{"id":4841,"date":"2021-03-11T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T11:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2021-03-11T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T11:07:43","slug":"preview-rap-laughs-multi-media-and-amazing-puppetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/preview-rap-laughs-multi-media-and-amazing-puppetry\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: &#8220;Rap, laughs, multi-media and amazing puppetry&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This week\u2019s preview from our new show\u00a0<b><i>Jina and the STEM Sisters\u00a0<\/i><\/b>gives you an opportunity to\u00a0<i>Meet the Puppets<\/i>!<i>\u00a0<\/i>Our curious, brave and fabulous STEM Sisters are brought to life by puppeteers Nix Wood and Ruth Calkin. Watch them sing, dance, and guide Jina home through the forest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cRap, laughs, multi-media and amazing puppetry \u2013 this online theatre show about history\u2019s most influential women has it all!\u201d\u00a0<i>National Geographic Kids<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: #96d9bf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/\">PREVIEW: Meet the Puppets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Why not make an event of it and share this with your friends and family?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This entertaining new puppet musical by writer\u00a0<b>Rachel Barnett-Jones<\/b>\u00a0and composer\u00a0<b>Jenny Gould<\/b>\u00a0whose eclectic score is inspired by rap, opera, funk, Handel and musical theatre, premieres in Clare Whistler\u2019s inspiring production which brings Sophia Lovell Smith\u2019s stunning puppet and set designs to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It features puppeteers Ruth Calkin, Nix Wood, singers: Nadine Benjamin, Eloise Eisenberg, Abigail Kelly, Susan Moore, Jessica Gillingwater and the I Can Sing! 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