Attend this new Peppa Pig theatrical production in Mumbai this December

After a phenomenal run of 82 shows across 11 cities in India Peppa Pig is ready for her next theatrical productionmdasha camping trip with friends The new show brings with it a new storyline a new charactermdashDaisy a human addition to the story and a new team that is bringing the story to lifeAlthough Peppa Pig has done live shows before this time the production is managed by Meherzad Patel and his team at SiLLy PoiNt Productions The simple childrenrsquos show with 2D characters portraying the everyday life of the preschooler Peppa her family friends and acquaintances is a staple in households with children globally ldquoWhen the audience hears that signature tune at the beginning of the play and gets excited you realise that this is the nightclub for twoyearoldsrdquo says Patel Founder SiLLy PoiNt Productions and the man directing the playThe actors behind the puppetsPatel who started his production company at the age of 19 in 2008 explains his new interest in childrenrsquos entertainment ldquoWhen you have a kid you get bullied into doing what she likes and Irsquove reached that stage While I was watching it Peppa Pig on my television my daughtermdashwhorsquos all of five years oldmdashwas sitting next to me Looking at her reaction I knew this is something I should take onrdquo Patelrsquos prior work includes Like Dat Only a play where the main characters are on a mission to make a difference to their surroundings and end up getting arrested and Kalaam a play about sociopolitical issues of injustice power play racial discrimination corruption terrorism etcThe production is no childrsquos play ldquoI tell my actorsrdquo says Patel ldquo50 per cent of your audience is adults accompanying the children We perform such that the adults also enjoy the productionrdquo The show is designed to have universal appeal ldquoAs an adult the first thing you are doing is trying to catch a mistake but when you canrsquot find it thatrsquos when yoursquore impressed For example therersquos this fantastic UV light segment that the audience really loves and theyrsquore enamoured by how things are floating around in the auditorium As kids they donrsquot know that itrsquos UV lights And thatrsquos the beautymdashthe parents know itrsquos not magic But when the parents are also buying into your magic thatrsquos when you know yoursquove achieved somethingrdquoMeherzad Patel Director and founder of SiLLy PoiNt ProductionsWhen talking about his rehearsal process Patel tells us ldquoEveryone plays each otherrsquos parts on rotation It becomes exciting for them Imagine doing 60 shows of the same part again and again you get bored So the actors get to play a new character every weekendrdquo The main characters include Peppa Mummy Pig Daddy Pig Gerald Giraffe Madame Gazelle Pedro Pony Daisy and more All the actors are wellversed in each otherrsquos parts since they work on a rotationIn previous adventures lifesized mascots played the characters but in Adventures 20 handpuppets replace them ldquoAs mascots Peppa Pig and Daddy Pig were the same heightrdquo laughs Patel ldquoAnyway children are very scared of mascots they think Peppa Pig is a tiny little girl and suddenly you put these large mascots in front of them So we turned to lifesize puppets with puppethandlers dressed in black fully visible on stage doing the dialogue and the movementrdquo Handling puppets is so physically intensive that the actors underwent physical trainingTo adapt better to Indian audiences Patel even included a new Indian character Daisy Pepparsquos human classmate ldquoDaisy becomes the human connection between the audience and the Peppa Pig universe You relate through her as to what is happening You become Daisy as an audience member She talks like you and I normally talk whereas Peppa Pig sounds like Peppa Pig and Daddy Pig sounds like Daddy Pig in the TV showrdquo The show starts with Daisyrsquos first day at Pepparsquos school and how she becomes friends with PeppaPatel has more dreams in childrenrsquos entertainment ldquoMy dream project would be to do The Lion King in India Irsquoll do it for freerdquo His ultimate dream is to plant the seed of theatre in young minds ldquoThe longterm goal isnever which show you are doing next The longterm goal is Can I make this a sustainable career option for people The aim is to show them that acting is also an option I want my daughter to know that her father is doing something that he enjoysrdquoWHAT Peppa Pigrsquos Adventures A Theatrical ProductionWHEN December 78WHERE Sophia Bhabha Auditorium Breach CandyPRICERs 950 onwardsTo Book bookmyshowcom