tall Horse: A Story of African Theatre

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With its mix of magnificent puppets, live actors, captivating costumes and evocative music, video projection and dance, Tall Horse has enchanted theatregoers worldwide. This spectacular production is the result of an exceptional meeting between South Africas Handspring Puppet Company and Malis Sogolon Puppet Troupe. Assistant Director Mervyn Millar had unique access to the production, from development workshops through rehearsals to the first performances for the world tour. This publication includes photographs of the production and a playscript of Tall Horse by Khephra Burns.

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A cast of characters so full of life that they take us by our cynical hands and lead us from our conditioned reality to a new universe of magic and illusion. * Sunday Telegraph. *

Author Bio

Mervyn Millar was born in London in 1974. He is a theatre director and puppetry specialist. He has provided puppetry to major companies including the RSC, National Theatre Studio, NY Education, theatre-rites, Lyric Hammersmith, Bristol Old Vic, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse and BAC. He has created and directed installation and site-specific shows for wireframe and with Kazuko Hohki, and directed new writing and classics for the Steam Industry and others. He was formerly director of the Finborough Theatre where he worked developing new plays.